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Old post resurrected. lol Paleo can be anything anyone wants. Yes it can be LCHF, Keto (I disagree with the take on it above completely but agree it isn't for all people), and even in my case Zero Carb (trace carbs in coffee, organ meats, eggs, etc). But yes it doesn't HAVE to be any of those things either. The only thing…

I am the same age and height as you. My lowest goal weight would be 155. At 145 pounds you may be at a healthy weight already and perhaps eating enough to be strong and healthy would be a better focus. Just my opinion. If fat loss is the thing, I'd remove many of the carbs and put them to your fat macro and avoid all…

You can do your "Whole30" the way you want but the whole point of it is to be strict to the program. With processed dairy, artificial sweeteners etc you won't likely see terrific results. The point of a "Whole30" is rapid healing and overwhelming positive results. My own opinion/advice is to just keep doing what you are…

Ignorance is when people judge something strongly that they have no experience with. I've already shared my experience. My own experience is anecdotal. Many people will call the survival of the Inuit on such a diet as "anecdotal". Either try it, or don't. But spare the judgments when experience is lacking. I pointed out…

Because it's delicious, easy, and after a short period, most people who do it feel amazing. It drives me crazy that people judge things that they have no experience with. Nor have done any research into peoples who do have experience... for millennia....

"It's easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled." The plague of diseases called "diseases of civilization" did not plague our ancestors. Accidents, infections, high child mortality, and food scarcity did though. You might want to revisit the "fats are unhealthy" idea. I'd agree that Becel and most…

No it is not unhealthy. Research ancestral diets. And I've done it much longer than a month but there are things in our society that make it a very hard lifestyle to maintain. I've been back at it (with the exception of a bit of coconut oil) for over two weeks and I'm finally getting back to feeling awesome. My child is…

Barefoot. Cheapest and all our ancestors used them. Best design for our body. (But for those going barefoot for the first time there is a long period of adjustment and it's not feasible in all situations, at all times- but you asked for "affordable" and that's the ultimate in affordability.)

Unfortunately what the government deems are "healthy" foods don't match with what I consider healthy foods for my family. My child is half Inuit and a grain based, fruit and vegetable (high carb) diet is not biologically appropriate and she has already suffered health problems because of it. I'm not Inuit and grains,…

Dietary fat is not the enemy; quite the opposite, it's essential. Skip the non food stuff like Pam and have some natural fats, especially from animals. So you are trying to build muscle but also want significant losses on the scale? lol You are eating at a huge deficit and expect to build muscle and not slow metabolism? lol

Well, coconut oil or ghee can go in coffee, blend with immersion blender. (Imo most people do tolerate butter well, but not everyone, and some ghee isn't great either, nor coconut oil... I'm thinking I could try other animal fats like bacon grease! lol) But. I do take issue with using the word "can't". It's a choice. You…

I sometimes got mold on the top of mine, didn't affect underneath.... gasses do need to escape so careful with that tight seal.

Ideally I'm no carb. I did it for two months last spring and it was the best but then I let my big move derail me. I'm managing no carbs unless I buy a coffee at the shop by my work in which I can't resist adding cream (and I know it's not full fat cream). lol I've done many long terms where I was at 20-25 g of carbs but…

As you know, I'm doing something even more "restrictive" (it's actually awesome, not restrictive imo) so I'm cheering you on! I don't have a stop date though if I ever get my health and weight to an ideal point I might add in a few plants that I can tolerate and be more Paleo once again.

You do not "need" any fibre as far as health goes. But as long as you are overall healthy, just keeping insoluble fibre as low as possible will likely work well for you. You don't have to "balance" it. Trial and error and keeping a detailed food diary should help; keeping in mind that digestive reactions might take a day…

Replace sugar with sugar? That might be effective for younger people but not all advice applies to all. (I'm diabetic and fruit is one of the worst things I can eat unfortunately. Yes, I'm aware that diabetics are told to eat fruit!) It's too bad that the majority of people here at MFP slam the notion that the quality of…

Reducing fibre should really help, and even getting close to eliminating it (there are still quite a few plant foods that can be eaten that don't contribute very much fibre), but for many people doing that gradually is recommended since your guts are right now used to compensating for the large amounts of fibre. Strangely…

Insoluble fibre actually slows things down and creates perfect conditions for poor gut biome. The fibrous foods tend to build up and block the flow. Okay, I'm going to get gross here but bowel movements should be small and effortless (and the outputs from our guts shouldn't be overly gassy nor stinky) and the only way I…

Something to consider: with your problem have you been intentionally consuming more fibre, especially insoluble fibre? That's the unfortunate advice that most of us get. I'm not against fermented foods, or probiotics, or enzymes but the best solution for me was to eliminate fibre (don't mind my Canadian spelling). The more…

Unless you are diabetic, morbidly obese, or some other such illness, I would recommend you just switch to eating whole, unprocessed Paleo foods without worrying about macros with the caveat that you are eating lots of healthy fatty animal foods (ie grass fed or wild) and limiting the sugars, starches and nuts. I fall into…

What? Calories in/out isn't working perfectly? Colour me not a at all surprised. It's the FOOD, quality more than quantity. And it's your body. Hormones regulate all things to do with metabolism.

It's the food. And 2000 calories if you are active may not at all be too much. You might want to add in some healthy animal protein and fat. Not everyone does well on a high carb/high fibre, plant based diet. The essential macro-nutrients are fat and protein things which plants are poor sources of. Yup, as already…

You are right. There is much research to show that exercise is great for fitness and so many things but not weight loss. The more you exercise the more you will be hungry. However, the benefits of exercise are many so regardless of weight loss goals it is an important part of one's lifestyle. For weight loss it's the FOOD.…

No it isn't. There are some foods that would be considered clean that are unhealthy for ME. There are foods that are healthy for me but maybe not for you. So both "clean" and "healthy" are very subjective. It comes down to that judging the food choices of others is pointless. Take my avatar for example. I think it's funny…

There's no debate. It means whatever it means to the individual. Who cares what other people are doing or what they call their WOE? Maybe focus on what you are doing instead. It's normal for humans to come up with descriptors of things and it's normal that different people will see it differently. Who cares? What I don't…

<loses all hope for Humanity. (newsflash: dietary fat is essential meaning it has absolute nutritional value. sigh)

Ok, so all my high fat eating ancestors who had no ability to count calories were also never fat. Some were super active, some were not. Obesity didn't show up in my family until the 1950s, when they were starting to cut back on fat, switched from lard/butter to Crisco when they did, and started eating more processed…

Will the fat phobia ever die.... (never as long as it's only about calories in/out I guess. Cuz that's been working so terrifically over the last 40 years since we all started counting calories. "The definition of insanity.....")

Human senses are very limited to we just may not be able to sense everything that is actually there. For instance, my dogs sense many things that I don't... so it's not paranormal, just different abilities. Even different people have varying abilities to sense things. For instance, I'm very sensitive to magnetic fields;…

Autoimmune disorders are rampant in my family but I have never done the Autoimmune protocol to the letter, but I did eliminate nightshades, dairy for awhile, and then eventually all plants for a couple of months. In my opinion most dairy and plants harm us to some degree or another. I was lucky that my chronic joint…