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Can you give more context to what he says? Is that 15 cal/body weight for maintaining your current weight, or to gain/lose? I'm betting it's to maintain your current weight. So if you're trying to lose, you would eat somewhere less than that. What about your LBM? Wouldn't that factor into it? Seems a pretty broad…

Agreed. And... nothing is cuter than a doodle puppy.

When I started with Primal, I would lose a pound, then sit at that weight for a week, sometimes 2 or 3... the exact same damned weight to the ounce. Then all of a sudden, I'd drop a pound. I had 25 lbs to lose, and it took me a year. I found that at 5'1, if I kept my cals between 1400-1700 I had a steady loss. But my TDEE…

I am so supremely overworked and stressed out... That would just push me to full lunacy. :smile:

I'm seriously too lazy to make my own shampoo. It's just not on my list of to-do's. BUT... I use some AWESOME shampoo bars from Chagrin Valley Soaps. I love love love them. My favorite is the soapnut shampoo bar, but I also like Lavender Spice. I really like shampoo bars over liquid shampoo because they last a long time...…

Great thread. My philosophy has been to be a role mode for my kids, but not to force Primal on them. They're now 6 and 4. I don't restrict any foods from them, but I make sure they have lots of meat, veg, fruit options. They pay attention to what I'm eating that's different from what they are eating, and they comment on…

Thanks! Love that dress in your profile pic.

Thanks, Akima!

That's AMAZING that you lost 30#!!!! Freaking awesome. Thanks so much for staying friends with me during my fall off the wagon.

Thanks, everyone. Well appreciated. Sometimes it takes a public declaration to get going again.

Whenever I make spaghetti squash, I get enough to serve 2 adults for what seems like days on end... more than I can eat before I get sick of it. Probably 4-6 servings of it per squash. I much prefer zucchini noodles. I use a julieene slicer. Easy peasy. Meat sauce on shredded cabbage is good too.

I hate the smell of ACV. I use it as a hair rinse and have to hold my nose the whole time. It's worth it, though. Try Kevita Sparkling Probiotic drinks. Carbonated just like soda or kombucha, but due to fermentation. Very low sugar, but without the sourness of Kombucha. I love it. I drink 1/2 bottle a day, sometimes whole…

I took 4 months off due to vacation, then moving, then flood-related drama and crappy living situation. I didn't have any health issues aside from weight before Primal, so I didn't have any health issues when I went on my break. The first couple of months were uneventful, although I hated how bloated/stuffed I felt at…

Wow. Who knew! I have some serious googling to do.

I didn't click the link but I think that article and one by Michael Ruhlman convinced me that paying more for nitrate-free was a marketing ploy, and I'd rather pay more to get pastured bacon. I have 2 lbs of bacon curing right now from my CSA, cured by a local chef for an extra $10. I didn't even ask about what he uses to…

Pastured eggs... Yes, please. Pastured bacon... Yes, please. I worry less about nitrates and sugar and more about the source of the bacon. I think having "clean" fat on the bacon is most important, since I use the bacon grease to cook and season my pans long after the bacon is gone.

I eat tins of clams or mussels for snacks. But I usually regret it afterwards.

But aren't pork rinds/cracklings made from pork skin? Like, when I got the smoked pork belly and had a serious carving workout slicing that slippery sucker into bacon-ish sized slices (NOT EASY!!!), there was a tougher skin on one side of the pork belly. I sliced that off the belly and froze it, figuring that was the pork…

I must diss bagels... Not for you or anyone else, but for me, they're on the shiz list. I'm Jewish, and I've been eating bagels my whole life. Almost every day for forty-some-odd years. Giving them up was part of my personal choice to revamp my diet, especially since they're a breakfast food and that sets the tone for the…

Actually, I never did like tuna noodle casserole. Even as a kid, it seemed wrong to me.

Forget protein drinks and sweet potatoes. Quality carb loading right there.

I haven't had gluten free noodles, but I actually prefer zucchini noodles over pasta now. But I give my kids regular noodles. I offer them zoodles, and figure some day they might actually try them. We did discuss giving Santa some Ramen, but the kids insisted that he only wants ginger snaps and milk. Can't break some…

My kids would probably like that.

Say it isn't so! Tuna and Ramen? Tuna and CHEESE and Ramen? Are there Ramen police, because this is a serious offense to humanity. Adding chicken or shrimp or beef... Ok. But tuna and cheese? Noooooooooo.

LOL. Alert the news stations!

Um, this post is a little whacked. I eat Paleo most of the time. Well, I love dairy too, so technically Primal. I do not worry about irradiation. Plus, there's no way to know what food has been irradiated, right? It's not on the label, is it? That said, if you're choosing your fruits and veggies from local organic farms,…

I did it for a month to drop the last few pounds to get to maintenance. I really liked it, and was surprised at how easy it was. Now I stick to a loose 16/8 style of IF.

One word: nomnompaleo.com (and her iPad app). When I started out, I ate 3 meals, stocked my car and office with lots of Paleo-friendly snacks and carried Sophia's Survival beef jerky in my purse to eat when I was somewhere surrounded by fast food. Over time, I found less and less urge to snack. Eat lots of veggies, fat and…

LOL. I may need psychological counseling or therapy, but probably not for my diet/eating. I don't think my experience is uncommon. I think many (most?) women have body distortion issues. We look in the mirror and only see our flaws, no matter what we weigh. Objectively, I know I've lost weight. I spent a year changing my…

Congrats on reaching your goal!!! I won't comment on the technical part of maintenance (how many cals, TDEE, etc). But I'm surprised by how hard it is mentally to switch to maintenance mode. I've been at maintenance since May. Like an above poster, I also lowered my goal by 5 lbs just for kicks and giggles. I lost 2 of…