Paleo-Diet

[musicaddict]

Hey everyone,

[mountainboy]

I have lost using this diet.

[Skywolf]

My wife and I have been on Primal (Paleo with dairy allowed) for a year this week. One of our continuing weaknesses is diet coke. I lost 50 lbs (am now averaging between 160-170lbs) and she has lost 70lbs and still going. If it is too hard to give up, you could always count it as part of the 80/20 mindset (80+% paleo, with a little non-paleo added in).

[musicaddict]

Thank you, both of you for your advice.

[drynot]

I'm not sure if it would be allowed with your regiment, but would flavor enhancers like Mio or Crystal Lite work for you?

[Dubious]

Diets rarely ever work since at some point you will fall off it and then you will just gain weight again

[Dill_Pickle]

So, you want to make your water interesting....

[Skywolf]

@ZSpeed

[BlakeJordan]

I normally mix in strong juices with water if I want flavor. (Real cranberry juice goes a long ways) tea can be a good transition. I use loose leaf stuff.

Remember that the carbs, once you get those reduced, fat and protein increased you enter ketosis in about 72 hours. I usually have crazy craving for carbs at the 48 mark, dissipating at 96 hours.

I'm do protein powder only because I have an uber sensitive gi tract. Too much meat makes me sick. I have been on this for about a year. On and on a few years before.

I go off about once a month for a day or two.

Generally you can have a cheat meal every 3 weeks and still stay on ketosis.

Have gone down from 225-165 since this time last year.

Best,

Blake

[Little BabyDoll Christine]

I do not do diets for the same reason I do not do religion: Too confining and don't work in the long run. The best "diet' is expressed as un poco de toda. It leads to an imbalance of none

[musicaddict]

Thank you very mush everyone for your advice. I completely forgot about zuchini noodles. I was thinking I'd be left with spaghetti squash, and while anything can be edible with enough pasta sauce on it, I'm not a fan in general.

[dl_ashlee]

I thought it was interesting talking to my doctor he recommends not losing anymore then 10-15 pounds in a year.

[Skywolf]

@dl_ashlee

[Skywolf]

Oh, and I don't exercise...EVER. During the summer I would get a couple miles of walking in every day for work, but during the winter before that, I sat on my ass the whole time. Weight loss was the same rate under both circumstances.

[dl_ashlee]

Well glade it is working for you, no one can predict the future, but I do predict it will not last as a popular choice that many are touting for weight loss.

[Dubious]

You can eat veggies, without being forced through a diet

Being forced is never ever good

[Skywolf]

" You can tout these peer reviewed stuff all you want"

[Dill_Pickle]

@Skywolf:

You *are* touting peer reviewed studies, but you fail to cite even one.