Hi Dragonwolf
I see you have lost a lot of weight.. !! thats fantastic.... you lost the 48 lbs. with PALEO?? It also says you have been doing this since 2012.. so like 2 years already ... and in all this time.. no grains.. no sugar,,, no junk... alcohol? maybe... just curious

All i can say is KEEP IT GOING.. i wish you luck.. you dont have that much to go.................................

No, it wasn't all from Paleo. I have PCOS, so weight loss has been slow and frustrating no matter what I do. The loss on my ticker has been from my highest weight, so that I remember how far I've actually come, because it very often feels like I haven't gotten anywhere.

I can't say my journey's been completely grain, sugar, or junk free. I tend to be pragmatic about things in general, including my food, and so, some things will occasionally make their way in. I've found through quite a bit of experimentation, how much of what I can handle before experiencing adverse effects in one way or another. Generally speaking, though, these are conscious decisions to consume foods that are not Paleo, after weighing the pros (taste, diplomacy with family, etc) and cons (bloating, chance of eczema or acne flairup, headache, lack of satiety, etc). The more I do this, the more I find that eating most grains, particularly wheat, usually isn't worth it.

In fact, I've only lost about half of the weight on my ticker from Paleo, and even that required some medical help, due to the PCOS. However, I stay with Paleo less so for the weight loss aspect, and more for the other health benefits I've found. At one point, I started getting eczema on my hands that wouldn't go away even with heavy duty corticosteroid creams. I also suffered from moderate to severe acne that I could never do anything about. I even had the beginnings of arthritis in my hips that was starting to bother me, as well as persistent cluster headaches and migraines to the point that I was taking 800mg or more, daily, of Ibuprofen, to be able to function and keep the headaches from turning into migraines.

All of these things were cured by going Paleo and keeping my carbs under 100g a day. For that alone, I don't plan on going back to eating non-Paleo with any kind of regularity.