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Paleo diet -- one month results
Ignoramus15381 wrote:
As you might know, I lost 50 lbs by "eating less" and exercising. Almost a year ago I reached normal weight, the anniversary is on Sep 10. I ate less, reduced carbs some, but not radically. Despite the fact that I maintained my weight loss steadily and even lost a bit more, I felt hungry most of the day and got some food obsessions, thinking a bit too much about food, which are, actually, mental signs of starvation. (I can post a great text about that that describes starvation related mental symptoms). My main food desires were meaty, fatty things. That's even though I was eating plenty of meat and fat. So I was going by willpower, but started realizing that I cannot do that for life and that, sooner or later, I would invent some rationalization for giving up. At some point, I read about paleo diet, read one book, and decided to try it. The idea of a paleo diet is to eat an approximation of how, supposedly, people ate up to 10,000 years ago, as hunter gatherers, which is eating meat and fish, vegetables, fruits and nuts. No grains, legumes, milk products, sugar. So, I went on it a month ago, giving myself a month to see how it works. I eat pretty much as much as I want, but only of what is allowed. The result is, I am no longer hungry and no longer think too much about food. It just comes naturally to me that I eat as much as I need, without a big conscious effort, portion weighing etc. In that month, I gained about 0.07 lbs, which is obviously a nonconsequential amount, not statistically significant. So, so far, this diet is a winnder for me. I no longer need to exercise my willpower on a daily basis. Especially because all those foods are what I like, whereas grain products etc, I used to eat because I considered them "healthy" and "prudent". I want to thank, specifically, Cubit and Jenny for steering my mind towards realizing that my hunger was due to me eating my morning bread and too many junk carbs. I will test my blood lipids after a while, as part of my physical, and see how they change. For breakfast tomorrow, I am going to eat a stewed squirrel. Noooooooooooooo! How could you!? Is this a picture of you? ;-) http://jack.finalapproach.net/cat-squirrel-a.jpg i -- nimue "If I had created reality television I would have had a much greater influence, but then I would have had to KILL MYSELF." Joss Whedon Great T & A requires great DNA. Penn (of Penn and Teller) |
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Ignoramus15381 wrote:
:: As you might know, I lost 50 lbs by "eating less" and exercising. :: Almost a year ago I reached normal weight, the anniversary is on Sep :: 10. :: :: I ate less, reduced carbs some, but not radically. :: :: Despite the fact that I maintained my weight loss steadily and even :: lost a bit more, I felt hungry most of the day and got some food :: obsessions, thinking a bit too much about food, which are, actually, :: mental signs of starvation. (I can post a great text about that that :: describes starvation related mental symptoms). :: :: My main food desires were meaty, fatty things. That's even though I :: was eating plenty of meat and fat. :: :: So I was going by willpower, but started realizing that I cannot do :: that for life and that, sooner or later, I would invent some :: rationalization for giving up. :: :: At some point, I read about paleo diet, read one book, and decided to :: try it. The idea of a paleo diet is to eat an approximation of how, :: supposedly, people ate up to 10,000 years ago, as hunter :: gatherers, which is eating meat and fish, vegetables, fruits and :: nuts. No grains, legumes, milk products, sugar. :: :: So, I went on it a month ago, giving myself a month to see how it :: works. I eat pretty much as much as I want, but only of what is :: allowed. :: :: The result is, I am no longer hungry and no longer think too much :: about food. It just comes naturally to me that I eat as much as I :: need, without a big conscious effort, portion weighing etc. :: :: In that month, I gained about 0.07 lbs, which is obviously a :: nonconsequential amount, not statistically significant. :: :: So, so far, this diet is a winnder for me. I no longer need to :: exercise my willpower on a daily basis. Especially because all those :: foods are what I like, whereas grain products etc, I used to eat :: because I considered them "healthy" and "prudent". :: :: I want to thank, specifically, Cubit and Jenny for steering my mind :: towards realizing that my hunger was due to me eating my morning :: bread and too many junk carbs. :: :: I will test my blood lipids after a while, as part of my physical, :: and see how they change. :: :: For breakfast tomorrow, I am going to eat a stewed squirrel. Where I'm from, people regularly ate wild squirrel. It wouldn't bother me one bit if they got back on more people's menu, as they seem to get into my attic every year, costing me lot of money to get them out. I'm going to try Paleo in September. Can you comment on your energy levels? Did you see any changes as far as exercise is concerned? What precentage of fruits are you eating? |
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"Roger Zoul" wrote: :: For breakfast tomorrow, I am going to eat a stewed squirrel. Where I'm from, people regularly ate wild squirrel. It wouldn't bother me one bit if they got back on more people's menu, as they seem to get into my attic every year, costing me lot of money to get them out. Get a cat. Squirrels are my cat's favorite food. -- Michelle Levin http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws. |
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In article ,
Ignoramus8546 wrote: In article , Luna wrote: In article , "Roger Zoul" wrote: :: For breakfast tomorrow, I am going to eat a stewed squirrel. Where I'm from, people regularly ate wild squirrel. It wouldn't bother me one bit if they got back on more people's menu, as they seem to get into my attic every year, costing me lot of money to get them out. Get a cat. Squirrels are my cat's favorite food. Does your cat stink after eating a squirrel? How does he or she catch them? i Oh, oops. I was talking about a former cat. Should have said "were my cat's favorite food." I don't know how he caught them, we just used to find their feet and tails and a few blood stains on the ground after he'd been out for a while. He didn't stink any worse than usual after eating them. Our new cat is an indoor kitty though, the only wildlife he gets to kill are bugs, and he doesn't eat them. -- Michelle Levin http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws. |
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