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United States220 Posts
On October 04 2011 20:04 Liquid`Meat wrote:
I'm interested in Paleo and adjusting more and more meals to it, however I followed Adkins for a while which in essence is obviously very different but I noticed a few similarities in food choice. Dinners are not much of an issue, but breakfast was harder to maintain mostly due to the lack of variation and it always coming down to eggs. I am looking for other styles of breakfast to mix it up, salads are the first thing that comes to mind but perhaps somebody has other ideas as well?
I eat leftovers. Often soup. It isn't necessary to eat breakfast (the cuisine -- eggs, bacon, etc.) at breakfast (first meal of the day).
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what would be the point/benefit of skipping breakfast or intentional fasting?
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Started the Paleo diet this summer, its amazing how good it feels after a couple of days (first days are torture though)
I cheat sometimes though, eating cheese for more protein and well.. alcohol. I eat massive amounts of nuts and berries though which i think is great considering how nutritious it is compared to bread,pasta and rice.
I usually eat:
Nuts (all kinds)
Berries (bilberries,lingonberries)
Fruit (bananas,citrus fruits,kiwi,strawberries(?))
Meat (red and white)
Fish (all kinds, mostly salmon,tuna,mackerel and sardines)
Eggs
Some vegetables (tomatoes etc)
Occasionally cheese
edit: forgot about avocados, i eat lotsa them as well
Pretty much all of that every day giving around 3000kcal
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On October 06 2011 02:44 Orpheos wrote:
what would be the point/benefit of skipping breakfast or intentional fasting?
Check out leangains.com. Really good site. There are also some other resources in the FAQ.
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I just started paleo and am looking for some good recipes, does anyone know a good site with some good ones or even cookbooks?
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On October 06 2011 02:54 Pulimuli wrote:
Started the Paleo diet this summer, its amazing how good it feels after a couple of days (first days are torture though)
I cheat sometimes though, eating cheese for more protein and well.. alcohol. I eat massive amounts of nuts and berries though which i think is great considering how nutritious it is compared to bread,pasta and rice.
I usually eat:
Nuts (all kinds)
Berries (bilberries,lingonberries)
Fruit (bananas,citrus fruits,kiwi,strawberries(?))
Meat (red and white)
Fish (all kinds, mostly salmon,tuna,mackerel and sardines)
Eggs
Some vegetables (tomatoes etc)
Occasionally cheese
edit: forgot about avocados, i eat lotsa them as well
Pretty much all of that every day giving around 3000kcal
I wouldnt go overboard with nuts. They are pretty overrated imo! Eat a handful each day and leave it at that. Leaves more room for steak!
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Zurich15358 Posts
After a week of bread, pasta, chocolate, and energy bars time to get back into a more paleolish diet. I really don't feel like eating pasta anymore, but my parents basically live off that stuff.
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On October 06 2011 18:01 Zafrumi wrote:Show nested quote +On October 06 2011 02:54 Pulimuli wrote:
Started the Paleo diet this summer, its amazing how good it feels after a couple of days (first days are torture though)
I cheat sometimes though, eating cheese for more protein and well.. alcohol. I eat massive amounts of nuts and berries though which i think is great considering how nutritious it is compared to bread,pasta and rice.
I usually eat:
Nuts (all kinds)
Berries (bilberries,lingonberries)
Fruit (bananas,citrus fruits,kiwi,strawberries(?))
Meat (red and white)
Fish (all kinds, mostly salmon,tuna,mackerel and sardines)
Eggs
Some vegetables (tomatoes etc)
Occasionally cheese
edit: forgot about avocados, i eat lotsa them as well
Pretty much all of that every day giving around 3000kcal I wouldnt go overboard with nuts. They are pretty overrated imo! Eat a handful each day and leave it at that. Leaves more room for steak!
Yeah i eat too much nuts but i love em ^^ so much protein and healthy fat
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On October 06 2011 16:26 Tanner1274 wrote:
I just started paleo and am looking for some good recipes, does anyone know a good site with some good ones or even cookbooks?
I believe I posted some in the OP.
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On October 06 2011 19:50 Pulimuli wrote:Show nested quote +On October 06 2011 18:01 Zafrumi wrote:On October 06 2011 02:54 Pulimuli wrote:
Started the Paleo diet this summer, its amazing how good it feels after a couple of days (first days are torture though)
I cheat sometimes though, eating cheese for more protein and well.. alcohol. I eat massive amounts of nuts and berries though which i think is great considering how nutritious it is compared to bread,pasta and rice.
I usually eat:
Nuts (all kinds)
Berries (bilberries,lingonberries)
Fruit (bananas,citrus fruits,kiwi,strawberries(?))
Meat (red and white)
Fish (all kinds, mostly salmon,tuna,mackerel and sardines)
Eggs
Some vegetables (tomatoes etc)
Occasionally cheese
edit: forgot about avocados, i eat lotsa them as well
Pretty much all of that every day giving around 3000kcal I wouldnt go overboard with nuts. They are pretty overrated imo! Eat a handful each day and leave it at that. Leaves more room for steak! Yeah i eat too much nuts but i love em ^^ so much protein and healthy fat
They are definitely delicious, but the reason he's saying they're overrated is that they actually don't have very much protein, and the fat in nuts is actually rather unhealthy (mostly PUFA's and mostly omega 6, which is inflammatory).
Obviously we're not diet nazis and only you can decide what's best for your body, but it's good to be aware that if you do start noticing some inflammatory issues--be they skin breakouts, digestive issues, or whatever--nuts are probably a good first guess.
Also, since you seem to eat a lot of fish and a lot of oily/fatty fish at that your omega 3 intake is probably higher than most, which is great!
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Think I'm going to stop trying to lose weight for a month and just cut the grains/sugars/crap. At that point I'll try again. It's been so gain/loss for the last forever-long and I'm getting super frustrated.
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On October 07 2011 13:27 Dalguno wrote:
Think I'm going to stop trying to lose weight for a month and just cut the grains/sugars/crap. At that point I'll try again. It's been so gain/loss for the last forever-long and I'm getting super frustrated.
Sounds like a plan. Generally you want to start with quality and then fine-tune quantity later.
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On October 07 2011 13:27 Dalguno wrote:
Think I'm going to stop trying to lose weight for a month and just cut the grains/sugars/crap. At that point I'll try again. It's been so gain/loss for the last forever-long and I'm getting super frustrated.
You might be leptin resistant or at least approaching it. I know I linked that Jack Kruse blog--if you haven't already you might want to check it out and try his pattern.
If you still lose weight as easily as ever when you are able to consume a caloric deficit, you are probably NOT leptin resistant.
I've cut out all sweets and haven't had diet soda or sugar-free products in nearly a month (this is huge for me as I was a huge aspartame fiend before) and it has made a HUGE difference. The sweet cravings have almost disappeared whereas before I would crave them even after weeks of healthy paleo eating, and I attribute it to not having anything sweet. I think even the diet sweet stuff really messes with your head and body's food reward mechanisms and makes you crave junk food. There is also research that suggests this may be the case.
Good luck!
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Also, I think what Rosa said is really good advice: if you focus on food quality over time your body will start to naturally regulate consumption again and maintain a healthy body composition.
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Almost perfect eating day for me, but screwed up at the end. Tomorrow will be perfect for eating. 
Also, will someone PM me so I can remember to read those links? So forgetful 
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Lunch:
1/2 roast chicken
salad
egg fried rice
Dinner:
pork with broccoli
shrimps with enoki mushrooms
baked sweet potatoes
Snacks:
cashews and an avocado
Pretty good day actually :D
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How do I know if I'm leptin resistant?
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On October 13 2011 12:30 Dalguno wrote:
How do I know if I'm leptin resistant?
You just decide you are and that it's the source of all your health problems. After going on a leptin-free diet for a while you'll then realize it wasn't.
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On October 14 2011 02:39 Jeremyy wrote:Show nested quote +On October 13 2011 12:30 Dalguno wrote:
How do I know if I'm leptin resistant? You just decide you are and that it's the source of all your health problems. After going on a leptin-free diet for a while you'll then realize it wasn't.
Everyone eats a "leptin-free diet." DUCY?
If you lose weight easily when you maintain a caloric deficit, you're almost certainly not leptin resistant. If you are significantly overweight, are constantly starving with any sort of caloric deficit and have an extremely difficult time losing weight, you may very well be.
I believe you're pretty young and not obsese, so you probably don't have anything to worry about. You did, however, say you have a really hard time with carb/sweet craving. http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com has some really good stuff on food reward and how it can tie in with this. The discussion is mostly intellectual although he has had some more recent posts on what healthy eating might look like in practice. The take-home message is that if you are constantly craving high reward food you really have to eliminate your intake of them and give your body time to readjust. This also seems to include eliminating diet sweets like diet soda or other sugar-free products because your brain can't differentiate between these and actual high-reward foods.
A lot of this is pretty new in terms of theory and research so make of it what you will.
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