Contest: The Best and The Worst
The Prize:
Vital Omegas. Fantastic fish fat. They’re good for you. You know you need them. Win this contest and you’ll get three, count it three, bottles of omega 3s.
The Contest:
Primal is sunshine and walks on the beach and filet mignons and lobster. But it is also toe bruises and no more donuts and unresolved arguments with vegan friends. Inspired by Tim Conrad’s meet and greet forum thread, in the comments section below, tell people what, in your experience, is the best part of living Primal and what is the worst part of living Primal.
Here are a few examples:
Best: The looks I get from people checking out my newly toned body.
Worst: The looks I get from people checking out my weird Vibrams.
Best: My IBS has all but disappeared since going Primal.
Worst: On the few occasions when I indulge in grains, I can feel the negative effects more than ever.
Best: More bacon
Worst: Fewer tacos
Remember folks, brevity is the soul of wit, or something thereabouts. One winner will be selected at random.
The Deadline:
Midnight, tonight. It’s gonna happen!
Who is Eligible:
This one is only available to residents of Guam. If you live outside Guam, you can still win this prize, but you will be given a frown of disapproval for entering a contest you clearly know only to be open to residents of Guam.
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Best: Leaning down to levels not seen since I was in MIDDLE school and feeling great!
Worst: Having trouble getting my girlfriend (cave companion) on board…
Best: Being able to eat sensibly without any doubts about endangering your health.
Worst: Temptations for fall around the holidays with food you used to eat and still want to have.
Best – Feel good and look great!
Worst – Miss my bread and pasta (I’m italian)
Best: Looking and feeling absolutely amazing every day, and people telling me so.
Worst: Despite my obvious personal transformation, having to explain again and again how fat does NOT cause disease.
Best: BAS for lunch and/or dinner
Worst: Family not getting it, even though they can seen the results.
Best: the lack of guilt eating fat!
Worst: no more movie popcorn and soda
Best: Finally free of cravings!
Worst: As many others…not being able to eat/drink most things at work functions with food.
Best: How my insides feel like they’ve been cleaned with a loofah
Worst: Seconding Jim, the office functions that have no primal alternatives
Best: No more sugar cravings
Unexpected Second Best: First time in my adult life that my ankles aren’t puffed up like balloons at the end of every work day. (This isn’t a weight thing; I guess there’s just less yucky stuff pooling in my cells these days.)
Worst: Energy levels are still kind of low after seven weeks. Hopefully that will resolved soon.
Best: No more low-blood-sugar psychosis!
Worst: Being labeled the “picky eater”
agreed!
Best: staying lean and healthy has never been so easy.
Worst: putting up with derisive caveman jokes from friends and family who could obviously benefit from a Primal lifestyle.
Best: More butter. More bacon. More butter on my bacon. Enough said.
Worst: Tabata sprints suck no matter how good they are for you.
Yes, but Tabata sprints feel SOOOOOOO good…once you’ve finished them! ;^)
Best – not being controlled by a sugar addiction (eating carbs makes me want to eat every hour or two and makes me irritable when I go too long without food)
Worst – the constant explaining, justifying and how everyone around you no longer see you as the same person (with other interest besides eating primal) and just pesters you with comments, questions not so much out of genuine interest and belief but more to point at how weird you are.
BEST: having the key to fix 80-90% of health problems people suffer from
WORST: Not being able to convince others
Best: Feeling more energy, lightness and power than ever before
Worst: Turning down foods that friends make…
Best: Sleeping like a rock for 8+ hours and feel like a million $ in the morning.
Worst: Still having to wake up to an alarm clock because of work.
Guam only? Really
Was wondering how long down the comments till someone asked! Was it a joke?
BEST: Having my wife confess that she now gets excited by merely seeing me without a shirt (that NEVER happened before).
WORST: Having others look at me like I’m not only insane, but DANGEROUSLY so when I dare suggest that fats are good and worth seeking while grains (especially whole grains) are actually detrimental to one’s health.
BEST: Taking responsibility of my own health and fitness.
WORST: Having to fight conventional wisdom daily; including family.
Best: No farts!
Worst: Watching people I love who are depressed, in pain, overweight, etc.; knowing exactly why they feel the way they do, and not being able to convince them I am right yet.
Best: OMG! The primal diet! Yummy!
Worst: Working in integrative health care and maintaining credibility with those practitioners that subscribe to Conventional Wisdoms.
Best: Eating fabulous yummy natural food until I’m full.
Worst: Not passing up beautiful home-made desserts – and feeling it later.
Best: Not wasting 2 or more hours a day in the gym
Worst: People think the amount of bacon I eat is somehow unhealthy (the same people who are running like hamsters on a treadmill all day when they could be out playing in the sun!!)
Best – tossing my 45pd downhill bike onto my roof rack without thinking about it
Worst – missing the smell of baking bread
Best: Being able to share my lifestyle with someone else who is also primal.
Worst: Trying to get my teenagers off of grains. OY!
Best: Having my young girls watch, learn, play and participate like and with there fit mommy.
Worst: We are a very “regular” family
Best: No more restless legs at night.
Worse: No more ice cream.
Best: So much more confidence (based on science, not marketing) in my food choices.
Worst: I really love (non-Primal) desserts.
+1 on desserts. They are part of my 20 very occasionally and at holidays. I always keep it to the day off though, so it’s only once a year.
Best: Having energy all day – no more eating all those snacks they tell you are essential!!
Worst: Having my new way of eating called an EATING DISORDER!
Best: Being fit enough to indulge every once in a while, and loving it.
Worst: Having that sugar bomb generally knock the hell out of me later. Sigh.