pattyproulx Member

I will add you. I've been following the Primal Blueprint for about 3 years now. Others, feel free to add me as well.

Considering your activity level, my suggestion would be something like 20c/35p/45f as your macros. (I play hockey, ball hockey, volleyball, curling, and my macros are at about 15c/35p/50f) As others have mentioned, definitely track your exercise since that will have an impact on how much you should eat throughout the day.…

I've read that those devices, as well as bathroom scales, tend to overestimate the BF% fairly significantly. One thing they are good for is tracking progress for fat loss. If you went from 30% to 20% with one of those devices, it's safe to say you lost a significant amount of fat but doesn't necessarily mean you dropped…

You shouldn't have much of an issue staying below 1500 cals. I'm 6'2, 210 lbs and easily stay around 2000 calories. IF'ing, as one poster mentionned, could also be something worth looking at. I eat two large meals per day (lunch and dinner) and it keeps me satiated all day. If I workout, I'll often supplement with a…

Ya - I'd just like to echo what moran said. Use heavy weights. Aim for about 10-12 reps at most. Keep the weight even on both sides. Your left arm will catch up.

My wife and I have done TapoutXT and I thought it was really good. It's a bit more intense than Chalene's stuff, and probably on par with Insanity, but a little less cardio focused.

I did Clean Eating for about a year. For me, eating that often was more trouble than it's worth. I pack myself a good-sized lunch and eat that at noon and I'm good to go till dinner. However for ideas on easy snacks : - Plain Greek Yogurt with berries and nuts. - Very dark chocolate, - assorted nuts, - veggies - Hard…

I'll sometimes just do 'assorted vegetables'. I know approximately how many calories that should equate to so I adjust the proportion. I also don't pay attention to micronutrients on here, so it doesn't matter much to me how accurate the vitamin count is for example.

I trim everywhere. Just looks better on me. I also tend to wax my back because I have a few little patches of hair there. I like to look good naked, or even just without a shirt at the beach and trimming helps with that.

I also do dairy - but we make sure it's full fat. :)

Get more fat in your body. If you eat 50g of carbs, and 200g of protein, that only leaves 200 of your 1200 calories for fat. If 1200 is net, then that leaves you with a little more but in my opinion, that's still not enough. Also, I'd recommend upping your intake a little bit if you're lifting (1400 calories won't make you…

Ya - I think that going higher carb Paleo is fine. Nothing really says that it needs to be low-carb. As someone's mentioned, adding white rice to the diet could help (white rice has little negative effect for most). You can also get carbs pretty easily from fruit. Personally, I find that losing weight is a tad more…

I'm sure I've lost 10ish lbs in a week - usually after having gained 10ish lbs on the weekend, haha.

I generally do Mayo-based or Yogurt-based. I love a creamy dressing. I also tried it with leftover green curry and coconut milk from my chicken dish and it was quite tasty.

Generally no. Especially if you're trying to lose weight. I've experimented with getting some white rice in while working out and trying to bulk (sweet potatoes are good, but sometimes you want something else) and it's never caused me problems, but for the most part, I'd say it's best to stay away. As others have said, I'm…

My wife and I had been doing 'Clean Eating' for a year and hadn't been getting great results (decent but not great). I read up on MDA and thought I'd give it a try. I did one meal without grains, and then my wife decided to come onboard and give Primal a try as well. The next day, we threw away or gave away all non-primal…

This, with preference of traditionally raised meat. Plus, depending on who you ask in the Paleo community, many seem to stay away from saturated fats coming from meat, whereas Primal is more liberal when it comes to saturated fats (though if you're buying conventional meat, it might not be a bad idea to limit the fat a…

That's not possible! You need carbs for energy! :wink: Well done! Must be a great feeling to break through that plateau! Keeping carbs low has always worked really well for me (and I'm also extremely active). As soon as they start going up is when I run into trouble.

I do 3x per week, about 45 - 60 mins. Here's an excellent post on weight training for beginners, with great links: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/848374-large-collection-of-info-for-beginners-2013-edition I really like the Stronglifts 5x5 program.

I'm with the crew that doesn't understand the big deal. It's a 4y/o ffs. I don't understand what kind of harm that could do to anyone (kid or other people in the room). I agree that if there are family rooms, those should obviously have been used, but maybe he didn't know about them.

The feeling will pass. It's very likely carb withdrawal. If you feel you can't handle it for the week or so it'll take your body to get over it, up your carb intake with primal carbs (sweet potatoes or fruit are good) and then you can wean yourself off of them more slowly and it should have less of an effect on your body.…

I'd love to hear how going gluten-free is not healthy. I can entertain arguments about gluten not harming one's health and about being perfectly healthy while eating gluten; however, I can't possibly understand how anyone could believe that I am harming my health by not eating gluten. I've been Primal/Paleo for 3 years now…

I'm just coming on here to say that Pizza Hut lunch buffet is probably my favorite food-related thing in the world. If I was able to pick one thing that wouldn't make me fat, it'd be Pizza Hut lunch buffet. That is all.

You'll lose a lot of weight early because water attaches to carbs, so you lose a lot of water weight. This is nice in a way, because you lose a lot of bloat, but don't mistaken this for fat loss. Fat loss will come though - you just have to be patient. The beauty behind Atkins and other low-carb diets is that you get full…

Seriously, why isn't that stickied??

Diet is about 80% of weight loss. Doing some cardio will help, but I'd probably recommend focusing more on weight training, while supplementing with some cardio if you enjoy it (rather than the other way around). If I had to pick between treadmill and elliptical, I'd pick elliptical, if only for the decreased impact on…

So much for you only bringing it up in response to others. Implants aren't for you, we get it. It's a personal choice that she made and I'm sure she's quite happy with (as she should be, because she looks fantastic). And even if she got impants, I'm sure she's worked harder than 95% of people on this board to achieve that…

I think this can also serve as motivation fro those who don't enjoy cardio (I personally can't stand it). I think too many people get the impression that to lose wait and get fit, they need to run on a treadmill or the elliptical for hours on end and the thought of that discourages them from doing anything to improve their…

She looks smoking hot! Forwarded this to my wife as inspiration. I really don't know what people are talking about with too much muscle. You can tell she's extremely fit, but she isn't bulgy or anything at all. Very feminine, and you sir are a lucky man! I much prefer this to skinny and am happy that more women are…

I aim for around 200g/day.