Paleo = dying young?

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  • FlaxMilk
    FlaxMilk Posts: 3,452 Member
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    You're leaving out:

    1) Everything else I've eaten on the days listed and the eating patterns in the past several months.

    2) Hell no. 2/14/2014 was cheat day. It was my daughters birthday and V-day. It wasn't even remotely Paleo and was never supposed to be.

    Trying to prove to me that I'm not Paleo doesn't support any of the points you're trying to make on this thread.

    You're harping on a small portion of the normal diet. Care to list everything I've eaten in the past 2 months? Of course not! Everyone will see what a ridiculous liar you are!

    And YES, if you're sticking to your Paleo diet on the regular, cheat days don't "count". When we "cheat" we go all the way because occasional times of excessiveness reset hormone (leptin) levels and we feel even better and burn even more fat!

    I find Paleo and Primal interesting. But after this thread, I think I'm confused on what it is. In your diary, I saw a lot of dessert yogurts, pizza, brownies, cake over the last couple of months. Do you consider Primal/Paleo to be an ideal you strive for or your diet? (Example: I do not knowingly eat dairy, eggs, meat, or other animal products ever. I'm a vegan. I idealize a clean, whole foods diet, but I am not a clean eater, because I don't achieve that.)

    Why would Paleo cheat days include going off plan in terms of food choice? Calorie excess, yes, it makes sense. But i'm not getting it for food selection.
  • marshrowan
    marshrowan Posts: 64 Member
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    AsaThorsWoman, I went back and reviewed your diary back to 1/1 as instructed. It appears that you started on the new year with a more or less Primal diet. WIthin a few weeks it started turning from Primal into a more... omnivorous sort of calorie-counting diet. By the standards of Primal, the entirety of February has been an abject disaster, starting with February 1 where over 2/3 of your daily intake came from cake, pizza, ice cream bars, and cookies. It's been off and on since the 1300 calories of beer on January 30 but more off than on.

    This is a common trajectory for New Years' Resolutions. I'm encouraged, however, that you are still logging even though your diet is decidedly non-Primal.

    Look at it this way. Look Monday thru Friday. The only non-primal things listed are my 900 freakin' calorie peice of cake Monday and some frozen yogurt Wednesday night.

    I guess Saturday and Sunday don't count? Then again there's all this:

    Wednesday 2/12:
    Alcohol - Peppermint Schnapps, 4 oz 500 32 0 0 0 0
    Anheuser-Busch - Budweiser, 36 floz 435 32 0 4 60 0
    Taco Bell - Nachos Bell Grande, 308 g 760 85 39 19 1,320 13

    Thursday 2/13:
    Long John Silver's - Battered Fish, 1 piece 230 14 15 12 580 0
    Long John Silver's - (Tartar Sauce), 1 oz (28g) 90 5 7 0 230 0
    Wendy's - Jr Bacon Cheeseburger (From Wendys Website), 1 burger 390 26 22 20 870 2
    Walmart Bakery - Chocolate Cupcake W/ Frosting, 1 cupcake 240 35 12 1 140 0

    Friday 2/14:
    Hershey's Kisses - Milk Chocolate (Per Piece), 2 Kiss 46 6 3 1 8 0
    Butterfingers - Valentine Hearts Candy 5 Pieces, 1 pieces 40 6 2 0 8 0
    Hershey's - Reese's Peanut Butter Filled Hearts, 1 pieces 42 5 3 1 15 0
    Mcdonald's - Mcdouble (No Bun, No Ketchup), 2 Sandwich 460 6 34 36 1,060 2
    Market Pantry Target - Mini Cupcake -- White Cake W/ White Frosting (Serving Size: 3 Cupcakes), 3 cupcakes 330 43 17 2 200 0
    Mcdonald's - Mcdouble (No Bun, No Ketchup), 2 Sandwich 460 6 34 36 1,060 2
    Mcdonald's - Chicken Mcnuggets (10 Piece) W/ Sweet 'n Sour Sauce, 10 Nuggets 5.7 oz (190 g) 520 42 30 22 1,050 2
    Butterfinger - Valentine Heart, 1 piece 160 23 8 2 45 0
    Pearson's - King Size Mint Patties, 0.5 PATTIE 85 18 2 1 45 0
    Ghirardelli Squares - Milk Chocolate With Carmel Filling, 0 oz (1 square) 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Elmer's Chocolate Candy - Assorted Chocolates, 3 pieces (34g) 140 25 5 1 20 1
    Barefoot Wine Merlot - Wine, 5 ozs 120 5 0 1 2 0

    Monday 2/17:
    the Bakery at Walmart - White Cake With Buttercreme Icing, 0.18585000000000002 cake 80g 915 130 41 6 413 0


    I'm not attacking you with this information. But, seriously.... your diet doesn't even approach paleo. Or primal.

    Compared to this diary, I suspect that *you* are closer to "paleo/primal".

    This is not even close to my diary. Pull the report from 1/1/14-current if you want to see it.

    He pulled everyone of my cheats to mis-represent me.


    Trust me I don't believe a word that guy says!!!
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
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    And YES, if you're sticking to your Paleo diet on the regular, cheat days don't "count". When we "cheat" we go all the way because occasional times of excessiveness reset hormone (leptin) levels and we feel even better and burn even more fat!

    Lol and how long does the leptin increases stay elevated after a refeed? And burn more fat?

    And here he comes - mark says hi by the way????

    I take it you primal and paleo zealots don't like your ignorance being pointed out?
  • AsaThorsWoman
    AsaThorsWoman Posts: 2,303 Member
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    Do you realize that if you chop up a vegetable, you have just "processed" it?

    Just sayin.

    Lol✋????????

    Yes, my BFF had to laugh at my glee over my Yule gift of a food processor proclaiming "I thought you didn't eat processed food?"
  • Holly_Roman_Empire
    Holly_Roman_Empire Posts: 4,440 Member
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    AsaThorsWoman, I went back and reviewed your diary back to 1/1 as instructed. It appears that you started on the new year with a more or less Primal diet. WIthin a few weeks it started turning from Primal into a more... omnivorous sort of calorie-counting diet. By the standards of Primal, the entirety of February has been an abject disaster, starting with February 1 where over 2/3 of your daily intake came from cake, pizza, ice cream bars, and cookies. It's been off and on since the 1300 calories of beer on January 30 but more off than on.

    This is a common trajectory for New Years' Resolutions. I'm encouraged, however, that you are still logging even though your diet is decidedly non-Primal.

    Look at it this way. Look Monday thru Friday. The only non-primal things listed are my 900 freakin' calorie peice of cake Monday and some frozen yogurt Wednesday night.

    I guess Saturday and Sunday don't count? Then again there's all this:

    Wednesday 2/12:
    Alcohol - Peppermint Schnapps, 4 oz 500 32 0 0 0 0
    Anheuser-Busch - Budweiser, 36 floz 435 32 0 4 60 0
    Taco Bell - Nachos Bell Grande, 308 g 760 85 39 19 1,320 13

    Thursday 2/13:
    Long John Silver's - Battered Fish, 1 piece 230 14 15 12 580 0
    Long John Silver's - (Tartar Sauce), 1 oz (28g) 90 5 7 0 230 0
    Wendy's - Jr Bacon Cheeseburger (From Wendys Website), 1 burger 390 26 22 20 870 2
    Walmart Bakery - Chocolate Cupcake W/ Frosting, 1 cupcake 240 35 12 1 140 0

    Friday 2/14:
    Hershey's Kisses - Milk Chocolate (Per Piece), 2 Kiss 46 6 3 1 8 0
    Butterfingers - Valentine Hearts Candy 5 Pieces, 1 pieces 40 6 2 0 8 0
    Hershey's - Reese's Peanut Butter Filled Hearts, 1 pieces 42 5 3 1 15 0
    Mcdonald's - Mcdouble (No Bun, No Ketchup), 2 Sandwich 460 6 34 36 1,060 2
    Market Pantry Target - Mini Cupcake -- White Cake W/ White Frosting (Serving Size: 3 Cupcakes), 3 cupcakes 330 43 17 2 200 0
    Mcdonald's - Mcdouble (No Bun, No Ketchup), 2 Sandwich 460 6 34 36 1,060 2
    Mcdonald's - Chicken Mcnuggets (10 Piece) W/ Sweet 'n Sour Sauce, 10 Nuggets 5.7 oz (190 g) 520 42 30 22 1,050 2
    Butterfinger - Valentine Heart, 1 piece 160 23 8 2 45 0
    Pearson's - King Size Mint Patties, 0.5 PATTIE 85 18 2 1 45 0
    Ghirardelli Squares - Milk Chocolate With Carmel Filling, 0 oz (1 square) 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Elmer's Chocolate Candy - Assorted Chocolates, 3 pieces (34g) 140 25 5 1 20 1
    Barefoot Wine Merlot - Wine, 5 ozs 120 5 0 1 2 0

    Monday 2/17:
    the Bakery at Walmart - White Cake With Buttercreme Icing, 0.18585000000000002 cake 80g 915 130 41 6 413 0


    I'm not attacking you with this information. But, seriously.... your diet doesn't even approach paleo. Or primal.

    Compared to this diary, I suspect that *you* are closer to "paleo/primal".

    This is not even close to my diary. Pull the report from 1/1/14-current if you want to see it.

    He pulled everyone of my cheats to mis-represent me.

    He did say you did well in January, or did you miss that part?
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,017 Member
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    AsaThorsWoman, I went back and reviewed your diary back to 1/1 as instructed. It appears that you started on the new year with a more or less Primal diet. WIthin a few weeks it started turning from Primal into a more... omnivorous sort of calorie-counting diet. By the standards of Primal, the entirety of February has been an abject disaster, starting with February 1 where over 2/3 of your daily intake came from cake, pizza, ice cream bars, and cookies. It's been off and on since the 1300 calories of beer on January 30 but more off than on.

    This is a common trajectory for New Years' Resolutions. I'm encouraged, however, that you are still logging even though your diet is decidedly non-Primal.

    Look at it this way. Look Monday thru Friday. The only non-primal things listed are my 900 freakin' calorie peice of cake Monday and some frozen yogurt Wednesday night.

    I guess Saturday and Sunday don't count? Then again there's all this:

    Wednesday 2/12:
    Alcohol - Peppermint Schnapps, 4 oz 500 32 0 0 0 0
    Anheuser-Busch - Budweiser, 36 floz 435 32 0 4 60 0
    Taco Bell - Nachos Bell Grande, 308 g 760 85 39 19 1,320 13

    Thursday 2/13:
    Long John Silver's - Battered Fish, 1 piece 230 14 15 12 580 0
    Long John Silver's - (Tartar Sauce), 1 oz (28g) 90 5 7 0 230 0
    Wendy's - Jr Bacon Cheeseburger (From Wendys Website), 1 burger 390 26 22 20 870 2
    Walmart Bakery - Chocolate Cupcake W/ Frosting, 1 cupcake 240 35 12 1 140 0

    Friday 2/14:
    Hershey's Kisses - Milk Chocolate (Per Piece), 2 Kiss 46 6 3 1 8 0
    Butterfingers - Valentine Hearts Candy 5 Pieces, 1 pieces 40 6 2 0 8 0
    Hershey's - Reese's Peanut Butter Filled Hearts, 1 pieces 42 5 3 1 15 0
    Mcdonald's - Mcdouble (No Bun, No Ketchup), 2 Sandwich 460 6 34 36 1,060 2
    Market Pantry Target - Mini Cupcake -- White Cake W/ White Frosting (Serving Size: 3 Cupcakes), 3 cupcakes 330 43 17 2 200 0
    Mcdonald's - Mcdouble (No Bun, No Ketchup), 2 Sandwich 460 6 34 36 1,060 2
    Mcdonald's - Chicken Mcnuggets (10 Piece) W/ Sweet 'n Sour Sauce, 10 Nuggets 5.7 oz (190 g) 520 42 30 22 1,050 2
    Butterfinger - Valentine Heart, 1 piece 160 23 8 2 45 0
    Pearson's - King Size Mint Patties, 0.5 PATTIE 85 18 2 1 45 0
    Ghirardelli Squares - Milk Chocolate With Carmel Filling, 0 oz (1 square) 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Elmer's Chocolate Candy - Assorted Chocolates, 3 pieces (34g) 140 25 5 1 20 1
    Barefoot Wine Merlot - Wine, 5 ozs 120 5 0 1 2 0

    Monday 2/17:
    the Bakery at Walmart - White Cake With Buttercreme Icing, 0.18585000000000002 cake 80g 915 130 41 6 413 0


    I'm not attacking you with this information. But, seriously.... your diet doesn't even approach paleo. Or primal.

    Compared to this diary, I suspect that *you* are closer to "paleo/primal".

    This is not even close to my diary. Pull the report from 1/1/14-current if you want to see it.

    He pulled everyone of my cheats to mis-represent me.
    I think the point is, your not very invested in the lifestyle and seem to just eat whatever whenever. I'm more primal that you are. It doesn't matter really what you eat but defending a lifestyle should have a least a good base of adherence.
  • AsaThorsWoman
    AsaThorsWoman Posts: 2,303 Member
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    All I'm saying is I chose not to restrict things from my diet.

    So like Johnny I'm not on a restrictive diet. I've not looked at Johnny's diary but does he split his macros into percentages (if yes that's restricting his macro intake) restrictive diet!!!

    By the way it was tongue in cheek - all diets are restrictive. Calorie counting definitely is.




    All the verbal gymnastics in the world won't change the fact that my "diet" has zero disallowed foods and yours does not.

    It has 100% percent restriction on how much you can eat.

    RESTRICTIVE DIET!!!!!!!!

    It's calorie restrictive, not food restrictive >>
    Your diet consists of WHAT you it, not how many calories.


    The term restrictive diet - which gets banded around when the primals come on the forum means exactly what is says

    Restrictive diet and I'm sorry but means calorie restricted as well as food choice.

    They both have their boundaries.

    Mmmm cheetos.

    FWIW, Cheetos Puffs are gluten-free.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
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    AsaThorsWoman, I went back and reviewed your diary back to 1/1 as instructed. It appears that you started on the new year with a more or less Primal diet. WIthin a few weeks it started turning from Primal into a more... omnivorous sort of calorie-counting diet. By the standards of Primal, the entirety of February has been an abject disaster, starting with February 1 where over 2/3 of your daily intake came from cake, pizza, ice cream bars, and cookies. It's been off and on since the 1300 calories of beer on January 30 but more off than on.

    This is a common trajectory for New Years' Resolutions. I'm encouraged, however, that you are still logging even though your diet is decidedly non-Primal.

    Look at it this way. Look Monday thru Friday. The only non-primal things listed are my 900 freakin' calorie peice of cake Monday and some frozen yogurt Wednesday night.

    I guess Saturday and Sunday don't count? Then again there's all this:

    Wednesday 2/12:
    Alcohol - Peppermint Schnapps, 4 oz 500 32 0 0 0 0
    Anheuser-Busch - Budweiser, 36 floz 435 32 0 4 60 0
    Taco Bell - Nachos Bell Grande, 308 g 760 85 39 19 1,320 13

    Thursday 2/13:
    Long John Silver's - Battered Fish, 1 piece 230 14 15 12 580 0
    Long John Silver's - (Tartar Sauce), 1 oz (28g) 90 5 7 0 230 0
    Wendy's - Jr Bacon Cheeseburger (From Wendys Website), 1 burger 390 26 22 20 870 2
    Walmart Bakery - Chocolate Cupcake W/ Frosting, 1 cupcake 240 35 12 1 140 0

    Friday 2/14:
    Hershey's Kisses - Milk Chocolate (Per Piece), 2 Kiss 46 6 3 1 8 0
    Butterfingers - Valentine Hearts Candy 5 Pieces, 1 pieces 40 6 2 0 8 0
    Hershey's - Reese's Peanut Butter Filled Hearts, 1 pieces 42 5 3 1 15 0
    Mcdonald's - Mcdouble (No Bun, No Ketchup), 2 Sandwich 460 6 34 36 1,060 2
    Market Pantry Target - Mini Cupcake -- White Cake W/ White Frosting (Serving Size: 3 Cupcakes), 3 cupcakes 330 43 17 2 200 0
    Mcdonald's - Mcdouble (No Bun, No Ketchup), 2 Sandwich 460 6 34 36 1,060 2
    Mcdonald's - Chicken Mcnuggets (10 Piece) W/ Sweet 'n Sour Sauce, 10 Nuggets 5.7 oz (190 g) 520 42 30 22 1,050 2
    Butterfinger - Valentine Heart, 1 piece 160 23 8 2 45 0
    Pearson's - King Size Mint Patties, 0.5 PATTIE 85 18 2 1 45 0
    Ghirardelli Squares - Milk Chocolate With Carmel Filling, 0 oz (1 square) 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Elmer's Chocolate Candy - Assorted Chocolates, 3 pieces (34g) 140 25 5 1 20 1
    Barefoot Wine Merlot - Wine, 5 ozs 120 5 0 1 2 0

    Monday 2/17:
    the Bakery at Walmart - White Cake With Buttercreme Icing, 0.18585000000000002 cake 80g 915 130 41 6 413 0


    I'm not attacking you with this information. But, seriously.... your diet doesn't even approach paleo. Or primal.

    Compared to this diary, I suspect that *you* are closer to "paleo/primal".

    This is not even close to my diary. Pull the report from 1/1/14-current if you want to see it.

    He pulled everyone of my cheats to mis-represent me.

    He did say you did well in January, or did you miss that part?
    is yogurt and pork rinds paleo/primal?

    I don't recall caveman having access to Yoplait...
  • Holly_Roman_Empire
    Holly_Roman_Empire Posts: 4,440 Member
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    All I'm saying is I chose not to restrict things from my diet.

    So like Johnny I'm not on a restrictive diet. I've not looked at Johnny's diary but does he split his macros into percentages (if yes that's restricting his macro intake) restrictive diet!!!

    By the way it was tongue in cheek - all diets are restrictive. Calorie counting definitely is.




    All the verbal gymnastics in the world won't change the fact that my "diet" has zero disallowed foods and yours does not.

    It has 100% percent restriction on how much you can eat.

    RESTRICTIVE DIET!!!!!!!!

    It's calorie restrictive, not food restrictive >>
    Your diet consists of WHAT you it, not how many calories.


    The term restrictive diet - which gets banded around when the primals come on the forum means exactly what is says

    Restrictive diet and I'm sorry but means calorie restricted as well as food choice.

    They both have their boundaries.

    Mmmm cheetos.

    FWIW, Cheetos Puffs are gluten-free.

    gluten-free-lead-uranium-cocaine.jpg
  • Holly_Roman_Empire
    Holly_Roman_Empire Posts: 4,440 Member
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    AsaThorsWoman, I went back and reviewed your diary back to 1/1 as instructed. It appears that you started on the new year with a more or less Primal diet. WIthin a few weeks it started turning from Primal into a more... omnivorous sort of calorie-counting diet. By the standards of Primal, the entirety of February has been an abject disaster, starting with February 1 where over 2/3 of your daily intake came from cake, pizza, ice cream bars, and cookies. It's been off and on since the 1300 calories of beer on January 30 but more off than on.

    This is a common trajectory for New Years' Resolutions. I'm encouraged, however, that you are still logging even though your diet is decidedly non-Primal.

    Look at it this way. Look Monday thru Friday. The only non-primal things listed are my 900 freakin' calorie peice of cake Monday and some frozen yogurt Wednesday night.

    I guess Saturday and Sunday don't count? Then again there's all this:

    Wednesday 2/12:
    Alcohol - Peppermint Schnapps, 4 oz 500 32 0 0 0 0
    Anheuser-Busch - Budweiser, 36 floz 435 32 0 4 60 0
    Taco Bell - Nachos Bell Grande, 308 g 760 85 39 19 1,320 13

    Thursday 2/13:
    Long John Silver's - Battered Fish, 1 piece 230 14 15 12 580 0
    Long John Silver's - (Tartar Sauce), 1 oz (28g) 90 5 7 0 230 0
    Wendy's - Jr Bacon Cheeseburger (From Wendys Website), 1 burger 390 26 22 20 870 2
    Walmart Bakery - Chocolate Cupcake W/ Frosting, 1 cupcake 240 35 12 1 140 0

    Friday 2/14:
    Hershey's Kisses - Milk Chocolate (Per Piece), 2 Kiss 46 6 3 1 8 0
    Butterfingers - Valentine Hearts Candy 5 Pieces, 1 pieces 40 6 2 0 8 0
    Hershey's - Reese's Peanut Butter Filled Hearts, 1 pieces 42 5 3 1 15 0
    Mcdonald's - Mcdouble (No Bun, No Ketchup), 2 Sandwich 460 6 34 36 1,060 2
    Market Pantry Target - Mini Cupcake -- White Cake W/ White Frosting (Serving Size: 3 Cupcakes), 3 cupcakes 330 43 17 2 200 0
    Mcdonald's - Mcdouble (No Bun, No Ketchup), 2 Sandwich 460 6 34 36 1,060 2
    Mcdonald's - Chicken Mcnuggets (10 Piece) W/ Sweet 'n Sour Sauce, 10 Nuggets 5.7 oz (190 g) 520 42 30 22 1,050 2
    Butterfinger - Valentine Heart, 1 piece 160 23 8 2 45 0
    Pearson's - King Size Mint Patties, 0.5 PATTIE 85 18 2 1 45 0
    Ghirardelli Squares - Milk Chocolate With Carmel Filling, 0 oz (1 square) 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Elmer's Chocolate Candy - Assorted Chocolates, 3 pieces (34g) 140 25 5 1 20 1
    Barefoot Wine Merlot - Wine, 5 ozs 120 5 0 1 2 0

    Monday 2/17:
    the Bakery at Walmart - White Cake With Buttercreme Icing, 0.18585000000000002 cake 80g 915 130 41 6 413 0


    I'm not attacking you with this information. But, seriously.... your diet doesn't even approach paleo. Or primal.

    Compared to this diary, I suspect that *you* are closer to "paleo/primal".

    This is not even close to my diary. Pull the report from 1/1/14-current if you want to see it.

    He pulled everyone of my cheats to mis-represent me.

    He did say you did well in January, or did you miss that part?
    is yogurt and pork rinds paleo/primal?

    I don't recall caveman having access to Yoplait...

    I think one of the allowances of "Primal" is dairy, but my primary instict is to say no, I don't think primal peoples had access to Yoplait.
  • ndj1979
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    I also thought paleo/primal avoided dairy....
  • data3567
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    Paleo is a gimmick and there's nothing inherently healthier about it.
    The myplate and food pyramids is a gimmick.

    ditto!
  • beertrollruss
    beertrollruss Posts: 276 Member
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    A coworker planned a hiking trip for a work club that included some paleo dieters who wanted special foods. I told her she should have brought them some spears and loin cloths and let them really be paleo.
  • smittybuilt19
    smittybuilt19 Posts: 955 Member
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    Why don't you view my diary back from 1/1/2014 - current. I strive for 80/20 under my primal diet, sometimes I come close or better, other times not as much. I do beer as part of my Primal diet. But pretty much you're going to find a huge salad every day (or multiple), a meat a veggie dish for dinner, eggs, nuts, diary and tea.

    You're not proving anything by calling out the %20 of my 80/20, except that Paleo can be fun because it's designed to allow for treats and cheats. Nevermind the fact that last weekend was Valentines day and my daughter's birthday which is a great reason to have your Primal cheat day!

    Unlike your diary which shows something to the tune of 3,000+ calories of drive-thru a day, now that we're throwing stones.

    I don't actually care what you eat, but according to this definition, myself and about 3/4 of my friends list is "paleo." If this is a paleo diet, how is that word meaningful? You eat *less* fast food than some others? That just sounds like personal taste, I honestly don't get why it needs a name.

    This is.... impressive.

    Also, can you please define what you mean by "PBS please"?

    Peanut Butter Sandwich
  • tennisdude2004
    tennisdude2004 Posts: 5,609 Member
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    You're leaving out:

    1) Everything else I've eaten on the days listed and the eating patterns in the past several months.

    2) Hell no. 2/14/2014 was cheat day. It was my daughters birthday and V-day. It wasn't even remotely Paleo and was never supposed to be.

    Trying to prove to me that I'm not Paleo doesn't support any of the points you're trying to make on this thread.

    You're harping on a small portion of the normal diet. Care to list everything I've eaten in the past 2 months? Of course not! Everyone will see what a ridiculous liar you are!

    And YES, if you're sticking to your Paleo diet on the regular, cheat days don't "count". When we "cheat" we go all the way because occasional times of excessiveness reset hormone (leptin) levels and we feel even better and burn even more fat!

    I find Paleo and Primal interesting. But after this thread, I think I'm confused on what it is. In your diary, I saw a lot of dessert yogurts, pizza, brownies, cake over the last couple of months. Do you consider Primal/Paleo to be an ideal you strive for or your diet? (Example: I do not knowingly eat dairy, eggs, meat, or other animal products ever. I'm a vegan. I idealize a clean, whole foods diet, but I am not a clean eater, because I don't achieve that.)

    Why would Paleo cheat days include going off plan in terms of food choice? Calorie excess, yes, it makes sense. But i'm not getting it for food selection.

    Your best bet is to look into it. There's a few sites I personally eat primal.

    You may find it's not for you, but I would personally recommend looking.
  • lindsey1979
    lindsey1979 Posts: 2,395 Member
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    All I'm saying is I chose not to restrict things from my diet.

    So like Johnny I'm not on a restrictive diet. I've not looked at Johnny's diary but does he split his macros into percentages (if yes that's restricting his macro intake) restrictive diet!!!

    There is a difference between restricting caloric intake and restricting what kinds of food you eat.

    Having certain macro percentages doesn't eliminate ANY particular food from your diet.

    And primal doesn't restrict any macro nutrient from its diet.

    Just like a calorie is a calorie - a restrictive diet is a restrictive diet!!????????✋

    You do realize that there is a macronutrient breakdown associated with primal and paleo eating, right? Or have you not delved into the real literature that has been published about this type of eating?

    That's actually incorrect (at least for Primal). It has to do more with activity level and carbs. The more energy you need for greater exercise, the more carbs you use. Protein tends to be linked to bodyweight more than anything (depending on your goals). For most people that means it ends up being high fat, moderate protein and either low or moderate carbs. If you're looking to lose body fat, usually you lower the total carbs.

    But you can have macros across the charts depending on your goals and current body comp. Protein grams stay pretty consistent, but their percentage can shift dramatically depending on the carb input and goals (to maintain, to shred, to gain, etc.). The big thing with Paleo/Primal is usually the content of the macros -- the types of fat, protein and carbs.

    Sorry dude it's not quite that way - close activity has a lot to do with it. It's mainly about manipulating the bodies insulin secretion. The goal of primal is best health - maintenance of lean mass and reduction of body fat.

    Have a listen to his podcasts - last weeks one should explain it for you. And it will be his works and not the Chinese whispers that go around the PBS.

    I'll have to agree to disagree with you there. Those that are doing high activity seem to be eating a LOT more carbs -- good carbs, but carbs nonetheless and have a dramatically different macro input accordingly. Same for those looking to put on more muscle -- tend to have more protein (1+ gram per lb versus 0.7-0.7 per lb). Those looking to drop fat are reducing carb intake (less than 50 or 100 depending on how they affect them). Those looking to maintain, have much more generous carb allowances (100-250+), so their percentage fat and protein drop accordingly.

    "good carbs"? :huh:

    As for those reducing carb intake to lose fat, that is likely more a product of their overall calorie deficit than intentionally trying to eat low carb. Myself as an example, have been in a deficit for about ten days now. In order to hit my minimum protein target (~.9g/lb) and minimum fat target (~.45g/lb, I think), I have no choice but to be low carb. It isn't the low carbs that are resulting in my fat loss, it's my low calories. I can see how people could make the wrong connection though.

    I think for some, the caloric deficit will be enough. But for others, they need more than the deficit -- they will need the deficit in a very specific way (usually by low carbs or at least low glycemic carbs).
  • lindsey1979
    lindsey1979 Posts: 2,395 Member
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    AsaThorsWoman, I went back and reviewed your diary back to 1/1 as instructed. It appears that you started on the new year with a more or less Primal diet. WIthin a few weeks it started turning from Primal into a more... omnivorous sort of calorie-counting diet. By the standards of Primal, the entirety of February has been an abject disaster, starting with February 1 where over 2/3 of your daily intake came from cake, pizza, ice cream bars, and cookies. It's been off and on since the 1300 calories of beer on January 30 but more off than on.

    This is a common trajectory for New Years' Resolutions. I'm encouraged, however, that you are still logging even though your diet is decidedly non-Primal.

    Look at it this way. Look Monday thru Friday. The only non-primal things listed are my 900 freakin' calorie peice of cake Monday and some frozen yogurt Wednesday night.

    I guess Saturday and Sunday don't count? Then again there's all this:

    Wednesday 2/12:
    Alcohol - Peppermint Schnapps, 4 oz 500 32 0 0 0 0
    Anheuser-Busch - Budweiser, 36 floz 435 32 0 4 60 0
    Taco Bell - Nachos Bell Grande, 308 g 760 85 39 19 1,320 13

    Thursday 2/13:
    Long John Silver's - Battered Fish, 1 piece 230 14 15 12 580 0
    Long John Silver's - (Tartar Sauce), 1 oz (28g) 90 5 7 0 230 0
    Wendy's - Jr Bacon Cheeseburger (From Wendys Website), 1 burger 390 26 22 20 870 2
    Walmart Bakery - Chocolate Cupcake W/ Frosting, 1 cupcake 240 35 12 1 140 0

    Friday 2/14:
    Hershey's Kisses - Milk Chocolate (Per Piece), 2 Kiss 46 6 3 1 8 0
    Butterfingers - Valentine Hearts Candy 5 Pieces, 1 pieces 40 6 2 0 8 0
    Hershey's - Reese's Peanut Butter Filled Hearts, 1 pieces 42 5 3 1 15 0
    Mcdonald's - Mcdouble (No Bun, No Ketchup), 2 Sandwich 460 6 34 36 1,060 2
    Market Pantry Target - Mini Cupcake -- White Cake W/ White Frosting (Serving Size: 3 Cupcakes), 3 cupcakes 330 43 17 2 200 0
    Mcdonald's - Mcdouble (No Bun, No Ketchup), 2 Sandwich 460 6 34 36 1,060 2
    Mcdonald's - Chicken Mcnuggets (10 Piece) W/ Sweet 'n Sour Sauce, 10 Nuggets 5.7 oz (190 g) 520 42 30 22 1,050 2
    Butterfinger - Valentine Heart, 1 piece 160 23 8 2 45 0
    Pearson's - King Size Mint Patties, 0.5 PATTIE 85 18 2 1 45 0
    Ghirardelli Squares - Milk Chocolate With Carmel Filling, 0 oz (1 square) 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Elmer's Chocolate Candy - Assorted Chocolates, 3 pieces (34g) 140 25 5 1 20 1
    Barefoot Wine Merlot - Wine, 5 ozs 120 5 0 1 2 0

    Monday 2/17:
    the Bakery at Walmart - White Cake With Buttercreme Icing, 0.18585000000000002 cake 80g 915 130 41 6 413 0


    I'm not attacking you with this information. But, seriously.... your diet doesn't even approach paleo. Or primal.

    Compared to this diary, I suspect that *you* are closer to "paleo/primal".

    This is not even close to my diary. Pull the report from 1/1/14-current if you want to see it.

    He pulled everyone of my cheats to mis-represent me.
    I think the point is, your not very invested in the lifestyle and seem to just eat whatever whenever. I'm more primal that you are. It doesn't matter really what you eat but defending a lifestyle should have a least a good base of adherence.

    Why is anyone attacking anyone at all? She freely admitted that she had unusual events for which she deviated from Primal eating -- mainly a birthday party, v-day and a funeral. Based on that, you're going to call someone non-Primal?

    The rigidity and holier-than-thou-ness of some people is just distasteful. Like a different way of life threatens you so much that you have to attack others.
  • Ang108
    Ang108 Posts: 1,711 Member
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    It's not a fad for some. People do it because of diseases like Hashimoto's.

    I was told by three specialists in three different countries that there is no diet on this planet that will improve a burnt out thyroid....the moment I started to believe that and agreed to take thyroid hormones I did a lot better.
  • AsaThorsWoman
    AsaThorsWoman Posts: 2,303 Member
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    AsaThorsWoman, I went back and reviewed your diary back to 1/1 as instructed. It appears that you started on the new year with a more or less Primal diet. WIthin a few weeks it started turning from Primal into a more... omnivorous sort of calorie-counting diet. By the standards of Primal, the entirety of February has been an abject disaster, starting with February 1 where over 2/3 of your daily intake came from cake, pizza, ice cream bars, and cookies. It's been off and on since the 1300 calories of beer on January 30 but more off than on.

    This is a common trajectory for New Years' Resolutions. I'm encouraged, however, that you are still logging even though your diet is decidedly non-Primal.

    Look at it this way. Look Monday thru Friday. The only non-primal things listed are my 900 freakin' calorie peice of cake Monday and some frozen yogurt Wednesday night.

    I guess Saturday and Sunday don't count? Then again there's all this:

    Wednesday 2/12:
    Alcohol - Peppermint Schnapps, 4 oz 500 32 0 0 0 0
    Anheuser-Busch - Budweiser, 36 floz 435 32 0 4 60 0
    Taco Bell - Nachos Bell Grande, 308 g 760 85 39 19 1,320 13

    Thursday 2/13:
    Long John Silver's - Battered Fish, 1 piece 230 14 15 12 580 0
    Long John Silver's - (Tartar Sauce), 1 oz (28g) 90 5 7 0 230 0
    Wendy's - Jr Bacon Cheeseburger (From Wendys Website), 1 burger 390 26 22 20 870 2
    Walmart Bakery - Chocolate Cupcake W/ Frosting, 1 cupcake 240 35 12 1 140 0

    Friday 2/14:
    Hershey's Kisses - Milk Chocolate (Per Piece), 2 Kiss 46 6 3 1 8 0
    Butterfingers - Valentine Hearts Candy 5 Pieces, 1 pieces 40 6 2 0 8 0
    Hershey's - Reese's Peanut Butter Filled Hearts, 1 pieces 42 5 3 1 15 0
    Mcdonald's - Mcdouble (No Bun, No Ketchup), 2 Sandwich 460 6 34 36 1,060 2
    Market Pantry Target - Mini Cupcake -- White Cake W/ White Frosting (Serving Size: 3 Cupcakes), 3 cupcakes 330 43 17 2 200 0
    Mcdonald's - Mcdouble (No Bun, No Ketchup), 2 Sandwich 460 6 34 36 1,060 2
    Mcdonald's - Chicken Mcnuggets (10 Piece) W/ Sweet 'n Sour Sauce, 10 Nuggets 5.7 oz (190 g) 520 42 30 22 1,050 2
    Butterfinger - Valentine Heart, 1 piece 160 23 8 2 45 0
    Pearson's - King Size Mint Patties, 0.5 PATTIE 85 18 2 1 45 0
    Ghirardelli Squares - Milk Chocolate With Carmel Filling, 0 oz (1 square) 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Elmer's Chocolate Candy - Assorted Chocolates, 3 pieces (34g) 140 25 5 1 20 1
    Barefoot Wine Merlot - Wine, 5 ozs 120 5 0 1 2 0

    Monday 2/17:
    the Bakery at Walmart - White Cake With Buttercreme Icing, 0.18585000000000002 cake 80g 915 130 41 6 413 0


    I'm not attacking you with this information. But, seriously.... your diet doesn't even approach paleo. Or primal.

    Compared to this diary, I suspect that *you* are closer to "paleo/primal".

    This is not even close to my diary. Pull the report from 1/1/14-current if you want to see it.

    He pulled everyone of my cheats to mis-represent me.

    He did say you did well in January, or did you miss that part?
    is yogurt and pork rinds paleo/primal?

    I don't recall caveman having access to Yoplait...

    Yes, yogurt is very natural and great for your gut and pork rinds are pork skin and salt.

    Both primal.
  • tennisdude2004
    tennisdude2004 Posts: 5,609 Member
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    Why don't you view my diary back from 1/1/2014 - current. I strive for 80/20 under my primal diet, sometimes I come close or better, other times not as much. I do beer as part of my Primal diet. But pretty much you're going to find a huge salad every day (or multiple), a meat a veggie dish for dinner, eggs, nuts, diary and tea.

    You're not proving anything by calling out the %20 of my 80/20, except that Paleo can be fun because it's designed to allow for treats and cheats. Nevermind the fact that last weekend was Valentines day and my daughter's birthday which is a great reason to have your Primal cheat day!

    Unlike your diary which shows something to the tune of 3,000+ calories of drive-thru a day, now that we're throwing stones.

    I don't actually care what you eat, but according to this definition, myself and about 3/4 of my friends list is "paleo." If this is a paleo diet, how is that word meaningful? You eat *less* fast food than some others? That just sounds like personal taste, I honestly don't get why it needs a name.

    This is.... impressive.

    Also, can you please define what you mean by "PBS please"?

    Peanut Butter Sandwich

    Mmm peanut butter (no bread though) heavily laden with grain. Very few nutrients and sometimes difficult to digest fibre, but that's the answer to an earlier post.