Paleo Diet!

Did it for a while, decided it didn't make sense to me since I'm not ever tempted to overeat grains, think pasta and oats and various other whole grains can be convenient and healthful (not pasta so much as what I eat with it, but I don't see it as bad for me), and especially find some dairy an excellent protein source and legumes a good thing to include in my diet.

I do like the focus on protein and vegetables, eating all parts of an animal (organ meats), and how the animal is sourced, and in cooking from whole foods, but I did most of that without being paleo, so I don't see it as unique to paleo.

That said, there are lots of good and inspiring sites with paleo recipes, and if you are currently eating a diet that you want to change it can be an incentive for change. The actual "paleo" argument is not convincing to me, but I find many people who do it don't buy into that.

I tried it because my husband wanted to and he has gone along with every single thing I've wanted to try. I am generally against diets that restrict lots of food.

Anyway, we followed the Whole 30.
I have to admit, I liked it. A lot. I was never hungry. I didn't go nuts with cravings. I lost weight. I found a lot of recipes that I really liked, including several in the book.
I did make sure I was getting extra carbs because the diet tends to be lower carbs although it does not have to be.
But.
It isn't something I could sustain all the time. It is very labour intensive. You have to prep ahead or plan ahead. Most of the meals aren't something you can grab and go (unless you don't mind eating eggs in spinach and coconut oil all the time)
I still build a lot of my meals the same way, a protein, healthy fat and veggies. But I don't restrict foods like the plan calls for.

I lost 50 lbs doing Paleo, but unless your family is doing it with you, and you want to make it a lifestyle, it's difficult to sustain. Which explains why I gained back every pound I lost and then some. I felt great, I was satisfied in the sense of not being hungry, but I felt deprived. And man, eating a slice of pizza after about a month of Paleo made me so, so sick. In bed groaning kind of tummy pain.

MelaniaTrump wrote: »

I'm starting to think that any diet that restricts highly processed carbohydrates works.
No pasta, cereal, or candy? I can't do that.

Any diet works, as long as it restricts calories (directly or indirectly).

I admire the Paleo diet but I can't live without my cheese and heavy creams. Don't see how I can give that up in my LCHF diet.

The NO dairy would trip me up in less than a day..