PaleOMG Uncensored

I've been blogging since 2011 at this point. Every single day, every single week, and every single month I learn something new. I figure out a new way to cook, a new tool online, I learn how to shoot and edit video, or how to take better photos, I learn a new way to make money and help my family thrive. I'm constantly learning and that's exactly why I love my job so much. I make my own rules, I make my own destiny, and I decide what is best for me, my blog, and what I put out into the world. I wake up every day excited to take on the day because I know that the harder I work, the more benefits I will reap (most of the time).

I became a full-time blogger, I believe, around 2013. I don't remember the exact day or even month, but I do remember thinking - "Ok Juli, you're finally making more money at blogging than you are at coaching full time, so maybe it's time to do this every day and see what is possible and how much you can grow." I forgot to mention in this podcast that it was when I was making more money blogging than coaching that I decided to make the full jump to just blogging. I think people have a hard time figuring out when they should make the jump, so that's what worked best for me - knowing for sure I would be making more money blogging than my other job.

Here's a super quick run down of today's podcast! Every podcast I've been totally rushing trying to keep it under a certain time cap, but I recently just did something on the back end of my site so I don't have to rush anymore. So from now on, after this week, no more rushing! I'm hoping I didn't miss anything in this podcast, but here in a little run down of the main points!

Starting My Blog:

Started with a free template I found online and uploaded it to blogspot.com for free

As it grew, I changed over to wordpress.com (that was a pain in the ass - I recommend starting on wordpress.com so you don't have to transfer anything over)

Ways I get paid:

Advertising – I use to work with google ads and other companies, but I continued to run into issues with how the ads were placed or where they led the customer. I now work with Adthrive who was recommended by Lexi and I love it.

Affiliate programs – Affiliate just means that I promote certain products and if those products are purchased, I make a cut of that.

Book bundles

Ebook sales

Amazon (This just became available for Colorado people!!)

Real plans

Random Other Affiliate Programs - Liketoknow.it, food related, etc.

Sponsored posts and content

A company will reach out to me about working together, I will tell them my fees and we will sometimes negotiate

Books - I’ve come out with 3 cookbooks which I receive royalties on, but you just never know what you are going to make so it’s a bit of a crap shoot and it restricts you from your daily job of blogging which reduces traffic long term. But many publishers give advances to make up for that and help with that type of issue.

OMG! That's Paleo?

The Paleo Kitchen

Juli Bauer's Paleo Cookbook

Reader Questions:

Affordable host to get your blog started on: Bluehost

Get food photography inspiration from How Sweet It Is and Half Baked Harvest

This book taught me the basics about setting up a food photography, it's a really good book!

If you have any questions about becoming a full time blogger, please leave them in the comments below! I respond to comments on my blog much faster than emails, so please keep that in mind! And if you have podcast topics you would like to hear about, let me know! I also just got my podcast on Stitcher so feel free to listen to it here! And don't forget to rate, review and subscribe so I know what you guys are thinking!!

Happy Saturday! Today I am chatting all about macros, supplements and protein powder. All things I know nothing about. But I'm telling you my experience with some different products and what I've found to work for me! I haven't tried macros myself because of my tendencies with obsessive behaviors, especially towards food. But I've still been able to lose weight just listening to my body, eating real food, and staying away from alcohol and sugars most of the time (while still enjoying life)! Feel free to ask any questions below and I'm happy to answer them here! I had a hard time sorting through social media questions the other day while dealing with a loss of a friend so I'm sorry for not answering questions very well. Working on it!

Here are some links to the talking points I chatted about!

Zone document that I started with when beginning zone then paleo

My favorite gluten free granola

My favorite gluten free bread

Explanation of Macros

Macros calculator

Multivitamins - Smarty Pants Gummies and the prenatal ones

The fish oil I prefer

Favorite Protein Powder

Great Lakes Collagen

Vital Proteins Collagen

More info about collagen and it’s benefits

Again, feel free to ask any questions below or leave a comment with your own experience when it comes to macros, supplements and protein powder! Excited to hear your own stories!!

Episode 6 Transcription:

This is Juli Bauer from PaleOMG and you are listening to PaleOMG Uncensored.

Juli Bauer: Hey guys! It’s Juli from PaleOMG. How’s it going? I hope you’re having just a fabulous week, and things are just getting brighter and brighter. I have had a really weird couple of weeks and extremely stressful. I lost a friend this week, very unexpectedly, and I’m still trying to process that, and I’m having a hard time with it.

But I told you guys I would get this podcast done and I’m trying to get it done. So I hope I do my best on this podcast. I’m just a total mess. It’s just been a really f*cking weird week, and I’m just crying a lot and I just had a dog who rolled himself in goose sh*t, and I about f*cking lost it. And all he did was rub himself in goose sh*t! He’s done that many times. But since there are so many things going on and so many stressors, I was so mad at my poor dog. It’s just been a weird f*cking week.

But, I want to get on with this. I asked on Instagram if anybody had questions about macros, or supplements, or protein powder, and there were like 120 questions. And what’s so sh*tty about that, is I know nothing about macros. Yeah. So we’ll just get that out there in the open; I know nothing about macros. They know nothing about me, I guess. I don’t really take any supplements, and I barely drink protein powder. So you know what; I’m going to be really f*cking helpful on this subject. Sorry about that.

So if you want some real knowledge bombs and that kind of sh*t, for any amount of time, but I like to talk from experience. Going back in the past, what has worked for me. Because macros is this huge thing right now; you’re seeing a lot of people get super lean doing macros, and I have had really obsessive behaviors in the past, and I’ve been able to have my weight go up and down not counting food at all and have lost weight without counting whatsoever. So I just want to talk about that today, but if you want science facts, get the f*ck out of here. You don’t want anything to do with me.

But; let’s go back in the past. So I counted calories in the past. I remember in high school I had my little planner, and I would count however many calories, and this was not when I was eating healthy. I mean, I was eating those 100-calorie snack packs, and just starving myself. I was starving myself as much as I could. Oh my god, if I burp a lot in this podcast,

Huge shout out to my friend Joy from Girls Gone Wod because after a completely miserable day that I kept drowning in, especially when I couldn't get this podcast uploaded, she took over and fixed everything! Because of her, I am smiling today and this podcast lives on for a 5th episode! This week I asked you awesome people to write in with random questions so I answered some from the blog and from instagram. So huge thank you to everyone who wrote in! And if I missed anything you'd really like me to answer, feel free to leave your questions below in the comments section! You just may not hear back until Sunday or Monday....BECAUSE I'M GOING TO VEGAS!! After a really tough week, it's time for a one night vacation - I'm going to danceuntil4inthemorning town. See you on Monday!!

And PS - I had a ton of people ask about macros, supplements, vitamins, and also how I became a blogger full time so I'm definitely going to do an entire podcast about two topics so stay tuned in the next couple weeks!

Favorite Podcasts Right Now:

My Favorite Murder

Serial

Undisclosed

In the Dark

Accused

Girls Gone Wod

Anna Faris is Unqualified

My friend Joy recommended Up and Vanished AND Real Crime Profile, I haven't had time to listen to them yet since I've been working through My Fav Murder so definitely check those out, too!

Favorite Workout Clothes:

Zella from Nordstrom

Victoria Secret Sport

Express

Splits59

Lululemon – favorite leggings are the High Times Leggings

Links about dealing with changes at the gym & with myself:

https://paleomg.com/weekly-workouts-before-and-after-photos/

https://paleomg.com/paleomg-community/my-weight-loss-journey-over-the-past-three-years

Favorite Restaurants in Denver (and other cities I've traveled to):

https://paleomg.com/paleomg-community/favorite-gluten-freepaleo-restaurants-ive-been-to-feel-free-to-add-your-own-in-the-comments-below

Favorite Food Blogs (paleo and non-paleo):

Lexi’s Clean Kitchen

Fed & Fit

Diane Sanfilippo

How Sweet It Is

Ambitious Kitchen

Teeth Whitening Toothpaste: Dessert Essence Whitening Paste

Favorite People On Snapchat:

Kaitlyn Bristowe (a bachelorette a couple seasons ago) – snapbackbean

Shawn Booth (the guy Kaitlyn chose and is now engaged to) – Shawn_Booth

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Don’t forget to subscribe on iTunes and leave a review! And I’m working on getting my podcast up on Stitcher so stay tuned Android users!

Episode 5 Transcription:

This is Juli Bauer from PaleOMG and you are listening to PaleOMG Uncensored.

Juli Bauer: Hey there! It’s Juli, from PaleOMG. I hope you got that from the introduction going on there. There’s just a lot going on here at the PaleOMG household. I wonder if my husband finds it annoying when I say PaleOMG household. He doesn’t really read my blog, or listen to my podcast, or watch any of my videos, so he doesn’t even know.

Ok guys. Today we’re going to be talking about random questions. I was thinking every 5th episode, I did a random questions episode. But we’ll see how the first one goes. I started asking questions like a week ago, and the questions keep building up, so I’m hoping I’m covering everything, and they’re all over the place, today, guys. I asked on Instagram earlier today for random questions, and there were some interesting ones. Some ones I just cannot cover. I won’t say why, because then I’m going to be rude, I’m going to be a bitch, and I don’t want to be a bitch.

Wait; let’s go over some crazy stuff going on right now. So, I’ve been trying to film videos but we have construction going on at our house.

Paleo on a budget was a highly requested topic. Because, well, everyone is on some sort of budget. And that's something to remember: make the best choices you can that fit within your budget and your lifestyle. Just because you can afford grass fed meat doesn't mean you should be heating up a hot pocket or freezer meal or eating fast food. That's gross. Eat real food, even if it isn't perfect. It's better than what most of the population are eating out there.

Here's a little recap from the podcast:

Places to find cheaper meats:

Find a farmer near you

Get a deep freezer

Split a cow

Freeze and thaw and eat everything you are given

Online companies for meats that can ship:

US Wellness Meats

Texas Grassfed

If you buy at the grocery store:

Grassfed, if possible

Look for what is on sale and cook that

Use the cheaper cuts like stew meat or roasts or organ meat - learn to cook those items

If you can't get organic or hormone free or grassfed, remove excess or any visible fat before cooking (that's where sketchy sh*t is stored)

When buying vegetables:

Join a local CSA

Eat in season - you'll know something is in season when it's a little cheaper, but you can also find a full list here

Items that are less important when it comes to buying organic - Clean fifteen

Items more important to buy organic and wash thoroughly – Dirty dozen

Pantry staples:

Buy products from Amazon

Buy in bulk at Costco

Thrive Market

Tropical traditions

Spices:

Buy in bulk and online

Baking:

If you’re trying to stay on budget DON’T BAKE. Baking costs so much more and it’s unneeded in our diet. You need real food, so stay away as much as you can when it comes to baked goods.

Make your own products such as almond milk, almond flour, ghee, etc.

Start looking at what your normal expenses are:

Are you going out to drinks every week with friends?

Are you paying $5 every day for a coffee?

Are you eating out on a weekly basis?

What things can be removed so you can eat better. It's all about choices, even on a really tight budget!

Favorite Snacks:

Larabars

RX Bars

Mammoth Bars

Plantain Chips

Nut Butter Packets - My Favorite (doesn't upset my stomach)

Favorite PaleOMG slow cooker recipes:

Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Chili

Slow Cooker Tomatillo Pork Chile Verde

Crockpot Carne Asada Loaded Fries

Easy Shredded Pork over Caramelized Mashed Plantains

Barbacoa

Brazilian Curry Chicken

Crockpot Ropa Vieja with Cuban Style Rice

Mushroom Gravy Slow Cooked Rump Roast

Honey Ginger Apple Shredded Pork

If you have any questions or comments or ways that you save while still eating healthy, please leave your comments below to help even more people out!

Episode 4 Transcription:

This is Juli Bauer from PaleOMG and you are listening to PaleOMG Uncensored.

Juli Bauer: Well hey there guys! How’s it going today, this fine, whatever day you’re listening to do. That didn’t even make sense. Dammit, I already screwed this whole podcast up! I just gave my dog the emptiness of a yogurt, a sheep’s yogurt, so he could just chew on that a little bit; lick any little ounce of yogurt out. So if you hear slurping, some moving, it’s pretty much to get my dog to not ask me and whine to go outside so I can get this podcast done. You know, I need to get this done for you guys. Because today, we need to talk about paleo on a budget. But we’ll get there, ok.

I’ve been listening to a lot of podcasts, guys, all kinds of stuff.

I always believed calories in-calories out when it came to weight loss and weight management. But after competing in CrossFit, limiting my caloric intake, and working out multiple times per day - I finally figured out that was not the case. My body was inflamed and yearning for more carbohydrates and less exercise. But I was too addicted to exercise to see the full picture. My workouts began to suffer and my body continued to progress into a constant state of stress. There was no recovery in my life and my body began to show it.

It wasn't until I gave up competing, gave in to more rest days and started feeding my body properly that I began to see results. I slept longer at night, I slowly began to lose weight and the inflammation in my body reduced, I listened to what exactly my body was craving and ate those things, and I became a much MUCH happier person.

I had no balance in my life for so many years. I would either completely limit my food intake or eat everything in sight. I would not workout at all or workout multiple times per day. I would completely hate everything about myself and constantly talk down to myself instead of putting good energy out into the world. It was a really negative times, that lasted for about 24 years.

I'm saying all this because I see so many other people go through it as well. Thinking they need to starve themselves or just workout more instead of looking at the big picture: workout regularly, take rest days, eat well, stress less, sleep more, and be kind to yourself. It's amazing how much your body will thank you when you follow those few things.

If you guys have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them below. And if you have any recommendations for podcast topics, feel free to leave them in the comment section below or reach out to me on social media. I put this podcast together for you guys so I'm here to share whatever you want to hear about! Next week, I'll be covering paleo on a budget!

Episode 3 Links:

Find out more about Crossfit here

My Ever Changing Viewpoint on Paleo and CrossFit

My Weight Loss Journey Over the Last 3 Years

Before and After Photos

Gluten Free Canyon Bakehouse Bread

Listen to episodes 1 and 2 here!

Episode 3 Transcription:

Juli Bauer: Hello! Hello everyone out there. Welcome to the PaleOMG Uncensored podcast. I feel as though I need to start introducing myself, since I haven’t done that in the past two. I’m just really getting my shoes on; getting going. Whatever the hell that means.

Last week, I had a bunch of you, thankfully, let me know that I suck and I need to suck less by writing down kind of an overview of what my topic is going to be so I don’t get lost. Because I tend to do that. But I will get lost, even though I have an awesome overview planned out; I’m just letting you know ahead of time.

Anywho. Today we are going to be talking about exercise and over-exercise. Ooh, what a fun topic. I have done both in my life, so I want to kind of tell my story about that. I always thought calories in, calories out. So if I was eating a certain amount of calories, the more I worked out, the more weight I would lose, or the more muscle definition I would see. I always had this kind of belief in that. But we’ll get into that in a little bit.

I want to talk about kind of my history with exercise. If you’ve seen my Instagram or my blog, every Monday I post what I did, when my rest days were. I also share once in a while what I ate in a day, and I give you free travel workouts and on-sale fitness apparel and new workout music, and sometimes I kind of just talk about motivational stuff; what’s kept me motivated and excited about exercise in the end. So, I’m just going to talk all about that. You can always find more details on www.paleomg.

Hiiiiiiiiiiii! If you've been following me on snapchat, you know that this first podcast has been such a stressor to me. Learning new skills when it comes to technology is so intimidating to me....and obviously not extremely hard since EVERYONE has a podcast. But it's effing hard to me, ok!? I think I've figured it out. Is it live on iTunes or whether the hell else you listen to podcasts? I have no clue. But I'll figure that out for you guys soon and update this post as soon as I know. Just understand, I don't listen to podcasts myself. I didn't even know where you looked for a podcast until this weekend when I HAD to actual figure it out, so this is a whole new world to me!

https://paleomg.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/PaleOMG-Podcast-1.mp3

I'm warning you now, this podcast is not my best work. I was trying to figure out what to start with so I just decided to talk about what I know best: myself. Which isn't that thrilling, but I thought it would be a good start to let you know how I got started in paleo, with PaleOMG, writing cookbooks and just creating my own business all from being obsessed with food.

Episode 1 Links:

Find out more about Crossfit here

My first blog post talking about body issues

My first cookbook 'OMG. That's Paleo?'

My second cookbook 'The Paleo Kitchen'

My third cookbook 'Juli Bauer's Paleo Cookbook'

Search more than 650 free recipes here

See all my fashion posts here and on instagram

For beauty posts, click here

Hair tutorial coming soon!

Episode 1 Transcription:

Juli Bauer: Hey guys! It’s Juli here from PaleOMG. If you have no idea what PaleOMG is, that’s totes fine, because I’m going to give you a little background of me today. And if you hear any slurping or whining or barking, it’s this Frenchie that’s at my hip and will not leave me alone. These dogs are so needy; similar to me.

So anyways; my name is Juli Bauer. I run the blog www.PaleOMG.com, and I’m just going to kind of tell a little bit about myself. I’ve been asking my readers what I should podcast about, and have had all sorts of awesome ideas, so I thought I would just kind of start with my background and what really brought me into PaleOMG and then we can go from there, and hopefully I’m going to record a podcast every single week, which would be sa-weet.

So, anyways, my name is Juli. I am; how old am I; I am 28 years old. I run the blog www.paleomg.com which started out as a food blog, and then it’s really changed into all sorts of things; fitness, fashion, beauty, travel, and I just kind of keep expanding because I keep getting cool readers who ask me to do different stuff and that’s what I do.

Background on me is; I grew up here in Colorado, which I still live here in Colorado because I love it so much. I grew up in Golden as an only child. I know; surprise, surprise, if you’ve read my blog, you obviously can tell. But I grew up with a ton of insecurities. I honestly was one of the most insecure people I think I’ve ever met, and I hated it. I hate being so insecure. I would look at myself in the mirror and I hated what I saw. I just didn’t like anything about myself, and I was constantly battling those insecurities up until college, probably. And after college, really. But once I went to college, I decided I wanted to study health and exercise science, because I was always interested in exercise but I never found what I really loved. I never enjoyed myself in the gym, I just knew I should be working out; I knew that was important. Just like brushing my teeth, just like getting up and showering ever day. Those things you need to do. You’ve got to take care of your family; you’ve got to go to school. So exercise was just one of those things I did because I knew it was important.

But it wasn’t until the end of college I found out about Crossf...