Hi, I'm David, living in Las Vegas. I have been reading a lot about nutrition in the last year, and of all that is out there, the Jaminet's are some of the ones I respect the most, and I would like to follow their PHD recommendations. Used MFP on and off, but it definitely works when I use it.

Hi my name is MIndy. I live in Central Illinois and happily married with 2 boys. I have finally met my weight loss goals now trying to work on some personal fitness goals. Im very interested in this PHD. Is this a hard eating plan to follow? I work night shift so some eating plans are just not feesible. I have read somethings about this plan but just wanted some personal input.

Hi Im Sanna, I from the Bahamas, I am new to mu fitness pal. Bethany was so kind and so helpful she introduced me to phd, it seems like the best diet in the world.

Hi, my name is Francois I'm from Montreal. I enjoyed reading PHD but I have to eat at restaurants a lot and I'm very curious to hear other people's experiences following this diet while eating out.

I generally try to stick with salads, or a meat & veggies if I can. I always try to get the salad dressing on the side, and use it minimally if at all. It usually has some unhealthy fats, but I don't use it often. If the salad has some cheese and a good bit of protein, sometimes I don't even need the dressing. If I get breakfast and it comes with toast, I just skip it or ask if I can get tomatoes or fruit instead.

Hi, I'm Shar, and I've been doing a PHD/Primal-ish diet since August 2011. I started out trying for Primal first, as I read about it first, but I loved when I read PHD. I refer back to it often! I probably do try to stick to a bit lower carbs than they recommend, at least until I get most of my unwanted fat off. But going off the wheat has made a tremendous impact on my health - I don't have acid reflux, eczema, IBS, etc anymore!

Hi! I am a more recent "convert" to PHD from "paleo". I still totally believe in the primal/paleo principles, but I need a higher card load and achieve that with rice and tapioca over eating mass amounts of vegetables. I am hoping to meet some like minded folks.

I am just about 37 years old. I have six children, they range from 22 months (two in January) to 14 years old, with one in heaven. I am in the US Air Force and need to stay fit so I don't lose my job.

Hi, I am new to PHD but not to MFP! I've been doing keto for the past 4 months but have not been very successful with it despite keeping a close eye on my intake. A lot of that probably has to do with not having that much to lose (I am starting out at around 138lbs, but I'd like to be around 120-125) I found it not very satisfying, as I do not enjoy so much fatty foods and tons of cheese, and I dearly missed fruits and rice (sushi!!). I also found it not very filling or nourishing, and some days I would tend to overeat by a hundred calories or so even though it was high-calorie food.

By contrast, yesterday I made some chicken curry with RICE and even though the calories for the meal were lower, I felt stuffed for hours! PHD does advocate higher fat, but I am hoping that increasing carbs will help me get all that fat in, in a more pleasing way (kerrygold + potatoes!).

Hi. Found the PHD 12 days ago. Have lost 3lb already.
Im a very active and fit 56 year old BUT have 80lb to lose. Have been paleo 7 years and tried keto with no success, was hospitalized due to heart palpitation! My body temperature was ( until this week) way down although I was not hypothyroid. At 34.5*C, as well as dry skin, dry eyes, and being generally moody. Now I know thats all signs of carb deficient and my body just shutting down. I ride a bike a few times a week about 6 hours, some easy some HIIT. I was basically not eating enough calories to lose weight my body thought i was undernourished and it was a vicious cycle. Not losing weight so cut more food out, I think weve all been there.
So I struggled to actually eat the amount on the PHD, but only 12 days in and my body temp was up already near normal in the first week. I lost 3lb in the first week (husband has hidden the scales,and lets me weigh only on Sundays).
Im up to eating around 1800cals (I can hardly believe it) and feel stuffed most of the time.☺
Farty for the first few days..ha.
looking forward to getting my waist back by the time my daughter graduates next year.

Hi all, I'm new to PHD - and primal/ancestral too - having been chained to the modern diet - and all of the various diets and weight loss schemes based on that thinking. I came across Jaminets website a little while ago and have now bought the book and have tried enough of his suggestions to have come the decision to commit!

I have to say though that the idea that it's okay to eat fat, and the saturated variety at that, still makes me nervous. Worse still is the fact that others are raising their eyebrows at the idea - putting it down to self-delusion, and I'm fairly sure in my paranoia that they're taking bets on how much weight I'm going to gain, how long until I fail again etc. They're probably not, but they certainly don't have faith in the diet!

I'm looking forward to overcoming both my own trepidation and gaining the confidence and insight to take this as far as I can. I'd really welcome your input and suggestion as much as your support - the PHD book and website is great but the very fact its so detailed works against me, and I have to admit that this, taken with my natural scepticism borne of fifty years on a wheat=good, fat=bad brainwashing, means I'm lacking in confidence somewhat in that I've got it right.

I'm kicking off on 1500 calories per day, 30% fat, 35% each for protein and carbs. I've got around 140lbs to lose - that's ten stone in Brit-speak!