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I agree; sounds Paleo; I've dropped a lot of bad weight before without counting calories eating Paleo, but do tend to start losing strength after a few weeks. My current experiment is to cut the carbs to under 100 per day, eat as Paleo as I can, and after about 2-3 weeks bring carbs back in as fruits and vegetables.

Thanks -- I think the protein is low, too, especially for guys. And especially when the calories come down low, aiming for 1g/lb. of lean body weight is pretty tough. I think you're right to try to lose .7 instead of a full lb per week; as close as you are to your goal, which is very impressive, it's going to have to come…

Thanks; yep, keeping the beer, wine and tequila. Gotta live some. Apparently, Irish butter is pretty darn good for you too. As long as it's not spread on a giant baguette...:happy:

There is a box in Myrtle Beach -- here's the link: http://www.crossfitmyrtlebeach.com/Site/Welcome.html. Don't know them personally, but it has the appropriate abandoned warehouse / set of "Saw IV" look to it, so it's probably pretty good. I go to Carolina Crossfit in Columbia (awesome). I'll ask one of my trainers about…

Hey - are you still IF'ing? How's it going? I've thought about doing this to improve insulin sensitivity but haven't tried it yet. I know Robb Wolf is a big proponent of it.

Maybe we can start out by introducing ourself: Name: Dave where you live: South Carolina Time CF'ing: since 9/2010 Nutrition Plan: paleo for a few weeks, then a modified paleo with more carbs before I get too weak. My athletic background was distance running; always thought CF looked really cool; tried to do workouts on my…

Good luck!!

Thanks for the feedback cbarber9 and kimber507. One thing I've discovered at least for myself on paleo / crossfit is that there I have a performance drop off after about 3 weeks; there is a great article by Scott Hagnas at Crossfit Portland where he discusses the case for a higher carb paleo diet, especially after the…