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[fletchingarrows]

Your location: New England

Age (If you want): 22

How Primal are you: Pretty primal except for dairy, dark chocolate, and the occasional tbsp of homemade hummus

Do you consume dairy: Yep

Do you drink coffee or tea: Tea all the time, all day long. Coffee, sparingly

Motivator for switching to Primal: My mom cut her grains and sugar after a blood pressure and cholesterol scare. After 4 months she lost her problems with both, plus 40 lbs. Also, GCBC of course.

Favorite exercise: Walking! I walk everywhere (literally. I don't know how to drive)

Favorite Primal food: Currently, round eye roast. It was on sale at Whole Foods.

Best part about being Primal: Bacon. Deviled eggs. Butter. Getting to know the local farmers markets.

Worst part about being Primal: Trying to convince my boyfriend that, no, I really won't die of a heart attack.


Other than that, I love cooking and gardening (harvesting some cherry tomatoes and cucumbers right now). I also enjoy sewing, knitting, and drawing. I have started a blog about the "primal experience", which includes personal insights, recipes, and other odd and ends.

[Agnieszka]

Your location: Chicago

Age (If you want): 34

How Primal are you: Since I've turned my diet on its head last week, I've been primal with the exception of eating some dairy (heavy whipping cream and whole organic yogurt).

Do you consume dairy: See above.

Do you drink coffee or tea: Yes, both--though I've drastically reduced coffee to two small cups a day and began drinking more green and jasmine tea when I crave snacks.

Motivator for switching to Primal: My butt. Also, in the intellectual realm, having read breathlessly through Gary Taubes's book about a year ago. When I stumbled on this blog, it all jived with GCBC.

Favorite exercise: Yoga and bike riding.

Favorite Primal food: Mahi mahi in curry, coconut oil, and lime.

Best part about being Primal: My butt. Also, my mind.

Worst part about being Primal: The fear of my mother's impending scorn.

[cmdowns]

Your location: Ft. Worth TX


Age (If you want): 33


How Primal are you: 80/20 baby!!!


Do you consume dairy: Yes....Is that bad??


Do you drink coffee or tea: No


Motivator for switching to Primal: Being tired of feeling like crap all of the time.


Favorite exercise: Pull Ups


Favorite Primal food: STEAK


Best part about being Primal: Feeling GREAT ALL THE TIME!!!! Always feeling in control and living consciously.


Worst part about being Primal: I still have trouble with the guilt when I stray from my inner Grok. Probably because it sets me back a lil further from where I want to end up.

[fritchbeetle]

Hello y'all!


Location: Los Angeles CA

Age: 30

How Primal are you: 65%

Do you consume dairy: Greek yogurt, raw cheddar, organic whole milk for daily decaf cappuccino

Do you drink coffee or tea: daily decaf cappuccino, tisanes

Motivator for switching to Primal: Having done it once before hardcore for 42 days straight I know how good it feels. Making the slow transition to lifestyle instead of diet.

Favorite exercise: Hiking in my VFFs.

Favorite Primal food: chicken.

Best part about being Primal: feeling clean inside and having energy! Enjoying exercise again and getting thinner.

Worst part about being Primal: no potato chips or cupcakes.

[janky]

Your location:Orange county, CA

Age (If you want): 27

How Primal are you:80/20 won't touch sugars or grains but dont have the cash for organic product all the time.

Do you consume dairy:It's one thing I've yet to kick but I have switched over to Yogurt cheese

Do you drink coffee or tea: 1 cup of coffe a day

Motivator for switching to Primal: Needed a change.

Favorite exercise:Bear Crawls and Military press.

Favorite Primal food: T- bone with at piece of cheese on top

Best part about being Primal: Gettin to eat all the flesh that I want.

Worst part about being Primal:I'm currently really lethargic but I know it takes time to get use to it.

[James17]

Your location: Cork, Ireland

Age (If you want): 16, almost 17

How Primal are you: 0% beforehand. 95% for the last few days, but I'm worried about eating so few calories because primal foods aren't very available in my house

Do you consume dairy: I used to consume a lot, the last month or so I've consumed less

Do you drink coffee or tea: A LOT of black tea with milk, but I'm switching to white tea

Motivator for switching to Primal: Higher blood pressure than I thought was right, also because it seems to cure a LOT of problems (acne being one significant one for me)

Favorite exercise: Hurling (it's an Irish sport)

Favorite Primal food: Cashew Nuts

Best part about being Primal: Going against conventional wisdom makes me feel like I'm part of a revolution!

Worst part about being Primal: I can't eat anything because my parents don't buy very much primal food

[kingdom]

Nice to meet all you PBs! I'm happy to be here!


Your location: Canada

Age (If you want): 26


How Primal are you: Well, about 80%. I'm pretty good with the eating part but I am working on the exercise part. HIIT is a challenge for me but moving slowly is incredibly enjoyable!


Do you consume dairy: A cup of skim milk about once/week and yogurt a few times/week.


Do you drink coffee or tea: No coffee--never liked it. Tea once/2 weeks or so. I prefer water over everything else.


Motivator for switching to Primal: I have a friend who is ultra athletic but in the CW way (running marathons, actually works at a gym, etc.) who looks toned and excellent but none of his friends who do the same things as he does look like that. I started wondering why. I was also constantly falling asleep by 2:00 pm after eating what I thought was a healthy whole grain-based lunch along with lots of veggies and too little protein and fat. (Again, CW doesn't work!)


Favorite exercise: Anything that works my arms. For a 5'3'' woman, I build muscle easily and love the toneage!


Favorite Primal food: Eggs!!!!


Best part about being Primal: Feeling excellent and seeing results that I would never have seen doing 3-hr work-outs at the gym like I did to prep for my wedding a few yrs ago. I also like cooking more and have discovered the magic of real, fresh, organic food.


Worst part about being Primal: I miss potato chips. I dislike having to justify my choices to others often. My wallet is also a bit bruised from the prices of organic produce.

[bcreager]

Your location: Erie, Colorado (just outside Denver)

Age (If you want): 32

How Primal are you: 80/20....gotta splurge every now and then, and Colorado makes some of the best beer!

Do you consume dairy: yes, cheese and yogurt, man I love yogurt. But not the Yoplay stuff, the real stuff, full of fat and no flavoring added. Milk sometimes when it for cooking or baking

Do you drink coffee or tea: not really, tea on rare occasion

Motivator for switching to Primal: I want to be around to see my great-grandkids

Favorite exercise: swimming

Favorite Primal food: eggs!

Best part about being Primal: I feel and look better

Worst part about being Primal: explaining to people why I'm primal, and finding something to eat when I forgot my lunch!


-bcreager

[SpdDemon426]

Your location: Northern NJ


Age (If you want): 32


How Primal are you: 100%


Do you consume dairy: No


Do you drink coffee or tea: No


Motivator for switching to Primal: Wanted to lose weight, lost 105lbs. Went from 40% body fat to 15% since April of this year.


Favorite exercise: Squats/Wind Sprints


Favorite Primal food: Anything that moooos


Best part about being Primal: Energy and strength achieved.


Worst part about being Primal: Getting ganged up on by a family of doctors.

[rphlslv]

Your location: In the most unlivable corner of the US, New York.


Age (If you want): 18.


How Primal are you: 100% as of now; don't know how long it will last.


Do you consume dairy: Yes.


Do you drink coffee or tea: Both.


Motivator for switching to Primal: I've always searched for ways to reach a higher level of physical and mental fitness.


Favorite exercise: Weight: Upside down push up (shoulder press.)

Cardio: HIIT.


Favorite Primal food: Nuts - all kinds.


Best part about being Primal: Creative meals, stimulating experience, feeling of accomplishment and well-being, and best of all: rebellion


Worst part about being Primal: Ignorance was indeed bliss.