October Whole 30 for Paleo/Primal Support Peeps

News to report

Paleo/leptin reset victory- today I got down 62 grams of protein within 30 minutes of waking, had no sugar in my coffee so far and mondo levels of fat.. this is good right?

Also my husband found a herd-share opportunity of grass fed, hormone free cows and sheep that we can buy into very cheaply.. meaning we will own part of the animal. I am so excited about this.. that means we can ,legally, in our state have healthy milk, cream and butter from our very own cow. I am hoping that I can tolerate unprocessed cream and butter.. it will be so wonderful to have dairy back in my life again and possbily be able to eat cheese we make ourselves.. I can almost taste alfredo sauce lol drool :flowerforyou: but even if it doesn't work out for me, my family will still reap the benefits.

Mc-doubles- no cheese/( I'm lactose intolerant) and no bun are my go to, cheap food when I am out running errands and need to eat.

By no means am I judging anyone for this......but I'm just saying.....

.....on this style of eating, you shouldn't "NEED" to eat. If i'm busy doing stuff I could go the whole day without eating and not even notice. The only time I even feel hungry is when I'm not really doing much and my brain has time to go "hmmm, I wonder if I'm hungry. Hey Stomach, are we hungry?"

I would rather skip a meal that go to McDonalds

I am one of those people that can go hours and hours ,sometimes even days without eating anything sustained on coffee and water alone..and often I do if I get super busy or stressed... I really just forget I've done this for too many years..it is one of the many bad habits I am trying to break that has wrecked my health...not a good cycle to get into.. It shuts my metobolism down.. and if I go too long, then I get start getting headaches and feeling light headed and eventually will pass out. not good .. I'm a busy homeschooling mom with 7 kids at home.. on grocery shopping days or Sunday morning church it is easy for me to miss breakfast and lunch all together.. while getting the kids ready , fed and settled then to realize I am going to be out for 4-6 hours before going back home and able to fix a good meal.. and not wanting to spend a fortune eating out.. $2 at Mcdonald's provides enough fat energy to sustain me. It is better for me to eat when I know I need to then to ignor the hunger pains- I am very good at that..then I get myself into a mess.It may not be the perfet choice but it works .

How long have you been eating paleo?

The longer you've been eating like this, the more you will notice this "necessity to eat" feeling subsides. I still get the "hey, you might want to put something in me" feeling from my stomach........but it is NOWEHERE near the "HEY......I NEED TO EAAAAAAAT!!!!" that I used to get eating a "standard" diet.



If you need a snack.......a little planning will get you away from eating that crap.


Hardboiled eggs, nuts, beef jerky. All great snacks for someone constantly on the go. They are super quick to eat, and very dense in fat/protein (except for the jerky of course).




And just to be clear, I am not being judgmental in the slightest. I am trying to help. Eating this way is a BIG learning experience and it takes a little while for your mind and body to adjust. After all that's why someone started this thread.....to help share our experiences and knowledge.

Atta Girl!! That's what we like to hear. Glad to hear your first couple weeks went smoothly and you didn't have too much of the low-carb flu.

Keep up the good work!

iluv2travel, have you heard about how adding a high dose magnesium supplementation to your diet will eliminate migranes? http://www.angstrom-mineral.com/angstrom-minerals/angstrom-magnesium.html has info on it, as well as tons of info on the benefits of mg for migrane sufferers on other sites. Been there.

Man, I love this thread! What a great group of people.

It's great hearing how positively Paleo is affecting peoples' health.

I got off most grains and processed foods earlier this year and then briefly lost my mind and had some binges that included fast food, junk and ryvita crispbreads. (I'm all better now ... lol)

I just received my bloodwork results today for my cholesterol and my HDL is at 1.5 and my trigs are .89 which is astounding to me.
According to the Mayo Clinic website, 1.3 is ideal for trigs so my numbers are incredible.
The HDL/LDL ratio is under 4 which is about right but I'd like it to be less so I'll work on that.
I am going to attribute this to not having eaten much grain, sugars or processed food this year. It sure isn't because I don't eat fat, especially sat fat. I have eaten butter and eggs almost daily, two of the most vilified foods there are according to CW, although I see a trend towards change.

I have just gotten off another diet where I was going to eat 1200 calories per day and had added back some foods I hadn't eaten in quite a while and once again I was bingeing like a mad woman. And gas! Holy Cow! lol
Well here it is only two days on primal/paleo and I have NO cravings and no uncontrollable hunger.

I LOVE THIS WAY of EATING!
I wish more people who suffer from the kind of food binges I do when I eat all the processed foods and grain would try it and see for themselves if it works for them.

My biggest vice right now is Crystal Light. I can't stand my water plain. I did reduce my consumption today from 4 singles to 2 so I guess that's progress. I'm not sure I want to give it up at the moment so I guess that's in my 20%.

Here's dinner tonight ... steak cooked in coconut oil with cauliflower sauteed in coconut oil with coconut milk & curry powder added after. My tummy & brain are very happy.



and my brand new kettlebells I bought because of Resilient Woman's enthusiasm for them. :happy:

I haven't heard of Mg being used for migraines, but I've certainly heard of it's uses in helping with muscle relaxation as well as a sleep aid.......which is why I would recommend taking it before bed time if you choose to give it a try.

I love you jmeeej and totally respect your wisdom on the paleo diet you are sucessful at; please don't take this the wrong way, but

Mg is for women, lol, it's a woman thing. Potassium is also necessary for the reduction and relief of chronic headaches.

:blushing:

thanks for the suggestion busywaterbending. I will talk to my doctor and check with her :bigsmile:

Hello Everyone. I have to exclaim ... I love fat! Not on me but in me. Yum!
Happy Saturday!

My lunch today ...
canned salmon with avocado, lemon juice, olives served over romaine & red onion and drizzled with avocado oil, lemon juice & sprinkled with dill.

msbanana, I saw those videos while looking around for info on Primal/Paleo eating. They really are great! Not only are they informative but they're entertaining too! Very good resource for those interested in this way of eating.

On Magnesium:

http://thepaleoexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/01/sleep-aid-that-works-too-well.html

http://www.paleoz.com/nutrition/magnesium-the-greatest-mineral-you-probably-lack/



An Mg deficiency can also be the cause of some other strange side-effects. And when you're first starting on a Paleo diet you do tend to shed a lot of water weight quickly which can also throw off your salt balance. Sodium, Potassium, and Magnesium get a little out of whack. It's easy to get the Sodium back because it's in EVERYTHING but the K and Mg are harder to balance out.

I use Windsor Half Salt which is 50/50 Sodium Chloride/Potassium Chloride.

My friend pointed out this article to me tonight from Paleo Diet News ...

http://paleodietnews.com/2814/ paleo-diet-carb-lovers-unite/

Also, has anyone seen the documentary "Ingredients"? It's from 2009 and I totally missed it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1352720/

hello! I need to talk about this with someone that understands. I have been primal for 3 weeks now.. and I have lost a total of 4 lbs . I tried many ways to lose the last 10 lbs and haven't been successful with counting calories. So I started PRIMAL BLUEPRINT 3 weeks ago and I finally broke the plateau. I have been feeling great about it even though I have cheated....

The thing is... this weekend has been a total disaster. I had LOTS of carbs, and I discovered something.. I don't know if you guys agree with me? But when I have carbs or anything sweet... I CRAVE even MORE CARBS afterwards. So it really sucks. You fall off the wagon completely and then you start carb binging all day long. When I stay "on track" everything goes fine.. but whenever I have a piece of cake.. or some sweet stuff I want more and more. I guess it will take me the whole week to go back to the weight I saw on the scale last friday! 136.5 lbs. My goal weight is so close! I want to get down to 130 lbs... but most of all lose the belly and lose body fat. (currently at 27% body fat and want to get down to 20%). I have noticed huge difference in my body! Cutting out wheat has been a bit hard because I was a muffin, cake, cookie addict. Now I feel so free! It's great when you don't "depend" on those anymore ( that doesn't mean I don't like them anymore though) LOL

I live with my parents... and it is hard for them to understand why I want to cut wheat and grains from my life! Mom just thinks I am getting all paranoid and she looks at me as if I were a complete freak, she says that I have already lost a lot of weight.. and that I should "calm down" with this "diet" she calls it. Today they all wanted to order hamburgers! And I was more like wanting some broiled chicken, or some ribeye steaks..but nobody wanted to! It's hard when you disagree with the rest. Saying NO all the time.. specially when you spend weekends with your family ( weekends are always about eating out, or just hanging around together) so .. this is making a boundary between us and I don't like it . I mean, I don't want to be the family's neurotic girl. And there's no way to convince them to go PRIMAL.... Weekends really make me fall off the wagon.

Then Monday's cruel reality... BLOATED STOMACH... and feeling swollen all around! I don't know if its something more like psychological, or if it's real, but I do feel a big difference. I feel heavier, low energy, and when I look myself at the mirror I can see my thighs bigger, and most of all my stomach looks horribly bloated, my arms seem like they've been blown up. Then I just regret all the food I ate during the weekend! Even if it's been a fun time together with them... It all makes me feel bad, as if I threw out the window all the work done during the week.

HELP!

One more thing on the parents....


Perhaps getting them to understand may not be easy....or even possible. Maybe just asking them to accept it would be the best solution for now.

The thing is... this weekend has been a total disaster. I had LOTS of carbs, and I discovered something.. I don't know if you guys agree with me? But when I have carbs or anything sweet... I CRAVE even MORE CARBS afterwards. So it really sucks. You fall off the wagon completely and then you start carb binging all day long. When I stay "on track" everything goes fine.. but whenever I have a piece of cake.. or some sweet stuff I want more and more. I guess it will take me the whole week to go back to the weight I saw on the scale last friday! 136.5 lbs. My goal weight is so close! I want to get down to 130 lbs... but most of all lose the belly and lose body fat. (currently at 27% body fat and want to get down to 20%). I have noticed huge difference in my body! Cutting out wheat has been a bit hard because I was a muffin, cake, cookie addict. Now I feel so free! It's great when you don't "depend" on those anymore ( that doesn't mean I don't like them anymore though) LOL

Oh my goodness can I ever relate to that!
I tried to add "wholesome" ryvita crispbreads back in to my diet and I couldn't stop bingeing. I haven't felt so much stomach trouble in months.
A few months ago during a stressful time concerning my mom & her hubby, I gained 22 lbs! It started off with a meal from McDs and then exploded from there. I was eating entire large size pizzas, bags of cookies, tubs of ice cream and on and on.
This body of mine CANNOT handle grain carbs whatsoever.

If muffins, cakes and cookies were healthy, believe me, I'd be eating them, too! :happy:

My biggest vice right now is Crystal Light. I can't stand my water plain. I did reduce my consumption today from 4 singles to 2 so I guess that's progress. I'm not sure I want to give it up at the moment so I guess that's in my 20%.

I like to have unsweetened herbal teas when I want something besides plain water. There are so many choices, I prefer fruity flavored teas like peach, cinnamon apple, blueberry. I drink them iced.