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Ugh...Lara bars...when I was vegan I can't tell you how many fat vegans sat around and wondered why they couldn't lose any weight...they were eating "healthy" stuff like Lara bars, right? OMGaaaah!

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My prayers go out to you, what a tough situation! I'm a stress eater as well, however I will say that watching the sugar intake, namely fructose, and eating loads of high quality saturated fat via an ancestral diet leaves me much less likely to stress eat. You could try making some raw freezer fudge out of raw cacao,…

Oh my, I defiantely see where you are coming from! Paleo makes it much easier for me to make better choices as well. It's better if I just abstain most of the time so I totally get it. That's actually what really bugs me about most of the IIFYM crowd on MFP. If you can moderate there's no way you can really understand…

I've actually been watching the amount of nuts I eat more lately because I want to do more to keep my Omega 3/6 ratio in balance. Nuts have mostly Omega 6 so too many can be a problem. I still routinely eat nuts but not every day and when I do I'll have maybe a tbsp or 2 of nut butter OR maybe an almond flour baked…

The lipid hypothesis is totally flawed. I eat copious amounts of bacon, raw dairy, cook with lard/bacon fat/tallow from pasture raised animals. I also eat lots of coconut, basically all the fat I eat is high quality saturated fat accept small amounts of olive oil and maybe some nut oil on a salad. Excess carbs and sugar as…

Eliminating artificial sweeteners seemed to really help. Also regular acupuncture. I started with going 2x/week for a month or so, then cut down to once or twice a month for about a year. Now I go when I feel like I need to.

Sorry if my response was a little harsh. I understand what you are saying. However Paleo is only as hard as one makes it and it's right for everyone, no matter what your current health status is. Paleo is about thriving and being our most human selves aligned with nature.

I am not loving this response, newmeadow. This is not just about weightloss. Weightloss is one of the many healthy things that happens when one eats ancestrally. Even if one can moderate junk it doesn't mean they should not try to do better. And we all known someone who looks thin and healthy on the outside but is a…

Belly fat can be a sign of visceral fat which is the worst kind of fat and very stubborn. The saying "abs are made in the kitchen" is very true. Watch your sugar intake especially as fructose tends to be turned strait to visceral fat rather than burned. Watch the carbs too. Lift heavy things more than cardio to increase…

Cutting down carbs to help lean down sounds like a reasonable plan to me, sending you a request. I've been trying to keep my carbs between 50-100g/day per the Primal Blueprint.

And a bunch of unnecessary and toxic chemicals, artificial flavor enhancers that wreak havoc on your digestive system and taste buds, cancer causing trans fats, an unnatural ratio of omega 6 to 3, I could go on...

Being hungry is not the worst thing on the planet. I would skip the fast food and opt for better options later. No problem with that.

I agree that eating more nutritious foods and cutting out the "carbage" allows one to get all thier nutrients with less calories. There is some interesting research that I remember seeing about 15 years ago on NOVA and has come up recently again about calorie restriction and longevity, in that it is good. Now whether you…

I think you may have had a bit of a knee jerk reaction. It sounds like what you were doing before was working really well, and I think it's a great plan. One day of having to fast and then eating a lot is not going to break you. I would go back to your original plan since that one is more likely to produce lasting results…

I've had boobs pop out in class and I've farted. Yoga people are generally a good accepting bunch so any judgement would have come from inside you, not them. Suck it up buttercup and go do some more yoga!

It certainly could be due to the change in diet. Your body could be detoxing as well as having a bit of the carb flu.

I still drink alcohol just much less than before...and not only because of going Paleo. Beer could be problematic because of the gluten however I've read that very little remains in general after brewing so I would go with how you feel after drinking it. I brew my own Kombucha and have brewed beer in the past, most of the…

There are many shades of Paleo as one previous poster eluded to. I do not follow a strict Paleo diet as I include raw and cultured dairy, white potatoes and white rice. Personally I think that the 2 most important things (other than just eliminating general carbage and junk) about Paleo are eliminating wheat and other…

LOL hilarious!!!!

Try something like Crossfit that does not use any isolation movements. Working the whole body as one is both more natural to your body and should produce a lean and balance shape. That being said I don't think you look disproportionate from your pic so maybe you could also think about re-evaluating your body image and how…

I like the cauliflower pizza crust just fine but I've since started making the Zenbelly recipe for gluten free/paleo pizza crust which is phenomenal. Sometimes, though, I still just have to have the real thing and as a once in a while treat that's fine.

I totally agree with this! He's your boyfriend, not your husband. Decide if this is behavior you can live with now.

Hi there, I'll send you a request. I have not been logging but I think I will start again for carb purposes. My ventures into the general forums are rare. There's a really nasty group of IIFYM people that just descend on anyone who dares to say that we should categorize food into good and bad. Like taking anything but…

If you aren't hungy I wouldn't force food. Maybe take a day and fast to allow your body to totally kick this thing out. That process might go faster if it's not concerned with digesting new food.

I too am torn by this. Sometimes I count and sometimes I don't. Like others when I do log it's mostly to focus on getting the macros where they should be, especially carbs.

If you make sure the store bought brand says RAW you're fine. GT's is definately raw and is the most available anyway. That being said it save you a ton of money in the long run when you make your own, but I still grab a GT's every now and then, and when traveling.

Oh my YES! Hence my username LOL. I just switched to a continuous brewer and only wish I had sooner. I've brewed my own for about 5 years and batch brewing is fine but it's easy to get lazy and not feel like cleaning everything, etc. With the continuous brewer once you get it started up you just fill each bottle with buch…

Nutrient density is most important. Crowd out the junk with delicious, nutrient dense food and your calories will be in line.

Those fat bombs look AMAZING! What flavors are they? Home stretch now...