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The Paleo Experiment (5): Takeaways

This will be the final entry in my Paleo series, and it will deal with how my wife and I have tried to implement the Paleo diet into our lives now that the 30 day challenge is over. After eating like the Flintstones for 30…

Justin BaileyMarch 16, 2011

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The Paleo Experiment (4): Tensions

In the next two posts, I’d like to interact with some of the tensions that I’ve raised. This post will deal generally with ideas; the next post will deal specifically with how we are trying to eat now that the challenge is over. As some…

Justin BaileyMarch 11, 2011

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The Paleo Experiment (3.5): A Christian Vision of Food

I had started to write a post on this, but realized that I was almost paraphrasing an essay that I had read by a guy named Douglas Wilson. He is a much better writer, and so I have simply reproduced an edited version of his…

Justin BaileyMarch 9, 2011

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Why Having Kids is Foolish

Photo by Austin Pacheco on Unsplash I just read an article entitled "Why Having Kids is Foolish". The first paragraph: All parents know that having kids is a blessing — except when it's a nightmare of screaming fits, diapers, runny noses, wars over bedtimes and…

Justin BaileyMarch 8, 2011

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The Paleo Experiment (3): Food or Fuel?

One of the mantras of the Paleo diet is “Food is Fuel!” In other words, you don’t choose food primarily because it tastes good, but because it makes your body run well. In today’s post I’d like to examine this mindset. Dr. Loren Cordain, leading…

Justin BaileyMarch 7, 2011

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The Paleo Experiment (2): Retraining the Appetite

Update: Dateline NBC recently put together a great introduction to the Paleo lifestyle here (first 6 minutes). I guess I should disclose from the outset that my wife and I weren’t your usual dieters. In the almost eight years we have married, we have never…

Justin BaileyMarch 4, 2011

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The Paleo Experiment (1): How To Eat Like A Caveman

My wife and I just finished a 30-Day experiment with the Paleo diet. In today’s post, I’d like to explain the diet and why we decided to do it. Paleo is short for paleolithic, which is a fancy way of saying “Stone Age”. The basic…

Justin BaileyMarch 2, 2011

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Upcoming Blog Series

After a month of blogging, I have to say that I’ve enjoyed the discipline of writing consistently. Discipline is the right word, because there are plenty of days when I don’t feel like writing. But I’ve found that it is a lot like working out,…

Justin BaileyFebruary 28, 2011

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Church of CrossFit (10): CrossFit and the Cross

In my previous post I wrote that CrossFit is often accused of elitism, and I concluded that it was guilty. Its mission of “forging elite fitness” has indeed led its adherents to elitism. In other words, they truly believe that they are training the most…

Justin BaileyFebruary 25, 2011

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Church of CrossFit (9): CrossFit Cult?

Up until this point, I’ve been examining CrossFit from a very positive light. Is there a dark side as well? Some in the fitness community say yes. When I called XSport to cancel my membership, the lady on the phone said, “Oh, yeah my brother…

Justin BaileyFebruary 23, 2011

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The Paleo Experiment (5): Takeaways

The Paleo Experiment (4): Tensions

The Paleo Experiment (3.5): A Christian Vision of Food

Why Having Kids is Foolish

The Paleo Experiment (3): Food or Fuel?

The Paleo Experiment (2): Retraining the Appetite

The Paleo Experiment (1): How To Eat Like A Caveman

Upcoming Blog Series

Church of CrossFit (10): CrossFit and the Cross

Church of CrossFit (9): CrossFit Cult?

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