What did YOU learn this year? page 3

[NorthernMonkeyGirl]

Great thread!


I can achieve anything if I only get ON with it!


I'm destined to end up a naughty old lady with a twinkle in her eye and fields full of pigs, chickens, cows, and probably an ostrich. Just for the hell of it.


I don't have to panic-feed to prevent fainting attacks.


Heart palpitations are NOT normal after a big meal!


Veggies are optional


Butter is the staff of life....

[Shine]

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I&#39;m destined to end up a naughty old lady with a twinkle in her eye and fields full of pigs, chickens, cows, and probably an ostrich. Just for the hell of it. </blockquote>


I love this.

[paleo_piper]

"If you&#39;re a girl, have short hair, and lift weights regularly, most people will think you&#39;re a lesbian (I&#39;m not actually, lol)."


I still get this despite my long dreadlocks.

[BarbeyGirl]

- It&#39;s all about insulin.


- Fat is good.


- Eat enough protein.


- Grain causes stomach bloating. Don&#39;t eat it.


- I really, really like bodyweight work.


- I really, really like lifting heavy things.


- HIIT is fun, too.


- Believing and applying all of the above will make a girl Crossfit sexy.

[g2baker]

I&#39;ve learned that the impossible is possible...

1. I don&#39;t need sugar
2. I don&#39;t need wheat
3. I&#39;m actually really strong, and getting stronger, and liking it
4. It&#39;s ok to play without feeling guilty (golf)
5. I can do a 24 hour fast
6. I don&#39;t have to worry about my cholesterol
7. I can be around non-primal foods and not be tempted to eat them
8. I don&#39;t need potatoes
9. I really like going to rock concerts, nothing to do with being primal, nonetheless, it&#39;s something I&#39;ve learned (39 bands this year)

[arthurb999]

Fat doesn&#39;t make you fat. They should change the name

[bonesheal]

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Fat doesn&#39;t make you fat. They should change the name </blockquote>


Good call--some PR firm should pick this up pro bono. A little positive spin and some razzle dazzle advertising. Call it Appetite Be Gone or Brain Boost or something like that.

[nina_70]

[quote]

Butter is the staff of life.... </blockquote>


Amen to that

[SerialSinner]

I learned that I have been using a flawed cost-benefit analysis when balancing going completely primal vs. quality of life.


Before, My reasoning was quitting a short-term pleasure for long-term health benefits.


My mistake was failing to realize that quitting a short-term pleasure can actually lea to very pleasurable short-term benefits. This happened to me when I decided to quit beer for 2 weeks to see what happened. I discovered that I felt much much better during and after the weekends.


Had I known this short-term benefit beforehand, the (apparently inconceivable) decision of quitting beer would have been way more straight forward.

[DebFM]

Here&#39;s some of the stuff I learned this year


* When you no longer eat sugar, fat becomes sweet


* I doesn&#39;t matter where the sweet comes from - honey, maple syrup, sucanat - it&#39;s badness


* My body can&#39;t handle gluten. At all. And that it makes potlucks/group meals really suck!


* Two meals & a snack is enough


* Exercising can really be fun


* I can weigh less and feel better than I did 10 or even 15 years ago!


* Non primal but fun - I&#39;m learning to play the frame drum