Paleo Diet.....

**Jamauk** · 09-22-2009, 10:49 PM

....anyone familiar with it? Thoughts on the most frugal way to incorporate it into our lifestyle? Thanks.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCFZoqmKf5M"]YouTube- Paleo in a Nutshell Part 1: Food[/ame]

**nodmicks** · 09-23-2009, 11:23 AM

I did try it once as a switch from Atkins type diet because after years of success I kept falling off low carb. I couldn't handle it. The no dairy bothered me as I love cheese. The fruits raised my blood sugar. It might be just the thing for you though

After the last few years of on low carb a few weeks, off a day or two, back on LC I have had erratic blood sugar and gained all but 20 lbs of my original loss in 2000 back. Thank heavens I found a plan I can live on. So far blood sugar is a ok! Weight slowly dropping and I get to eat things I like

and to be honest it is a bit cheaper than Atkins. Though I am still a big carnivore

As far as making Paleo more frugal I guess it would be stocking up on things on sale, freezing, canning, drying etc.

**Jamauk** · 09-23-2009, 11:38 AM

Thanks for you insight. I don't think I would go as hard core as the Paleo diet really calls for, but I do think eating food as close to the way it was harvested is important.

I'm curious, what program are finding success with now?

**nodmicks** · 09-23-2009, 12:49 PM

Jamauk the program is "The metabolism miracle" by Diane Kress. If you ant any info just give a holler. I agree 100% with eating natural food. The unnatural things I eat on this plan are whole grain wraps from Sams club and WASA crackers. Thats it. She does recommend a few low fat products such as lite mayo. I just skip that part

**2ndGenGranola** · 09-23-2009, 02:16 PM

I've known many to use the Paleo diet but not for a weight loss reason. Most had many allergies and sensitivities and used it in an elimination diet fashion. In their pursuit, they had great success. I don't think any had measurable weight loss though.

**nodmicks** · 09-23-2009, 02:34 PM

Here is today's menu just in case you are interested. I am still in the 1st phase. After this phase I add more good carbs.

Anyway here is a day in the supposedly" hard "phase of the plan

~2 eggs with lots of onion and a slice cheese on a low carb whole grain tortilla

~ handful of peanuts
a few little yellow tomatos

~ 8 oz shrimp on a huge salad

~ about a 5 oz slice of ham
a big bowl of ( brussel sprouts with a pat of butter (mmmm my favorite!)

~ a low carb whole grain tortilla with about 2 T of almond butter (bed time snack)

Now you can eat as many times a day as you wish and have the carb like the tortilla up to 5 x a day, no limit on veggies. You may not go more that 5 hours without a meal or snack.

**Jamauk** · 09-23-2009, 02:52 PM

Thanks for sharing. I'm lnot ooking for a weightloss "diet". I am just trying to get away from overly processed foods. My husband just sent me that video and I thought I'd ask around a bit.

**nodmicks** · 09-23-2009, 03:13 PM

I think any way you go that is more natural foods is a big winner

I think any healthy eating plan would fit the bill with real foods even though you don't need a weight loss diet. Sorry if I came across that way.

For me it is a control my blood sugar and stay active diet and the weight loss (which I sadly need) is a good bonus side effect. This works a ok for me because I am lazy~ I don't want to count carbs, points, fat or calories

There is a forum with a huge paleo thread. However it honestly is geared towards the weight loss end as much as health.

I am slowly trying to get our diets more and more organic too. It is a bit spendy but we grew a lot of organics this summer so it helped

**Jamauk** · 09-23-2009, 03:24 PM

Don't get me wrong, I do NEED to lose weight. But I will never "diet" again. I can't count things, I'm too OCD and I begin to obsess about everything. Its not healthy for me. I figure that once I get back in teh habit of eating whole, natural foods and so long as I stay active (I'm a fairly active person), my body will find its own natural comfortable weight. If its a little bigger than what the magazines say it should be, I'm ok with that

**nodmicks** · 09-23-2009, 03:32 PM

Originally Posted by Jamauk

Don't get me wrong, I do NEED to lose weight. But I will never "diet" again. I can't count things, I'm too OCD and I begin to obsess about everything. Its not healthy for me. I figure that once I get back in teh habit of eating whole, natural foods and so long as I stay active (I'm a fairly active person), my body will find its own natural comfortable weight. If its a little bigger than what the magazines say it should be, I'm ok with that

I agree with you 100%! I do not weigh but every few months or so either. I know I'm on the right path because my pants fall, someone comments or like at my last Appt recently the nurse said something about it. I tell them I do not need to know

the details.

I think one of the worst things I ever did for myself after losing and staying a great weight for years was to start reading diet message boards, reading womans magazines and buying a scale! I can't say it helped a bit as it had me ~ on~ off~ trying this or that ~ which ='ed fatter, unhealthier me!

Now my only diet advice comes from the diabetes Dr. who is the one that put me on a low carb plan way way back. I am very glad she keeps up and new stuff and suggested something that would work better with my foundering. Got to love a Dr who even loans books. Too bad it took me months and months to get around to reading them

**Jamauk** · 09-23-2009, 03:48 PM

Sounds like you found a great doctor.

We read a lot of Dr. Weil books around here. I really like that although he's an MD, he likes to look at nutrition FIRST when problems arise.