I get asked every day about what I’m doing to lose weight (52 pounds people!) and I get blank stares when I tell them that I started eating Paleo. I try to keep it simple and explain that I eat a lot of vegetables, meat and fruit and to which I almost always get the reply of “oh, it’s like Atkins” (um, NO it’s not). And then I get the, “well, what about….” this and that as they go through the list of things I can’t eat.
Sure, I can’t eat cupcakes, candy, sugar, pasta and grains but I’M OKAY WITH THAT! After a few weeks, I don’t miss it. I eat something non-paleo and it tastes like garbage. My “favorite” Easter chocolate egg tasted like chemicals and I couldn’t get that taste out of my mouth for hours. I am happy finding new paleo recipes to try and am building up my spice rack quite nicely with things I’ve never used before. I’ve prepared and eaten halibut twice now (I don’t do seafood) and I’m tempted to try and eat tomato’s again (hate them…but for some reason I’ve been craving them).
It’s a weird thing the way our bodies work.
So, for those of you with a thousand questions about what I’m actually eating, here is a fabulous infographic by created by Robb Wolf and Mark Sisson for the Greatist to explain it.
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April 25, 2012
Congrats Rhea! That is soooo awesome!!!!
April 26, 2012
I sorta follow this too, I do SCD which is in principal the same diet but for people with IBD. I’ve encountered a lot of resistance to it! I’m shocked by how much people care about what I eat! I’m not making them eat this way! It’s almost like they are offended, it’s crazy!
Best of luck to you, it’s a major change but totally worth it!!!!
May 16, 2012
This is a great post–thank you for sharing! Unfortunately, I saw an ad for Red Baron frozen pizza over on the side of your page while I was reading.
Maybe you could target your advertising somewhat, if you choose to advertise on your page, so that it’s lining up with your beliefs and info you’re presenting?
May 16, 2012
Hey Erica. Thanks for letting me know about the pizza ad! How obnoxious! I try to check what ads are serving but unfortunately, sometimes my network throws things in and I don’t know they are there until someone tells me. It’s been taken out of rotation so hopefully it won’t show up again. THANKS!
June 6, 2012
I admit, the Paleo Diet really intrigues me, but I am not sure I could actually follow through with it – especially at my house of milk-a-terians. LOL. I swear we keep dairy farms thriving…
Thanks for sharing more about this. It’s given me lots to think about.