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Has the Paleo Challenge changed the way you think about why we get fat?
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Has the Paleo Challenge changed the way you think about why we get fat?
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January 22nd, 2012 on 9:28 pm
Oh yes! I always wondered why I could be overweight as a vegetarian. I mean, vegetarians are supposed to be skinny right? Nope, not so much.
January 23rd, 2012 on 9:14 am
Brian – totally unrelated to today’s post, but I’m just now (23 days in) starting to get paleo tired. Like, exhausted. Is this normal? I feel like it happened a lot sooner last time I did this. Suggestions?
January 23rd, 2012 on 11:25 am
Forgive me Lord for I just ate some Cheez-its. I have no idea why.
I doubt I’ll do it again though b/c my stomach is already upset. #Brianyouwereright
January 23rd, 2012 on 11:40 am
Haven’t finished watching the video, but it does make sense. When I watched Food, Inc., I got sick just watching how our food is made (i.e. Tyson’s, Perdue, mass meat production).
I was hoping to feel better heading into Week 3, but I feel pretty awful. Woke up with migraine (which I rarely get), and my energy has been low. This weekend was tough. I really thought I’d be feeling better. WODs have been really hard, too. Maybe it’s the winter blahs?
I did book lunch for myself at Lyon Hall for this weekend. Maybe that will help.
January 23rd, 2012 on 1:37 pm
@Brian – Have you had an opportunity to post the ranking/results from the inital WODs of the paleo challenge? I may have missed this somewhere along the way but wanted to check with you. Thanks
- All else is going well on my end! I have noticed a reduction in my body fat and improvement in my performance on many levels. Feel great and am looking forward to the final WODs.
January 23rd, 2012 on 3:38 pm
Need some help here. Just as things are getting better I quit my job and they WANT TO BUY ME A CAKE for the goodbye party! There’s no such thing as paleo cake, right? Is there something I can get that is socially acceptable (co-workers want to eat cake) but will not completely throw me off track?
January 23rd, 2012 on 4:40 pm
“@Brian – Have you had an opportunity to post the ranking/results from the inital WODs of the paleo challenge? I may have missed this somewhere along the way but wanted to check with you.”—I second this…
January 23rd, 2012 on 5:02 pm
@Jessica- you could always do what Brian recommends and tell them that you’ve recently discovered you’re deathly allergic to gluten and sugar.
January 23rd, 2012 on 5:03 pm
Though I still get confused about all the science/ what is going on with the body (which for me is important to understand), I do find that this way of eating is much easier to do day-to-day. The days of counting calories and making deals with yourself of working out harder the next day if you ate poorly were exhausting and in the end yielded no results as far as weight loss or general everyday health (I still mentally fight myself on this though sometimes). I find that now it’s pretty straight forward all around. I know what I should & should not eat, I know how I feel day-to-day when I eat Paleo and I know that I’m happier with my workouts when I eat Paleo. If I choose to deviate from Paleo – I make the conscious decision to do so, I “enjoy” it, I suffer the consequences and then I know what I need to go back to starting with the next meal. I’ve also realized that after I got over the “diet” aspect of this, everything seemed to fall in line and THEN it wasn’t so hard to do day-to-day. This took time but it did finally happen.
On a seperate but related note, @Brian when people say “Oh right Paleo – that’s like Atkins/South Beach, right?” What is your response? I try to focus less on the “diet” aspect and more on the health benefits/gluten free/no processed foods etc. (that yes may include weight loss)without saying “It’s a lifestyle” (a phrase that just sounds douchey) but still seem to struggle with getting others to understand.
January 24th, 2012 on 10:20 am
@Nikki – headaches and general pressure in the skull can be due to low electrolytes. Add some lemon/lime to water, add salt to food, or (and this is the most effective) buy a bottle of Endurolytes from Amazon.com.
@Mike Fitz/Vinner – if either of you want to do the data entry for this, let me know. Right now I don’t have time to enter this in (I’m moving a gym). Seriously, I’ll give you the cards, you put them into a spreadsheet.
If anybody else wants to do this, let me know.
@Jessica – +1 to Lesley’s suggestion.
@Sarah E. – don’t try to convince anybody that doesn’t want to be convinced. If somebody is coming to you because they see your improvements and want that for themselves, than you can discuss.
For folks that try to pigeonhole you into the argument: “this is another fad diet”, they just want to feel smarter than you.
January 24th, 2012 on 1:16 pm
@Brian and @Lesley–Thanks! I actually wound up ordering a type of cake I don’t like since my co-workers already know about the paleo challenge (one is another PCF girl). Easier to resist bad cake.