anyone else eating primal/paleo?

iamcallieu

hi all, been on here a while now and have a good MFP support, but none of my pals eat like I do! It'd be awesome to have some wheat/grain/gluten free pals who eat a more primal diet like I do

kaysize

I recently created my MFD accounted and added my fit bit device to monitor activity levels. So while I am new to this application I have actually been abiding to the paleo/primal diet for a little over a year. If you need help with anything let me know!

iamcallieu

I'd like to add you as a friend here. I think supporting each other making good primal choices would be really helpful ☺️

miriamtob

Feel free to add me. I've been eating primal/paleo for 4 months. Logging food diligently for one month here. Once I heal from my back injury I would LS like to incorporate more functional movement like what Mark Sisson lays out in the book Primal Blueprint.

lemurcat12

There's a paleo group here. If I understood how to search for groups I'd link it for you.

tat2cookie

Going on almost 3 years now.

pope705

Here it is: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/37-primal-paleo-support-group I've been Paleo for almost 2 years, about to start my second round of whole30 next week!

katk2

Hi.
I'm trying to be paleo. But there are sine days when I'm giving up. It's very hard to do it on your own.

MDAPebbles67

I have been Primal/Paleo since 2010 and would love to have more MFP friends who eat this way.

vander7679

I am currently but don't know that I will continue totally paleo but will stick pretty close...feel free to add me. I am, and have been for years, totally gluten free though...

Kimberly_Harper

Yes I eat strict Paleo about 99% of the time - have been since the first of September. I have lost about 35 lbs since then, and I feel GREAT physically and mentally. I will probably eat this way the rest of my life. It gets me back in the kitchen, keeps me motivated, and keeps me more conscious of where my food is coming from.

StephannieL

Hello all!
I started out with Whole30 and then moved to Paleo and now do a combo of Paleo/clean eating. LOL
Feel free to add me as a friend if you'd like. I love chatting with other people who are doing the same thing. Love new ideas and recipes.

KombuchaCat

I've been leaning to primal for a while and started the Primal Blueprint 21 day challenge this week. I'll send you a friend request.

yogicarl

Not trying to be a troll or be anti - a genuine question. When you consider that many plant foods would not have left fossil evidence and we could be led to believe that paleo and other ancestral species ate mainly flesh food because of the evidence left by bone fossils, how can we really know what Paleo or any of those precursors to modern man really ate?
- any evidence? What about all the vegetable matter that our ancestors could have eaten that are simply not evidenced in fossil records?
- my logic is that it would have been much simpler and less calorifically expensive to simply gather plants and fruits and hunt for insects and small mammals than to hunt larger faster beasts. It wouldn't have made sense to go running after a bigger animal when there might be insects and slower critters to hand.

eric_sg61

yogicarl wrote: »

Not trying to be a troll or be anti - a genuine question. When you consider that many plant foods would not have left fossil evidence and we could be led to believe that paleo and other ancestral species ate mainly flesh food because of the evidence left by bone fossils, how can we really know what Paleo or any of those precursors to modern man really ate?
- any evidence? What about all the vegetable matter that our ancestors could have eaten that are simply not evidenced in fossil records?
- my logic is that it would have been much simpler and less calorifically expensive to simply gather plants and fruits and hunt for insects and small mammals than to hunt larger faster beasts. It wouldn't have made sense to go running after a bigger animal when there might be insects and slower critters to hand.

This might help
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/121080/early-humans-ate-everything

ndj1979

yogicarl wrote: »

Not trying to be a troll or be anti - a genuine question. When you consider that many plant foods would not have left fossil evidence and we could be led to believe that paleo and other ancestral species ate mainly flesh food because of the evidence left by bone fossils, how can we really know what Paleo or any of those precursors to modern man really ate?
- any evidence? What about all the vegetable matter that our ancestors could have eaten that are simply not evidenced in fossil records?
- my logic is that it would have been much simpler and less calorifically expensive to simply gather plants and fruits and hunt for insects and small mammals than to hunt larger faster beasts. It wouldn't have made sense to go running after a bigger animal when there might be insects and slower critters to hand.

fact is that the "paleo" diet is has absolutely nothing to do with how paleolithic people ate...

yogicarl

thanks for the replies and references - looking it up.

LilyRestored

I really am interested in paleo/ clean eating. Gluten,wheat and grains really upset my health. How do i start?

kommodevaran

LilyRestored wrote: »

I really am interested in paleo/ clean eating. Gluten,wheat and grains really upset my health. How do i start?

1. Find out what you are allergic to. Get real tests provided by your real doctor.
2. Cut out the things you are allergic to.
3. Block out the noise. Become a critical thinker.

trigden1991

ndj1979 wrote: »

yogicarl wrote: »

Not trying to be a troll or be anti - a genuine question. When you consider that many plant foods would not have left fossil evidence and we could be led to believe that paleo and other ancestral species ate mainly flesh food because of the evidence left by bone fossils, how can we really know what Paleo or any of those precursors to modern man really ate?
- any evidence? What about all the vegetable matter that our ancestors could have eaten that are simply not evidenced in fossil records?
- my logic is that it would have been much simpler and less calorifically expensive to simply gather plants and fruits and hunt for insects and small mammals than to hunt larger faster beasts. It wouldn't have made sense to go running after a bigger animal when there might be insects and slower critters to hand.

fact is that the "paleo" diet is has absolutely nothing to do with how paleolithic people ate...

ndj1979 wrote: »

yogicarl wrote: »

Not trying to be a troll or be anti - a genuine question. When you consider that many plant foods would not have left fossil evidence and we could be led to believe that paleo and other ancestral species ate mainly flesh food because of the evidence left by bone fossils, how can we really know what Paleo or any of those precursors to modern man really ate?
- any evidence? What about all the vegetable matter that our ancestors could have eaten that are simply not evidenced in fossil records?
- my logic is that it would have been much simpler and less calorifically expensive to simply gather plants and fruits and hunt for insects and small mammals than to hunt larger faster beasts. It wouldn't have made sense to go running after a bigger animal when there might be insects and slower critters to hand.

fact is that the "paleo" diet is has absolutely nothing to do with how paleolithic people ate...

My thoughts precisely. However if you can achieve your goals doing it then good for you.

Gianfranco_R

LilyRestored wrote: »

I really am interested in paleo/ clean eating. Gluten,wheat and grains really upset my health. How do i start?

Well, you may want to read a book first. Alternative approaches to nutrition (paleo, vegan, LCHF, etc) require some preliminary homework.

crzycatlady1

Necro thread.

lemurcat12

crzycatlady1 wrote: »

Necro thread.

Just coming to say that.

Gianfranco_R

lemurcat12 wrote: »

crzycatlady1 wrote: »

Necro thread.

Just coming to say that.

So, if someone resumes an old thread to ask a new question, we should refrain from answering or what? Please expand.

lemurcat12

There was no new question.* Someone answered an old question and that usually confuses people so they don't notice the original question was long ago. I always dislike accidentally answering an old question and my impression is many others feel the same, so it's nice to point out that it's old.

*Edit: oh, oops, there was. I missed it. Never mind, then, although I do think on MFP adding a question to someone else's old question tends to create confusion and better practice is to start a new thread. (Same with adding a different question to someone's preexisting thread.)

lemurcat12

LilyRestored wrote: »

I really am interested in paleo/ clean eating. Gluten,wheat and grains really upset my health. How do i start?

As it was pointed out that this is a new question, I will repeat the advice from before:

There's a group for paleo eaters that would probably be a good source of advice: Here it is: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/37-primal-paleo-support-group

There are also a TON of paleo recipe blogs that are good for ideas (I sometimes use them even though I am not paleo). One is https://stupideasypaleo.com/ and another is http://nomnompaleo.com/

That said, cooking without grains (which would include no wheat or gluten) is really easy. I am not paleo and yet I only good with grains if I happen to want pasta or corn or rice. If you are good with starches other choices are tubers (potatoes and sweet potatoes) and legumes (lentils are particularly easy and fast). Also quinoa, although lots of people who cut grains seem to cut quinoa too. I never ate much bread, so skipping the bread similarly seems easy. (Note that if one is actually paleo you also skip legumes, and I personally think that's bad advice for most, as legumes are great for you in lots of ways.)

And that aside, I don't actually think most people who think grains are bad for them are correct, I think it's mostly just a trendy thing and having a test to see if you really have an issue is a good thing. But there's no need to eat grains and they are pretty easy to cut out so if you want to, no harm. (I did paleo briefly, and found it pretty easy.)

The only way it should be at all hard is if you eat a lot of packaged stuff or go out a lot, and then (if you really think you have a gluten issue) you will need to be careful about asking questions and reading labels. I'd also think a more useful source would be people who are celiac or on a real gluten free diet, but if you are just assuming gluten is a problem they might have issues, as I've heard from some that the trendiness and people being casual about it leads to assumptions they dislike about strictness not really being important for those who are celiac (which is wrong) and also complete bad information about what celiacs must avoid.

Gianfranco_R

lemurcat12 wrote: »

There was no new question.* Someone answered an old question and that usually confuses people so they don't notice the original question was long ago. I always dislike accidentally answering an old question and my impression is many others feel the same, so it's nice to point out that it's old.
*Edit: oh, oops, there was. I missed it. Never mind, then, although I do think on MFP adding a question to someone else's old question tends to create confusion and better practice is to start a new thread. (Same with adding a different question to someone's preexisting thread.)

I tend to agree with you, but there are forums out there with the opposite rule (where users must use existing threads to ask new questions on the same subject), so it may be confusing for some people.