Tom Woods Goes Primal!

[PatriotOne]

Got another DEXA scan yesterday and the results are still coming in!

Went Primal at the end of September 2011 weighing 230 and coming in at 40% body fat. Yesterday I weighed 173 pounds and measured in 24% body fat! I can't recommend Primal enough!

Dayum! Poof......16% body fat gone. And I bet you didn't have to go hungry and suffer while doing it right?

 

[PatriotOne]

Primal all the way.

For about 2 months, all I've been eating (other than the odd splurge)...is meat, eggs, veggies, fruits, nuts, cheese....

I'm down in body fat, up in muscle, up in total body weight (I used to be a huge lifter, and Ive recently started lifting again so my body is exploding rather rapidly from the muscle memory...)...and most importantly...

I FEEL MUCH BETTER.

Yes! Most people start low carb to lose weight but are pleasantly surprised to find out how much better they feel almost immediately....even before they lose the excess baggage.

 

[Crickett]

Atkins died of a heart attack. And it's a horrible diet, because when the eliminate all carbs and whatnot, your cholesterol skyrockets and you're susceptible to stroke or heart attack. All things in moderation.

He most certainly did NOT die of a heart attack. He slipped on the ice on his way into work and hit his head. I remember the day he died.

 

[PatriotOne]

I'm still on primal, none of the bad wheat stuff for me. Weight has stayed off even though I didn't have to lose that much. Breakfast could be more exciting since I can't eat eggs, but other than that, I can't complain. Tried cauliflower and I am not a fan, but hey, I'm glad I went out on a limb and tried it.

Have you tried brussel sprouts yet? My favorite! Trimmed, cut in half and steamed. Butter and salt and pepper. Yum. Or trimed, halved and sauted in butter, red pepper flakes, fresh garlic...even yummier .

 

[Acala]

I started primal just because it seemd like a healthier diet. I wasn't trying to lose weight. I thought I was more or less okay weight wise. Now I know I was carrying almost 40 pounds of excess fat around.

 

[PatriotOne]

Went Paleo January 10 and have lost 48 lbs and 4 inches. It is amazing and liberating.

Be prepared to spend a lot more time cooking and preparing food. At first glance that doesnt seem like a big deal but before you can make the BBQ sauce from scratch you first have to make the homemade ketchup from scratch or before you can make the ranch dressing from scratch you first have to make the homemade mayo. It is absolutely worth the extra time. Yes, fresh and organic local food costs more but you will soon find the portions necessary to satisfy your appetite will be smaller.

Your an animal Bruehound! 48 lbs . + rep.

I find myself in the kitchen alot less but that is because I spend one day a week doing my shopping and prepping. I buy the food and then clean the produce and trim and cut it and then store it all in gallon baggies so I just have to grab it and steam it or saute or whatever. I make a huge salad twice a week and put it in a big baggie so I just grab it and toss with dressing. I portion the meat out and season or marinate and put it in the freezer so I just take out whatever I want in the morn to thaw. Etc., etc., etc. I've got it down to a science practically so I don't have to spend much time making a mess except for 1 day .

 

[PatriotOne]

20 lbs gone, started doing yoga yesterday. Hard to do it effectively with a 1-year-old crawling all over me, but she thinks it's funny and I try to modify it to include her. The "rolling baby" pose may or may not have any health benefits.

20lbs? + rep! Remind me how long it took so I don't have to go searching your posts . How's your cravings? A daily battle or not even an afterthought?

 

[PatriotOne]

You guys have probably seen this, but if not, it's a fun read:

http://lewrockwell.com/stevo/stevo17.1.html



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I've noticed independently the Paleo/Libertarian connection. Not uncommon to find Peter Schiff/Paleo or Lew Rockwell/Paleo, or Ron Paul/Paleo, etc., in the same sentence when reading Marks Daily Apple comments .

Last Friday's success story on Mark's Daily Apple featured Victor and included this in his write up:

In December I discovered The Primal Blueprint, I heard Mark speak on an FM talk show (Peter Schiff show to be exact).

And then I read some of the comments to his success story:

Touching story. I’m a s Schiff Head too!

me too. SO weird..I just listened to Mark’s interview on the Schiff show that was guest hosted by Tom Woods

Me too …and I’m a big Mises fan !!! hearing about Sisson on Schiff’s show (with Tom Woods guest-hosting) is about all the nerd-excitement I can take…

Wow I too first heard Mark on the Peter Schiff show and have been a Primal/Paleo freak since then! Inspiring!

I thought that remarkable that so many commenters heard it on Schiff's show.

 

[Kluge]

20lbs? + rep! Remind me how long it took so I don't have to go searching your posts . How's your cravings? A daily battle or not even an afterthought?

Approximately 3-4 weeks. I have to approximate because I had a rough start while I was still figuring things out. Started doing it right 3 weeks ago.--but I am doing a hybrid with Atkins induction phase...which explains the faster than normal weight loss (for women at least.)

I've only had one dream where I was eating a giant sub. Other than that, no problem with cravings aside from little twinges here and there--and that's only because I can't cook properly in this kitchenette.

10 lbs until I hit my first goal, and slowly go off induction.

 

[PatriotOne]

Jun 1st - Friday's success story at Mark's Daily Apple. Not the usual weight loss story but a success story from an anorexic woman. Shocking pictures posted at link below.

I Cannot Imagine Living Any Other Way

Jun 1, 2012

Dear Mark,

I just wanted to thank you for your hard work and dedication to your blog.

I discovered Primal living during my recovery from anorexia. I didn’t give it a real shot until 5 months into recovery. I was just too afraid of all of that fat was going to make me fat!

During those 5 months, I gained up to an ideal weight for myself eating 3000-3500 calories a day. Oh, and lots and lots of carbs and lean protein – you know, that bodybuilding stuff. I still had no menstrual cycle and had a night eating problem. I was still depressed, anxious, and was still drooling over food I saw on the Food Network. I was getting really scared because I literally could not stop eating. I didn’t want to gain any more weight. I had decided I nothing to lose, so took a plunge into Primal living.

I obviously didn’t go cold turkey with the carbs. It took about a week to cut my carbs in half and eliminate most grains. (I swear carbs are like crack). I started eating lots of egg and cheese omelets, BEEF, whole avocados, some bacon. I was so excited eating cheeseburgers at my favorite burger place where they have grass-fed beef burgers…YUM. I knew if I didn’t eat enough fat and too much carbs at a meal, my cravings returned. I quickly learned this and became very consistent with my Primal choices.

About a month into the diet change, I noticed some changes. My anxiety after a meal decreased, and I was able to concentrate on school and my son more. I started to feel my sex drive returning, was less hungry, was able to go longer periods without eating.

Then about a week ago, BAM, my period finally returned! I was so, so relieved and felt like I was back to my old self, but a more improved version.

I know this is not a typical success story, but I feel that my mental success is equally as important as my physical success. I am finally looking forward to movies, meeting new people, completing my school work, and playing with my 17 month old. I now eat to live instead of living to eat/binge by myself.

Don’t get me wrong, I am very pleased with my appearance. And I am glad that I don’t have to spend mindless hours running on the treadmill – how depressing! I have fallen in love with resistance training and have gained lots of strength.

Although I am sure there is no proof, I believe that the lack of saturated fats and too many carbs completely messed up my mental health. (It wasn’t until I turned vegan that my anorexia really peaked). I see so many people devote years to their eating disorder and sometimes even never recover. I feel very fortunate that I got out of that hell in a relatively short amount of time and am healthy again.

I found what lifestyle works for me and simply cannot imagine living any other way. I am so grateful that I discovered Primal living and happy that I am living life again!

Thanks, Mark!


Read more: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/i-cannot-imagine-living-any-other-way/#ixzz1wZDVOwV5

 

[PatriotOne]

Approximately 3-4 weeks. I have to approximate because I had a rough start while I was still figuring things out. Started doing it right 3 weeks ago.--but I am doing a hybrid with Atkins induction phase...which explains the faster than normal weight loss (for women at least.)

I've only had one dream where I was eating a giant sub. Other than that, no problem with cravings aside from little twinges here and there--and that's only because I can't cook properly in this kitchenette.

10 lbs until I hit my first goal, and slowly go off induction.

20 lbs in 3 weeks...**respect Kluge...respect**

There is a bit of a learning curve isn't there? I remember my false starts also the first time I did it. It's just so diametrically opposed to what we have been brainwashed with! Hahahaha....giant subs. Wierd because a footlong sub was my only "near miss" for the 6 weeks or so of my diet. The damn "Subway" shop in a local grocery store was baking it's bread as I walked by it. The smell was quite tempting but I just kept walking to the meat section. "Winning"!

 

[Kluge]

20 lbs in 3 weeks...**respect Kluge...respect**

There is a bit of a learning curve isn't there? I remember my false starts also the first time I did it. It's just so diametrically opposed to what we have been brainwashed with! Hahahaha....giant subs. Wierd because a footlong sub was my only "near miss" for the 6 weeks or so of my diet. The damn "Subway" shop in a local grocery store was baking it's bread as I walked by it. The smell was quite tempting but I just kept walking to the meat section. "Winning"!

Yeah. The learning curve for me was the omega-6: omega-3 ratio. I had walnuts, thinking they were among the healthiest foods out there, screwed up the whole ratio. Then I had a few slips where I gorged on some fruit during the carb withdrawal phase. Only grapefruit and raspberries, so not terrible, but I needed to keep things very strict up front...just had some major "wooziness." Since then not much of a problem...but then again, I haven't walked by a place serving world-class Margherita pizza either.

 

[jj-]

Burn fat for energy. It is healthier.

Controversial, some believe burning sugar is less stressful and better to the body. But don't have the links now. I'm in the camp that says eliminating grains is what is important, not carbs.

 

[ZenBowman]

You guys have probably seen this, but if not, it's a fun read:

http://lewrockwell.com/stevo/stevo17.1.html

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Nice.

Agree with everyone on here, once you go Paleo, life gets better, not just physically.

I used it in lieu of surgery for my sinusitis. So far, so good.

I think there's definitely a paleo-libertarian connection, especially amongst the younger libertarians who tend to favor the theory of evolution.

Maybe this is next:

 

[jj-]

So I'm not going paleo; but i did cut out ALL grains from my diet --excluding beer -- about 2.5 weeks ago. (kinda a big deal when you have to share all your meals with an italian woman).

I've lost 11 pounds so far with absolutely no other changes in behavior/diet and I feel just fine.

Sounds good. What's your main source of carbs? Fruit and potatoes?

 

[Acala]

Controversial, some believe burning sugar is less stressful an better to the body. But don't have the links now. I'm in the camp that says eliminating grains is what is important, not carbs.

Eliminating grain will eliminate the bulk of carbs from most American's diet. The majority of what is left would be added sugar, which almost everyone agrees is not healthy. Remove that and you are pretty close to primal if you partake in moderation of the remaining carb sources: some starchy vegetables and some fruit.

On the issue of carbs versus fat as fuel, read for yourself:

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/a-me...at-carbs-human-body-metabolism/#axzz1wZbxyhic

And if you want to see the hard science relating carb consumption to mental illness, check this out (I really like this woman because she tries to maintain a scientist's objectivity):

http://evolutionarypsychiatry.blogspot.com/2010/07/autoimmune-disease.html

My own experience is that using fat as fuel provides even energy levels and no hunger, even when I fast.

edit: by the way, I don't consider my diet to be "low carb". I consider it to be normal carb but low inflammation. I don't even think about counting carbs. I eat lots of carrots and onions, occasionally some tubers, some fruit at every meal, even some white rice now and then when I go out for sushi. It is probably a good and natural thing to OCCASIONALLY eat enough carbs at one sitting to cause an insulin spike just to keep your insulin mechanisms working optimally. Paleo man almost certainly found a patch of tubers, a bush covered with ripe berries, or a bee hive now and again and probably gorged on it when he could. But his daily fuel was fat, as is mine.

 

[jj-]

I'm still on primal, none of the bad wheat stuff for me. Weight has stayed off even though I didn't have to lose that much. Breakfast could be more exciting since I can't eat eggs, but other than that, I can't complain. Tried cauliflower and I am not a fan, but hey, I'm glad I went out on a limb and tried it.

Are you sensitive to both the white and the yolk?

 

[heavenlyboy34]

Controversial, some believe burning sugar is less stressful and better to the body. But don't have the links now. I'm in the camp that says eliminating grains is what is important, not carbs.

Eliminating grains is incredibly important, but carbs in general can be useful. Fruits and veggies have carbs in them-just not the simple variety. The previous poster is right that fat is a more efficient fuel than carbs. That's one reason why whale oil used to be used for lamps.

 

[jj-]

Eliminating grain will eliminate the bulk of carbs from most American's diet. The majority of what is left would be added sugar, which almost everyone agrees is not healthy. Remove that and you are pretty close to primal if you partake in moderation of the remaining carb sources: some starchy vegetables and some fruit.

If you don't want to go primal, you can still have huge amounts of carbs through fruits and potatoes.

My own experience is that using fat as fuel provides even energy levels and no hunger, even when I fast.

Does your personal experience include a period where you ate 50%+ carbs but only from fruits and maybe potatoes?

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I don't comment on the links because I read them all and there are also links that argue that burning carbs/sugar is better. I don't worry too much about the links because in the end it's about seeing what works for one's body, and maybe not everyone's ideal diet is the same.

 

[specsaregood]

Sounds good. What's your main source of carbs? Fruit and potatoes?

some beans, some potatoes, shitload of veggies, milk and sugar in my coffee. i don't like fruit.