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: Amazing bowel movements.
Worst: Upping the TP budget.
Best: reinvigorating my culinary creativity and remodeling my body composition
Worst: Heckling from friends and having to skip free food at corporate functions
Best: Feeling like a “Lipid-Jedi” because I know the truth about saturated fats.
Worst: Feeling so bad for people who just won’t understand the ways of “The Force”.
BEST: Being carded at the “adult” novelty store (I’m 31!).
WORST: Getting kicked out of the “adult” novelty store for accidentally forgetting my driver’s license (who needs to drive?!).
BEST: Sharing my primal knowledge with my brother and his wife and knowing that as a result my nieces and nephew will not be raised addicted to grains
WORST: Wishing I had this knowledge for myself at 17, not 37!!!
BEST…fat, gloriuos fat. Butter, bacon, whole milk
WORST…having to explain, again, at the fire house dinner table why I don’t eat grain and why I intentionally eat fat.
BEST: Eating steak, bacon, and lamb on a regular basis while people look at me in shock and ask “how can you stay thin eating that?”
WORST: Having to “explain” myself to coworkers, friends, and family. Nobody else gets it….
Best: Piggies, cows, chickens and chickens-to-be with BUTTER.
Worst: Pizza hangovers
BEST: Having unexplained and undiagnosed pains disappear.
WORST: The puzzled look on friend’s and family’s faces when I try to explain why I eat the way I eat.(Which is every single time we have a meal together).
BEST: Chicken wings isn’t cheating
Worst: Hearing people say what is great about whole grains and what is bad about fat and having to bite your tongue or get into a very long discussion about things they don’t understand…
Oh AMEN to THAT!! (chicken wings, that is…)
Best: feeling so much healthier and more energized than when I was a carb junkie.
Worst: waiting for conventional wisdom to catch up so more people can get the message, and so there will be more incentive for our food production system to change.
The Best: No more “healthy” high fiber colon blow twigs and bark gastro-intestinal distress causing cereal.
The Worst: No more crunchy sweet frosted mini marshmellow sugar high inducing cereal.
Best- The cravings are gone! (where did they go??)
Worst – Missing baking. I love to bake.
Dana – why can’t you bake anymore…? There are LOADS of folk on the forum who bake all kind of goodies! Just because you can’t use conventional flour anymore, doesn’t mean you have to quit baking altogether – check out the forum for some awesome recipes!
Best: – The liberating feeling which comes from eating things which CW told yo were banned.
Worst: – Increased PCOS symptoms (particularly facial hair!) I was hoping that PB would make ‘em go away (but it looks as though they’re here to stay! And that makes Sarah a Very Sad (no make that Grumpy!) Grokette! >:*O(
Best- Energy, happiness, scrumptious food!
Worst- The kernel of doubt that gets placed in my mind when friends and family sincerely worry about my intake of cholesterol. But, all it takes is a little research to put those doubts to rest!
BEST Simplification and energy that comes from a result of going back to hunter gather roots.
Worst- Having to screen things thoroughly when i eat out for fear of gluten exposure.
Best: Bacon and eggs with a big bowl of fruit.
Worst: No Gatorade.
Best- Satisfying fullness and strength
Worst- Cost of Grass fed meat vs cheep beans and grains-I know it costs less for the planet so not so worst after all.
BEST: FINALLY losing weight and getting off all prescriptions…
WORST: explaining to the VA docs why I refuse to take all the meds they feel I should be on…
BEST: Not falling asleep in class.
WORST: Comments from other kids at school. “Uh, what’s that you’re eating? Is that… a salad? With tuna? Gross. Why don’t you eat normal food? “
Best: The seamless blending of exercise, nutrition, and lifestyle philosophy.
Worst: Not being able to change the minds of those I care about.
best : leaner thighs
worst : “take bread mummy ” from my 2yo son
Best: sexy chicks feeling up my body.
Worst: any talking about non-primal foods.
Gosh this contest really highlights how many folks in our lives are so close minded to this primal living. CW’s brain washing runs deep.
Best: Effortless weight loss and feeling like I can take on the world!
Worst: “Don’t you eat REAL food?”
Best: Having a supportive SO and coworkers
Worst: Not talking anyone else into trying primal… yet
Worst: Watching family and friends with significant health problems smoking, drinking a lot of alcohol and soda, eating a lot of white flour products, chips, and refined carbs and junk food in general, and going through the same hell I’ve lived in for years and years — and not being able to do anything about it.
Best: The fact that thinking about my family and friends suffering so much is making me cry is helping me see that these people mean a lot more to me than I ever realized before.
Best: inflammation gone from left knee (been there for at least 10 years)
Worst: Negative comments from the unknowing about going barefoot and my VFF’s.
BEST: Never being hungry again!! (and still losing/maintaining
WORST: Saying no to restaurant sauces and mayonnaise. The PUFAS say no, but my mouth says yes.
Best: Acid reflux gone; libido up
Worst: I am going broke buying new clothes to fit the new body.
Title for future post: Going Primal with Kids