Posts in: Nutrition

02 Mar

You Are What You EAT…one of many reasons to go Paleo!

Posted by: Coach Tiffany

Paleo is the term used to designate the diet of the Paleolithic era or what we ate before we started farming and domesticating animals. It’s not something new but a way of eating that a lot of people are returning to for benefits of increased performance, optimizing how you look and feel and many health [...]

21 Jan

Paleo Works!

Posted by: Coach Tiffany

Your New Year’s Resolution might be to lose weight, exercise more or to get healthy, so how are you going to do it? Instead of waiting for these resolutions to be made after the new year, 15 of our students accepted the challenge to adopt the Paleo diet and lifestyle 100% for 5 weeks over [...]

10 Jan

Save Your Kids

Posted by: Coach Tiffany

Don’t let advertisers tell your kids what to eat! Here is a great article in the dangers of advertisers targeting your kids but also brings up the point that ultimately YOU are in charge of what your kids eat. “Today, one of the most troubling and fastest growing threats to our children’s health is their [...]

16 Dec

Countdown to Paleo Finals!

Posted by: Coach Tiffany

Okay Teams its GO time. Finals are on Saturday. 8am will be measurements and 9am will be the WOD. Point totals will count for 50% of your final score and total percentage improvement will count for the other 50%. There will be awesome prize packets for the wining team. Drink your water, stay Paleo and come ready [...]

05 Dec

Cauliflower Fried Rice & Pork Chops Paleo Cooking Demo

Posted by: Coach Tiffany

Another cooking demo from EverydayPaleo.com

01 Dec

To Cook or Not to Cook?

Posted by: Coach Tiffany

Cooking…basic to some a foreign language to others and a necessity to all! Everyone needs the basic skills to feed themselves and in order to graduate from pop tarts, McDonalds and Lean Cuisine into a healthy whole food, non-processed, clean lifestyle you need to know how to cook! In comes Justin Baumgartner, CrossFit Scottsdale student, [...]

30 Nov

Sick of Eggs for Breakfast?

Posted by: Coach Tiffany

Try this Paleo Oatmeal Recipe from Mark’s Daily Apple reader Doug Descant’s ingenious recipe for No-atmeal. Ingredients: 1 small handful of walnuts 1 small handful of pecans 2 tablespoons ground flax seed 1/2 – 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 pinch of ground nutmeg 1 pinch ground ginger 1 tablespoon almond butter 1 banana, mashed 3 [...]

28 Nov

Paleo Salad Dressing

Posted by: Coach Tiffany

One of the most common questions for paleo recipes are salad dressing. Here are some great options to add variety and spice up your lettuce! Some of these make great marinades too! Garlic Mustard Dressing Avocado dressing & Sun dried tomato dressing Paleo Caesar dressing Tons of salad dressings and vinegarettes along with preparation how-tos [...]

24 Nov

Team Paleo Challenge Week #1 Results

Posted by: Coach Tiffany

Week 1 is in the books! Great job from everyone who has taken on this challenge. By this time you should be feeling lighter, more energetic, sleeping better and above all learning how food makes you feel and how to get the good stuff in. Here are the standings as of points through Saturday: Team [...]

21 Nov

A Paleo Thanksgiving

Posted by: Coach Tiffany

This Thursday is Thanksgiving and to prepare our Paleo Challengers for a holiday that they can be thankful for and not regret the day or two after, here are some Paleo-friendly Thanksgiving recipes. Breadless Cauliflower and Mushroom Stuffing from Marks Daily Apple Other Paleo Stuffing Options Stuffing and Cranberry Sauce Paleo Style from Whole 9 [...]