Big-time newbie question about preferred foods page

[JeffreyB]

Just bought the paperback, and my wife and I are excitedly and impatiently trying to change our diet before we finish reading! So we're simply looking for a list of specific foods that are preferred. A quick glance through the book reveals some guidelines and some lists of foods that are bad or not preferred, but not the opposite ... and we're hungry! Just thought it would be easier to make food decisions if anyone has a handy list of the best vegetables, the best fruits, the best proteins, etc.

Thanks!

[Voyageur]

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Don't sweat whats 'best' right now. Concentrate on eating real whole foods that satisfy you and keep you from eating vegetable oils, sugar, bread, pasta, soda, anything processed.... like the book says. Eat whatever amount is takes to keep your diet clean of these poisons. You can worry about the grass-fed meats, organic items, adjusting macro ratios, counting calories for weight loss, intermittant fasting,etc, etc... a little later as well.

Here's much of what I eat:

Beef - mostly hamburger and some steak
Eggs - I love eggs - hardboiled make good snacks when you need to
Venison
Fish - I try for twice a week
Broccoli
Kale
Colored bell peppers
White onions
Lettuce - salad was a staple lunch for a long time
Jalapenos
Mushrooms
Jasmine rice
Potatoes - baked or sliced and baked in the oven seasoned
Sweet potatoes - same as potatoes
Kerrygold butter - in cooking
Coconut oil - in cooking
Tomatoes
Chicken
Pork loin
Pickles
Cottage cheese
Coffee!
Some fruit
Some cheese
Some sour cream
Some low carb ketchup
Mustard
Hot sauce
Salt & pepper

Go nuts with this list and items similar for two weeks. Then plan a night out with the wife at your favorite restaurant. It will be a treat, but learn to order decent primal stuff off a menu. Steak or fish, potato, butter, sour cream, vegetables. Skip the bread, pasta, salad dressings, etc. Order cheesecake or similar if you've been 90% plus primal over time.

Things I ate early on that that helped me stay sane - I weaned myself off of as I got cleaner:

All processed creamers in my coffee
Dark chocolate
Some milk
Excess fruit
Fruit juice

The best thing you can do is adjust your attitude that health, healthy weight, and high energy is attainable if you change your attitude and eat only real whole foods. Avoid posts here that concentrate on all the negative aspects of health and life - people will try to drag you down. Do whatever it takes to attain your goals. Ask questions here and listen only to the positive people who have been successful - not the people who are always discussing only what doesn't work! They are are here looking to find others like them and rationalize their lives away in misery.

Attaining health and happiness is a two step process just like everything else in life:

1. Decide what it is you want to do.
2. Figure out how to get it fucking done.

Now... read my signature, grab the wife and go to the grocery store.

-Voyageur

P.S. Next is exercise....

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[Pamsc]

Eat meat, eggs, wild caught fish, lots of vegetables (except white potatoes and dried beans). Eat yogurt, sour cream and kefir unless you have reason (intolerance or wanting to lose weight faster) to avoid dairy. Cook in coconut oil or butter (ghee is even better). Make your own salad dressing with extra virgin olive oil or avocado oil. Make your own broth with bones--a crockpot makes it easier. Nothing from a box or can except canned fish (in olive oil or water), coconut milk (with the fewest possible added ingredients), and canned tomatoes if they are out of season where you live. Berries with sour cream are the perfect primal treat, or nuts or very dark chocolate (80% or more is great). Get some local honey if you want to sweeten a treat now and then and potato starch if you like to be able to thicken sauces.

[ASmallOne]

My personal "preferred food" is CHICKEN. All of it-- thighs, drums, breast, organs, neck, bones (for broth), eggs (do they count), fat...
Grass-fed beef is certainly a close second. Steak or ground.
Rabbit is another favorite, but it's impossible to find on this island, I swear.
And all things from the ocean, particularly fatty things-- mackarel, salmon, herring. Well, not Escolar. That one can be disastrous.

[Martha]

Primal Blueprint Shopping List | Mark's Daily Apple

[paleo-bunny]

wild alaskan salmon
grass-fed beef
sweet potatoes
broccoli
red onion
garlic
spinach
eggs
goat's cheese and yoghurt (if you tolerate dairy)
bananas

[fiercehunter]

Learn to make the big a$$ salad- buy salad, apple cider vinegar, umeboshi plum vinegar & olive oil along with vegetables and maybe some shredded parmesan. Stock up on canned sardines and salmon. Buy some nice looking ground red meat and some spices to cook it with. Also pick up almonds- you will need them initially and maybe for good. Eggs are good to have for just about any meal. Buy a bottle of wine and some chocolate also to reward yourself with on the weekend.

[jammies]

Here is Marks Food Pyramid (the second one is the most recent). Keep in mind that it is based on calories not volume, so even though meat and eggs are on the bottom of the pyramid you can still eat ALL the veggies you want and plenty of fruit.

Introducing the New Primal Blueprint Food Pyramid | Mark's Daily Apple

Good luck

[@lex]

I follow something similar to the recommendations in the perfect health diet.




Basically a lot of naturally raised meat, wild caught fish, some eggs and a bit of dairy, and a shit ton of fruits and veggies.

[paleo-bunny]

Blasphemy! Too many carbs can kill you know.