Welcome back and I wish you luck! you can do it! I'm going on a week now of a more "strict" primal type diet and I'm feeling amazing. I ate half my calories today from fat and dang I'm stuffed, not used to this feeling yet.

Welcome back You can do it. It's a journey to better health. Bless you

I've been barely hanging on to the wagon, and decided to start back fresh because this is the only lifestyle that makes sense.
Glad you're back and focusing on what truly works!

Welome! Will add you!

Snappy36, I'd like to join this group.

Welcome back! I "backslid" over the holidays and the high school debate tournament season that followed, and gained 15 lbs in a couple months, so I empathize. I have about nine pounds to lose, to get back to where I was before the holidays hit. My clothes are fitting better!

Of course, it's not about weight (for me), it's about health. I do paleo because it means I have energy, minimal joint pain, sleep better, catch fewer viruses, and have less digestive upset. Weight loss is just icing on the cake, so to speak. I could stand to lose another 50 lbs to get back to my college weight -- do people really do that? I mean, metabolism slows down as you get older, and I've had three kids, and that impacts weight as well. So I don't know if it's realistic to get back to my college weight, and it's not really a goal. But are older people really able to weigh the same as they did in college, or is it "normal" to be heavier because of slowing metabolism?

I'm just curious as to what my body will consider a healthy weight, and stabilize at, eventually.

The 30 lbs I lost already--without trying! as a side-effect of doing paleo auto-immune for joint pain, not for weight loss--has done wonders for my knee problems.

jrosto wrote: »

You can add me to your friends list if you wish. I log daily and enjoy seeing how others are doing.

I've been following paleo/primal for a year now. I lost 90 pounds and am now maintaining a niece weight.

Wow, you lost 90 pounds in a year? Amazing.

RGroenland wrote: »

Welcome back.
I have been struggling for well over a year now. Since I got pregnant last January my eating has been crap.

I would love some support and but kicking to get my diet back on track.
I feel so tired all of the time. Even when my six month old sleeps through the nights.

I remember that feeling. I had it just two weeks ago. I was sick, the early part of last week, and finally kicked dairy to the curb. Suddenly as of yesterday, I have energy. So there's hope. If you can just get a handle on what foods are impacting you negatively, things will be better.

(I *thought* dairy wasn't impacting me negatively, at least full-fat dairy like butter, but it turns out I was mistaken.)

Do you think a Whole30 might help? And then slowly add foods in to see how they affect you?

I'm glad to see you here! Country mom

snappy36 wrote: »

Snappy36, I'd like to join this group.