starting clean, semi-primal...like-minded friends?

I try to eat clean, am low-carb but not (yet?) Primal, if you want me...

always tried tokeep away from processed foods but never knew it was a special type of 'diet' until I came here. Recently have begun to reduce my carbs too - feel free to add me!!

Hi - I'm just starting out on the 'paleo' diet, again!

Done it before some years ago and it worked pretty well whilst it lasted but found it hard to follow all the time as I didn't have time to prepare every meal. The trouble is if you go for something quick and easy it almost always has grains and dairy in it, so I found that very difficult, especially lunches which for me were a 'desk picnic' which meant dashing to the nearest shops and buying sandwiches. Breakfast was in some ways easier because I tended to be at home but the problem with breakfast was I had been so brainwashed into thinking that breakfast has to be cereal with milk that I found it odd to sit down to cold meats/eggs/fruit. So I slipped/gave up and went back to eating far too much bread/pasta/cereal which is why I'm on here now and why (despite the name) I now struggle to stay out of the bottom 10 in triathlons (it's only the swim that saves me, the cycle and the run are very hard when are carrying the equivalent of a second triathlete on you).

Luckily I have a bit more time in my life at the moment so I'm back on it and trying to get it going. Happy to send you my 3 week menu I've done if you are interested. In terms of success stories, I know several top long distance triathletes that are essentially paleo (they tend to add potatoes to the diet) - so although that doesn't prove it's good I hope it's an indication that at least it's not horribly bad for you.

Hi, my biggest downfall was bread even though it was the whole wheat high fiber good stuff. You will be surprised at how quickly the cravings go away once you start eating clean. I lost 10 lbs in a month after being on a plateau for several months, by not eating anything made with any kind of flour which basically eliminates processed food. My diet consists of mainly fresh fruits and vegetable, lean protein (I don't eat red meat), eggs, beans and whole grains (1/2 cup servings per meal if any) like wheat berries, quinoa, brown or wild rice, etc. and of course I can't go without my plain 0% fat Greek yogurt for breakfast with berries wheat germ and Agave Syrup which is glycemic friendly. The best part about eating this way is that it is so healthy. Hope you like it.

I have always tried to eat as little processed food as I can, I do find it very odd that putting a chicken breast under the grill and a few veggies in a saucepan is really anymore difficult or time consuming than putting a ready made meal under grill, after all you still have to do the veg?

I don't like pasta or rice much so haven't found them difficult, but what is difficult for me is cutting out the sweet junk like biscuits and cake although I do make my own cakes so a little less junkie But they are so nice. And Bread I always buy spelt bread but yes its still processed.....

My diary is open and I would love to be friends with people who try to eat clean even with a few hiccups along the way ... :blushing:

I have lost 90 lbs eating clean or almost clean. I am stronger, leaner and healthier than I have ever been. Now I am in maintenance and still strive to eat clean most of the time.

Don't let perfect become the enemy of success. I'm Primal/Paleo/Keto-adapted and I've shed over 100 lbs. The first few weeks were challenging because I had to change my thinking. Now I find this way of life soothing, exciting and fulfilling. Please feel free to add me.