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[cones90]

A little over a week ago I decided that I was going to change my eating habits and switch to low carb. Yesterday as I was searching the internet to learn more about it I stumbled upon this amazing site. Needless to say I am more than impressed the PB and plan to make it my lifestyle!

Your location: Superior, WI

Age (If you want): 23

How Primal are you: Aiming for >85%

Do you consume dairy: Yes, cheese and yogurt..but only in moderation.

Do you drink coffee or tea: Hot green or black tea once at least every other day.

Motivator for switching to Primal: Just wanted to make a change in my life to better my body and mind.

Favorite exercise: Mountain biking and frisbee golf.

Favorite Primal food: Steak and bacon.

Best part about being Primal: The way it truly makes you appreciate the good food that we get to eat. Once you start to rid your body of all the toxins and bad food your taste buds start to go crazy for all of the delicious meat and wonderful greens.

Worst part about being Primal: I am yet to meet or know anyone who understands what I'm doing or why I'm doing it, so nobody to talk to about it or enjoy it with.

[Paul Bunyan]

Your location: Ann Arbor / Brighton area, Michigan

Age (If you want): 44

How Primal are you: probably somewhere in the 90-95% vicinity.

Do you consume dairy: pretty much just ghee or grass-fed butter

Do you drink coffee or tea: yes! with nothing added to either

Motivator for switching to Primal: Eosinophilic esophagitis which causes my esophagus to swell with eosinophils (hello inflammation!) when exposed to certain foods. My triggers are gluten and dairy.

Favorite exercise: Squats, pull-ups, push-ups, having fun

Favorite Primal food: bacon!

Best part about being Primal: see above

Worst part about being Primal: not sure yet - still new at this, but I'm not seeing much downside!

[meloroaster]

hi everyone! didn't do this yet...

Your location: Queen Charlotte, BC, Canada

Age (If you want): 39

How Primal are you: probably 90%...although i am more relaxed if people have me over for dinner (although that doesn't mean i'll gorge on pasta either!)

Do you consume dairy: heavy cream in coffee, sometimes i make my own 24h fermented full fat yoghurt

Do you drink coffee or tea: COFFEEEEE! (that's a yes) and herbal tea

Motivator for switching to Primal: i followed the SCD diet several years ago for my colitis. very similar to paleo. in recent years my symptoms almost all but disappeared and i added grains back in, albeit slowly. something drew me into Primal in fall 2012 though. no idea what it was. just makes sense to me. so following my gut.

Favorite exercise: SUP! love my SUP. i also do a modified crossfit (live in VERY small town so minimal resources) and cold ocean swimming!

Favorite Primal food: venison! bacon! venison wrapped in bacon! actually coconut is my fav. coconut oil and cream are my crack! i am also a HUGE leafy green fan (grew 6 kinds of kale last year!).

Best part about being Primal: energy! i had tons before but it's even higher now!

Worst part about being Primal: explaining it to people. also, seeing people's expression when i tell them i make coffee with coconut oil, butter and an egg yolk every morning. actually, that's the best part.

[Sarem]

Age (If you want): 36

How Primal are you: 80 %

Do you consume dairy: yes I m a few days into this and am above ' moderate' consuming a greek yogurt and slice if cheese per day, or lactose free milk.

Do you drink coffee or tea: both. I enjoy a great French roast or green tea. I also enjoy cutting up a fresh piece of ginger and letting it seep for ginger tea.

Motivator for switching to Primal: Healing the gut. Gaining back that sense of vitality via being active and eating well

Favorite exercise: not there yet. But I do enjoy enjoying

Favorite Primal food: short ribs

Best part about being Primal: the connection with whole foods

Worst part about being Primal: I am looking forward to the point where fresh Italian bread will no longer interest me.

[AJWalton]

Your location: Winnipeg, Canada

Age (If you want): 24

How Primal are you: as primal as possible! (need more sun though)

Do you consume dairy: no

Do you drink coffee or tea: tea on occasion, but water is how I usually roll

Motivator for switching to Primal: After seeing family & friends get sick for various reasons, I became motivated to figure out what a lifestyle free from illness, disease, obesity etc. looked like. One of my friends explained to me the "paleo" concept and I was converted in minutes - it was exactly what I had been searching for. I want to lead by example and help create a sustainable future for myself and my fellow creatures. It was one of the best & easiest decisions I ever made.

Favorite exercise: Deadlifts (or sprints)...I have disproportionately strong legs and it's the one exercise I excel at.

Favorite Primal food: Chicken...extra spicy

Best part about being Primal: It's the lifestyle that fulfills my vision for my life & what I want to accomplish. How awesome is that??

Worst part about being Primal: people think I'm crazy. I get tired of explaining where I get calcium from.

[Aylaway]

I've been eating like this for about 3 months, I haven't really lost much weight, but I don't have much to lose, so maybe that's why. I might be more motivated to drop the red wine and dairy if it was more of a problem for me. I am liking the slight slenderising that is happening though
FOr me, I just want to feel great, I have Coeliacs in the family and I think when I had my twins 2.5 years ago it switched on the gene for me, as I started to get a really weird gurgling belly.
I switched to GF and felt sluggish, so the next step was bye bye grains.
Looking forward to learning more!

Your location:
Australia

Age (If you want): 33

How Primal are you: I'd say 80% is sorted, with a brief hiatus over Xmas.

Do you consume dairy: Yes, raw.

Do you drink coffee or tea:coffee

Motivator for switching to Primal: Weight and energy levels

Favorite exercise: swimming, walking, dance

Favorite Primal food:spinach leaves, chicken, seafood and bacon

Best part about being Primal: not watching fat content

Worst part about being Primal: getting used to different quick grab snacks, no banana grabs

[rainbowgirl]

Your location:
south west england uk

Age (If you want): 38

How Primal are you: Day 2 sticking to the plan

Do you consume dairynly butter

Do you drink coffee or tea:none

Motivator for switching to Primal: ive got hypothyroidism and i need to lose weight

Favorite exercise: running, karate, swimming

Favorite Primal food:coconut smoothy

Best part about being Primal: i shall be around longer to see my children grow up

Worst part about being Primal: getting used to what i can and cant eat. and keeping a check on my carb so they stay in the 50-100 zone

[Kelly Grok]

Hi everyone! I'm Kelly, and I started this program about two weeks ago. I have been pretty good about following it, but the scale has not budged an ounce! Any suggestions for a newbie? Thanks!

Your location: Virginia

Age (If you want): 35

How Primal are you: Fairly good so far, but its only been two weeks.

Do you consume dairy: yes

Do you drink coffee or tea: Trying to limit myself to one cup of coffee a day; sometimes decaf green tea in the evenings

Motivator for switching to Primal: Overeating over the holidays have left all my pants too tight!

Favorite exercise: Used to be running, but I injured myself a few years ago and have been living in a self pity party ever since.

Favorite Primal food: Meat!!

Best part about being Primal: I am not starving!

Worst part about being Primal: I love carbs. In my perfect world, breakfast is a bagel with cream cheese, lunch is a sub sandwich and dinner is a big plate of pasta.

[CavemanJoe]

Hi all! Had trained before and got myself very fit and healthy, but went very lazy all of a sudden and put on a LOT of weight (didn't change my daily food intake when not training). Currently 260lbs with roughly 25-30% body fat. Looking to slim down to about 220lbs.

[CavemanJoe]

Your location: Germany

Age (If you want): 25

How Primal are you: 'Almost' primal

Do you consume dairy: I cook with butter and enjoy a small splash of milk in tea

Do you drink coffee or tea: Yes, both.

Motivator for switching to Primal: Need to lose fat/get healthy so can start playing sports again

Favorite exercise: Love squats and deadlifts

Favorite Primal food: Pork neck!!

Best part about being Primal: Fat is flavour!

Worst part about being Primal: I will miss these cakes the Germans are bloody good at baking!!!