Kill Your TV: The Season Finale

Our 30 day Kill Your TV program is officially over – and it’s time to share what you’ve learned from your experience. Did you make it through the whole 30 days, or did you encounter some unexpected stumbling blocks? What did you do instead of watching TV? Do you expect your viewing habits to change [...]

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Whole30 Success Story: Alan C.

Today’s Whole30 success story features Alan C. (40), of Kwajalein, Republic of the Marshall Islands.  They say a picture is worth 1,000 words – or, in Alan’s case, 15 pounds lost in just 30 days (and a whole person’s worth of weight lost in his three year journey).  We’re not going to smuck up his [...]

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Prepare for Pavel (and your RKC certification)

We’ve recently written about our experience at the Russian Kettlebell Challenge (RKC) instructor certification. Several people have asked about how we prepared for the weekend, so here is our best advice for surviving – and succeeding with – your RKC. [...]

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The Bacon Bummer

Here’s a key point: we say those things not because we’re trying to woo you into Paleoland, or (as some might accuse us) because we want to ruin your life. We share our knowledge and experience with you because we feel compelled to do the best we can to make your lives healthier, simpler and happier. That being said, we’d like to share our perspective on something near and dear to the hearts of many Paleo eaters – bacon. [...]

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The RKC in Review

We (Dallas and Melissa) completed the RKC (Russian Kettlebell Challenge) certification in St. Paul, MN from April 29th – May 1st. This post is our review of the RKC [...]

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Pervasive and Persuasive: Food, TV, and our Kids

With our recent focus on replacing TV time with healthier habits, and our passion for improving the lives of others (kids included) via healthy nutritional habits, it was only a matter of time before those two roads intersected. While many parents who themselves have generally healthy lifestyles (like many Whole9 readers) might not spend much [...]

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Primal Pacs loves Whole9 readers!

We first introduced you to Matt Pierce and his Primal Pacs back in December 2010, when the Pacs became the first ever Whole9 Approved jerky snack kit. Since then, we’ve been handing out samples at our Foundations of Nutrition workshops, spreading the grass-fed love on Facebook and Twitter and snacking on the Pacs during our [...]

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TV is Dessert For Your Brain (And Not Everday Food)

When we first launched our Kill Your TV program, we were excited to see how it would affect those who participated. We’ve been TV-free for several years, and our first months after ditching the tube were, to say the least, eye-opening. [...]

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That’s Not What Ships Are For

Signing up for the RKC, I knew I would be challenged. It’s an extremely physically demanding program. It requires physical strength, mental toughness, high levels of skill and relentless determination. [...]

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174,203 Things You Can Do Instead of Watching TV

This is the first post in our Kill Your TV series, designed to help you navigate your television-less existence for the next 30 days. (You didn’t think we’d spring it on you and then leave you hanging, did you?) [...]

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