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Primal Blueprint and Mark's Daily Apple was the best advice I ever got. I'm 42 years old and in the best shape and health of my life.

Definitely a possibility. If you aren't eating enough and the body starts sensing "starvation" the thyroid will down-regulate and you can suffer from a number low hypothyroid symptoms. Don't worry about calories, worry about nutrition. You need to eat more for nutrition. There is no internal calorie counter and a calorie…

Eat more fat and protein. Eat less refined carbs (those cereals are like eating sugar). Eat more calories. Eat real food.

http://thatpaleoguy.com/2012/12/19/calorie-rants-and-ketosis-part-1/ http://thatpaleoguy.com/2012/12/24/calorie-rants-and-ketosis-part-2/ http://www.gnolls.org/3374/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-calorie-to-your-body/…

This and you have to have to increase your fat intake and your calories intake. That's way too much exercise too. Exercise is stress and breaks the body down. Gains happen during recovery. If you give no chance to recover then you do more damage each time you exercise. And here is an interesting little tidbit: Fruits and…

http://www.archevore.com/panu-weblog/2009/11/1/cardio-causes-heart-disease.html and the study he breaks down: http://radiology.rsna.org/content/251/1/50.long http://www.archevore.com/panu-weblog/2010/3/21/still-not-born-to-run.html (please read thoroughly. May have to re-read) Here's one more:…

Rice crackers? They contain no gluten - but be careful - could be contaminated. White rice is a pretty benign starch and very easy to digest (not brown - the shell of grains are toxic). You might want to try removing the protein shake. That protein powder can wreak havoc on the gut. You could be having a reaction to the…

If you have to pee within 10 minutes of drinking a glass of water then you are well hydrated and don't need to be sucking it down. And you aren't flushing out more toxins, you are flushing out the same amount of toxins but with diluted pee. If you are peeing completely clear what makes you think you are peeing anything out…

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/push-ups-the-perfect-primal-exercise/#axzz2Rs5ml4tI Good article on pushups.

I agree. You can't exercise away a bad diet. And you are not gaining muscle. That won't happen in a calorie deficit - if you are following the USDA guidelines then you probably aren't getting enough protein - so that will keep it from happening. And men have to work very, very hard to increase muscle mass - they don't just…

Wow. So many options. I'll add mine. Carbohydrates. The more active you are the more your body can handle. The less active you are, the less it can handle. (not all carbs are evil. IMO, grain and sugar carbs ARE evil - IMO only). I sit all day. Sometimes I go home and I'll sit all night. I used to exercise all the time -…

Eggs have been vindicated. They are the perfect food. Try it on a burger. It's amazing.

If you like mushrooms, I was given a nice alternative to hamburger buns. Portabella mushrooms. Just grill the underside and leave the top ungrilled to give it better grip. I haven't tried it yet but plan to soon!

I WANT MY OWN CHICKENS!!! I grew up thinking egg yolk was a pale yellow. Boy was I wrong!! Nothing like a deep, dark orange yolk from a fresh pastured egg! It's almost a crime to cook it!

Yep...there a still a whole lot of people out there that are still misinformed.

Depends on how much you rely on that number. I weigh every day. I learned a lot about that number weighing every day. I learned that there are numerous, numerous things that affect that number and that number doesn't tell you WHAT you are losing. But if you feel like weighing every day might make you obsess on the numbers…

Only foods/liquids allowed in my home - about 95% of the time. If I want a chocolate chip cookie then I'm going to have one. If I want ice cream then I'm going to have some - that comes from the MooThru that uses local pastured dairy. Ice cream can't get any better than that. HAPPY COWS!! Animal foods (all meats and…

If you are getting mad sugar cravings 1-2 hours after eating - it's not thirst! Take it from someone with Reactive Hypoglycemia (a bowl of oatmeal and an apple had me shaking like a leaf and starving - for more sugar - I was becoming diabetic on the healthiest version of the standard amercian diet - and no it's not…

Tabata Sprints. http://www.marksdailyapple.com/what-are-tabata-sprints/#axzz2PcHYboeq "...a Tabata session consists of twenty seconds of maximum output, followed by ten seconds of rest, repeated eight times without pause for a total of four minutes. Any exercise will work (running, cycling, burpees, jump rope, squats,…

Sounds to me like you are too focused on numbers and way to stressed out about those numbers. You have a broken metabolism. You didn't gain weight because you were a lazy glutton. And you can't fix a broken metabolism by increase energy expenditure while decreasing energy intake. You might improve things but you won't fix…

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/listening-to-your-body/#axzz2OroZln00 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/when-listening-to-your-body-doesnt-work/#axzz2Oro4DIan http://www.marksdailyapple.com/when-listening-to-your-body-doesnt-work-part-2/#axzz2OroUn7TI http://www.marksdailyapple.com/meal-timing/#axzz2OrofOJEn Going Primal…

if you are going low-carb then increase your fat. FAT IS GOOD FOR YOU!! I dropped 12lbs below my lowest adult weight going high-fat and this was after dropping 10lbs in the previous 6 months. I've used spaghetti squash, broccoli, sauteed colorful peppers. Why not just a big bowl of meat and sauce? Mostly meat

I was diagnosed with Fibro in 2010. I learned about a year or so later through my own research (and blood sugar monitoring) that it was Reactive Hypoglycemia (aka prediabetes). (And I am about 3% below the average diabetes risk according to my genetics) PRIMAL BLUEPRINT AND MARK'S DAILY APPLE. This is the best thing I have…

You will find a lot of meanness. You will find a lot of misinformation, too. Find your N=1. Be your own scientist. (I'm Primal/Paleo. I've been bashed and insulted so many times here. But I don't care. My weight only fluctuates with crappy foods. If I am eating real, whole food (I eat a high-fat diet by the way) there is…

If 1lb of fat = 3500 calories then why does 1lb of coconut oil (coconut oil is 100% fat - every single calorie is from fat) have over 3900 calories? (http://nutritiondata.self.com/) 100g of coconut oil = 862 calories. 1lb = 453.592grams. So 1lb of coconut oil = 3909.96304 Actually weighing every day is how I figured out…

http://www.gnolls.org/1444/does-meat-rot-in-your-colon-no-what-does-beans-grains-and-vegetables/ http://www.gnolls.org/2893/always-be-skeptical-of-nutrition-headlines-or-what-red-meat-consumption-and-mortality-pan-et-al-really-tells-us/ http://rawfoodsos.com/category/china-study/ (This is a list of articles - please read…

Depends on how much nutrition is coming along with those 1200. On my Paleo/Primal diet I can blow the RDA numbers out of the water on 1000 calories, easy. My body tells me if I need more. If I have an active day my body responds by increasing my appetite. If I have a lazy day my body responds by decreasing my appetite. If…

NOW THAT SOUNDS YUMMY!!!

None. Steak is too good for tomato candy.

Sounds like a nice dinner to me!!