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About Laura Pappas

Laura Pappas is a health coach whose passion is achieving optimal health and fitness. Her health coaching approach helps busy people balance their lives, training, and food choices in a way that is easy and sustainable. She believes in the power of eating real, whole foods, avoiding processed sugar, and applying the principles of the Paleo Diet to modern living.

Buy Local Support Your Farmer – CSA, Farmer’s Markets, and Healthy Highlights

June 13, 2013 By 1 Comment
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I love this time of year for a few reasons, the sun is out, it's warming up (OK - its gotten a little too warm too fast here this year but normally it's great!) and there are lots of fresh vegetables and fruits available.  Ever notice how much better fresh food tastes?  The difference between the tender baby lettuce from your garden, your CSA share, or your local farmer is amazing compared to what you can buy "regularly" in the store. This pas week I got an amazing share from my CSA … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Community, Food, Healthy, Lifestyle, Paleo, Primal

Stand Up! Portable Standing Desk

May 29, 2013 By 2 Comments
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Think about how much of your day you spend "working" or "at work" and then think about that hour or two that you committ to being healthy - a Crossfit WOD, run, yoga class, bike, swim, or whatever it is that you do to stay active.  Now imagine that you could convert your work space to be healthier, without investing thousands in a a new work space!  Enter the portable standing desk.  I ordred this through ebay, and it is a HUGE improvement over my empty copy paper box work station that I had … [Read more...]

Filed Under: challenge, Community, Corporate Wellness, Healthy, Lifestyle, Work

Quick and Easy Collard Greens

May 24, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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I know what you're thinking, collard greens? are you serious?  Collard greens are a dark leafy green vegetable and are great to include in your diet.  I got my first CSA delivery from Lancaster Farm Fresh, and was happy to see some fresh, organic, and local collard greens in my share last week! Collards are now one of our favorite vegetables, they are a little "sweeter" than other dark leafy greens like kale, and aren't part of the sulpher family (like broccoli, brussels sprouts, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cooking, Food, Healthy, Lifestyle, Low Carb, Nutrition, Paleo, Recipe

Geeking out at a Paleo Q&A Session

May 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Paleo QA Board

This weekend Chris Plentus of Constantly Varied and I held a 90 minute Paleo Geek-Out session, where we had some topics to share from some of the things we learned at Paleo FX this March in Austin Texas.  Our 90 minute session turned into a +2-hour session, full of awesome information, questions, and answers.   The board started out pretty clean, this is what it looked like by the end, full of ideas and Paleo knowledge!  The original plan was to cover Sleep, Strength & … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Healthy, Nutrition, Paleo

Paleo Strategies in WOD Talk Magazine

May 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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Back at the beginning of 2013 I was featured in a Crossfit centered publication called WOD Talk Magazine.  In the January/February 2013 issue me, in an article about Paleo eating called "The Ladies Rx, Not Just Another Diet" a bunch of awesome Paleo ladies talked about strategies for being Paleo.  I'm featured in the article along with Juli from Paleo OMG, Sarah Fragoso from Everyday Paleo and Melissa Joulwan author of Well Fed.   Ladies RX Paleo Nutrition Article - check it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Healthy, Lifestyle, Paleo
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