No Grain...No Pain!!!

Oops I did not add mine in the standarized format ...


Susan: LW 170.2, CW 171, gain of .8
Marie: LW 204, CW 203, loss of 1
Kimberly: LW 134, CW 133.6, loss of .4
Kim: LW 199.4, CW 195.6, loss of 3.8
Katy: LW 145.5, CW 145, loss of .5
Stephanie: LW 136.5, CW 134.0, loss of 2.5
Becca: LW 218, CW 216.6, loss of 1.4
Donna: LW 150.5 CW 150.5 0 lbs lost (3rd week - plateau - help?)
LaShaunda: CW 161.2 (just started)
Amy: CW 113
David LW 230.2 CW 227.6 lost 2.6lbs!
Rachel LW256.8 CW 256.8 no loss...sad....
Carol: LW 156 CW 156 (my fault for not doing the diet)
Ales: LW 185 CW183.4 - loss of 1.6!!!! WOOT WOOOT!!!!! they're starting go!! (hopefully!!)
Cora: LW: 202.6, CW: 200.2 , loss of -2.4
Nikole LW: 228.2 CW: 224.9bs Loss of 3.3lbs (interestingly same as week even thou I cheated!)

Wohoooo Ales - I knew you could do it!!! Bravo girlie!

WELCOME TO ALL THOSE WHO JUST JOINED!! :flowerforyou:

Thanks!
I'll join in here, gradually changing though.

What carbs do you eat besides Fruits/Veggies?

Quinoa is a seed, right? or is it counted as a grain?
Thanks!
And I'm off to read http://tinyurl.com/Primal-101

http://tinyurl.com/Primal-101

Mark's site made my head spin after a while. !!

How about if I just ask you Nice Folks to post what were maybe about Five Dietary Things you changed in the beginning. :-)
I guess this means no pancakes.

What about legumes and lentils? I have cupboards full of those :-)

Thanks!

Okay, I opened it, thanks! By the way today my weight said 147.5 so who knows what is going on. I hope it's real!

Thanks!

Donna

Donna, I only offer help when asked! and you asked! open up your diary and I'll take a look! if you want me to ofcourse

Sure! I have to figure out how to do that and if you know how you can let me know. I am new to this. :-)

Donna

On your "my home" tab there should be an option "settings" then pick "diary settings" there under "diary sharing" should say "private/friends only/public" so you can make it public. I don't think there is really an issue with that, unless you don't want just anyone to be able to see what you eat, so you can keyword protect it and give people the code if you want.

Legumes like lentils on Paleo are generally no-nos but on Primal they are considered in the 20 of the 80/20 they are OK to eat occasionally like chocolate or dairy. Read this in depth explaination. http://www.marksdailyapple.com/beans-legumes-carbs/

5 things I changed -

2. Add more meats ... have meat almost daily
3. Added more fats ... full fat butter, olive oil,
5. No more hours of tiring endless cardio ...

Thanks for the synopis

What is the Recommendation on exercise then?
:-)

Frances to give you a more depth explaination of how I apply the principle of Primal Blueprint to my life I ...

I avoid poisons - like fast foods, any things that is marketed as 'diet', low fat dairy, refined sugars, high fructose corn syrup, beverage shoppes like Starbucks, food that have labels that read like scientific jargon not like a recipe, grains (they really don't settle well with me)

I eat mostly a on daily basis - liver fruits and vegetables (all kinds), eggs, canned tuna, olive oil, flax, water 3L or more, flaxmeal and dairy including butter, ghee, yoghurt and fromage frais

I eat weekly ... chicken or turkey (esp the breast) fish, duck fat, dairy including buttermilk, créme fraiche, cheese and milk

I eat sometimes ... beef, sausage, lamb, duck, coconut milk and oil (these are more rare then they are coslty where I live ... and I'm feeding 7 people so...)

I also fast intermittenly the whole day time I wake up to dinner or from dinner to lunch but not on a set schedule. And I have stopped eating at the conventional meal times. I eat only when I am hungry.

Primal fitness ...

Move alot at slow pace - Walking daily everywhere I go, don't use the car in my town, only for trips outside of my area.
Lift heavy things - I lift heavy things like 5kg weights, my children LOL and my groceries (I don't use the car for shopping anymore) also most of the Bodyrock.tv workouts use your body's weight so that's lifting too
Run fast once in a while aka HIIT - I do intense workouts from Bodyrock.tv (google it) And I do some time on my cross trainer since I don't want my husband to complain that's it's going to waste. I don't have a set workout time whenever I feel like it in the morning or even in the middle of the night.

Sleep ...

I make sure I get to bed before 10PM daily since I wake up at 5AM. I was an insomiac before but slowly I can get to sleep easily now.

Play ...

I make a BIG effort now to play with my children, since I have the stamina now Whoooohooo!

Sunlight ...

The daily walking takes care of that + I live in the Mediterranean there is lots of sunshine here!

Avoiding trauma ...

I have quit smoking and my several Coke liter bottle a day habit.

Any more questions I am happy to answer (if I can) ...

Mocha - I think in those first days or weeks better to stick to low impact activity like walking - no point to get crazy and injury yourself doing cardio when you are carb fluing! drink alots of water! If you are doing Atkins then you need to have 20g or less in Induction but other plans like Primal 50-100g is steady weight loss.

Frances to give you a more depth explaination of how I apply the principle of Primal Blueprint to my life I ...

I avoid poisons - like fast foods, any things that is marketed as 'diet', low fat dairy, refined sugars, high fructose corn syrup, beverage shoppes like Starbucks, food that have labels that read like scientific jargon not like a recipe, grains (they really don't settle well with me)

I eat mostly a on daily basis - liver fruits and vegetables (all kinds), eggs, canned tuna, olive oil, flax, water 3L or more, flaxmeal and dairy including butter, ghee, yoghurt and fromage frais

I eat weekly ... chicken or turkey (esp the breast) fish, duck fat, dairy including buttermilk, créme fraiche, cheese and milk

I eat sometimes ... beef, sausage, lamb, duck, coconut milk and oil (these are more rare then they are coslty where I live ... and I'm feeding 7 people so...)

I also fast intermittenly the whole day time I wake up to dinner or from dinner to lunch but not on a set schedule. And I have stopped eating at the conventional meal times. I eat only when I am hungry.

Primal fitness ...

Move alot at slow pace - Walking daily everywhere I go, don't use the car in my town, only for trips outside of my area.
Lift heavy things - I lift heavy things like 5kg weights, my children LOL and my groceries (I don't use the car for shopping anymore) also most of the Bodyrock.tv workouts use your body's weight so that's lifting too
Run fast once in a while aka HIIT - I do intense workouts from Bodyrock.tv (google it) And I do some time on my cross trainer since I don't want my husband to complain that's it's going to waste. I don't have a set workout time whenever I feel like it in the morning or even in the middle of the night.

Sleep ...

I make sure I get to bed before 10PM daily since I wake up at 5AM. I was an insomiac before but slowly I can get to sleep easily now.

Play ...

I make a BIG effort now to play with my children, since I have the stamina now Whoooohooo!

Sunlight ...

The daily walking takes care of that + I live in the Mediterranean there is lots of sunshine here!

Avoiding trauma ...

I have quit smoking and my several Coke liter bottle a day habit.

Any more questions I am happy to answer (if I can) ...

Mocha - I think in those first days or weeks better to stick to low impact activity like walking - no point to get crazy and injury yourself doing cardio when you are carb fluing! drink alots of water! If you are doing Atkins then you need to have 20g or less in Induction but other plans like Primal 50-100g is steady weight loss.

Thanks so much for the tips!

Although, I do not have the book yet, I am doing more of a Primal thing, so I will work with under 100g to start. I have gone to Mark's daily apple and also getting tips from here. I do need to get the book though because it seems like something I could live with long term.

Thanks again!

Hello! I would really like to join your group. I am starting the primal/paleo diet today and, frankly, I need all the help I can get. I have a scale (an evil little beast), and I frequently eat waaaaay too damn many carbs. So, here are my stats:

Name: Sarah Paige

Age: 23

Weight: 192.4

Goal Weight: First goal is 175, ultimate goal is between 150 and 160

Kids: Not yet, gotta finish school first

Married: yes

Height: 5'11" (people call me an Amazon, sometimes to be rude, and sometimes to be funny. I rather like the moniker )

From what I can tell, you guys have a weigh-in contest? What are you doing with that and how can I join? I have a pretty competitive nature, haha.

Thank you guys!

Sarah Paige

Hi everyone!!

So I am trying to go low carb. I have been doing this all week. Initially, I was doing under 80 grams of carbs and I didn't have any energy and couldn't even get the energy up to go to the gym. Then I tried doing no more than 100g. Do you all think this is a good start or should I go lower and just deal with the "carb flu"?

Thanks in advance for the help. I definitely need it.

Are you eating enough FAT??? Most times when people lower their carbs they are not eating enough fat and too much protein and thats the reason for the low energy.

Also, you could be detoxing which makes you feel kind of blah and drained.

I'm not sure if I'm eating enough fat or not. My macros are set at 35/35/30 (c/p/f). What do you suggest? I'm new at this. :-)

These are my macros...............others can chime in too with theirs, but this is the range at which I feel great!!

5-10% carbs / 20-25% protein / 60 - 75% fat

I just add coconut oil to everything I cook and it boosts the fat right on up. I also started using a lot of coconut milk.

Morning coffee which sometimes serves as my breakfast is coffee, coconut milk, splash of vanilla and coconut oil.....Stir together and yum.

Sometimes I make an egg cream which is protein packed, fat packed and very filling. I can post recipes if anyone is interested....

Grokette - coconut oil to your morning coffee you say? Hmmm I like have to try this! I def want the egg cream recipe! pls share

Grokette - coconut oil to your morning coffee you say? Hmmm I like have to try this! I def want the egg cream recipe! pls share

I've tried coconut oil and coconut milk in my coffee.... I can't get over the oil slick. Granted I DO take a travel mug (2 cups) of coffee with me every day to work and nurse it for a couple of hours in the morning - so that's probably why it separates out so bad. :laugh:


I would LOVE the egg cream recipe also!!

Basic Egg Cream Recipe:

1-3 whole eggs (depending on how hungry I am)
2 tablespoons of heavy cream or coconut milk
stevia drops to taste
Splash of Vanilla

thats the basic eggcream.. now I add that to:
coffee, tea, diet soda, sugar free jello mixture (i don't use soda or jello stuff, but others do)

now to mix it up you can also mix in, frozen or fresh fruit, sugar free syrups, coconut oil, coffee cubes, ice cubes..
the possibilitys are endless

forgot also all kinds of spices are good in it too, like nutmeg, cinnamon, canned pumpkin, different flavor extracts...

In the fall, I like canned pumpkin with pumpkin pie spice and a bit of vanilla and stevia, protein pumpkin pie!!!

Sunds great Cora! But for some reason I thought or maybe subconsciously hoping it involved alchohol :laugh:

Well, I guess you could..............then it would be egg noggish, LOL I did say the possibilites were endless!!!

Egg nog all year around ... now that's good living!