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I love influence through success. It's very validating and effortless!

I think it depends on the cost of living where you are and the prices are highly subjective. I will be paying $8 lb for all kinds of cuts (retail, not butcher, wrapped individually) at the end of the month for my 1/4 cow. Which seems crazy compared to your price but grassfed porterhouse steak at my local Whole Foods was…

Dance Dance Revolution with my 7 year old :) I'm stealing your hula hoop idea.

Nope, but I definitely ate less meat and felt like I was doing "so well" on meatless days. I'd eat one giant bowl of quinoa with tomato sauce and be so bloated and hungry a little later. Healthy...uh huh.

Not to be redundant (I posted this before in another thread) but it took me a while to figure my appetite out and learn how to get satisfied with food. This is subjective; for me in means upping my fat intake. Tracking is really helpful especially in the early months to figure these things out and to make sure you don't…

Just to expound on what Mike said, most people shoot for between 50 and 100g of carb *if* they are trying to lose weight; for maintenance, one should keep it between 100-150 grams. This does depend on how active the person is. If a person is still doing chronic cardio, they can go higher. When getting started, I calculated…

It took me a couple of months of full primal to figure out how to get my full button switched on. I never fully felt satisfied, could always use a snack, ate meals like clockwork. I had to figure out that a very high protein/fat breakfast could sate me enough to skip lunch or just have a much later lunch. For me that is…

That's all kinds of silly. ONLY free range chickens eat their poop? The ones in cages are so happy they don't feel compelled to peck at the excrement? I once saw a beagle at a dog run eating feces. Does that mean all dogs eat their poop? Or maybe only beagles?

I add them to stirfrys. Yes they have mustardy overtones.

I love these kind of posts. Thanks for sharing the one year result of your journey with us!

I do it all the time. I have a shelf of cookbooks. I also get half or more of my recipes I use online and those are free. And if anyone is interested Primal Toad's smoothie e-book is pretty good. He occasionally offers discounts...recently $7 over St Patrick's Day. I have no qualms in supporting someone sharing their…

This was actually discussed on Mark's Daily Apple a few weeks ago. Someone wrote in that they are a vegetarian for ethical reasons. It is *possible* to go Primal as a vegetarian (and *extremely difficult* as a vegan) but very limited. He wrote: Yes, though it wouldn’t be ideal. You’ll have to really like eggs and dairy,…

Love. It! Congrats on your success! Yay for moms! They know best :D

I also have anecdotal experience to share. My husband went Primal the first week of January to help combat his autoimmune disease, Sarcoidosis. Autoimmune diseases are link to inflammation and they run rampant in his family (his sister was dx'd with Celiac.) My husband's condition presented in his lungs and via skin,…

Thanks all!

This is a great read for not just OP but anyone wanting to understand the numbers: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/thread4723.html

Oh we can so much fun adding to this. I'll go first: "But what, cavemen lived to be like 20?"

what were your triglycerides?

You know we've got your back, buddy. I think you are such a grok star!

That's pretty interesting Mike. Turn the tables around on them. Next negative remark say, "Where was your concern when I was 40lbs overweight?" If that doesn't shut them up, I don't know what would.

My friend popped over this afternoon and she said, "Oh it smells so GOOD in here. BACON!" I handed her her Mark's book on her way out. Told her I'm not trying to push anything on her, but if she wanted to read it, she could. She was happy to borrow it.

Well there's always the library. The website has a ton of information. You'll have to seek it out. If you sign up for his newsletter, you get the free downloads already mentioned. The only emails I have gotten are the same as his blog posts. No pushing of anything. The book is nice because the information is laid out in…

Going back to the original topic, it's actually quite refreshing to hear two VERY opposite diet approaches being discussed respectfully with neither party trying to convert one another. I mean I know how great I feel and how it works for me, but there's no convincing anyone unless they are open to re-examining CW. And I've…

Thanks all! I'm feeling pleased as punch today. I'm loving this journey!

I haven't tried it myself yet, but you can make a lot of nut butters yourself with a food processor.

^^^ What she said. I also save bacon fat and use that for my cooking in lieu of oils.

Love it! Thanks for sharing.

I saw a whole thread dedicated to this at MDA a little while back. Many women saying despite their losses, their bra size staying the same. I think your theory has merit!

Timely post on Mark's Daily Apple in regards to question 2: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/can-we-feed-the-world-on-the-primal-blueprint-diet-part-1/#axzz1nhqCYATw

Ganesha, are you familiar with Jack Kruse and leptin reset? Lot of folks on the boards at MDA talk about it and do his approach to reset. If you go to his website, on the right side navigation bar, there are a bunch of links under Popular Posts that may be of interest to you: http://jackkruse.com/