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ETTM: primal blueprint
since the h&f board isn't biting..anyone over here know about this?? i googled it and found a really inspiring review of someone's 1st week while doing it. now i'm interested but can't find what you do or anything online.. anyone know?
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Re: ETTM: primal blueprint
I replied a bit on the H&F board, but read through Jennlin's avocado thread. I posted a bunch of links and old threads.
http://community.thenest.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/61987616.aspx
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ok, thanks girls!
that is a TON of stuff to read. i've read a few of the articles and it makes sense. it's nice to know some one who has had success.
It's funny, I've actually been meaning to make a post asking emy about paleo/primal. I have been thinking about jumping into this as nothing else has really ever been sustainable for me.
Also, I was just introduced to this idea that "fat" is good for you when I read this book just last week about the wonders of coconut oil. I've been using coconut oil for about 5 days now....and while I have seen results, I don't feel comfortable giving a testimonial on it yet. haha. Give me another week, and I am pretty sure I will be wanting to preach about it. If anyone wants to know more about my experience so far using coconut oil, they can PM me.
Anyway, I read that book and then I looked into the other book you (emy) posted about, Why We Get Fat, and was reading reviews about it and it was saying basically the same things about weight loss/gain as the coconut oil book...so it started to get me really interested.
I just think the hardest thing for me will be the carb limitation. What exactly does less than 100g of carbs look like? I've never done the low-carb thing before because I was always under the mentality that carbs were an essential food group...Anyway, I guess my main question is, they say that it is a really sustainable way of eating and fufilling and keeps cravings away. Do you experience this for the most part? I know you have been doing it for a while, so have you really felt that it is sustainable? I feel like with low-fat, low-cal diets that I usually work towards are always so hard and I always end up having way too many cheat days/cheat meals and it just never works for a long period of time. It's also never really been about a "diet" for me but more about changing my way of life and living healthier...which just seems so hard with they way they tell you that you are supposed to eat with the "eat less" methods.
I feel like I just rambled forever. Maybe this should have been a post totally sent to emy but yah. Maybe everyone can benefit from your experiences.
I'd love any advice you can offer. I plan to start reading Why We Get Fat and Primal Blueprint as soon as I can get them from the library, and I have been looking around marksdailyapple.com.
kinmir, I forget, are you on myfitnesspal? you (and anyone else!) feel free to take a look at my food diary to take a look. warning, I've been a total cheese addict this past week, haha. my name on this is emyinpink.
I keep my carbs under 75g, and I have 2 tablespoons of oat bran in my morning pancake (not really paleo, but it doesn't bother me, sometimes I'll do almond flour, weekends are often omelets with a salad), I have a pretty massive salad every lunch (or broccoli or cucumber + meat on the weekends), dinner is some sort of meat, a veggie, and sometimes a starchier veggie or seed like grain (like quinoa/amaranth/sweet potatoes/carrots/sunchokes). Sometimes I'll do a spinach+berry smoothie snack (will often also throw in an avocado, almond butter, protein powder, and/or egg). Otherwise I'll do cheese. Or almonds/almond butter. Or some veggies.
Carb limitation will be the most difficult the first few days, up to the first week. Once you get past the first week, cravings basically disappear. This was absolutely key for me in not only losing the weight, but not gaining it all back immediately. I also knew immediately what to do when I gained wait from my foot injury.
My favorite thing about low carb eating is that for me, it's been completely sustainable. I can go out to eat, and not feel deprived (it's hard to feel deprived when you're having bacon and eggs for brunch, and steak or sushi for dinner). Calorie counting on it's own just didn't work for me. I was always hungry. Now, I can eat 1800+ calories a day and actually lose weight!