Advice on how to be a primal vegeterian? page

[mcpheenom]

My girlfriend is a vegeterian and will not be changing her ways any time soon for various reasons (so please no advice on how to change her mind...I've tried and I won't be doing that again). She is however very open to the primal philosophy if it can work for her. She does eat fish and does eat eggs which is a start for sure but does anyone have any advice on whether or not attempting to be primal without the meat is advisable and how best one could go about it? Has Mark taled on the subject? I did a quick search and didn't come up with much. Thanks for any advice/links in advance.

[PHaselow]

My girlfriend is a vegeterian and will not be changing her ways any time soon for various reasons (so please no advice on how to change her mind...I've tried and I won't be doing that again). She is however very open to the primal philosophy if it can work for her. She does eat fish and does eat eggs which is a start for sure but does anyone have any advice on whether or not attempting to be primal without the meat is advisable and how best one could go about it? Has Mark taled on the subject? I did a quick search and didn't come up with much. Thanks for any advice/links in advance.

Personally, I think absolutely she can go Primal. Just have her do all of the other stuff (grains out, increase fat) and increase her intake of wild caught fish and a lot of eggs. Salmon is great. Or small, predator fish like sardines.

I could be waaaay wrong. But my understanding of what it means to be primal is about not eating the processed, sugary foods with a shelf life and increasing your fat intake, not so much being picky-picky about which animal source your protein comes from. Eat like a cavewoman. She would just be eating like a caveman who lived near water without livestock other than her prized chicken. If she eats butter, even better!

Mark does an "Is this Primal?" article. Look at hemp hearts or chia seeds to see what he says about them. Protein in those babies! She can soak/sprout lentils to eliminate some of the anti-nutrients.

She does not need to be 100% Primal to reap benefits. There is a lot of talk about being 80/20 to allow for circumstance and plain old enjoyment. Perhaps her 20% could focus on her favorite protein containing beans/lentils, etc.

Over time she just might feel awesome! Over time she just might change her mind on trying to add more animal protein or she might not. But, being a fish eating/egg eating vegetarian she'll be just fine as long as she commits to eating this protein daily.

good luck to her and to you!

[BennettC]

if she eats fish shes not a vegetarian

[zoebird]

Yes, it's fine possible and easy to do, actually.

I'm making the transition back that direction myself. I'm trying to discern what the best method would be, looking at the macros, so here I am, using fitday to figure it out.

Breakfast: 3 eggs in butter, two small/med oranges, broccoli steamed in bone broth, cup of bone broth.
dinner: 200 g fish, pan cooked in butter, big salad of lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, fennel bulb with 2 tbsp olive oil, salt and pepper.
snack (either before or after dinner): 25 g dark chocolate.

Outcomes on fitday:

Total calories: 1513

Fat: 91.6g
Carbs: 94.8g
Protein: 92g

Daily Percentages: 53% fat, 24% protein, 23% carbs.

That hits right in the PB numbers.

[primalrob]

definitely possible if she eats fish, eggs and dairy. primal eating is really more about avoiding the bad foods than it is eating certain ones. the possibilities go on for a while.

you'll have to look it up, but mark has put up some info on this. just search for vegetarian on his front page, and try a search for "carrie" his wife. she does a sort of veggie primal thing with fish.

[Legbiter]

Eggs. Sneak bacon in as well. Gateway meat for harder carnivorous pursuits.

[zoebird]

I don't bacon anymore, even though i did about 1-2 times a week for the first nearly 2 years of primal. I stopped eating pork in general, honestly.

I'm focused more on venison, lamb, and beef, as well as fish. I am considering moving toward a "pescitarian" version of primal.

[PHaselow]

My girlfriend is a vegeterian and will not be changing her ways any time soon for various reasons (so please no advice on how to change her mind...I've tried and I won't be doing that again).

But, please, lecture her about removing unfermented soy from her diet.

[Legbiter]

I don't bacon anymore...

You are DEAD to me bitch!

[Legbiter]

Seriously, being a pescatarian is a valid Primal strategy. Hell, my own primal way includes several photogenic sea mammals right next to the sweet potatoe & salad.