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I'm thinking about starting a small business to provide paleo families with a quick and easy way to enjoy pancakes (one of my pre-paleo favorites). The mix I make would require less than 3 ingrediants from your kitchen and less than 10 minutes to make. It's like Bisquick, but better tasting and without any of that processed junk. The recipe I use includes coconut flour, almond flour, arrowroot powder, tapioca flour, and baking soda. All of these are healthy and paleo. I know not every paleo nerd loves to bake as much as I do, so this would be a way for other people to enjoy some of their favorite foods that they've had to give up. I always felt excluded when my non-paleo family ate pancakes, does anyone else have a similar situation? Now with this mix, I can quickly whip up some paleo pancakes and boom! I'm part of the family. So yay or nay to a paleo pancake mix?

So today I was working out a little earlier than usual and my husband was still home. One of my kids commented on how Mommy was getting strong and losing weight (it's showing), and he said something to the effect that I was becoming normal. I was like, "What I'm becoming isn't normal in this country (US); being fat and out of shape is normal. Doesn't make it right, though." I went on to mention, though, that the people I hang out with online (NF peeps) fit his definition of "normal". Granted, my husband is the guy who can not work out for months and then work out and not get sore, and he's got probably 15% body fat (total guess based on pictures) in spite of eating lots of (healthy) fat and, again, not working out lately (he's getting his master's and has been busy with that, besides a full-time job--he can't wait until summer!). Anyhow, even though he didn't say it in so many words, I know my husband is proud of me, and that just makes me feel good! The other news is that I'm getting better at push ups. After reading the Nerd Fitness post about how to do a proper push up, I decided I needed to skip the half-way-down ones I was doing and actually find a position were I could get all the way down in perfect form. For me, that was the kitchen counter (I was happy to skip the wall push ups! LOL!). Two weeks ago on Monday I started really focusing on them, and I did 3 sets of 9/8/8 reps, going to max reps each time. Today, my 6th workout (3 each week), I did 17/12/11! That's almost double total reps and a serious improvement over last time! Monday I'm moving to the kitchen table (which is lower), at least for the first set. Anyhow, I'm so pumped after my workout today--in spite of the fact that holding my arms straight out to peel an egg over a container on the back of the counter felt like a workout after my shower! At least, I could feel it in my arms and shoulders. I'm so excited! So glad I found Nerd Fitness! Thank you Steve, and thank you all of you for defining my normal in a totally different place from the rest of the world!