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http://www.primalpalate.com/paleo-recipe/cast-iron-skillet-grain-and-gluten-free-pizza/ This is my favorite hands down. You don't have to cook it in the cast iron skillet and it works especially well for individiual pizzas, we do it all the time for our kids. It is not particularly low carb, but for a special occasion,…

It gets expensive if you get bogged down in "needing" all organic and grass fed, etc. While that is better for your health it isn't necessary to follow this way of life. We rarely buy grass fed because we are on a budget, but we are all still far healthier than we were when we ate more grains. It isn't necessary to go "no…

I have one similar to this one and I really like it. It is also a good substitute for the mandolin that others mentioned that likes to slice fingers. I allow my children to use this one.…

All you folks that have a love/hate relationship with the mandolin need these gloves! I have them and love them, I only use one at a time just on the hand holding the food. I have Alton Brown to thank for me buying them.…

You may want to look into a 21 Day Sugar Detox as opposed to Whole 30. I have had issues with reverse T3 and T3 uptake in the past and going too low carb made it worse. The important thing for me though is to still keep sugar low and get carbs from non-fructose sources. Yes, all carbs are broken down as sugars but not all…

I can't try hemp for at least another 5.5 years it is a "banned" substance for military members. Not because it will cause a positive drug test, but because people could use it an an excuse for a failed drug test...or something like that.

Welcome!

Only 60 grams of protein seems a bit low to me. At your weight 70-140 is the proper range of protein.

I totally agree, I just hate to see the starch villified, when it is most definitely the sugar/fructose (juice/smoothies) that is the problem and not specifially the starch. Flop the day around, eat protein and fats for breakfast with veggies for breakfast lunch and dinner and any starches with dinner and see how that…

Over eating plantain or other starches can be a problem, but they aren't the weight loss stopper a lot of people think they are. Yes, eating 85 grams just at breakfast that can be a problem. I eat/ate starches and lost/lose weight. I still keep my carbs around 100-125 a day, less on days Im not active and sometimes up to…

I love kim chi. The more it fizzes when I open the jar, the better!

Do you mind sharing your thyroid numbers? Did they run the full panel or just TSH?

I do soak and dry oats for the kids, or get some instant oatmeal for them. It isn't the helathiest, but it keeps them from gettingbreakfast at school which is FAR worse than having instant oatmeal ;) When I soak the oaks then I will sometimes make granola with it and use a srpinkle in my yogurt. This is a lot of work…

Thanks for your response Justaspoonful, I was so confused as to why kefir wasn't paleo. I missed the "grains" part in the original post...lol Some say milk kefir isn't paleo because it is dairy, but water kefir is so very much paleo! Drink up :D

I don't think 150 grams a day is automatically "insidious weight gain" for everyone. That's really not that high. 300, yes, that's a lot.

I had been battling my weight for ages and my career was on the line because if I failed another fitness test I would be kicked out of the military. My dad had a student of his ask him if cavemen at bugs, so the nerd that he is went on a google search. In his search he came across the "caveman diet" and spent all day…

I only skimmed hte replies, so forgive me if I repeat this. MFP will increase your daily calories for any exercise you input above your "lightly active" amount, so that keeps you from under eating.

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If a small portion of dark chocolate doesn't cause you issues or to binge then there is nothing wrong with eating it. I decided a long time ago that quality chocolate was not going away from my life. I can regulate how much I eat so it is okay. If it is "junk" chocolate like Dove or Hershey's I'll eat the entire bag, but…

http://www.theprimalist.com/classic-chicken-liver-pate/ I used this recipe, but I added two cloves of garlic. I threw them in after getting the onions soft, then cooked the garlic until I could smell it. I used dried thyme because I didn't have any fresh, which I also added at the end of the cooking so it didn't over power…

I agree that giving it up for a month to make sure you don'thave a problem is a good point. I was dairy free for about 3 months before re-introducing it without a problem. I did coconut milk in my coffee, well just the creamy part from the canned coconut milk. I also did a month without coffee, and drank various teas…

It is the amount they are estimating you will burn on an average day with your BMR and exercise or lifestyle factored into the equation. When you use TDEE for weight loss you don't "eat back" your exercise calories the way you would with MFP. The general setting is 20% calorie reduction for weight loss. You are very close…

This is my problem with the Whole 30 in general. If you know for a fact you tolerate a food, then I see no reason to eliminate it. You could just do your own "30 Day Challenge" and make your own rules. It's your body, you know? We are coming up on hte MDA 30 Day Challenge time frame, aren't we? Maybe join that. Since it is…

I wonder if the source of the pork would make a difference? Farmed pork has a lot of omega 6 and eats some junk that would make it more likely to be an issue. Would a person be able to tolerate wild boar?

If you can't do nightshades then you can order plantain starch, or eat cooked/cooled plantains instead. When I first went paleo and there wasn't the discussion of safe starches, i.e. if you can tolerate white rice or potatoes they are okay on occasion, I ate a TON of plantain. I ate it at least 4-5 times a week because I…

:wink: In internet "language" capitilzation is considered yelling.

We eat mostly jasmine, basmati and medium grain CalRose. I like to stick to rice grown in the USA to avoid the contamination that rice from overseas may have.

I guess that makes sense. I find it distracting, that's why I asked.

We are pretty boring on work days. Usually we have some sort of meat and veggies on the side...or a dish we call slop, which is graound beef and spices...sort of like sloppy Joe's, that we serve over veggies, rice or potatoes. On the weekends I have more time and will experiment more. I do think that for me this only works…