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[AshReachingHigher]

I've finally joined!

Hi everyone. I'm looking forward to the new year and so far it's going very well. How are you all doing??

A bit about me: I went primal mid last summer and haven't looked back. It's wonderful. It's life changing. It's freeing. How amazing is it not needing a snack every two hours? Pretty amazing.

Your location: Pennsylvania

Age (If you want): 29 going on 30!

How Primal are you: Very Primal. But I like my cheese.

Do you consume dairy: Cream in my coffee and a bit of cheese. Cheese is, next to my hubs and beloved Glenn Coco, the love of my food life.

Do you drink coffee or tea: Both, but I focus on coffee.

Motivator for switching to Primal: I was sick of being a slave to my blood sugar spikes.

Favorite exercise: Walking in nature and swimming.

Favorite Primal food: Seafood.

Best part about being Primal: Never feeling full but always feeling satisfied

Worst part about being Primal: Unsure if there is a downside....

[catarina]

Your location: Sweden

Age (If you want): 35

How Primal are you: 70%

Do you consume dairy: Yes

Do you drink coffee or tea: green tea and rooibos.

Motivator for switching to Primal: started out as an experiment; so far so good.

Favorite exercise: running; my most recent discovery and insta-love: calisthenics!! (beginner)

Favorite Primal food: coconut milk

Best part about being Primal: I feel stronger and sleep less

Worst part about being Primal: too early to tell...

[amyamy]

Your location: Chicago

Age (If you want): 38

How Primal are you: Probably 90/10 since the day after Thanksgiving

Do you consume dairy: yes, but only a tiny bit

Do you drink coffee or tea: yes

Motivator for switching to Primal: I've been doubting CICO lately, and I've never tried eating outside of SAD, so this sounded interesting.

Favorite exercise: I have spent a lot of time running and doing half marathons. I haven't run in a few months now...I guess I'm taking a break. I love Bikram yoga, but don't get to do it very often. Right now I take a boxing class a couple of times a week.

Favorite Primal food: Bacon :-)

Best part about being Primal: Being able to resist cookies/cakes/candies so much more easily than I have ever been able to before.

Worst part about being Primal: Not quite sure what to do when friends want to get together with all of our kids to have pizza. Haven't found a suitable option from a pizza place, aside from salad.

[Kathy]

Your location: Texas (near Austin)

Age (If you want): 46

How Primal are you: Diet-wise, probably 90%. Lifestyle-wise, maybe 70% right now but I'm working on it (still reading PB and getting with the full program!).

Do you consume dairy: I eat Greek yogurt a few times a week. Oh, and butter. Lots of butter.

Do you drink coffee or tea: Both, but only decaf/herbal.

Motivator for switching to Primal: It just makes sense, seems like a good way to maintain my recent weight loss, and I was already most of the way there as far as my diet goes.

Favorite exercise: Hiking with my dog (and camera), bodyweight/resistance exercises, Lifting Heavy Things. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia and CFS 10 years ago and I'm learning that I'm so much stronger and can do so much more than I ever thought I could do physically, which makes me want to keep pushing myself to do more!

Favorite Primal food: Um, pretty much everything? I love food! Venison, avocados, macadamias and all forms of coconut are probably my favorites.

Best part about being Primal: Better sleep, better body, better moods, more energy -- it just feels "right" and natural and like it's what my body was meant to do.

Worst part about being Primal: Lectures and article links and whatnot from well-meaning relatives who hold to CW and the SAD like it's a religion.

[becsta]

Hi I have just joined after doing about a weeks research.

Your location: Australia

Age (If you want): 40

How Primal are you: Just starting

Do you consume dairy: Yes but will cut down (I am lactose intolerant)

Do you drink coffee or tea: Yes mostly tea.

Motivator for switching to Primal: Lose weight

Favorite exercise: None. I have been using Nike + on my xbox for about 2 months I do enjoy it (sort of)

Favorite Primal food: To soon to tell.

Best part about being Primal: To soon to tell.

Worst part about being Primal: To soon to tell.

[kxjohnston]

Your location: belfast, UK

Age (If you want): 38

How Primal are you: just beginning

Do you consume dairy: yes, mainly yogurt, butter and cheese

Do you drink coffee or tea: yes, love green tea & black coffee

Motivator for switching to Primal: health, fitness, weight loss, strength & fitness

Favorite exercise: walking, lifting heavy things.

Favorite Primal food: meat, steak, lamb, eggs - most of it actually

Best part about being Primal: better health and a move away from processed crap.

Worst part about being Primal: don't know yet - hard breaking habits and move away from sweets, deserts and breads

[Zeera]

Hi everyone! I'm new to posting on the forum, but I'm not new to MDA or the primal blueprint

Your location: Maine

Age (If you want): 21

How Primal are you: I'd say near 95% compliance, been primal for about a year and a half

Do you consume dairy: Yes, I'll have cream in coffee on the occasional days I make it. I use butter every day and once in awhile sour cream or full fat Greek yogurt as a special treat. Very rarely do I ever drink milk.

Do you drink coffee or tea: Both, coffee in the morning occasionally and tea almost every night

Motivator for switching to Primal: Originally to lose a few pounds, but now what really motivates me to STAY primal is to maintain the fabulous level of health I have achieved and to give my future children the best possible start to life.

Favorite exercise: Many favorites, but I would have to say I love hiking and swimming the best

Favorite Primal food: Cliche, but its definitely bacon. I could probably eat my weight in bacon!

Best part about being Primal: Constant energy levels. I love never having to deal with the carb crashes my friends and family experience on a daily basis, and it's especially helpful as a busy college student. A close second is definitely avoiding the numerous illnesses that are always going around my college campus

Worst part about being Primal: Social and family events. Although I have lived this way for a year and a half, my family and friends still don't understand (and don't care to understand) why I live and eat this way, so there is always pressure for me to eat things I don't want to.

[aoife.in.oz]

Hey, been reading MDA for quite a while and flirting with primal eating, but now seeing as it is the new year I am committing to being primal.
So to introduce myself...
Your location: gorgeous sydney australia (but I am from Ireland)

Age: Just turned 30

How primal are you? Work in progress- have given up grains, I buy free range meat- still working on a reliable/ affordable source of grass fed/ organic meat.

Do you consume dairy? Yes, have feta in my salad and fruit, greek yogurt for snack sometimes and milk in my tea.

Do you drink tea or coffee? Yes copious ammounts of tea... I am irish it's in my DNA. Coffee maybe once a week when I am out for breakfast.

Motivator for turning primal? Health- although I have always been active and a "healthy eater" I never like I was at optimal health. I have always battled with maintainign a healthy weight... I just felt that there had to be a better way.. and then I found MDA.

Favourite exercise? I love my cycle commute to work and I surf regularly, I play capoeira which is pretty fun.

Favourite primal food? I have always loooooooooved eggs- I reckon I could happily subside on them alone, but served with bacon and perhaps a smidgen on hollondaise sauce they are other worldly.. also love a good steak on the bbq..

Best part of being primal? Not feeling so hungry that you could easily chew off your own hand... seriously i did weight watchers before and there were time I considered self-cannibalisation...

Worst part about being primal? Trying to explain it to my boyfriend who thinks I am subscribed to some sort of crackpot diet ( I wouldn't mind but I saw some diet shakes in his cupboard at home- now that is crackpot), my housemate giving a running critique of everything I put in my mouth.... Oh how I will laugh like a drain in a few months time when I shimmy into my size 8 jeans while eating a plate of bacon- ha then they will eat their words!

[MiffWick76]

Your location: Arkansas

Age (If you want): 36

How Primal are you: 80-90%

Do you consume dairy: very little

Do you drink coffee or tea: No

Motivator for switching to Primal: Needed something different. Hope it will help me be healthier and get over the barriers I've been fighting with the last year. I play roller derby and want to get better at it. I also coach a women's derby team and want to be an example of being healthy to them.

Favorite exercise: Roller Derby/Skating

Favorite Primal food: Not sure yet. But I love meat and I love vegetables.

Best part about being Primal: I like the idea of simplifying life and taking things back to a more basic time.

Worst part about being Primal: After I've done it for a little longer I'll let you know.

[HollyGoLightly]

My first post; how exciting!

Your location: east coast of USA

Age (If you want): 43

How Primal are you: just started today

Do you consume dairy: yes

Do you drink coffee or tea: tea

Motivator for switching to Primal: I'm 20 lbs over fighting weight

Favorite exercise: swimming/ fast walking

Favorite Primal food: venison

Best part about being Primal: I'm such a carnivore

Worst part about being Primal: I love to eat out at restaurants and I am such a foodie!

I'm looking forward to the next few months to see how I will gain back the body I know I'm supposed to live in versus this bloated one I have on today.