Obligatory forum Introduce yourself thread page 149

[mscooper67]

Name: Sharon

Your location: San Antonio, TX

Age (If you want): 43

How Primal are you: 100% (I think)

Do you consume dairy: Some

Do you drink coffee or tea: Both

Motivator for switching to Primal: Weight Loss

Favorite exercise: Walking

Favorite Primal food: Bacon

Best part about being Primal: Easy to know what I'm going to eat

Worst part about being Primal: I miss baked goods

[Parazon]

Name:
Marius
Your location:
Norway
Age (If you want):
28
How Primal are you:
95 %, hard time finding (and affording) grass-fed meat and organic greens!
Other than that, all natural!
Do you consume dairy:
No
Do you drink coffee or tea:
Cup or two a day
Motivator for switching to Primal:
Health, energy, better rolemodel for my kids
Favorite exercise:
Walking
Favorite Primal food:
Meat
Best part about being Primal:
I love the whole-deal idea, every part of life thinking.
And how easy and effectiv it is!
Worst part about being Primal:
Hunting for organic/non-toxic/grass-fed food.
Figuring out what to feed picky kids

[jovigal1959]

Your location: Washington, D.C.

Age (If you want): 51

How Primal are you: 99.9%

Do you consume dairy: only cream

Do you drink coffee or tea: Half a cup of coffee, in the morning

Motivator for switching to Primal: Tired of the poof in my gut, even though my calories were low, and my cardio, HIGH. I am a recovering sugarholic and cardio addict. I have completed six full marathons. While wonderful accomplishments, that way of life never gave me the body I wanted.

Favorite exercise: Weights, and cardio.

Favorite Primal food: Hot Steak Salad.

Best part about being Primal: NEVER HAVING TO COUNT CALORIES, EATING CORRECTLY, AND HAVING A TON OF ENERGY!

Worst part about being Primal: People who don't believe in what us primal people already know - and have proven with results!

[Diedelser]

The Questions??

Your name: Jorge that is also George in english.

Your location: Venezuela, a beautiful country in South America.

Age (If you want): 26

How Primal are you: I am more like a follower of Evolution Diet now, will say like 90% of time.

Do you consume dairy: Lot of butter and some cream, aged cheese, raw milk.

Do you drink coffee or tea: A bit of both but I am more a fan of mineralized water.

Motivator for switching to Primal: Living longer with Quality of life and without diseases nor pain.

Favorite exercise: Hill Sprint, Bodyweight exercises, Gymnastic exercises.

Favorite Primal food: MEATS and artery clogging Saturated FATS, Butter and BigACON FTW

Best part about being Primal: Having good mood and energy levels all the time, no colds no flu, no stomach ache, no skin problems, oh well been pretty healthy and looking good naked (LGN)

Worst part about being Primal: The beginning, those firsts weeks of carbs flu, adaptation and the tweaking after to follow my own food choices path

My Current Condition: BodyWeight 160, Body Fat 8 to 10% with a 5'8'' Height

[*janie*]

Your location: the states

Age (If you want): 29

How Primal are you: on & off since summer 2010. feel great when i'm primal...

Do you consume dairy: occasional cheese only

Do you drink coffee or tea: black coffee 2x a day

Motivator for switching to Primal: a series of events... sychronicities.. did i spell thatright?

Favorite exercise: iused to run, 3-7 miles 5-6 day per week, then my knee and ankle started hurting... so i stopped abot 9 months ago, i' having trouble getting back into soething like i had before ( but less chronic of course)... i like to run

Favorite Primal food: bacon... that's primal right? uncured of course
Best part about being Primal: how i feel

Worst part about being Primal: hmm.... ??????

[CowQ]

Your name: Callum

Your location: England

Age (If you want): 21

How Primal are you: Just started, 95%

Do you consume dairy: Occasionally, if I want some extra calories

Do you drink coffee or tea: Not really

Motivator for switching to Primal: Wanna get LEAN

Favorite exercise: Pullups/Dips

Favorite Primal food: Steak!

Best part about being Primal: Abs... hopefully

Worst part about being Primal: I miss pizza!

[Imrotu]

Your location: NY

Age (If you want): 25 with a +100 extra years if this whole thing keeps up!

How Primal are you: 85/90%...not very good at estimating.

Do you consume dairy: Yes, definite increase since I can't cook while working. Easiest is to bring yogurt and eat some cheese. No milk! It smells weird to me.

Do you drink coffee or tea: Teaholic. I like my tea to have a kick. Sometimes I think it's stronger than coffee.

Motivator for switching to Primal: My sister came back home with amazing, glowing skin and that extra sparkle that was new to see.

Favorite exercise: .....Trying to get started on that, but I always say- I walk REALLYYYYYYY fast!

Favorite Primal food: None in particular. I realized it's the way I naturally ate at home anyways and everything else got in the way; that darn cereal!

Best part about being Primal: I get to terrify people about eating butter left and right.

Worst part about being Primal: It turned me into a part-time evangelist. I'm trying to work on not being that.

[Suze]

Day 15 of carb flu. 8lbs annihilated. Anxious for all that energy you guys are overflowing with.

Your location: Montreal, Canada

Age (If you want): 37

How Primal are you: trying for better than 80% on the nutrition side, but I still gotta shave my legs and pits, no compromises on that one guys!

Do you consume dairy: Cheese and I have a thing goin' on but we're trying to keep it on the down low.

Do you drink coffee or tea: Both, no sugar, coffee w/milk/almond milk.

Motivator for switching to Primal: The basics; feel, look better naked, decrease symptoms of depression, rid myself from my mysterious back pain, find some joie de vivre and live...y'know LIVE life.

Favorite exercise: modified plank pose with across the shoulder tap, makes my baby ab muscles feel all warm and tingly.

Favorite Primal food: I can't name just one cuz' i'm a kick ass cook.

Best part about being Primal: YOU GUYS! everyone who participates on this forum. Learning to listen to my body and trying to understand it's language

Worst part about being Primal: Learning to listen to my body and trying to understand it's language

[DrMrkB]

Your location: rural Pennsylvania

Age: 56 (in 2 weeks)

How Primal are you: 90%

Do you consume dairy: Yes. Cheese, cottage cheese, some milk.

Do you drink coffee or tea: Both. Tea with a little bit of sucralose, coffee with milk

Motivator for switching to Primal: Weight climbing in to obese range, metabolic syndrome lurking

Favorite exercise: bicycling, usually 10 miles 5-6 days per week Spring through Fall. Not much this winter.

Favorite Primal food: meat!

Best part about being Primal: Lost 33 lb, flat stomach, more energy

Worst part about being Primal: nothing so far

[Lynna]

Your location: Newark, Delaware

Age (If you want): 55.5

How Primal are you: Just started

Do you consume dairy: Yes, mostly yogurt, cheese and butter, and some non-homogonized whole milk.

Do you drink coffee or tea: Coffee with cream or whole milk, black tea with milk and a little raw sugar, green tea with nothing.

Motivator for switching to Primal: Health

Favorite exercise: My TRX class, but I also like to run/walk trails in the local park

Favorite Primal food: Don't really have one yet - all of them

Best part about being Primal: Eating the good stuff, like cream, pork and beef fat.

Worst part about being Primal: Not eating grains. I like oatmeal and cheesy grits. I'm not a big bread eater (except for grilled cheese sandwiches), but I like cakes and cookies. My dad bakes all kinds of cookies at Christmas. I still ate a slice of cake yesterday at my granddaughter's first birthday party. People look at you funny if you tell them how you're eating. My husband looks at me funny when I tell him he should cut out grains.