October Whole 30 for Paleo/Primal Support Peeps

I'm so excited . Lol. I'll have my numbers up sometime tomorrow morning.

Starting weight and measurements

10/3/11
SW 169.4
Bust 36.5”
Waist 33”
Hips 41.5”

I will go with my last weight in.. 214. I am not comfortable sharing measurements though but I do have them recorded and will take them again at the end of the month and report any losses.

Hope everyone is getting off to a good start.. I did last month's challenge and was not 100% by any means.. sugar in my coffee has been one of the hardest things to give up My goal is to be sugar free by Mid-October and also to cut down on the amount of nuts I am consuming. I am also doing the leptin reset.. strict paleo with 50 grams of protein within 30 mintues of waking, no cardio, strength training, under 25 grams of carbs per day if you have more than 30 lbs to loose low to no fruit and nuts.. have not been 100% with that either. so I am going to continue the challenge. I did loose 4 lbs last month breaking my long time plateau. Changes I can report from last month is my quality of sleep.. before the reset.. I slept very poorly.. I took magnesuim and calcium and drank tension tamer tea every night in the hopes it would help.. half the time I slept some what decent. the other half I was up and down all night long. now I fall alseep easily without the vitamins( I've been out for a few weeks) or the tea and sleep soundly all night!. I have more energy and stamina.

Day three of this challenge.. I have 2 very significant observations to share.. weekends are always a little off- food and routine wise- around my house.. my husband is home and the focus on Saturdays are on sleeping in, a large late breakfast and basically lazying around. Sundays are busy rushing to get everyone ready for church, rushing back home for lunch then back to church that night. Most Sundays I do not eat until late afternoon.. I am doing well to get a cup of coffee and a little water. Yesterday though my husband was up before dawn cooking breakfast.He brought me a plate while I was still sleepily drinking coffee.. awww so sweet.. it was scrambled eggs. fruit salad and tator tots, and yeah I ate it ( fed half the tots to the dog even though they were really yummy lol) . however it was a lot more sugar and much less protein than I am used to consuming early in the morning.. I spent the whole day being hungry,tired and finding myself mindlessly snacking on sweet stuff. today by comparision I put 1 tbs of coconut oil in my first cup of coffee.. was instantly so full that I did not want my normal second cup or any food..ate half the protein of the reset 2 hours later. I'm completely stuffed, satisfied and not thinking about snacking. I am also wide awake and feeling alert. huge difference! I function so much better on higher fat and protein intake.

I will post my stats tomorrow morning. I have been so stressed over this biopsy that I am just lucky I haven't eaten myself out of house and home...............

Leaving work in a few minutes to head to the Dr. Have 2 appointments this afternoon. First at 1:00 to review my blood work for Diabetes control again and thyroid control.

2nd appt is at 3:30 to get biopsy done. Grrrr.

I would like to join this group! I am fairly new on MFP. I have have been eating this way for the past 6 months, have lost a LOT of weight, and have since come to learn that I am incredibly sensitive to gluten. Because of that, this lifestyle suits me well and my stomach issues have just about disappeared. I am not always great about buying completely organic but I try! Anyway, hello to all!

I just change to low carb 2 weeks ago and still adjusting and learning.
This weekend I was so bad-high carb, high fat, high cal.
I still ate at 1AM yesterday. I'm fasting until dinner today.

Today is off to a fantastic start!

Despite grumbling and groaning yesterday about food prep I'm SO glad I did it. That's one of the things I have the hardest time with despite how long I've been living this way is the time and energy it takes to get my provisions for the day or week together. I suppose I shouldn't grouse too much as it's just me I have to prep for but still... Once it's done, however, my day goes so much smoother. I made my smoothie for breakfast and a frittata for 2nd breakfast this morning, I have roasted free range chicken with sliced veggies and grapes for lunch, a protien packed nut ball (and my cheater yogurt) for preworkout snack and am planning a grass fed petite serloin with sauteed zucchini, mushrooms and peppers for dinner.

Looking forward to a killer workout tonight as well!
Today's a total body day so I'll likely see a 1K cal burn!

Not too bad for a Monday! :bigsmile:

Let's make this an awesome week!

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I am in!
I totally fell off the wagon in September, but I am back on track for October. (Somehow I still managed to lose a couple of pounds in September despite the fact that I was doing Paleo about 50% of the time.) My goal for this month is to be strict Paleo as much as possible because when I cheat, I can't stop!

Question guys: I get that the paleo lifestyle cuts out the grains legumes dairy and, for many, root vegetables but HOW on God's Green EARTH are some of you managing on 50-100g of carbs/day? I burn out and totally lose energy, focus, power and drive if I cut back that steeply. I try to keep it under 150g on training days less, if I can, on off days but even then I get worn out and get a serious case of "Eat all the things!" especially nearing my "off" days (meaning days I'm not training). Training sucks and I have no energy if I don't carb up a little before I go workout. (No it's not psychosematic I had to try a bunch of crap to firgure out why I was feeling so gawd awful).

What is your routine like? What kind of training do you do? Are you doing extensive cardio? Strength Training? How are you preventing burn-out?

Ok, that's more than one question but enlighten me...

Your body may not need to go that low in carbs. When I started out, I was very low carb 50-75 average- l lost weight and corrected a lot of issues. I kept doing it up until this year when I began doing a bootcamp at a mixed martial arts gym. I'm working out at a level I never had before. I crashed pretty hard in the spring and it messed up my hormone balance again. After much reading and tracking what I was eating (on a different site) I realized my carb level might be too low. I added in fruit, some potatoes, sweet potatoes, rice and plantains. I didn't really even have to increase my carbs that much but I average probably 100-125 now. And it made a big difference in my performance and mental well-being and my hormones corrected. I believe my body has healed enough to accept and run with increased carbs. Maybe your body is in a similar state of health? Going paleo doesn't necessarily have to mean low carb.

Sorry, double post!!