Barefoot Girevik

Back in Saskatchewan we had a local restaurant and pub called the Ice House Tavern.  They made the best deep fried mushrooms and zucchini around.  I have yet to find a place in Alberta that makes Pizza and burgers like theirs.  Is their food Paleo?  Heck no, but it was sure good.  Every once in awhile I have a craving for an Ice House Pizza and fried veggies.  I know that if I did go back home and have some of that pizza and deep fried stuff I would feel awful after and it probably wouldn't even taste good anymore just as a piece of bread now looks so tempting but tastes horrible. Your taste changes when you eat clean, whole foods. The other night, I had a craving for fried zucchini.  I had some zucchini and mushrooms in my fridge and figured if I can make paleo chicken nuggets, why can't I do the same thing with veggies?!  Here's what I came up with. Ingredients: 1 Egg 2 tbsp chicken broth 1/8 tsp garlic powder 1/8 tsp onion powder 1 cup pecans ground to a flou

When people ask me where I work and I tell them that I teach AquaFit at our local pool I almost always get the same response.  "What's AquaFit?"  You would think that after being asked the same question countless times over I would be accustomed to it.  You would think, but that question always takes me by surprise.  It is in the name Aqua = water, Fit = fit, fitness.  Many people think about the old water aerobics classes of yester-year.  Old grannies in flowered swim caps gabbing away while the instructor pumps out the same tired, old routine.  I found the following statement on Wikipedia in a brief description of "Water Aerobics" under the title of "Disadvantages".  "Although aquatic exercise greatly reduces the risk of injury, not as many calories are burned as would be in some other activities. [4] Though aquatic activities in general expend more energy than many land-based activities performed at the same pace due to the increased resis

I had a very interesting discussion today with a dietician that allowed me to apply some of the knowledge that I have gained over the last 6 months.  Shortly after that I made a trip to the grocery store with my husband and ended up in quite the debate over the cost of eating Paleo vs Clean.  If you haven't yet read the following books I highly recommend that you do so.  Make sure that you go into any debates or discussions armed with the proper knowledge to defend what you believe in! This is a n excellent book if you are learning about Paleo and doing some of your own research.  Robb Wolf goes into the science behind it all and explains why Paleo works.  There are recipes and exercise prescriptions in the last few chapters if you prefer to skip the science and leave that for later but I highly recommend reading the entire book.  Even though he does go into 'geek speak' as he calls it Robb puts the information into everyday language and uses humour to help get his messa