Hello all, my name is Elle and I was a lacto-ovo vegetarian with vegan and rawist tendencies for roughly 3 years due to my being diagnosed with off-the-charts Hyperthyroidism (and later Graves').

Pre-autoimmune weight: 135 - 145 pounds

Post-autoimmune weight: 165 - 175

Now that my hyperthyroidism is back at almost-full-roar, I am re-evaluating my eating habits and my mildly active lifestyle.

I am a novice cook at best, but love to find new/unusual/fun cooking methods to add more variety and flavor to Paleo/Primal approved foods.

I own a few non Paleo cookbooks, but am always looking to expand my library.

Hopefully some of you might have some great recommendations or general tips you would like to share.

I have gone ahead and included my fitbit info incase you'd like to be friends. (I'm waiting for my fitbit to arrive, so I haven't quite figured it all out yet.)

https://www.fitbit.com/user/3JHS8Q

Hope to hear from a few of you