Originally Posted by SusanB:

Perhaps the book is the culmination of everything he's learned as he's blogged?

Makes sense.

I think I will just read the daily post updates and blogs and leave it at that.
I gained another .4 lb but my carbs went up to 73 instead of under 50. Too many fruits. I feel great today which is good 'cause today is my fast day. See If I can make it to tomorrow morning.

Good morning all, had dinner out last night. Not a huge problem, but not a great success either. I had chinese buffet, and chose as best as I could, no breaded, no sugary sauces, no rice no noodles, but I do feel bloated and sluggish this morning.

Off to get lots of water!

OH and coffee....yes lets talk about coffee for a minute! I will not give it up, but I did give up the flavored creamer, and just went black. Guess what, you can train your tounge!

Oh yes ... black coffee is a wonderful thing!

Walked to do my errands, spent 30 minutes on the elliptical doing hills and did a few minutes of abs! Where's Claire?

Originally Posted by SusanB:
I drink coffee and I'm not giving it up. Nope! Black mostly but I can and do use cream and/or coconut milk and/or coconut oil.
I did throw some stuff out but I had been eating low cal, natural foods anyway so ... primal was not a whole lot different.

Ditto everything Susan just said. I have at least one cup every morning. I also put stevia drops in mine.

Day 4 (or is it 3) of the ultra low carb/induction! I have had a small handful of macademias the last 2 days, but I just had to. This ultra low carb is tough, but I feel flatter (stomach) and like I'm losing, so I'm sticking with it. I am very thirsty and drinking tons of water. Oh, I have been told I have to help DH --he's cutting crown molding. Check in later.

Hi All,

Just went to my weightloss clinic. Forgot to mention this part of my "diet". I get B12 shots which is supposed to give me energy but the last one I had was during the carb flu so I didn't feel much.

But the neat part is that I lost almost 8 pounds last month consisting of a loss of 10 lbs. of fat and a gain of 2.2 lbs of muscle!!! My waist went down 3 inches. So even though the last week has been frustrating, I guess my body is changing composition.

I am still fasting today and feel fine. Put a pork chop out for breakfast :).
The jerky I made today looks ugly but tastes good, according to my husband.

Originally Posted by sparky1946:
Hi All,

Just went to my weightloss clinic. Forgot to mention this part of my "diet". I get B12 shots which is supposed to give me energy but the last one I had was during the carb flu so I didn't feel much.

But the neat part is that I lost almost 8 pounds last month consisting of a loss of 10 lbs. of fat and a gain of 2.2 lbs of muscle!!! My waist went down 3 inches. So even though the last week has been frustrating, I guess my body is changing composition.

I am still fasting today and feel fine. Put a pork chop out for breakfast :).
The jerky I made today looks ugly but tastes good, according to my husband.

That's FANTASTIC!!!!!!

Sandy, can you tell more about the jerky? Recipe? I have a newish dehydrator and have thought of trying to make some to take to work this year. Speaking of which, I must head to work now, dang it.

Have a wonderful primal Friday all! Oh, we got the crown moldings up last night, and I'll try to post a couple pics this weekend!

Originally Posted by walking2lose:

Sandy, can you tell more about the jerky? Recipe? I have a newish dehydrator and have thought of trying to make some to take to work this year.

I used the MDA recipe:
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/how-t...our-own-jerky/

I haven't tasted it yet myself, so I am just giving you my husband's opinion.
I have yet to weigh myself this a.m. so I am waiting to try it. This recipe uses the oven but you could use the dehydrator just as well.

I hopped on the scale last nite. It read 140. On Sunday I had gained 3lbs of water weight so I am glad it dropped back down. I still have not been eating very good but atleast I have not gained due to it. I may not have gained due to stress. Its funny how that works. SOmetimes I gain when stressing & sometimes I loose. I am sitting at the dentists office as I type. DS is having his wisdom teeth taken out. I will feel better when I get him back home in his own bed. Yes I know I am making a mountain out of a mole hill. I'm trying not too but I cant help to worry about him - its a mothers job (plus he is my one & only)

Originally Posted by tymaboy:
Yes I know I am making a mountain out of a mole hill. I'm trying not too but I cant help to worry about him - its a mothers job (plus he is my one & only)

I remember the time that I went cross-country skiing (for the first time), I fell down and broke my upper left arm bone. My college age daughter had to have her wisdom teeth out. I went with her in a sling/cast and did not realize that she would need me to almost carry her to the car. This was in Northfield, MN in the middle of winter with ice and snow. But you do what you have to do - it's a mother's job. :hug:

Hello everyone!

I've been traveling for about 2 weeks in Europe, and am back now. I did gain 3.5 pounds, and am hoping it's mostly "travel weight" which for me falls off fast.

I had a very nice time and walked all over the place and -- other than the last two days when eating went horribly wrong -- I thought I did quite well in the eating department.

An example of horribly wrong -- I'm sitting at Heathrow the requisite 3 hours before boarding (I went right through security and customs with no problem so I got there way ahead of time) and decided to spend my leftover money on lunch. I ordered a spinach salad ... and carrot cake. And a big cappucino. And later 3 chocolate bars for the plane flight. Plus the bad carby plane food.

I have been trying to get back in the swing of things here and am probably 85%. I'm taking another big trip in 3 weeks so have another goal to get less than 200 lbs.

Good to see everyone. CJ

I'm glad you enjoyed your vacation CJ. Welcome back.

I think I'm on day three of my 2 week challenge. I walked to do my errands. Forgot something and had to go back ;) and I did hills on the elliptical. 45 minutes. I think I'll lift or do some bands later.

I found some bacon on sale this morning. I've been missing it. It's so expensive around here. And it's going to have to be part of my 20% because I can't afford the good stuff. Oh well ... we do what we can, right?

Originally Posted by sparky1946:
I went with her in a sling/cast and did not realize that she would need me to almost carry her to the car. This was in Northfield, MN in the middle of winter with ice and snow. But you do what you have to do - it's a mother's job. :hug:

Our house we have stairs (lots) to walk up in the front & in the back is our garage then we need to walk down some stairs. I didnt even think of getting him in either & he was so out of it. I ran next door to have my neighbor help me get him in the house & to the couch. DS wanted to go to his room I told him no that there is no way I could get him up those stairs. I dont know how your DD handled it but DS is having a hard time. He has been very delusional talking about our dog dieing & some other things. He can not move his mouth & is hurting a lot more then he thought he would have. I keep wiping his mouth off cuz there is a steady stream coming out it. He is finaly sleeping. He is like I am head starts aching really bad & you cant do anything till your body decides to puke then passes out afterwards. Not a pretty picture at all. It is very hard on me to see him like this, I wish I could do more for him.

Hi, all! I'm not primal nor intending to become so--not precisely, anyway, since I'm a vegetarian. I was disappointed that most primal literature is fairly condescending on the topic. I would be the first to admit that not all vegetarians eat in ways that are healthy (I'd have to be, since I gained thirty pounds on an already-twenty-pounds-overweight body once I went veg a decade ago). Still, a lot of the articles make a *lot* of assumptions about vegetarians eating processed foods and crap (just because gardenburgers exist, doesn't mean all of us eat 'em!).

BUT I've been reading your guys' advice to folks for a while now, and following some of it. I have the sense that you folks, unlike a lot of the primal infrastructure, aren't very invested in a moral high ground on this stuff, but figuring out what works for people and makes sense within a primal-ish rubric. Which made thinking primal more attractive.

Actually, I think that there *should* be a lot of room for conversation between most vegetarians and most primal folks; unlike, say, the Atkins crowd, there's a shared investment in what's natural. Primal folks combine that with an interest in the dimensions of human history with regard to food, and the consequences for our food capacities; vegetarians often have various kinds of ethical horizons they're gesturing toward that they add to the mix. But we all start out thinking big-picture about our eating.

Anyway, for me this started when I realized just how low my protein levels had sunk; see, when you first transition to veg, often you crave protein AND are bombarded by people telling you to watch your proteins, but after a while you genuinely stop wanting it (and, of course, when it comes to meat--sorry!--start actively not wanting it). You add vegetarian proteins--cottage cheese, Greek yogurt, beans, nuts--but you don't count and you don't notice, after a while.

That's how I got here: When I started a fitday account at the beginning of the month to see what I was eating, I found out I was averaging only about 15% of my calories or so from protein sources!

I've taken some major steps since the beginning of the month to up my protein levels and lower my carb levels--not to "low-carb" at all, but under 150g a day, which is slashing down from where I was by nearly half! So it's "low-carb for me." Including lentils and whey and reading up on complete proteins (although the literature makes me dubious that anyone needs them, actually). And in any case upping protein to 25-30% of my daily total.

I didn't change anything about the number of calories I was eating, just where they were coming from. And this will be my first more-than-five-pound-loss month in a looooooong time. And I feel a little better--at the very least, more mindful and more in control--than I have before.

So I wanted to say thanks to you folks for being cool and helpful and interesting. THANK YOU! For making me think about macronutrients and protein in a way that made sense to me.

-Rschroed

Thanks Rschroed! Posts like this remind me that you never know just who or how many folks read here at 3FC. Even if we feel that we have little to contribute, something we say can be an inspiration to others.

I enjoy our primal group here very much and I think it's because of our diversity. We come from all kinds of "foody" backgrounds, are several levels of primal percentages ;) "Perfectly on plan" can mean many things here and that's OK with the rest of us.

Rschroed, you are welcome...

I have to be wary of low intake of protein as well. Really love the fruit. I think getting rid of grains (leaky gut) has been the most helpful for me but bio-individuality is the way to go, finding out what works for you.

Good Luck.