Start tracking your iron levels and make sure you're getting enough protein. Also, are you making sure to eat ALL of your calories? And if so, how many calories are you eating?

You are at about the time when your body will carb crash seriously, and you may find yourself wanting to eat every single bad carb you can find, because your body thinks it wants it. Don't do it. You will be tired, you will feel like crap for a few days, but don't give up, it happens to all of us, and then one morning, you will wake up feeling better. Make sure you are taking fish oil supplements to keep your Omega 3 ratios high, and it'll pass, and you'll feel better than you ever have in the past. And the bonus? After this carb crash, you won't really crave bad carbs again if you stay away from them. At least, I never did like that again.

PS: Your diary is still not public.

yikes...carb flu. So I probably shouldn't have a "free" meal this weekend huh? Ok i tried the diary thing again, hopefully it worked this time.

What do you mean by "free" meal? Letting yourself have a regular meal? If you truly want to benefit from this lifestyle change, you'll have to be pretty strict about the no grains for at LEAST 30 days. I've read it takes about 14 days for one dose of gluten to leave your body, i.e. for your gut to no longer be inflamed by it. Therefore by having some, you'd be skewing your own results and won't feel the full benefits of being grain free.

If that's not what you meant by "free" meal, then as long as you've held yourself accountable all week, go for it!

You are at about the time when your body will carb crash seriously, and you may find yourself wanting to eat every single bad carb you can find, because your body thinks it wants it. Don't do it. You will be tired, you will feel like crap for a few days, but don't give up, it happens to all of us, and then one morning, you will wake up feeling better. Make sure you are taking fish oil supplements to keep your Omega 3 ratios high, and it'll pass, and you'll feel better than you ever have in the past. And the bonus? After this carb crash, you won't really crave bad carbs again if you stay away from them. At least, I never did like that again.

Yep, agree with above. Depending on what your diet was like before going Primal, your body is probably going through some drastic changes and adjusting to your new healthy way of life. It is probably also temporarily affecting your hormones (liver changes due to internal cleansing). Hope it clears up for you soon

Carb Flu. Stay on the path. It is your body eliminating the excess sugar and adjusting to not having to constantly fire up the insulin response. I know it doesn't feel good right now but 'this too will pass'. Best Regards.

Speaking of cutting down on fruit...what is the recommended serving per day? I would much rather eat fruit than veggies (although I eat a fair share of veggies every day).

That varies depending on which guru you follow.

The main thing is that a paleo/primal diet is all about the insulin response. Grains and sugars not only overtax our response system - leading to insulin resistance, metabolic disorders and eventually Type II diabetes - but they encourage systemic inflammation, which is an underlying cause of a LOT of diseases: arthritis, heart disease, allergies and so on.

Because of this, it is best to eat as little sugar as you can get away with. While sugars encased in a fruit (or honey, as mentioned in a recent Mark Sisson blog post) have certain nutritional properties that lessens the negative impact, the fact still remains that there IS negative impact.

So, in our household, fruit (berries primarily) is 2-3 times a week. Other low-glycemic fruits make an occasional appearance (usually when they show up in our CSA basket). Sugar never; honey on rare occasions (usually holidays).