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Sweet Potato Paleo Pie! Not sure if that worked :/ just in case feel free to check out my primal food blog I'm just starting: http://munzinomnomz.wordpress.com/ Warning: I might do a lot of rambling in addition to food.

THAT LOOKS AMAZING.

I still do dairy, but I wanted to weigh in anyway :) I really like vanilla unsweetened almond milk. Also have you ever tried hazelnut milk? It's really neat! Add some cocoa and maybe a little sweetener and you have yourself a really cool hot chocolate!

To other new folks like myself: I tell myself "I'm Doing this 100%" and of course the reality is closer to 80%. But after a slip up I say "ok no but really 100%!!" lol and it evens out. My biggest problem is when I'm at a friend or family member's and they offer me dinner or something. It's hard to be rude and say "uh I…

I've been slowly easing into this for many months, and about a week ago I really tried to do 80/20 primal. I had some non primal stuff last night and it's been interesting to see the changes in my body's reactions. Primal dieting: -definitely helps me lose weight, particularly in my tummy area -helps with digestion. I go…

oh and about fruits, I do sort of pay attention to them, but honestly I rarely want to eat more than one piece of fruit a day. I do watch out for bananas just because they tend to be pretty carb heavy and I do love them so. I try to keep it to one or two a week.

In terms of calories, I feel mfp is pretty low, mostly because it doesn't really account for exercise unless you're putting it in. For another calorie calculator I would recommend : http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/ Although truthfully I eat somewhere in the middle of those two recommendations. I think so long…

I'm primal and just started. Feel free to add! Good luck to you and congrats on your success!

So happy for you! You look so strong!

Hey there, If it's vanity pounds, maybe what you're looking for is to look more toned, and your weight is actually a good place? Here's a story that reminds me that it's not always about how many calories you're eating, it's about what your body does with those calories:…

Hey I wrote a post maybe a week ago lamenting about how I could never give up bagels. Lol. And for whatever reason (probs all the positive feed back from this group) I've gotten much more serious about getting primal this week. I've had a few sugars, but generally am keeping my carbs as low as I can and am pretty serious…

I had some great success with Paleo Comfort Foods Cookbook :)

super inspiring! :) Thanks!

I've recently discovered frozen veggies. There are these steamfresh bags (not the ones with sauce!) that you can stick directly in the the microwave. I usually put a little bit of butter (but you could totally use oil or ghee or something) and salt and lemon juice after I steam em and it's super yummy and easy. Also I've…

thanks for the suggestions! :)

Hey there! I'm sort of newish too! I'll add ya!

Last night's dinner took me less than a half an hour and was super easy: Frozen Broccoli Bacon Eggs Coconut Oil salt powdered garlic Put the frozen broccoli in the microwave for a minute, cut up the bacon into bits. Mixed the uncooked bacon bits, broccoli, a little oil, salt, and garlic together in a plastic bag). Popped…

congrats!

congrats!

Thanks for all the words of wisdom! still feeling a little overwhelmed, but feeling MUCH more hopeful just hearing how many folks are doing it :) thanks again!

HA! Truth. :D

these are all really great suggestions! Thanks everyone! I'm feeling way less hopeless :) I think planning has probably been my failure right now. Maybe I'll try my best at this moment, and start planning for February to be the month I cut out grains and sugars, might keep dairy right now, as I think it will be easy to get…

It's so great that you went 100%! I feel like I'd be really proud at the moment to get to 80%, but I don't think my current lifestyle is what anyone meant by 80% Thanks for the response! Maybe I'll try focusing on making paleo treats instead of nonpaleo ones all the time :) Good luck with your weight loss!

I'm restarting soon as its warm enough! Maybe tomorrow? Could some more pals!

I'm looking to work my way up to a primal/paleo-ish diet! No where near there yet, but would love more friends as well!

Hey Wellbert, I've been hearing a lot about primal/paleo/lowish carb stuff and getting pretty into a lot of the ideas behind it. Not sure if it's for everyone, but I think it might be for me. I'm curious to know how did you do it, did you just jump right in or ease into it? Any recommendations? It's hard to know what it is…

Yup you always want to net above your BMR because that is what is required for you to function, if you go below that in theory you start eating your own muscle because your body is so hungry. If you just shoot to eat your TDEE everyday you should be good. When you do exercise, check out your net number make sure it's above…

I imagine for most of the folks here, who are really exercising in huge quantities (which is awesome btw and great inspiration) I think carbs (especially whole grains and such) are really necessary fuel, so not trying to tell others to eat differently :) I just have been here for a while and have't had much success so I'm…

According to the author who is a science journalist it looks like what we knew about fats might not be what we thought. He is against vegetable oil but not animal fats or olive oil. In any case I definitely want to try slowly taking out the super refined crap and for now I'm doing some whole wheat stuff here and there. I…

I don't yet, but I'm hoping to soon! For now I just do body weight stuff like pushups and things, also I sometimes just make my own weights lifting various heavy things around the apartment.