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[...] Cavewoman: What I Eat – A post I wrote for Bodies In Motivation that gives a pretty comprehensive rundown of my diet. Answering some Questions: Carbs, Grains, Gluten – A detailed post explaining what they are specifically and why the Primal/Paleo lifestyle does not include them The Plunge – How you can expect to feel the first time you “go Paleo” Feeling Peckish – Primal/Paleo snack ideas Coconut Oil – Where I explain the health benefits and my love for coconut oil My Kitchen – The appliances I use and love What’s In My Pantry – Pretty self explanatory All About Sweeteners: Natural – A very detailed, researched post I did on the pros and cons of the natural sweeteners (agave, honey, etc.) Staying on Track at Social Events – Some good tips especially for the upcoming holiday parties [...]

[...] been trying to figure out what to do, and I think I’m going to try eating primally. I like this explanation, and I think it’s how to start, even though Baxter said he would mock me and call me a hippie [...]

Thanks for this. I am just starting to eat primally. It’s hardly a shift at all in the way I cook meals for my family (usually meat and fresh veggie dishes anyway), but, I eat way too many sweets and carbs between and after meals. When I was younger, I could handle this, but now that I have young kids, I can’t afford the energy crashes anymore and something has to change.

Anyway, I remember you mentioning that you have PCOS. Have you noticed the lifestyle helping your PCOS symptoms (other than weight) at all? I’ve always been thin, but I have PCOS and other annoying symptoms, and I’m hoping that primal living with help with them. We will see…

Thanks for all of your writing on this. It’s great.

Sincerely,

Caroline

Also, my famous chili can be made primal without the beans or with the beans if you’re okay with the legumes and the carbohydrates. Also: skip the giant bread bowl at the end. LOL. http://www.diaryofamodernmatriarch.com/2008/02/andreannas-its-all-fun-and-games-till.html

I also make stock and chicken soup in the crockpot: http://www.primalmatriarch.com/2010/07/primal-chicken-stock-recipe.html

I also put a whole chicken in there with a bottle of Guinness and some citrus for my Guinness Chicken: http://www.diaryofamodernmatriarch.com/2010/02/guinness-chicken-and-stock-and-soup.html

I’ve also recently bought a crockpot that came with a little rack in it so I’ve made really awesome meatloaf and pot roasts.

Erin – no problem! Any change in the right direction is good change. So many people think that if you don’t make a life-changing sweeping decision that the little changes don’t count. And they do. They really DO!

Caitlin – Whereas I can see the benefits in eating some raw foods, I find meat to be an integral part of my diet, both for protein and fat. Plus, it is YUMMY. Thanks for the link though; I will definitely check it out as I am always interested in healthy choices.

I have been mostly Primal for maybe 7 weeks now, and like AndreAnna, I’m seeing that I’m getting fully satisfied on FEWER calories because the calories I’m eating are more filling and nutritionally dense. I entered my food intake for a day onto myfitnesspal.com one day, and was astonished to see the total coming in under 1200 calories–AND I WAS NOT HUNGRY. I rarely ever snack anymore, and I can easily delay or skip meals, whereas before I would break into a cold sweat and the shakes from low blood sugar if I didn’t eat something every few hours.

I’ve lost at least 2 inches off my waist, so I’m fitting into pants that I haven’t been able to button for a year. And I feel great–I don’t crash between meals or head to bed soon after dinner like I used to.

But here’s the best part. . . I’ve had regular migraines since high school (for over 20 years), and for the last ten years or so, I have always kept prescription migraine medication near at hand and worried about how much I was using just to be able to get through a day at work if a migraine came on. Since cutting out grains, I have not had a single migraine. NOT ONE. I cannot begin to explain how huge that is to anyone who’s never had a migraine, but if you have, you know that this is nothing short of a miracle. So even if I didn’t have the other benefits, going Primal would be more than worth it to me just for losing the migraines.

AndreAnna, I have you & Linda to thank for turning me onto this Primal thing, so–THANK YOU!!!