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This year has been a growing year for me in terms of health and wellness. I overcame a lot of my binge eating issues, my daughter’s intestinal inflammation is healing, and I started consulting with clients about how to better take care of their bodies (by examining lab results).

Considering what I have conquered in my personal life, I wanted to see what resonated most with my readers. Here are the Top 7 posts, receiving more traffic than the rest.

Hirsutism: The Big Hairy Truth. Outlines hirsutism, includes a chart on varying degrees of hairiness, and I share my own personal experience with it.

A Primer on Macronutrients. My first Science Made Simple post still gets a lot of traffic from people trying to figure out what the heck protein, carbs, and fat are…and which ones to eat.

7 MovNat Lessons from an Uncoordinated Stay at Home Mom. MovNat opened my eyes to how I could like physical activity, how I am a powerful woman, and how to better trust my children’s physical abilities.

Paleo: A Nutrient-Dense Eating Disorder?. My struggle with using healthy food in an unhealthy, manipulative way.

Meet the Cast: Food Personalities. A follow-up to the eating disorder post, highlighting all the strange roles I assigned to food that have nothing to do with nourishment. Re-reading, I am sure happy those dark days are over.

Paleo Mistakes 101: Cheat Meals. People Paleofy a lot of foods and claim they taste the same. They don’t. Don’t be fooled.

Mat Lalonde Humbles a Crowd in 48 Minutes. A summary of Mat Lalonde’s AHS11 talk. I don’t agree with everything I wrote here anymore (mostly the tone) and hesitated to include it…but it made the top 7 and I’m nothing if I’m not honest.

Bonus: Most popular Link-up: Paleo PCOS Success Story featuring Danielle who showed PCOS who’s boss.

There is so much great content out there. Here’s a sampling of what I’m reading when I’m not writing.

My Real Food Confession at Modern Alternative Mama. At the risk of sounding ungrateful and complainy, I offered up one of my challenges with eating Paleo.

Exclusive Leaked Documents: American Dietetic Association is Intentionally Using State Legislatures to Block Alternative Nutrition Providers and Restrict Free Speech by Michael Ellsberg on forbes.com. An infringement on free speech and liberty if the information presented is accurate. As a Paleo blogger and proponent of alternative health, this concerns me deeply.

Just Keep Swimming by Meg on CrossFit Mom. A very real, authentic post on imperfection, not being enough, and going a little easier on ourselves.

There is so much great content out there. Here’s a sampling of what I’m reading when I’m not writing.

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The Whole9 Five Movements Series. Dallas and Melissa asked 12 fitness folks which five movements they would do for the rest of their lives if they had to keep it to the bare minimum.

Gotye cover by Walk off the Earth. This song is ridiculously popular to cover and this is by far my favorite. Five people on one guitar? It has 4,571,955 views and I’m fairly certain 300,000 are from our house alone (3yo asks regularly: Mama, I want to listen to the didn’t have to cut me off song)

Rant 64: The House That Stumptuous Built by Krista Scott-Dixon. Language is saltier than I prefer, but the message is powerful. Get some exercise (no matter who/what you are) and quit worrying about other people.

How My Son is Raising Me by yours truly on Modern Alternative Mama. My thoughts on how I wanted to raise a perfect child. And how I have a lot more growing up to do than he does. PS Happy Mother’s Day!

There is so much great content out there. Here’s a sampling of what I’m reading when I’m not writing.

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I have been out of town, but thought I’d pop in to share a few fabulous links. I’ll be back Tuesday. See you then!’

Don’t Make My Mistakes: The 10 Things I’ve Learned from Doing CrossFit featured on CrossFit NYC: Powerful tips for beginners and experienced alike.

School Lunch Ideas at Everyday Paleo: And if you don’t have school-age kids, this could easily be Work Lunch Ideas.

Four Natural Ways to Treat Restless Leg Syndrome by Dr. Tim Gerstmar at Aspire Natural Health: When I was pregnant and pre-Paleo, I could have sworn Club crackers and hamburger buns gave me restless legs. I’ve often wondered if it was the wheat…

DIY Cash-System Wallet Tutorial by Debra (contributing writer at Modern Alternative Mama): I love staying out of debt and Dave Ramsey recommends using cash with an envelope system. I don’t like the envelopes because my two Littles are always tugging on me in the grocery store. If I could figure out how to thread a bobbin, I think I would be sewing this asap.

There is so much great content out there. Here’s a sampling of what I’m reading when I’m not writing.

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Sweet Pictures of Female Athletes at Fitness Fabulous: This blogger is so dedicated to their workouts. I’m always impressed–with the wods and the gorgeous photos of strong women.

Addict II Athlete: Helping clients recover through fitness. Inspiring.

Smart Moves: Core Fitness For Women at Wellness Mama: “Women have special needs when it comes to core fitness. Anatomically, we are built differently than men.”

Preparing Meat 101–Chicken Edition on Strong Made Simple: An easy way to cook chicken.

4 Years of Living – Paleo on Everyday Paleo: Four. For real.

There is so much great content out there. Here’s a sampling of what I’m reading when I’m not writing.

Thanks for putting this together Sean Croxton!

The Paleo Summit is Here by Underground Wellness: Sad you didn’t get to attend the Ancestral Health Symposium? Never fear, 23 Paleo Rock Stars are doing FREE online presentations over 8 days, so register today.

Is Emotional Eating Always As Emotional As It Seems? by PaleoWorks: I have an internet crush on the PaleoWorks site, and I think they may very soon receive a whole Friday Link Love devoted just to them. Until then, this article highlights some of the biology behind emotional eating (which I think plays a much bigger role than we give credit).

The Paleo Diet Cures PCOS on Primal Toad: This is written by The Primal Parent Peggy Emch who is pretty freakin’ rad and just happens to also know a whole lot about PCOS.

Preschooler’s Homemade Lunch Replaced with Cafeteria “Nuggets” on Carolina Journal Online: A little girl’s “turkey and cheese sandwich, banana, potato chips, and apple juice did not meet U.S. Department of Agriculture guidelines” so it was supplemented with 3 chicken nuggets. I can understand the enforcer’s perspective, even if I don’t agree with it. What I have a hard time understanding is how my child’s lunch box could fall under the USDA’s jurisdiction.

There is so much great content out there. Here’s a sampling of what I’m reading when I’m not writing.

Paleo Pad Thai by Melissa Joulwan

Paleo Pad Thai on The Clothes Make the Girl. This meal is delicious. So delicious that we made it after the kids went to bed so we wouldn’t have to share. I personally think it stands alone as a meal itself rather than as a substitute for the real thing, but that’s probably because I don’t make substitute Paleo meals. And speaking of Asian cuisine…

The Asian Paradox: How can Asians Eat So Much Rice and Not Gain Weight? on Mark’s Daily Apple.

Paleo and PCOS on Paleo Pepper. This girl knows her stuff when it comes to Paleo and PCOS. Just a heads up: I seem to remember this article is clean, but there is a fair amount of swearing on the rest of the site.

Meet the 105-Pound, 13-Year-Old Girl Who Is a Record-Holding Powerlifter on The Blaze. Yeah, that’s right. This barely-teenager can deadlift more than my body weight. She’s also a Paleo-adherent.

Inflammatory Bowel Disease is Increasing on Journal Watch. Looks like Baby Mimi won’t be alone if her blood tests come back positive.