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We’ve all been there: You forgot to set the timer, or you stepped away from the stove and got totally distracted by something outside the kitchen. Next thing you know, that pot of grains you were planning to serve with dinner is overcooked beyond belief — like, cooked into submission, there’s no going back, definitely cut it for dinner kind of overcooked.
But don’t jump to the compost bin so fast — there’s still hope for those overcooked grains.
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The Prize:
A year’s supply of Primal Fuel. That’s 12 months of my ultimate, low-carb, high-fat, high-protein shake mix delivered right to your door! Primal Fuel serves as the perfect post-workout treat or meal replacement; curbing hunger with healthy fats, helping build and maintain muscle mass with 20 grams of whey-protein isolate, and improving digestion and immunity with the addition of prebiotics.
Go with Vanilla Coconut Creme or Chocolate Coconut…or alternate between the two. Winner’s choice!
The Contest:
We’re just a few days into the 21-Day Challenge, but I know many of you have seen amazing results going Primal leading up to the challenge. Weight lost, muscle built, complexions cleared, even meds kicked. Now’s the time to share it! This means you have the opportunity to show the rest of the community who you are and what you’ve accomplished. In the process you’ll inspire thousands of people to take control of their health just as you have. I don’t know about you, but I get a kick out of that.
So for this contest I want to hear your story. Write it up and include a photo. Including both pre-Primal and post-Primal pics is even better, but not required. Don’t worry if you’re not a chiseled Adonis. This isn’t a “who’s the most ripped” contest. Whether you’ve lost 100 pounds over two years of Primal living or you’ve simply managed to kick that diet Coke habit, just tell me what going Primal has done for you. I’m looking for interesting and personal tales. Details about your health history, how you found MDA and the Primal Blueprint, what has worked and what hasn’t, what differences you’ve seen in how you look and feel, and anything else you think readers might be able to learn from and you’re open to sharing are welcome. It doesn’t have to be a thousand word diatribe, but hopefully more than a couple paragraphs. Feel free to be creative with your story format, too. Remember, good stories usually have a beginning, a middle, and an end, and honesty is king.
I’m sure many of you have thought about sending your story in, but just haven’t gotten around to it. There is no better time than now. I’ll be featuring reader stories during the 21-Day Challenge and beyond, so get yours in soon!
Email me your story along with any pictures. Please use the subject heading “My Primal Story.” Otherwise, there’s a good chance I may completely miss your submission.
Examples:
One of the most memorable stories published on MDA: The Unconquerable Dave. If you haven’t read it, do it now. You won’t regret it. YAWP!
View other Success Stories here for ideas on how to write your own story.
Eligibility:
Anyone in the world can enter.
Additionally, everyone that has submitted a Success Story to Mark’s Daily Apple since the last year’s Challenge is automatically entered to win, so don’t worry if you emailed me just a few days ago. You’re entered!
The Deadline:
January 24, midnight PDT.
How the Winner Will Be Determined:
An executive decision will be made to determine which stories and accompanying photos get published on MDA. The winner of the prize package above will be chosen at random from those that are submitted.
To track all the contests, visit the 2016 Primal Blueprint 21-Day Challenge Contest Page for daily updates.
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If you’ve ever wondered or been asked how vegetarians or vegans get enough protein, have I got a recipe for you. With quinoa, edamame, and peanuts, it’s supremely satisfying, but more importantly this is the most flavorful grain bowl I’ve ever made. The edamame mixture is a vegetarian version of kung pao chicken that’s just as sticky-salty-spicy as its inspiration.
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You would think every exercise that could be done to strengthen the core has already been done. Since Charles Atlas first advertised his bodybuilding programs in the 1970s and 1980s, training the midsection has become one of the biggest areas of fitness, right alongside arm training.
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The past couple of weeks have been unreal, as my heartfelt New Year’s Day Facebook post continues to be shared and talked about. Major news websites in the U.S. and overseas have shared it, as have people like Zooey Deschanel, Ashton Kutcher, and George Takei. I’ve also had the opportunity to talk about my message with numerous reporters in my local community and beyond. Like I said: Unreal!
Getting this message — loving yourself as you are right now — out to as many women as possible is so critical, and I’m grateful for the way this has turned out, though it truly was not what I planned or envisioned when I pressed “Post” on Facebook that day. I simply wanted to share a happy realization about how far I have personally come, and how it feels to taste this kind of peace and freedom, and in that way maybe encourage other women to consider starting this New Year with a different perspective.
While I haven’t been able to read all of the comments on every single place where my post has been shared, I have noticed that some people completely missed the intended message and instead have been very quick to make this post about my appearance.
I want to clear up some things.
I don’t pretend to “not know” what I was born with. I’m a tall, busty blonde. I actually feel beautiful (these days!), and am very happy with the way I look. The thing is, no matter what others see now (or saw then), what I saw and felt was never enough.
For decades I let others people’s view of me and my body define my view of me and my body. I was riding high when someone called me “gorgeous,” and I would come crashing down the instant someone called me “fat.”
My body has fluctuated by over 30 pounds over the last 12 years, from health and life stressors (competing in figure competitions, being diagnosed with autoimmune thyroid disease and PCOS, losing my father unexpectedly to pneumonia, etc. No matter what my body looked like between 152 and 185 pounds, I always wished it looked differently.
I always thought if I could just get “there” then “there” would be enough. If I could just:
…lose 10 pounds
…have leaner legs
…drop a clothing size
Then I would be enough.
When I did those things, when I got “there,” it still wasn’t enough.
As my good friend, and Girls Gone Strong Advisory Board Member Erin Brown says:
“The trouble isn’t in valuing beauty, but in defining it so narrowly that we cannot possibly achieve it.
We value women in parts and pieces, striving for this celebrity’s glutes or that celebrity’s lips.
It’s impossible and exhausting, and every time we achieve a level of beauty we believe we will be happy with, we are presented with a new set of rules and standards to live up to.
The solution isn’t ‘not valuing beauty’ but rather, expanding it’s definition to include us.”
She’s right. It doesn’t actually matter what we look like, someone will find a way to tear us apart. Based on that picture alone, I’ve been called a “whale” and told I needed to lose 40 pounds — because ya know, 125-130 pounds at almost 5’11” is normal!
Even the most conventionally beautiful women in the world are picked apart left and right by the media and people hiding behind keyboards on the Internet.
We tell women to be confident, and yet, when a woman displays her confidence, the world is lining up to tear her down and tell her why she shouldn’t be so full of herself.
I decided a while back that I would no longer let other’s words, good or bad, define me, my worth, or my work.
Only I get to do that.
The moment I allow others to do that for me, I’m handing all of my power over to them.
The same rings true for our bodies, how we choose to live our lives, the decisions we make — everything.
The moment you allow someone else’s opinion of you dictate how you feel about yourself, you’re no longer in charge. They are. And being in charge of you is an incredibly precious job that only you are qualified to hold.
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