I’ve been meaning to write you a thank you note with a little bit about my story. Throughout my teenage years, all the way through college, I have always been involved in sports and considered myself to be in pretty good shape.

The problem was, I was never happy with how I looked. It actually held me back from things I enjoyed like going to the beach/pool with friends. Some people would probably think I was crazy b/c I was by no means fat. I had about 195-200 lbs on a 6? frame at the end of college.

Then came active duty Air Force. I always performed well on the PT test. I could max the 1.5 mile run, pushups and sit-ups, but my waist measurement always handicapped my score. I was a person who thought that I was ‘big boned’ and could never drop down to a 32.5? waist (I was always between 34.5? and 35.5?).

Over the last couple of years, I had stumbled upon some of your articles from time to time, but was always too stuck in CW to listen.

Last summer, I made a goal for myself to get in as good of shape as possible for my March 2010 trip to Barbados. I started eating smarter (but not really primally), and lost maybe 10 lbs. When I went home for Christmas, I was down to 185 lbs and was about 60% primal. I was feeling great.

Back to Germany I went, 2 months left to go; it was crunch time. With the exception of a meal with a side of fried potatoes, I was as Primal as I thought I could get. It worked wonders. I lost another 10 lbs and was down to 175. I could see definition in my upper abs, and I had reached a new level of vascularity.

I can’t thank you enough for sharing your knowledge with all of us Groks. I now have no problem being shirtless, I catch myself staring at this new, toned, weightlifting machine in the gym…and best of all, when I take my PT test this month, I will max the waist measurement with a half inch to spare.

While some of my reasons were for vanity, I can say my energy level is better, along with my digestion and sleep habits. My next goal is getting my Dad to stick with the diet.

Thanks again,

Shane

Update: 06/11/10

A while back, you posted my story on your blog. Well I have a big time update that I believe must be due to going Primal. Ever since I was a kid, I’ve had an intolerance to many fresh fruit (mostly bananas, apples, pears). This was a bummer because I loved bananas and apples. Using the magic of the interwebz, the most obvious explanation was that I had Oral Food Allergy (OFA). I’m sure you know what this is but the idea was that the fruits I had an intolerance to had a link to the fauna I was allergic to. Well, some time mid 2009 was the last time I had eaten a banana and an apple before I went Primal. The intolerance was very apparent, but I ate them just to see if I would still react. Then, yesterday, we had a luncheon at work and I wanted a piece of the nice arrangement of fresh fruit available. So, I already had a few strawberries, oranges are a hassle, apples were the fruit I reacted to the worst, and bananas didn’t give me too bad of a reaction. I grab the banana and decide to eat it for s’s & g’s. I destroyed the naner, and……NO REACTION! I couldn’t believe it. I chalked it to either going primal, or masking by the other food I had eaten. Today, I decided to press my luck….no whammy, no whammy, no whammy, STOP (sorry, had to)…..and buy a few bananas and apples. One apple and one more banana later, I think my intolerance is gone. As if I were going to go back to my old eating habits, it definitely won’t happen now.

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