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[OlyDogo]

The Questions:


Your location: Central East Florida

Age (If you want): 42

How Primal are you: I am ALL about it, I am just starting

Do you consume dairy: CHEESE LOOOOOOOVE me some cheese

Do you drink coffee or tea: Yes, BOTH

Motivator for switching to Primal: To feel better, Gain energy and of course loose excess weight (about 60lbs) BUT honestly I just want to start feeling GOOD--- Tired of being TIRED.

Favorite exercise: Walking, running behind my hunting dogs, paddling my Kayak.

Favorite Primal food: Wild Boar, wild gator and anything I can hunt and or fish for myself.

Best part about being Primal: MEATS

Worst part about being Primal: I cannot see any yet, BUT we will see I am JUST GETTING STARTED, I think finding the right supplies will be a struggle at first as with anything new---I AM UP TO THE CHALLENGE.

[sharty]

The Questions:


Your location: Chicagoland

Age (If you want): 50

How Primal are you: 90%

Do you consume dairy: very little, add a little milk for scrambled eggs, and I like goat cheese

Do you drink coffee or tea: I love tea! Coffee, once in a while

Motivator for switching to Primal: It looked like a lifestyle that made sense and easy to follow (I love meat)

Favorite exercise: boxing, just the workout, too old for the ring

Favorite Primal food: pork anything

Best part about being Primal: food that has flavor to it, happy to be able to eat butter again and I don't miss grains at all

Worst part about being Primal: trying to explain it to the CW'ers

[Catyj]

Hi - I'm a new member from the UK and in answer to The Questions:

Age: 55
How Primal am I?: Trying to be - pretty much
Do I consume Dairy: A little but am trying to cut it out
Do I drink tea / coffee: Both
Motivator for switching to primal: I came across the MDA while nvestigating anti-inflammatory diets and it made a lot of sense to me. Also I would like to lose weight (Have lost 16lbs since going primal)
Favourite exercise: Swimming
Favourite primal food: I like meat - much to the horror of my veggie friends
Best part about being primal: Feeling I'm eating clean, real food
Worst part about being primal: Sugar cravings.

I was doing really well up until Christmas but got quite badly derailled during the festive season - and I can't use the excuse of being inebriated because I don't drink alcohol. I've struggled to get back to my primal eating since but this week I'm making a real effort. I lost 21lbs but put around 5lbs back on again. I'm not really exercising either so need a bit of motivational support in that area!

I look forward to meeting some of you - all of you

Best wishes

Caty

[Hopeful]

Hi everyone! I've been lurking for a month or so, and decided today was the day to introduce myself.

Your location: Indiana

Age (If you want): 39

How Primal are you: 80%

Do you consume dairy: yes, more than I should.

Do you drink coffee or tea: no

Motivator for switching to Primal: I want to be a hottie. At this point, better health is just a bonus.

Favorite exercise: I like lifting weights... I need to get back to that.

Favorite Primal food: beef tenderloin with a pat of butter on top!

Best part about being Primal: Eating real food, but not being constantly hungry and thinking about my next meal

Worst part about being Primal: a severe lack of cookies

[pletcherblb]

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[JFC1001]

Your location: New Zealand

Age (If you want): 34

How Primal are you:
Just started so we shall see how this develops

Do you consume dairy:
No

Do you drink coffee or tea:
Coffee I can't say no in the mornings.

Motivator for switching to Primal:
I want to feel healthier and more vital.

Favourite exercise:
Double Kettlebell Snatch

Favourite Primal food:
Rib Eye medium rare steak.

Best part about being Primal:
Keeping it real

Worst part about being Primal:
Limiting the alcohol.

[beyerl.m]

Your location: Washington (Yes, state.)

Age (If you want): 26

How Primal are you: 100%

Do you consume dairy: Cheese and butter.

Do you drink coffee or tea: Yes to both.

Motivator for switching to Primal: To finally not be tired. To lose the fat I'm carrying around. To look and feel great.

Favorite exercise: Anything related to abs and running really slowly.

Favorite Primal food: At this point, bacon.

Best part about being Primal: When I'm hungry I don't feel like I have to eat right away. I know I'll be okay waiting until I have access to or the chance to eat a good and healthy meal.

Worst part about being Primal: The disapproval from my vegan parents.. I tried to be vegan. It didn't help and I think made things worse.

[Devain]

Your location: Queens, NY
Age (If you want): 41
How Primal are you: Hit closer to 80% than 100% mostly, but improving.
Do you consume dairy: Yes, Heavy Cream, Butter, Ghee. Cheese (occasionally.)
Do you drink coffee or tea: Both.
Motivator for switching to Primal:
Fat loss, energy loss, and I'd rather give up bread than steak.

Favorite exercise:
Re-evaluating my old exercise habits, was never big on cardio (unless forced), but did a lot of weight training at one point.
Right now I'm partial to bodyweight exercise and hiking (time and weather permitting.)

Favorite Primal food:
Bacon... no, Steak... Bacon wrapped steak?

Best part about being Primal:
Hard to decide, losing nearly 20Lbs in the first month without being hungry, tired or more irritable than my baseline, all in a way that I can incorporate into both my schedule and my lifestyle are pretty much tied.

Worst part about being Primal:
Finding out just how much was wrong with everything I've been eating. Not because someone else tells me so, but because my body tells me so when I try it again.

Since my mid 20's I tried reduced calorie dieting, cyclic ketogenic dieting, Atkins (with both old school and 'convenience' food) and so on, even some of the eat bland chicken breast 6x a day types. I sometimes got results, but ultimately gained back my losses, plus some more for my trouble, as soon as I couldn't maintain the activity levels or dietary restrictions. I used to attribute this to age, etc, but the fact that all the changes were temporary was probably a larger factor. Nothing short of a lifestyle change will give me the permanent results I am looking for, and PB seems to fit the bill.

[davecoconutty]

As with many other people I've been circling the site for awhile.
Your location:
Australia, Sydney
Age (If you want):
45
How Primal are you:
Mostly, occasional grains if it is part of a meal. I figure if someone’s going to cook me something I’m grateful and will eat it.
Do you consume dairy: yes, butter, yoghurt (A2 type, we are lucky in Oz very easy to get), cheese (fermented, blues)
Do you drink coffee or tea:
Tea, black
Motivator for switching to Primal:
Grains were a major part of my diet and someone mentioned to me a link between migraines and grains. So sometimes when you have something that goes on and on you’ll try just about anything. So I have for 7 weeks now. Plus I need to lose weight or its type 2 diabetes here I come. Currently 102kg and 6ft.
Favorite exercise: Love a good dawdle around the ocean cliffs of Sydney
Favorite Primal food:
T bone steak, parsons nose of a chicken (chook), pork belly
Best part about being Primal:
Only one migraine in 7 weeks, true joy.
Worst part about being Primal:
Can’t have chicken peri-peri pizza

[Coll]

Your location: Colorado

Age (If you want): 46

How Primal are you: Beginning

Do you consume dairy: Yes, Kefir, yoghurt (plain full cream) cheese, small amounts of milk (raw)

Do you drink coffee or tea: Black tea, herbal tea

Motivator for switching to Primal: Very overweight, don't feel well, tired all the time, want to be able to play again, got young kids that need an active mommy and a healthy one that is still around when they are grown, want to be able to ride horses again etc

Favorite exercise: don't really have one at the moment. I was getting into Kettlebells but my chiropractor asked me to wait until my back is more stable etc... doing a bit of walking, starting a little cycling though the weather does not really permit much at this time of the year.

Favorite Primal food: Ribeye steaks, biltong ( raw dried meat South African style)

Best part about being Primal: Don't know yet... today is my first day attempting to go primal...

Worst part about being Primal: I have to get over my sugar/ chocolate addiction - not sure if I can do it, seem to have tried so many times and always end up back in the same old vicious cycle