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An idea for the MIM...use golden flax meal instead of the dark flax, it makes a huge difference in the flavor. I like the chocolate with some whipped cream sprinkled with a touch of sweetener. and I really like Lupini Beans. These are beans that I order online…

I make sure that I get 7 different veggies (and 2 fruits) every day. That usually gets me between 25g and 30g a day. I use Konjac noodles. 0calories, 9g carb, 9g fiber, that usually gets things moving! I also drink around a gallon of fluids a day, between coffee, teas, and water.

Research shows that while exercise is great for many things it does not create weight loss. The Precision Nutrition website has a series of free videos on weight loss. In one of them they list 10 "proven" habits for fat loss. They want you to choose 1 that you know you can religiously do for 14 days. You could try one of…

For my "cheat" day, I will make homemade cream cheese and then make a homemade cheese cake, no crust. I make a fruit compote with seasonal fruit and then sprinkle chopped toasted nuts on top. AMAZING!

For me the big difference between low-carb and losing weight with Primal is that Primal is essentially real food, and low carb tends to have a lot of products involved. Bars, shakes, fake sweeteners, faux desserts, etc. If you are trying to lose weight, just stick with the low carb but only eat real food. p.s. for me,…

Are you doing Net Carbs? I am working to get 9 different fruits and veggies a day, fiber has been around 20 to 25, net carbs around 30, no problems with constipation. You don't take iron do you, that can cause problems that way. I think that, for me, the more of my essential nutrients I can get from food as opposed to…

This is what I take, no hint of a problem...http://www.vitacost.com/Carlson-The-Very-Finest-Fish-Oil

I can't go to the "regular" forums at all anymore, too frustrating. I generally don't understand personal attacks on any forum (or blog for that matter) in which people are basically trying to help others. I basically think that when someone doesn't have a good back up or scientific reasoning to support their argument,…

I do primal as opposed to paleo. Have no problems with dairy, so I do HWC in my coffee, and rarely greek yogurt. The thing I found when I first started was a tendency to "allow" myself quite a bit of added fat. I find I do best, weight loss wise when my protein grams come from leaner sources and I don't do much by way of…

Don't worry, listen to your body, once you are used to eating this way things will settle down. Be sure you are only eating when you are physically hungry and that you stop when you are no longer hungry, once the body starts to trust you it will respond.

I do Primal Blueprint with the added discipline of the information in the book called "S.P.E.E.D.: Evidence Based Weight Loss" works well for me.

Yes, a different word, but many times the reason a word for a specific diet is well defined is because there is someone who wrote about it (ie. Atkins), paleo/primal has many proponents and is so much more than a diet or even a lifestyle, and since it really is such a personal thing past a few basic "rules" it can mean a…

I weigh daily. But if you are going to do that you have to know that there are wild fluctuations and be mentally prepared for it. It is unlikely you are eating enough to gain a pound a day, and it is likely water retention. I would see if you are close to TTOM, or if you have had more sodium than normal, or less fluid than…

Paleo is much stricter from what I have read. There is some difference on how lean the meat is, the amount and kind of carbs, etc. Really I think there is no tight definition of either, so it likely depends on whose book you are reading. For me, I like Mark's version of Primal in the sense that is is more flexible to real…

the salmonella apparently "lives" in the white, but there is no food source for it there. However as the egg ages, the barrier between the yolk and the white thins, allowing a movement toward the food source. here is some good info...http://www.incredibleegg.org/egg-facts/egg-safety/eggs-and-food-safety I realize they are…

http://doingspeed.com/fat-loss/how-the-hell-do-i-break-this-weight-loss-plateau/ Hope this helps.

fantastic! But the skirt must be too big again, right?

2 a morning in my breakfast mocha. Get them fresh, wash the shells, enjoy. p.s. pasteurized if you are really worried

I do a glass of red wine on occasion, and even rarer a margarita, but even when figured in my macronutrients if I do it more than 1 or 2 times in a week it will stall things.

I did indeed do a Leptin Reset. A few things you may want to note. Many, including myself, do not lose weight during the reset. This is hard because you think you are doing so well, but nothing. Jack Kruse is not the only one with a Leptin Reset Protocol. There are others out there. And everyone of them is slightly…

I think on most low carb protein bars, they also subtract the "sugar alcohols". Although I know that most people who are primal do "active" carbs, I do "net carbs" but I don't eat things with the sugar alcohols in them, I just subtract the fiber from the carbs. I have IBD and need to keep my fiber up, and this basically…

Thanks. I was sort of hoping to find people who were also doing it so I could get a support group going.

I will cook a normal meal and basically eat primally from what is there. I may go ahead and make myself a pumpkin custard, so I can have a treat. Since I am cooking it is not as enticing to me as if I were out or at someone's house. Since I could make everything I am making anytime I want it, I don't usually have a problem…

Generally the sources of Primal that I have read do a straight total gram carb count. (I however do net carbs, cause in the end I feel better when I am close to 50g of net carbs). I have about 100 pounds to lose and this is working for me. When I was lower, I never-4 months later-got over the carb flu, so that is when I…

I can't live without a little something sweet, not yet anyway. But I use pure stevia liquid, and less and less of it. But I don't bake or cook things like trying to do faux cookies or what ever. I have just tried for years not to sweeten my coffee and frankly I would rather do without. But of course, I am not going to. I…

My kiddies are grown, but I do make a grainless granola out of nuts, seeds, protein powder, flax meal, dried fruit, coconut, coconut oil, nut butter, a bit of honey, and butter. Bake it and it makes quite a lot. Then I use that as a base to make breakfast bars. I also have premade egg, veggie, meat type casserole in muffin…

I make a morning mocha everyday. 16oz of coffee, 1oz heavy cream, 5 drops liquid stevia, 1/2C frozen wild blurberries, 2scoops of Designer Whey (the one sweetened with stevia). I don't get any kind of jolt from the caffeine, and could just as easily do this with decaf, if I so desired, but I happen to think that not only…

I did "straight" Primal for a couple of months and did not lose any weight. So I started tracking daily and counting calories and monitoring macronutrients and now I am losing weight. I combined Primal Blueprint with a book called "S.P.E.E.D. -Evidence Based Weight Loss".