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[malvs2walk]

The Questions:


Your location: SouthEast Texas

Age (If you want): 49, happily turning 50 soon.

How Primal are you: just got started a couple of weeks ago, so not sure...

Do you consume dairy: about 3 times a week

Do you drink coffee or tea: yes to both, backing off the coffee a little (I drink it straight up) LOTS of green tea.

Motivator for switching to Primal: needed a change in a routine that was keeping me stagnant.

Favorite exercise: ultra distance walking

Favorite Primal food: all varieties of vegetables!

Best part about being Primal: quick result on the scale with little effort.

Worst part about being Primal:I have not found anything I do not like about it.

[Michelle S.]

The Questions:

Your location: Portland, Oregon

Age (If you want): 33

How Primal are you: 95% (sugar in my coffee is my 5%). Been on it since right after Christmas 2010.

Do you consume dairy: No (used to be 50%+ of my diet)

Do you drink coffee or tea: Both (mostly coffee w/sugar and some coconut milk creamer)

Motivator for switching to Primal: Alleviate joint pain, lose weight, be healthier

Favorite exercise: Chasing our kids around while playing with them

Favorite Primal food: lightly-salted almonds with a side of sliced fuji apples

Best part about being Primal: No joint pain, even with living in the Pacific Northwest!! YAY!!!!

Worst part about being Primal: I miss my grains. Smell of fresh-baked bread still gets to me.

[//kacar]

Hi! My name is Ursa, I'm new, I'm scared and my English is not so good.

Your location: Slovenia, Europe. [Yes, it exist! Look again, it's there!]

Age (If you want): 21

How Primal are you: I've been about 50-60% primal for the past few months, but now I've finally decided to give it a 80-90% go.

Do you consume dairy: once a month, when I go back home to my small village up in the hills I drink loads of raw milk. Nom nom.

Do you drink coffee or tea: I'm a professional tea drinker in winter. I also drink coffee, but only when someone else makes it.

Motivator for switching to Primal: I'm 21 and I feel like a Zombie when I wake up. I mean, come on!

Favorite exercise: Paintball. And I like to walk. And run up the stairs.

Favorite Primal food: M-E-A-T

Best part about being Primal: I've only just started! I hope to feel better.

Worst part about being Primal: I'm a student. Students like to gather together daily, order pizza || make pancakes || eat junk food and get drunk. I have to come up with a good workaround.

[Ronin29]

Your location: South Carolina, USA

Age (If you want): 41

How Primal are you: All out

Do you consume dairy: Only a sprinkle of cheese on eggs in the am.

Do you drink coffee or tea: I cup of Joe in the am. to get me started.

Motivator for switching to Primal: Several - Was tired of feeling run down and out of shape. I found The Daily Apple, and did a lot of reading and lurking. My wife was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes and Primal seemed like a smart life style change for us. We have two boys, one with Absence Seizures, and feel that the crap going into thier bodies from processed foods are harming them.

We've been full primal for 2 weeks, (in the middle of the 3rd now) and here are our results
Weight Loss for me - 13.3 lbs
Weight Loss for my wife - 8 lbs
Wifes morning blood sugar (fasting), prior to Primal 140 - 150
Wifes fasting blood sugar now 102!!!!!!


Favorite exercise: Sprinting stadium bleechers with a weighted vest

Favorite Primal food: HULK LIKES GRASS FED BEEF!

Best part about being Primal: Everything

Worst part about being Primal: Nothing

[nilaiha]

Your location: Milwaukee, WI

Age (If you want): 26

How Primal are you: just getting in to it, but i'd like to think pretty close to the 80/20

Do you consume dairy: rarely

Do you drink coffee or tea: very rarely

Motivator for switching to Primal: Overall increase in health. Hoping to increase strength/weight ratio. Longer Life

Favorite exercise: climbing

Favorite Primal food: gotta love venison

Best part about being Primal: energy and fitness (already!)

Worst part about being Primal: no cake :/

[nax]

Your location: Sturgis, SD

Age (If you want): 30

How Primal are you: Been 90/10 for a month now

Do you consume dairy: occasionally

Do you drink coffee or tea: yes

Motivator for switching to Primal: Was looking for a change in my eating that I could carry on for the rest of my days

Favorite exercise: soccer

Favorite Primal food: bacon/any fats

Best part about being Primal: energy and effortless weight loss

Worst part about being Primal: my giant bowls of popcorn

[Elle Fino]

Your Location: Minneapolis
Age: 30
How Primal are you: 80% - good during the weeks, but room for beer with friends.
Do I consume dairy: yes - cheese.
Do I drink coffee or tea: coffee very rare, tea seldom
Motivator for switching to primal: need to loose weight
favorite exercise: raquetball
favorite primal food: mondo meat orbs
best part about primal: feeling better internally
worst part: I miss regular noodles.

[ciep]

Your location: Central NY

Age (If you want): 29

How Primal are you: 95%. Basically 100% except on special occasions (a couple drinks on New Year's Eve, the possibility of non-primal foods at family gatherings, etc)

Do you consume dairy: Yes (goat milk and goat cheese)

Do you drink coffee or tea: Tea frequently, coffee very infrequently (maybe 5-10 times a year)

Motivator for switching to Primal: Better health in all respects: mental/mood, exercise/fitness performance, longevity, etc...

Favorite exercise: My favorite activity is bouldering, but I'm an extremely active person and I participate in a variety of sports and activities. I'm also a runner (I know, chronic cardio... I manage it well though I believe). As for specific exercises, I guess my favorites are deadlifts, pull-ups, and handstands (if they count).

Favorite Primal food: Oh boy... bison meat may be my #1 at the moment, though I'm also a seafood nut (basically any fish, clams, oysters... yum). I'm also an egg addict (scrambled with spinach and goat cheese), and I LOVE almond butter (with apples for dipping).

Best part about being Primal: Just the overall effect it has on my life. Living primal (eating primal, being active, sleeping plenty, etc) makes me feel better in every way. I perform better physically and mentally, I feel less stressed, I have more energy, I'm happy with how I look, and I have absolutely zero health concerns. The net effect of primal living is that I'm a healthier and, more importantly, happier person.

Worst part about being Primal: Getting frustrated with all the CW surrounding me and constantly being thrown in my face (though I've pretty much learned not to be bothered by it at this point).

[wxwoman]

Your location: Maryland

Age (If you want): 47

How Primal are you: Well, it's been a week. I have one cup of black coffee a day, and have had a bit of cheese. Otherwise, it's eggs, meat, fruit, vegetables, and nuts.

Do you consume dairy: a bit of cheese only

Do you drink coffee or tea: one cup of black coffee daily

Motivator for switching to Primal: I want to become lean, and to stop bingeing.

Favorite exercise: body combat class (it's like kickboxing)

Favorite Primal food: that's too hard. I'm really enjoying BAS for lunch.

Best part about being Primal: I feel lean already

Worst part about being Primal: giving up over-exercising

[kellcia]

Hi everyone! I've been lurking around the last couple weeks while reading the PB book and cookbook and all the fantastic, yet overwhelming, amounts of information on this site and forum. I'm still trying to figure it all out but I think I've got the basics!

Your location: I live overseas with my husband, we're expats currently living in Bogota Colombia...and let me tell you, very third world and not many organics or regulations on pesticides...although heaps of fresh fruits and veggies, some very odd ones as well!

Age (If you want): 46

How Primal are you: I'd say after happily going cold turkey from the start, I'm about 95% primal and loving it!!

Do you consume dairy: very limited amount, mostly an ounce of cheese occasionally on a salad

Do you drink coffee or tea: yes! this is my only REAL vice, I actually drink one of those high carb flavored coffees and I pay alot to import it to where I live since I cant get it here or most other countries.....throughout the years, while very sick and having severe allergic reactions to various other things, this was the only thing that Id put back into my diet once healed enough. Its a vice I allow myself, although high in carbs.....this is my 20% allowance I guess! I've determined that the smell and the taste are relaxing and calming to me.....sounds addictive no?

Motivator for switching to Primal: I've been trying to go grain free for years, although not allergic to it via testing, i have noticed I don't metabolize it well and I always feel bad....breads and pastas were unfortunate but obtainable foods while traveling, which we do alot, and with allergies/intolerance's and language difference and not being able to be certain what I'm eating and not wanting to pay for it later....pastas, breads, potatoes were a 'safe' choice at best. I currently remain allergic to beef, soy, corn, yucca at the moment.

Favorite exercise: tennis, but not much of that going on due to weather/constant rain and high altitude makes breathing difficult beyond a walk (over 8,000 ft above sea level)

Favorite Primal food: am very happy to be able to eat fruit and nuts!! most dietary changes remove fruit first!

Best part about being Primal: I immediately started feeling better, I'd already started weaning myself after the holidays off grains of all kinds so i never really felt the 'flu' symptoms I've read about. Just removing the grains alone I dropped 10lbs in about 2 wks w/o a thought about dieting. It truly is just a change of eating habits I hope to maintain for a lifetime. I GET IT!!
I also have not had to take many meds for issues with inflamed, swollen intestines either, perhaps once after eating some questionable lamb but in 1 month perhaps 2 pills (normally 3 pills a day)

Worst part about being Primal: Invitations to someones house, I've dealt with it before because of my allergies, I'd bring something or eat beforehand....its a bummer and also I'm simply tired of repeating myself when someone is telling me or pressuring me, dont worry, eat it. I cooked it myself no worries....people w/o food allergies or who eat like 'normal people' don't get it. But really thats not a PB issue, its a people issue!!



ok so heres where I ask a question from all you seasoned members!! The more I read the more confused I get. I'm using the fitday.com site to log my meals etc. The last two weeks I've not dropped any lbs, even though I'm on target with calories and always around 50-80 net carbs per day. tinkering with more and less exercise didn't budge anything nor did reducing fruit and nut intake. I see that Marks 'pie graph' (on the sample meal page) is around 50-55% fat, 15-20% carbs, 20-25% protein. Is that the magic % to shoot for?
My pie chart generally looks like a peace sign, 43% fat, 44% carb and 13% protein.....does this explain why I've not had any weight loss lately? I'm thinking I just need to increase my protein intake? I really dont have much to loose, only about 15lbs of fat thats appeared due to my sedentary ways of late....I can feel/see a slight melting effect happening as well.

thank you all and I look forward to discovering more good stuff from all your experiences!!!

Kelly