What No One Tells You About Going Paleo (Hint: It's Sad)

SportyCanuckChick19 wrote: »

A very funny rendition of Paleo lifestyle. It is not an easy way to eat. I have eaten Paleo for three years now. In fact the first 6 months was much like what you describe. I would not imagine choosing to eat this way if I didn't have to. I have an autoimmune condition and I am allergic to anti-inflammatories. My airway closes at the slightest dose of advil. So instead of regular shots of steroids in my spinal facets, and my SI joints, and talks of remicade treatments.. I chose to research paleo eating. This is a mistake to call it a diet. Anyone looking for an easy way to lose weight without work.. well this isn't it. Essentially your making everything from scratch. Nothing processed, as natural as can be. I have become an excellent cook now, but its very expensive and time consuming... still cheaper than remicade. I am pain med free 95 percent of the time, and I have lost 65 pounds, I can out run my teens, and took up cycling, xc mtb, did two tough mudders, two other obstacle races, and backpack 30 miles every fall solo. I have cheat days. I pay the price with pain, and tears, but paleo eating has put my autoimmune condition in control. My rheumy is amazed. I think people look at paleo for the wrong reason. It's not a diet, its a lifestyle, that is unable to be kept to if there is no underlying reason to. Where there's a will theres a way. Thanks for the laugh :P

Wetcoaster wrote: »

Jame Fell wrote this....a couple chuckles in it

Paleo is the Scientology of Diets
http://www.bodyforwife.com/paleo-is-the-scientology-of-diets/

A small excerpt

The Disney Diet
Everyone loves Disney movies. Just like the Paleolithic era, men were the heroes and women were the damsels in distress, although Disney damsels had way less body hair and much better teeth.

So, based on what I’ve learned from watching Disney films, here are the rules of the Disney Diet:

Never eat anything given to you by an old woman, because it’s poison – Snow White

Eat only fresh kills, but only the females are allowed to do the hunting – Lion King

Unless you think you killed your father and ran away from home, in which case you can eat lots of bugs – Lion King

Sugar can only be consumed while taking medicine – Mary Poppins

Don’t eat turkey, popcorn or sweet potato pie. And definitely not pancakes piled up until they reach the sky, because if you do, it will cause mental deficiencies of Goofy proportions, not to mention the fact that you will eat and eat and eat and eat and eat until you die – Jack and the Beanstalk

Chicken is okay, but not duck, because I love Donald

Spaghetti can only be eaten as a couple, and must lead to a kiss, followed by the male chivalrously passing the last meatball to the female using only his nose. Any fornication that results from this romantic gesture must be done doggie style – Lady and the Tramp

See how silly a diet can become when you start adopting arbitrary rules based on mythical thinking?


Our Paleolithic ancestors were far more likely to get protein from bugs. So instead of paying double for your antibiotic free, grass-fed methane dispenser meat, you should just head to your nearest field and commence chopping down crickets.