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We dubbed today's WOD "The Ironman 3". 

Class is now in session! Tough workout with a great crew.

WOD: 5 rounds: 10 Renegade Rows, 15 Squats, 400m run Fit. Healthy. Happy. 

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Paleo Spicy Thai Beef-Shrimp-Chicken Soup

We are obsessed with Thai food! Here's how to make the internationally famous "Tom Kha" Soup but Paleo friendly!

Ingredients:

Almond Milk

Carrots

Cilantro

6 Lime/Lemon Leaves (easily found at your local asian grocery store)

1 tbsp Maesri brand Thai red curry paste

2 stalks of lemongrass

2 limes

Shrimp

Chopped Beef

Chopped Chicken Breast 

Minced Garlic

Coconut oil

Sea salt

How To:

In a very small pot, chop up carrots as desired and begin to boil the pieces. You will pour this into a larger pot later. Keep the water!

Chop up the lemongrass into 3-4" pieces, and begin to fry them on medium heat with garlic salt, coconut oil & 1 tbsp minced garlic in a large pot.

Add the chopped chicken. Stir fry until halfway cooked.

Add the chopped beef. Once beef is 75% cooked, add the carrots & carrot water.

Add almond milk until you've reached a creamy consistency as desired.

Add the curry paste, lime leaves and cilantro. Squeeze the juice from 2 limes into the broth. Stir occasionally.

Bring the broth down to low heat, and let it simmer for 10 min. 

Raw Strawberry Pie

Treat yourself to a sweet summery dessert without worrying about processed sugar and gluten! We made a raw strawberry pie for our friend's birthday, and here's the recipe how!

Crust: 1 cup dates 1 cup almonds 1 cup dried coconut or coconut flakes 3 tbsp coconut oil Pinch of salt

1. Blend ingredients into a food processor. 2. Using your hands, press & mold onto a pie pan to create a shell.

Filling:

1 box fresh strawberries, remove stems 1 cup coconut flakes 1/2 cup agave nectar 1 tbsp coconut oil

Zoodles: Zucchini Noodles.

The tasty, light answer to your noodle cravings.

Simply peel zucchini with a julienne peeler. You can lightly season with salt & pepper, then fry with a touch of olive oil for 1 minute. Take care not to overcook the noodles, as they will become mushy.

Misconceptions About the Paleo Diet

  We’ve been noticing that many of our clients and followers are taking interest in our posts of Paleo recipes, cooking tips, & alternative grain-free ingredients in foods that we all love to eat.

  What can I say? The Paleo Diet Rocks!  We love sharing our recipes and cooking tips with all of you.

  We’re not afraid to tell anyone about the benefits of living a Paleo lifestyle. It works.  As Paleo grows more popular, the misconceptions about what it actually is are increasing, due in part to misplaced “in-your-face” humor among primal eaters. Some athletes love to showcase the fact that, because they perform at a certain athletic level, they aren’t afraid of consuming fat the way a non-Paleo eater normally is.  But it’s sending a mixed message. 

  The truth is, if you are a Paleo eater, you don’t have to be afraid of fat - but this does not mean that fat is meant for excessive consumption.

  Ok, sure, I admit it:  While a guacamole-topped, bacon-wrapped bacon burger with extra sweet-potato fries and homemade paleo ketchup & mayonnaise is an epic meal that technically includes all “Paleo-approved” ingredients, it leads the uninformed to make assumptions about the Paleo lifestyle. 

  Recently, my friend came to me frustrated, and said that despite eating Paleo for three months and working out regularly, she had gained 10 pounds!  She was eating plenty of meat, almonds & dried fruit, fruit smoothies, bacon and vegetables. Her snacks consisted of Paleo Brownies, Paleo Cookies, and other “clever confections.”

  Now, here’s the problem:

She mistakenly thought the Paleo Diet was basically a list of foods she could eat, and a list of foods she had to avoid, and that as long as she was eating from the list then she was in the clear and could eat as much of these foods as she wanted.

Not true. She was eating Paleo foods, but not actually following the diet. 

  This is a common misconception about Paleo eating, and this is why I’m writing to you now:  It’s possible that the one thing you love most about the Paleo Diet may in fact be the reason you’re not seeing any results.

Read the fine print, folks - You can’t eat as much as you want.

  First and foremost, I’ll remind you all that overeating any foods, even healthy foods, is unhealthy. Moderation is not only key, it’s common sense.

On the back cover of “The Paleo Diet” by Dr. Loren Cordain, there is an excerpt that reads: 

  “By eating all the lean meats and fish, fresh fruits, and non-starchy vegetables you want, you can lose weight and prevent and treat heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis, Syndrome X and many other illnesses.”

  Go ahead and re-read the excerpt from above.  

  I don’t see bacon, almond butter, or coconut oil in that sentence anywhere, do you?  That’s because, well, they weren’t mentioned.  While those aforementioned ingredients are technically Paleo approved and appear in just about every Paleo cookbook, you simply cannot eat as much of them (or anything else, for that matter) as you want.  

To be continued...