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[jw19904]

Your location: Dover Delaware

Age (If you want): 50

How Primal are you: Beginner

Do you consume dairy: in coffee

Do you drink coffee or tea: Coffee

Motivator for switching to Primal:I need to lose weight and get healthier

Favorite exercise:Just starting. I will let you know

Favorite Primal food:Steak and Asparagus

Best part about being Primal:Not sure yet

Worst part about being Primal:Not sure yet

[nicolebeth]

Your location: MA

Age (If you want): 40

How Primal are you: Fairly, but I like coconut milk ice cream, hail merry macaroons, almond flour pancakes, and I am addicted to chocolate. Once I stopped gluten, corn, soy, other legumes, etc. I started craving meat again (and wanting more chocolate). (I learned, though, that without the other "bad" foods, chocolate didn't seem to be my problem--and I had though it was.)

Do you consume dairy: No (occasional feta and goat cheese). My digestion and skin don't like it--and even too much feta/goat cheese is a problem. So, this is a rare thing. But, I love Greek salad, so won't give it up entirely (again, just infrequent consumption).

Do you drink coffee or tea: Coffee (usual source of caffeine) and tea (usual source of decaffeinated beverage)

Motivator for switching to Primal: better digestion, less bloating, etc.

Favorite exercise: kettlebells, and short (slow!) runs

Favorite Primal food: lamb chops

Best part about being Primal: Feeling better!

Worst part about being Primal: sometimes figuring out a filling enough lunch is a pain, but it's still better than having a sandwich. Also, other people: one of my kids seems to have a doctor-sanctioned gluten-intolerance, which people "get". I know that I have that (as well as corn intolerance, problems digesting legumes, etc.), but other people don't get it and see it as a fad.

[handsome-inked]

Your location:Hatfield, Herts, UK
Age: 39
How Primal are you: Just started my journey (3 weeks), so not massively no grains and only organic produce.
Do you consume dairy: A little organic cheese
Do you drink coffee or tea: Occasional cup of black tea or coffee
Motivator for switching to Primal: Have had upper and lower digestive tract issues for years and am HIV+
Favorite exercise: Yoga, walking
Favorite Primal food: Still too new to this to be able to really comment
Best part about being Primal: see above
Worst part about being Primal: see above

[stonemd]

[QUOTE=Anonymous;280]In other forums I've been a member of in the past - at least for small communities - there's been a 'introduce yourself' thread with some questions that people can answer. I know that there are people reading this forum that are fully primal, partially primal, and are considering it. I thought that I'd put some questions together to cover these things just to get an idea of who's out there.


The Questions:


Your location: Oxfordshire UK

Age (If you want): 49 (a few days ago)

How Primal are you: Cut out all grain this week

Do you consume dairy: Yes

Do you drink coffee or tea: Yes

Motivator for switching to Primal: Acid reflux

Favorite exercise: Cycling

Favorite Primal food: Steak

Best part about being Primal: I've been on it week now, no acid !!! Oh and finishing PBP in a week

Worst part about being Primal:No worst part yet !!!

Rgds

Mark S

[Khaleesi]

Hi everyone and welcome! Great to read about all the new people.

[Kermit Lentil]

Your location:Eugene, OR
Age: 26
How Primal are you: Fairly, I definitely eat GF and almost always grain-free. Trying to better myself through knowledge of the real way food interacts with the human body.
Do you consume dairy: Quite a lot, I make milk kefir and love cheese and heavy whipping in my coffee.
Do you drink coffee or tea: Yeah, usually about 2 cups of coffee a day.
Motivator for switching to Primal: My girlfriend did it after having digestive issues on the SAD and I was a lifelong DEVOUT pastafarian. I was very skeptical of this lifestyle because obviously nobody can survive without "healthy wholegrains" and "fiber". I used to pack down 12 Olive Garden breadsticks and have 3 bowls of cereal every morning, oh those were the days. After seeing my girlfriend's digestive issues resolve and consequently eating the same as her for the most part, I sort of slid into the primal lifestyle without realizing it. It wasn't until finding MDA and doing research for myself that I realized the science behind it, and loving it.
Favorite exercise: Biking, basketball, shadowboxing.
Favorite Primal food: Coconut/egg bread
Best part about being Primal: Weight loss/muscle gain, becoming more aware of my health and nutrition overall
Worst part about being Primal: Every now and then there's been that bread hankering...

[Primal Primos]

Greetings and salutations! I am from Los Angeles, CA and I am 28 years young! I do not consume any dairy but do on occasion drink herbal tea/green tea due to the high anti oxidants. I switched to Primal because of all the dairy and gluten intolerances. I would have to say my favorite workout is a nice long run! My favorite Primal food is chicken and the best part of being Primal is feeling and looking great! Worst part of primal is missing out drinking with my friends!

[niles]

Your location: Beaverton, OR

Age (If you want): 32

How Primal are you: Started in March 2012 but fell off repeatedly. Since then I've been grain-free and (mostly) sugar-free. Restarted last month including three weeks (and counting) of IF.

Do you consume dairy: Entirely too (lactose) intolerant to entertain the notion. Goat cheese, please.

Do you drink coffee or tea: Daily rations include coffee with a liberal amount of cinnamon, and black or green tea.

Motivator for switching to Primal: Sick of the creeping weight and stomach and facing the "fact" that it would only get much, much worse. I also wanted to explore the idea of feeling actual hunger and not just the persistent craving to eat constantly.

Favorite exercise: Barefoot running & shovelglove.

Favorite Primal food: Broccoli and (bleeding) steak.

Best part about being Primal: The constant energy. Not having to eat every two hours. Muscle definition for the first time in my life.

Worst part about being Primal: Watching people muddle through the SAD with no idea what they're missing. Oh, and missing good beer.

[AntonioCal]

Your location: Pittsburgh, PA

Age (If you want): 22

How Primal are you: I'd say ~95%. I work as a server in a brewpub so it's sometimes hard to avoid the occasional post-shift beer.

Do you consume dairy: Yogurt and cheese (mostly just aged gouda and pecorino romano) and sometimes goat's milk. Although I have done a 3 week no dairy phase and didn't see much of a difference, I may try it again.

Do you drink coffee or tea: I love tea and drink mostly green and herbal usually 1-2 times a day.

Motivator for switching to Primal: Over the past 4 years I've been in and out of shape (fluctuating between 180-205lb). I've done the chronic lifting and the running and occasional low-carbing but I wanted a permanent change. I gave the primal diet a 3-week trial and now I'm 5 months in and never looked back.

Favorite exercise: Playing (basketball mostly), yoga, anything bodyweight.

Favorite Primal food: Too many to name, I LOVE kale sauteed in pastured butter, anything with grass-fed beef really, butternut squash is fantastic, and I make a really good beef and veggie lasagna.

Best part about being Primal: The food, the energy, and of course the LGN aspect. Also I used to drink far too much (too often and too drunk) and now I drink maybe twice a month at most (not including a glass of red wine 2-3 nights a week).

Worst part about being Primal: Probably just that I don't have any friends/family that are also primal so I catch a lot of flack for not being "normal" and eating grains and not going out drinking as much. But my friends are slowly starting to realize I'm not going to change any time soon.


I'd love to find some other PBers in Pittsburgh for support so if you're in the Pgh area send me a PM!!

[brettstark]

Your location:Chicago, IL. Soon to be Australia
Age: 39
How Primal are you: 2013. Somewhat. Main cheat is milk currently
Do you consume dairy: Milk and some cheeses
Do you drink coffee or tea: Both. trying to drink more tea.
Motivator for switching to Primal: Getting healthier.
Favorite exercise: Tennis
Favorite Primal food: Still too new to this to be able to really comment
Best part about being Primal: see above
Worst part about being Primal: see above