Paleo Pals

I started paleo. Monday will be two weeks for me. Eating lean meats (not TONS of it). Eating TONS of vegetables. Some small amounts of sweet potato or red potato scattered throughout the week (maybe twice a week). No grains, no gluten. No dairy, no sugar. All sugars are from two pieces of fruit a day, 72% dark cocoa chocolate and rarely a scant amount of raw local honey or 100% maple syrup. LOTS of coconut oil for cooking. Salads and veggies drizzled in avocado oil, or olive oil. Himalayan sea salt. I need to drink more water. (water is all I drink). Taking magnesium, cinnamon capsules, Vit D3 and B complex. Sesame seeds, dark leafy greens and chia seeds for natural calcium. The scale is going down, I dont feel bloated, like I use to. We are use to ordering take out or going out to eat. Since starting paleo we have eaten all meals cooked at home. I use lots of lemon juice for vitamin C. Homemade Lemon chicken with broccoli..Yumm and I squeeze lemons on salads. So far so good. I read that we can lose weight this way, if we follow it and eat only 3 non paleo meals a month. meals (not days)..... So far I have not had a non paleo meal. Soon, though, very soon ;-)

It's nice to your motivation, I am trying to be on poleo diet but I can't live without wheat

Neither potatoes nor sweet potatoes are "paleo".

If you do a search in MFP's group section, you'll find several paleo dedicated groups there

I'm eating like a cavewoman!

So you're eating rodents, insects and wild vegetation?

Neither potatoes nor sweet potatoes are "paleo".

Sweet potatoes ARE paleo, just if you are trying to lose weight while on paleo you limit your intake of them.

You may add me if you like. I try and do mostly paleo... a few slip ups here and there but no one is perfect right? :laugh:

I eat occasional root vegetables. No rice, no grain, no wheat, no gluten, no dairy, no sugar. I think most people have to find what works for them. If I stop losing I will cut out the potatoes. I have them very rarely anyways. I believe there are DIFFERENT views on what Paleo is.... BASICALLY Im learning to eat healthier. I have a daughter she is 15, she gets hive and constipation (not overweight) she eats the SAD. She and I are doing this together. She has always had hives, never knew why, they were getting worse, almost daily. So we cut everything out....no hives in two weeks, no bloating and no more constipation for her. For me, I just feel great and am losing, Im sure my blood work numbers should be good, since most of my carb is coming from a couple pieces of fruits a day. If it works, I will keep it up..if not, I wont.... Iv seen potatoes on Paleo Books and recipes, by the way :-) I know some people who have turned off all symptoms of MS...and other health issues eating this way. They DO NOT EAT any potatoes except sweet potatoes, because white potatoes are supposedly 'dark shades" and are therefor inflammatory foods..... Im not into really eating like a caveman....but Im am SUPER EXCITED about eating GOOD HEALTHY foods and Im excited that I am losing and not having to count calories. Im also excited that this way of eating IS NOT like Adkins, we DO NOT go into KETOSIS...we eat carbs, healthy carbs (fruits, molasses, raw local honey, 100% maple) in baking with almond flour or coconut flour. I am surprised at how little I have craved grains, sweets or wheat. Very surprised. I like corn tortillas, but am not having corn right now. Instead I put lean taco meat into a romaine lettuce wrap and top it with guacamole. But, like I sad I will eat 3 non paleo meals a month and see how that goes. When I want something sweet, which is not been every day, normally I want something sweet every day, but I believe since my body is getting all the nutrients it is needing, I am not CRAVING....but when I do want something sweet, I eat a piece of fruit, I can melt 72% dark chocolate bar pieces and coat the banana pieces, put them on waxed paper and into the freezer for a few minutes and that solves my sweet desire. another treat is putting an orange into the blender, a splash of real bottled vanilla, a splash of 100% maples syrup, ice and a splash of organic coconut milk...blend....YUMM. Everyone loves it. So far Im losing, Im feeling better than I have in a long time, not feeling bloated. It's working for me

Sweet potatoes may be considered primal, but they are most assuredly not paleo by any meaningful definition, as we, as a species, did not start eating them until *after* the agrarian revolution took hold.

Ditto for regular potatoes.

I like them, and eat them, but sorry, they are not paleo.

Ok think whatever you want, I'm not going to fight with you about it... but if you just google "Are sweet potatoes paleo?" you will find page after page of YES they are. I just figured I would let you know.

Today I had a red potato, (hadnt had potatoes or any other starch for quite a few days)..... and one red potato, about the size of medium orange, was enough to satisfy me for lunch. I was in a hurry, put it in the microwave, while I soft boiled a couple eggs. I put a little avocado oil drizzle on the ONE potato, squeezed some lemon on it, sprinkled with Italian herbs and a bit of Himalayan sea salt and cracked pepper and was VERY SATISFIED for many hours.

Normally I could eat a HUGE STUFFED POTATO....and I mean JUMBO potato....so I really think the paleo way of eating is meeting my nutritional needs and therefor Im not craving big meals or portions

Neither potatoes nor sweet potatoes are "paleo".

'scuse me?