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A perfectly cooked beef tenderloin is truly a sight to behold. The delectable cut often made special-occasion appearances when I was growing up, but Easter Sunday and its rosy-hued tenderloin tea sandwiches was always a holiday favorite.
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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. In fact, I have a contest going right now. So if you have a story to share, no matter how big or how small, you’ll be in the running to win a big prize. Read more here.
Hi, I’m Sarah, and I am 39 years old. I’ve always been interested in science. I loved the experimentation, tweaking little things and the precision required. I studied biochemistry at university and started working in a lab diagnosing illnesses, and later doing cancer research. I moved away from it as a career, but I became interested in nutrition and exercise, trying different ways of eating and training to lose weight for my wedding. I found some that worked – but were really hard going and just not sustainable. As soon as I married I started to put weight on again.
We had two children in a year, which was amazing – but a huge challenge, and I had literally no time for myself. My health suffered, and I ate really poorly, literally living on chocolate spread sandwiches and other easy processed food. I binged on sweets and chocolate almost every day, feeling out of control of my cravings. Over a couple of years I added to the weight gain, topping out at 195 pounds. I was disgusted with myself.
I hit a low when I ordered a pair of 16 (US size 14) trousers online, and they didn’t fit. My legs rubbed together when I walked. I had a photo taken for my passport, and my face looked like a moon. I knew I had to act.
I started attending aerobic classes twice a week, and tried juicing. The weight did start to come off slowly, but it was hard going, and I felt really hungry and unstable on the juices. I looked for a better way.
I stumbled onto the 21-Day Total Body Transformation book on Amazon, and thought I would try it, although the “Primal” thing seemed fairly extreme at the time.
I felt pretty awful and had some really bad headaches the first week, detoxing all the sugar out of my system and becoming a “fat burning beast.” The food was completely different from what I had been used to eating.
After a few weeks I started to feel outstanding. More energy, more connected to my body, and the weight started to fall off without getting hungry at all. I started lifting weights, and walking all the time. We are fortunate living in Surrey (UK) – there are lots of forests and countryside on our doorstep. I would just find myself breaking into a sprint in the rain and feeling crazy and free – grinning like a loon.
My husband and I decided to completely revaluate our lives. He gave up his corporate job, and we set up a personal training company – I was his first client!
I lost four stone over two years, and have maintained at around 140 pounds. I have a condition called Endometriosis, which from me caused crippling period pain a couple of days of the month. I had no idea that sugar and refined carbs cause systemic inflammation – cutting these out mean I generally get by each month without even taking an ibuprofen. I also very rarely get sick – despite 2 children bringing bugs home from school. I don’t crave sugar anymore and feel in control of my relationship with food.
I find it hard not to preach to my friends about the lifestyle – but I want to pay it forward. So I studied Nutrition and Weight Management, and became a certified Primal Health Coach. I wanted to help people who were like me – busy, stressed, overweight, with nagging health issues, just feeling “blah” all the time.
I turn 40 this year, and am in better shape now than I have ever been in my life. Adopting the Primal lifestyle has made such a difference in my health, outlook and well-being that I am really thankful – and will try to help other people achieve the same.
Sarah
For more information on Primal Health Coaching with Sarah, visit her website.
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New Year’s Day is good for a few things: recovering from staying up too late the night before, eating your hoppin’ john and greens, and hanging around the house with friends and family, starting the new year with the people who love you most.
But you can only sit around sharing resolutions for so long. What’s next? Game time! Here are a few suggestions to get you started.
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We cannot prove that eating certain foods on New Year’s Day brings luck and prosperity, but most of us aren’t taking any chances. To be a day that marks new beginnings, we sure do like to repeat our traditions. It’s a fresh start for our old habits.
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From Apartment Therapy → An Uplifting Makeover for the Holidays
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Have you ever gone to a grocery store and been overwhelmed by all the choices? We certainly have, and it’s this experience that led us to our Grocery Taste Test series where we choose a popular grocery item and then taste various brands to see if we can determine which one is best (and why). In other words, you’re very much welcome!
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Our favorite (and your favorite) desserts from 2016 have a bit of a nostalgic bent. We shared our favorite oatmeal cookie and “magic” cake, as well as a slightly updated take on good old-fashioned pumpkin pie.
If you’re looking for a bite of something sweet, start here.
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From Apartment Therapy → Budget Basics: 10 Beautiful Champagne Flutes Under $10
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I’m not sure why salads have a reputation for being boring — unless, of course, we’re looking at the same ol’ limp lettuce and out-of-season tomato wedge drowning in reduced-fat bottled salad dressing. But don’t worry — nothing could be further from that on this list of 15 vibrant, eclectic, exciting, scrumptious salads that will take your lunch from yawn to hooray in the time it takes to unfold your napkin.
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