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[TRESS]

The Questions:


Your location: Western Canada
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Age (If you want): 61 F

How Primal are you: Actually just beginning

Do you consume dairy: - Yes - not a lot due to allergy issues.. cheese, ricotta, occasional cream

Do you drink coffee or tea: 2 large cups a day

Motivator for switching to Primal: I have been exploring non diet ways to lose weight for over 2 yrs. 20 lbs down, but stagnant and think Grains might be a problem for me ( as well as dairy see above ) .. so Primal seems to have what I want.
Favorite exercise: Yoga.. need to get to more exercise

Favorite Primal food: Meat and Salmon

Worst part about being Primal: Feeling like there is a restriction.. and I don't believe in restrictions for losing weight.

My primal journey started only a few days ago. A bit hungry at night but other than that.. I am enjoying it. Have Primal cookbooks x2 and Everyday Paleo with some GREAT recipes.

[Rusty]

The Questions:


Your location: Oroville, CA

Age (If you want): 44 (now, 45 next month)

How Primal are you: Diet wise, very. Moving wise, no very

Do you consume dairy: Not now

Do you drink coffee or tea: Both, but mainly coffee

Motivator for switching to Primal: Being very unhealthy (yes, that means fat).

Favorite exercise: Haven't yet, but will do wall push ups (want to work to strong and steady planks!)

Favorite Primal food: Meat

Best part about being Primal: Not having to think about food beyond: veggies, check, meat, check, healthy fat, check. Meal.

Worst part about being Primal: The illusion that I am "missing out on something good".

[Mark Franz]

Your location: Fond du lac, WI



Age (If you want): 51



How Primal are you: Around 50% I seriously need to eat more greens

Do you consume dairy: occasional skim milk, some cheese (pizza)

Do you drink coffee or tea: coffee



Motivator for switching to Primal: It fits my age and lifestyle

Favorite exercise: sprinting, lifting

Favorite Primal food:I need to do a little studying. I love turkey and salmon

Best part about being Primal: to be determined.



Worst part about being Primal: to be determined

[PaleoPagan]

Your location: Bergholz, Ohio

Age (If you want): 33

How Primal are you: Umm ( I just started today...the only thing I haven't eliminated that was on the list was potatoes and cheese)

Do you consume dairy: certain aged cheeses

Do you drink coffee or tea: unsweetened teas

Motivator for switching to Primal: Losing weight and hopefully getting rid of the slew of medical problems that I have.

Favorite exercise: The Wave and Tae Bo with Billy Banks

Favorite Primal food: I'm not really sure yet.

Best part about being Primal: I'm not real sure about this one yet either

Worst part about being Primal: What I "think" will be the worst part is the withdrawal symptoms of all the crap that I eat on a daily basis.

[goodman605]

Your locationallas,Tx ( a little south of there)

Age (If you want):41

How Primal are you: Not very, just started 4/10/2012

Do you consume dairy:I have in the past. love it! But I am lactose intolerant, so I am going to try very hard not to consume it.

Do you drink coffee or tea:Occasionally tea, unsweet

Motivator for switching to Primal:Weight loss,bf reduction

Favorite exercise:I love P90X, Love Zumba

Favorite Primal food:Not sure yet, I'm not a big fan of red meat so....baby steps.

Best part about being Primal:Not sure yet

Worst part about being Primal:Not sure yet

[EggbertHeadleton]

The Questions:


Your location: Venice, CA

Age (If you want): 33

How Primal are you: Pretty durned primal these days.

Do you consume dairy: Yes, but not much.

Do you drink coffee or tea: Lots of coffee. Starting to cut back.

Motivator for switching to Primal: Body composition and GERD.

Favorite exercise: The deadlift (Current max 500lbs)

Favorite Primal food: Kale and bacon!

Best part about being Primal: Bacon!

Worst part about being Primal: No beer. =(

[mommyrocker]

Your location: St Louis MO

Age (If you want): 40

How Primal are you: Eat primal most all the time. Playing with the quantities of what I eat to loose and/or maintain weight.

Do you consume dairy: Still have cheese on occasion but believe that there is more harm in milk then there is health benefit.

Do you drink coffee or tea: One cup of coffee in the morning more because of the comfort. I can say if eating well I don't need it at all to wake up in the morning

Motivator for switching to Primal:I did a diet that dropped the weight I wanted to loose and it was similar to primal, so I started using primal to maintain. Main motivation to keep primal is how great I feel!

Favorite exercise: Long hikes or walking as much as possible

Favorite Primal food: Steak!

Best part about being Primal: How easy it is to actually be able to look at a food and say if I can or cannot eat it.

Worst part about being Primal: Nothing yet. I do miss some foods but I like feeling better a lot more!

[bombie78]

Your location: Wisconsin

Age (If you want): 33

How Primal are you: Doing pretty well so far

Do you consume dairy: yes

Do you drink coffee or tea: yes mostly tea

Motivator for switching to Primal: trying to be more fit and healty, improve mental clarity, and hoping a positive side effect of that is weight loss!

Favorite exercise: biking

Favorite Primal food: BEEF for sure!

Best part about being Primal: Feeling filled up and feeling like I am making positive changes in my life

Worst part about being Primal: No pasta (

[tandemlogic]

My name is Manda.


Your location: Seattle, Washington

Age (If you want): 23 in July

How Primal are you: I strive for 100%, but with so many differing opinions on what is/isn't acceptable, I don't believe anyone truly achieves it.

Do you consume dairy: Clarified butter only, occasional hard cheese.

Do you drink coffee or tea: No caffeine, aside from the occasional dark chocolate.

Motivator for switching to Primal: Being healthy in body and mind; a smooth-running machine! I've seen previous ailments disappear almost instantly, and I'm constantly witnessing further progress towards absolute health.

Favorite exercise: Hot yoga. It can be rigorous and energizing, or sedative and cleansing. But it is ALWAYS a healing experience.

Favorite Primal food: MEEEEEEAT!

Best part about being Primal: The over-all sense of wellness, and the constant culinary adventure of primal cooking.

Worst part about being Primal: Weight gain. When I slip, I fall hard, due to a history of ED. So when I regress and cave to my sugar addiction, all the delicious fats I enjoy being primal get sent to storage.

I'm in it for the long haul, and I'm making slow, steady progress to being the best version of me there is! I haven't' started on my journal yet, but I intend to begin today, so visit me there if you'd like. It's so nice to be a part of an online community in which there is an abundance of information, encouragement, and camaraderie. Thanks, Mark! And thanks to everyone else who will be a part of my journey.

[yogalover]

Hello!
My name is Melissa.
I'm not sure if anyone actually reads these, but it feels like a good way to jump in. So...

Your location: Kansas City, MO

Age (If you want): 34

How Primal are you: Mostly. I enjoy the occasional pizza or ice cream.

Do you consume dairy: Yep! raw milk, cheese (cow, goat, sheep), yogurt. Cutting back for weight loss, though.

Do you drink coffee or tea: coffee daily, some green & black tea, lots of herbal tea, chai (black + herbal! bonus yum)

Motivator for switching to Primal: treating my body as well as I can

Favorite exercise: yoga! also I am a gardener and landscaper and loooove being active as part of my life and work.

Favorite Primal food: steak, most definitely

Best part about being Primal: I don't have to strive for more vegetarianism. Embracing meat feels very freeing. Also, my family loves having meat, which means making dinner is much easier.

Worst part about being Primal: The discomfort of defining myself as "primal". I don't think I'll do it. I feel it obscures the messages my body is giving me about what is best for me to eat.