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News and Views (0:56)
Stacy is working on recovering from her back injury, but had an excellent Halloween weekend despite the frustrations from dealing with an injury
Sarah is exhausted - she has one of her rockstar team members in town (Claire) and they have been working on filming cooking videos to go with the meal plans in The Healing Kitchen
Weather happenings for Stacy and Sarah
Sarah has already started her Thanksgiving cooking
Claire offers great insight on how to prep paleo meals for 1
How Claire connected with Sarah and a bit on how she joined The Paleo Mom's team
Through a doctor recommendation, Claire adopted the paleo diet and 75% of her digestive issues went away
Claire's experience with learning how to cook, and self-experiemention to find the foods that make her feel great and what doesn't make her feel good
Being less concerned with whether a food is paleo or not, but instead finding a sustainable balance incorporating the foods that make Claire feel her best
What Sarah has seen in her oldest daughter as she has discovered what foods make her feel her best, and how to avoid the foods that don't make her feel good
While eating paleo can sometimes make you feel different and make you feel like you are missing out, what you actually have is this great power to understand what it is that keeps you healthy and to ultimately keep yourself healthy for the rest of your life and not play catch up when you are older
How Sarah feels like she is playing catch up on her health
The health concerns that come with a lengthy history of dieting
How disordered diet habits can carry over even when we adopt a paleo diet for healing (see more on this topic here)
The power of using leftovers, even for breakfast
How Claire would set-up her Sunday batch cooking to have healthy meals on hand for the week
Stacy recommends looking at Melissa Joulwan's Well Fed for great tips on prepping ahead and adding diversity to your meals
Claire's number one tip to people who tolerate eggs is to make a mayo yourself because there are so many different ways to change the flavor profile of a meal with mayo as a base
Navigating eating out
Research the menu in advance online
Check farm to table resources that may have a restaurant directory
Have a strategy prepped in advance when dining out
Don't be shy to ask questions and make requests at the restaurant, even call ahead to address the questions you have prior to dining there
Eat a bit before dining out if you are worried about your choices (ex. a dinner party at someone's house)
Keep an Epic Bar/RxBar in your purse
Dating paleo
Try to pick the restaurant if possible, or make a suggestion on what kind of food you would like
If asked, Claire lets her date know that she eats gluten-free, dairy free, and doesn't discuss the paleo diet element right away
Claire knows her priorities and where she is and isn't willing to flex them
How Stacy applies many of Claire's principles in her work setting as well
Inspiring others through your actions and choices
Claire's 3 top tips for people who are single and struggling to make paleo work:
Use whatever fridge and freezer space you have to your advantage - cook at home as often as possible, buy in bulk
Don't feel like you have to shop at a speciality grocery store to find "special foods", you can make most foods at home or find similar versions at your general grocery store
Go live your life the way that you want to, don't let your food or dietary choices limit the way you live your life - don't neglect your social life because you don't think you can make it work, because you absolutely can and should
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