Obligatory forum Introduce yourself thread page 54

[Baker]

Your location:Cheney, WA

Age (If you want):39

How Primal are you: working on it, 70% true to the game now

Do you consume dairy: yes, although very little

Do you drink coffee or tea: oh, hell yes!, coffee

Motivator for switching to Primal: good friend is big into Paleo Diet and CrossFit

Favorite exerciseverhead squats

Favorite Primal food: grilled salmon spinach salad

Best part about being Primal:cutting grains has cured what seemed like an ever-present intestinal cramping.

Worst part about being Primal: Holidays

[brp]

Your location: NC

Age (If you want): 49

How Primal are you: 6 weeks strictly paleo

Do you consume dairy: no

Do you drink coffee or tea: coffee black & unsweetened tea

Motivator for switching to Primal: health and fitness

Favorite exercise: wallballs

Favorite Primal food: steak

Best part about being Primal: it works for me

Worst part about being Primal: IF 24 hr fast was easy for me until hour 22... 1 minute past 24 hrs I devoured 6 eggs and a lb of bacon lol

[sbry]

Your location: Ft Worth, TX

Age (If you want): 40

How Primal are you: Have a few moments of weakness...I'd say 80% there

Do you consume dairy: cheese one or two days a week

Do you drink coffee or tea: black coffee and green tea

Motivator for switching to Primal: weight loss

Favorite exercise: jump rope & heavy bag

Favorite Primal food: beef...any kind

Best part about being Primal: Changed my life. Never hungry and never out of energy anymore

Worst part about being Primal: Not sure yet. I miss tortilla chips a little bit

[Madeiro]

Your location: OK.

Age (If you want): 22.

How Primal are you: Pretty primal! 90%ish, I'd say.

Do you consume dairy: Yep, but not too often.

Do you drink coffee or tea: Neither. Just water, though I'd like to get into tea.

Motivator for switching to Primal: A recent weigh-in at the doctor.

Favorite exercise: Walking barefoot on sunny days.

Favorite Primal food: Bacon. Enough said.

Best part about being Primal: The sense that I'm benefiting my body in so many ways without sacrificing delicious food.

Worst part about being Primal: No more chips and salsa.

[Scrogs]

Your Location: ON, Canada

Age: 39 soon

How Primal Are You: 90% or so

Do You Consume Dairy: old fermented cheeses, but may cut out in the future

Do You Drink Coffee Or Tea: 1 a day, but enjoying less and less

Motivator For Switching To Primal: to feel more energetic, improve body composition

Favorite Exercise: HIIT and kettle bells

Favorite Primal Food: so many to choose from, lately apple dipped in almond butter, love coconut milk

Best Part About Being Primal: happy & more energy

Worst Part About Being Primal: so far can't think of anything

[taihuibabe]

Your location: A liberal refuge in Kansas, USA

Age (If you want): 36

How Primal are you: About 80 percent right now. Just quit grains again cold turkey 3 weeks ago. Four years ago, before I got married, I was about 90 percent Primal and I intend to get back there.

Do you consume dairy: Butter, cream and cheese, yes. I am reducing my milk intake because I suspect it gives me acne.

Do you drink coffee or tea: We drink a lot of green & oolong in our house. I've never liked coffee much, but I have a cup before kung-fu class on Saturdays. A shot of caffeine seems to improve my performance.

Motivator for switching BACK to Primal: losing the 6-8 pounds of "happy weight" I put on since I got married, clearing up my skin, reducing PMS issues, being a better martial artist.

Favorite exercise: kung fu, baby!

Favorite Primal food: Butter. Sometimes by the spoonful.

Best part about being Primal: The energy! The clear-headedness! The envy!

Worst part about being Primal: I miss baking. I greatly look forward to experimenting with almond flour. EDIT: Turns out I'm allergic to almonds! Guess I'll go back to doing without!

[MiSviluppoGrok]

Your location: I go to school in San Diego, but home is Park City, UT.

Age (If you want): 20

How Primal are you: I have been attempting to integrate it as much as I can over the past 2 or 3 weeks.

Do you consume dairy: yes. recently switched from a lifetime of skim milk to organic whole milk... never really liked cheese much. i eat greek yogurt and berries for breakfast once or twice a week.

Do you drink coffee or tea: I drink coffee pretty much every day. Also the occasional chai latte and sometimes green tea

Motivator for switching to Primal: Saw John Durant on the Colbert Report, and through that found MDA. Most convincing factor for me is the evolutionary context and the scientific backing Mark provides

Favorite exercise: swimming, burpees, pullups

Favorite Primal food: big ass salad

Best part about being Primal: eating a ton fresh vegetables every day, and not worrying about fat

Worst part about being Primal: not being able to eat a lot of Italian dishes (pasta)

[tarynrom]

Hey everybody. Just thought I'd do a quick intro here as everyone else is too! Nice to meet everyone!

Your location: Saskatchewan, Canada.

Age (If you want): 22

How Primal are you: To the best that I can be as a student. Sometimes money doesn't let me do this, but I try to make it work 80% of the time.

Do you consume dairy: No.

Do you drink coffee or tea: Black tea.

Motivator for switching to Primal: CrossFit, general health, don't want to be sick anymore since catching colds/flus is a common occurrence with my job.

Favorite exercise: CrossFit, deadlifts.

Favorite Primal food: apples and cinnamon

Best part about being Primal: energy, the side effect of leaning out, better sleep, just all around feel better about myself.

Worst part about being Primal: sometimes, I have to admit, I miss the sweets! I'm only human!

[MikeEnRegalia]

Hi everyone! I already started a separate thread to introduce myself, but since everyone seems to be posting the info here I thought I might as well do so myself, with an abbreviated version.

Your location: Germany (Bavaria)

Age (If you want): 35

How Primal are you: Almost 100% for several weeks now

Do you consume dairy: Yes (mostly cheese and butter/cream)

Do you drink coffee or tea: Yes - mostly coffee, but all sorts of tea as well occasionally

Motivator for switching to Primal: Weight loss, functional fitness, body composition, general energy levels

Favorite exercise: cycling, pull-ups (can't pull up my own body weight yet, but getting there)

Favorite Primal food: Steak, Eggs

Best part about being Primal: It feels great, and it not only makes sense intuitively, but it's also confirmed by science.

Worst part about being Primal: Relatives and friends have a hard time adapting to it, and at times you might feel like an outcast. I'm confident though that this will pass once my changed body composition will prove to everyone that I'm doing way better than I was before.

[MikkiB]

Hello all!


Your location: Virginia, USA

Age (If you want): 43

How Primal are you: Just ordered the book, but have been progressively more gluten-free/low-carb/paleo since January

Do you consume dairy: Yes - a bit of cream in my morning coffee, cheese (although my cheese cravings seems to be decreasing), and ghee in cooking

Do you drink coffee or tea: One cup of coffee per day

Motivator for switching to Primal: hubby and I have been researching metabolism for health and weight loss and realized that ketone-based metabolism is the natural, normal state for humans, and that led us here!

Favorite exercise: interval training on elliptical or arc-trainer

Favorite Primal food: Steak!

Best part about being Primal: Not sure yet as I'm just getting started.

Worst part about being Primal: ditto