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Learning the Olympic lifts is only possible after the lifter knows the positions at the completion of each movement. This article focuses on three exercises that teach the “feeling” of the bottom.
That roast chicken? You’ve got that totally under control. You’re more worried about where all your dinner party guests are going to sit. You don’t exactly want to drag patio furniture into the house or roll your computer chair up to the table. We’ve got you covered!
Here are a handful folding chairs that will look great at the table and then easily get packed away when your company goes home.
Instructions for cast iron skillet cleaning often include a lot of don’ts: Don’t use soap, don’t use steel wool, don’t put it in the dishwasher. It’s almost enough to scare a cook off from cast iron completely!
However, with a few simple techniques, you’ll be able to keep your skillet clean, rust-free, and well-seasoned.
If you’ve been bored by the art options available for your kitchen or dining room, perhaps this might be of interest: Lately, we’ve been obsessing over the idea to turn cutting boards into a gallery wall. (Get it? Bored and boards?)
One of the top qualities I seek in most recipes is versatility. I know I’ve found a good one when it’s something that can easily pull double duty as lunch or dinner. This lineup of vegetarian options leans on pantry staples and whole, protein-rich foods to make a meal that’s filling and light enough for lunch, yet substantial enough to serve as supper. From chickpea salad to warm grain bowls, these 20 vegetarian recipes can fit into your meal plan as lunch or dinner.
I see a lot of so-called innovative products for my job. Someone recently pitched me a tool specifically designed for breaking up cauliflower. I’ve seen all the yolk separators in the world. (Yes, I see that it’s shaped like a robot. No, I’m still not impressed!) And if one more company shows me an avocado tool, I might scream.
All of that is to say that I’m always skeptical of products that claim to make life easier, better, or faster — especially ones that are total unitaskers. So imagine my surprise when I saw one that actually made my jaw drop. I had to have one.
What was it? The Lékué Citrus Sprayer. Allow me to explain.
It’s Friday, everyone! And that means another Primal Blueprint Real Life Story from a Mark’s Daily Apple reader. If you have your own success story and would like to share it with me and the Mark’s Daily Apple community please contact me here. I’ll continue to publish these each Friday as long as they keep coming in. Thank you for reading!
Note from Mark: Faye’s story was published more than 2 1/2 years ago, and so many of you in the Primal community were inspired by her change. She’s offered an update for us, and you’ll find it at the end of this post. I think it’s worth keeping her story as one amazing narrative—compelling proof that it’s never too late to take back your health! Thank you, Faye, and best wishes for your continuing health.
After reading last week’s success story post and all the comments from people who wanted to hear from someone my age, I thought I could be that inspiration telling my primal story. I am 87 years young and found the primal lifestyle about three and a half years ago. I went from 220 pounds to 130 pounds. Here’s my story.
I was raised on a cotton farm in California’s Central Valley. I was the youngest of eleven children. We all worked on the farm and during the Depression we ate what we raised. But even as a young teenager, when I asked my teacher if she thought I was fat she replied, “You are pleasingly plump.”
At seventeen I left home and moved to Santa Cruz to work at the Boardwalk, living on hot dogs and hamburgers. Four years later I met my husband of 64 years.
We had four children, two daughters right away and a son and daughter seven years later. Trying to make ends meet, we ate a lot of beans, oats and rice. My husband and I worked in the restaurant business, he as a chef and myself as a waitress. Needless to say, we both worked long hours and meals for us was whatever was quick to put on the table for the family.
When our two youngest became teenagers, I decided to be a stay at home mother. With this there began to be loneliness and boredom and food often filled the void. I never had a drivers license and my husband worked ten to twelve hours a day. I would eat when I was bored, lonely, mad or happy. And so, my emotional eating began increasing with the empty nest.
Oh, I would try to lose weight through the years; Atkins, Weight Watchers, Weigh Down, but they never worked.
In 1990, at the age of 63, I learned I was diabetic. How confused and scared I was to learn this. But even with this news and doing my best with SAD meals for diabetics, I could never lose the weight. Along with diabetes and still no weight control, of course, came the onset of heart disease. I suffered a heart attack in 1999 and stepped up my efforts with different fad diets, but was never able to keep the weight off.
My grandson became the editor of this blog (which I didn’t know what that was) and soon his parents were following this new lifestyle. They kept telling me how the Primal way wasn’t a diet but a simple way of life. They gave me a copy of The Primal Blueprint and as I began reading it something just clicked. I no longer wanted to be overweight. Each week I saw a difference as the weight came off with ease. I never felt like I was deprived and found I wasn’t hungry all the time. After a year of being Primal, I moved to be closer to my daughter. My new doctor checked my blood work and took me off of several medications, including insulin. I have been able to manage my diabetes through eating Primally and exercising three times a week.
At 87 years old, for the first time in my life I feel beautiful, both inside and out. People look at me and tell me I’m so tiny. I still can’t get over that. I tell my Primal story to anyone I meet. Being overweight all those years has taken its toll on my heart, but I have never felt better. My advice to those thinking about the Primal way of living; do it. It is simple and it works! I eat better than I ever have and feel better than I ever have. Look at me!
Living life,
Faye
UPDATE – 04/30/2017
Since the publication of my story in August 2014 I’ve continued on my primal path. In April of 2015 my cardiologist told me I was in need of a heart valve transplant. At 88 years old I didn’t feel the need to proceed with this procedure. I had lived a full life and, because I suffered a stroke after the heart catheter, I wasn’t sure if I would make it through the operation.
With my decision my cardiologist put me into hospice care. They took me off medications pertaining to my heart as well as blood thinners. The medications hospice put me on were to make me comfortable in my last days. Here is a picture of me on what I thought was my last Mother’s Day.
That was two years ago. Although I have had decline in my health, I attribute my longevity to my healthy primal living. I am now 90 years old and doctors don’t feel I have much longer to live. That’s ok. I’ll keep living primally. They know more than me, right?
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This menu feeds six to eight people comfortably and can be totally prepped the day before, so all that’s left are a few finishing touches in the morning. We’ve even included a timeline on exactly how you can pull this together in advance.
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