I'm Lucy from Texas USA. My weight came on in my mid 40s and then fatigue set in. I was diagnosed in September with a thyroid auto-immune disease called Hashimoto's and immediately dropped the gluten and added what I call my daily cocktail of vitamins. From everything I read, a Paleo Lifestyle is the best way for me to go. I do fairly well eating wise except for sugar and Diet Coke (that sounds bad doesn't it)? My goal for the first 30 days is to drop these two things. I might add that diabetes and thyroid issues run very heavy through my family so the thyroid was a wake up call.

I'm Korbey and live in the Twin Cities, MN. I have been dabbling in Paleo for over a year. Have started and stopped 2 Whole30's. Really, I'm just tired of not holding myself accountable and "trying". It's time to just do. I have over 60 lbs of fat to lose and feel like crap. I've been paleo in long enough stints to feel all the positive effects and know it's the right life style change for me.

So, here goes the final attempt. It's going to stick this time.

Hi I'm Leena and I am from West Australia. I am off to a shaky start - late night, too many wines to celebrate the new year but hey I'm here and ready to join you all in this challenge.
I stopped drinking at midnight so technically I am good to go.

My aim is to get all wheat out of my diet, limit the added sugar and just eat as much healthy food as possible. (I am not sure how I stand on the wine at this stage and would feel a hypocrite if I said I was giving it up. I think I will just say I will limit my alcohol.)

I will use Mark's Daily Apple/Primal Blueprint as my guide and will endeavour to improve my diet in as many areas as I can.

I'm Niki - I live in Winter Park, FL. I am 32 years old. I have 3 boys (ages 3, 2, and 4 months). I have struggled with my weight since the age of 25. I work full time and just recently finished my college education. Now I am trying to figure out how to balance my work/family life and get in some exercise! I have about 70-80 pounds to lose.

Hello Everyone,
My name is Jef and I'm in the US Navy Stationed in Naples, Italy.

I have been on and off the paleo diets for a few years. I have limited support at home and I think that leads to my falling off the diet and going back to my old food fixes.
I feel great when I'm eating clean paleo foods. Here in Italy I do not speak Italian and find it hard to get the grass fed meat so I am going to hope what I can get is good enough until I make it back home to the States.
I am starting out at 285 pounds or 129 Kilos and aim to get to 220 pounds or 95 Kilos. I look forward to loosing weight and getting healthy with you all.

Hi, I'm Liz. I'm 29 years old, and I'm currently living in Toledo, Ohio, where I'm bored out of my mind haha. As soon as some family health issues have been resolved, I hope to move back to South Korea, where I spent the last 3 years teaching English. So bummed to record my starting weight this morning... I'd been just under 150 lbs. for several years, after a lot of hard work, and today I was back over 160. Needless to say, the transition of living at home with my parents has not been good for me mentally, emotionally, socially, physically, or in any way. I do know my family needs me, so I'm sticking it out, but I need to take care of myself again, and this challenge will help me refocus

I think I've convinced my mom to get on board with Paleo eating. At least this month, she's going to give it a go with me, so that helps. I reorganized the kitchen, so we have a "No" cupboard now. Certainly easier when I'm living alone and I don't buy/have tempting foods, but I think this will be enough.

Sorry, I'm realizing this isn't the most positive of introductions. It's just been rough lately. Just got back from sitting around the hospital all day while my dad just sleeps. It gets old making a 2-hour round trip to sit and do nothing each day, and he's basically been between hospital and rehab since June. We packed our lunch today, so we're making Paleo work with the routine Going to get a good workout in after dinner!

Hi, I am Elisa. I am 42 and live in Staten Island, New York. I will be married 20 years in February and have three children. Today is my 83rd day eating Paleo. I started eating Paleo as a means to lose weight. I gained over 30 pounds over the last 5 years. I have been in the 115 - 120 pound range after having my third child (before children I was a steady 101 pounds) and when starting Paleo I weighed in at my highest ever (besides being pregnant) at 153.2 My last weigh in was last Monday and I was 147.6 I am motivated to lose weight and my goal is to be under 140lbs. for my daughter's Sweet Sixteen on February 7th. I LOVE dairy and I love coffee with half and half or vanilla creamer. My goal is to stick to 2 cups of coffee per day (rather than 4 cups per day) and stop eating dairy all together. I gave it up cold turkey at the start of Paleo and it weazled its way back in slowly but surely when I read primal allows dairy.

Good luck to all!

Hello all - joining late as well. My name is Kasey, from New England area. Soon to be 24. Former D1 athlete so working out is inconsistent nowadays. Trying Paleo for the first time, started Jan 3. Currently around 155-160 and 5'7", aiming to lose approx. 20 lbs in time for the summer! More so for personal confidence than anything else. Looking forward to the 30 day challenge with you all!

Hello, I'm Louise, I am 43 years old and I live in North Georgia. I am in desperate need of a restart as the holidays were a bit overboard in the food department. It always starts small but ends in tragedy. I think I'm okay if I eat homemade Christmas cookies but the sugar cravings eventually lead me to the land of pop tarts and Oreos.