Paleo diet success or not?

So me and my boyfriend started this diet with our coworkers. For the whole month of February we had a wonderful time seeing how much we could lose just focusing on eating healthy and kicking out all the starch in our food. (No dairy, potatoes, rice and no butter mainly) well we weighed ourselves on February 1. I don't know if my boyfriend wants his weight disclosed to the public. But my weight was 195. I officially take my weight march 1. But I wanted to know lol. So I weighed in at 183 :). I'm excited to find that I feel great and that I do feel like I lost weight. But even better that I actually did lose weight XD.


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My father went on the Primal Diet witch is very close to the Paleo and has lost 85 lbs and, more importantly, has kept it off. My mom hasn't had that much luck but that probably has something to do with always being the one to fix all the meals. Easy to diet when someone does all the work for you!

One of my friends went on it and swears by it. She went on a strict exercise routine and in just over a year is down by 80.

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My husband and I did a paleo-style diet for 2 months. It was paleo+dairy. No grains, lots of meat and fresh veggies and cooked with lard, coconut oil (no veg oil) etc. We found a nice local source for raw milk and butter, and we absolutely loved it. We lost weight, felt better, and never had that "crash" feeling after eating. We want to go back on it, pretty much as soon as we can afford it. We did the whole grass-fed beef thing etc, so it got expensive quick.

Once we both get back on the horse employment wise, we'll definitely be going back to it. I miss feeling great every day!

I went on the paleo diet strictly last year because I wanted to be able to do a human flag. I went from 230 to 155 in 7 months I'm 5' 11 so 155 was a bit underweight now I'm at a healthy 170 able to hold a flag for 7 seconds, i could not belive how well it worked. I still try and go by it but I'm not as strict. Stick it out and you'll have great results I recommend it to anyone trying to lose weight.

Not a fan of paleo, yes it's the cult diet of the crossfitters. It's fine if you want to eat like a caveman for personal reasons, but if your simply doing it to lose weight it's just not fun. It's drastically limits what you can eat, when losing weight is simple as nailing down your calories/macro's. that can be done still eating normal food.

It works!

Here's a diet:

Eat and live a lifestyle of a healthy person and sit back and watch your body transform.

Source: 210 to 170 in the last 6 months and more importantly - it's sustainable and comfortable.


The second you label your eating choices, times, and quantities a 'diet' you guarantee yourself that you'll be OFF it at some point. That's a poor attitude to go into a lifestyle change with.

I made the lifestyle change last year. Lost just over fifty pounds so far and am loving life again. I get out of bed feeling great.

I'm starting primal this weekend!
Congrats on the weightloss

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Originally Posted by RoseyReps

My husband and I did a paleo-style diet for 2 months. It was paleo+dairy. No grains, lots of meat and fresh veggies and cooked with lard, coconut oil (no veg oil) etc. We found a nice local source for raw milk and butter, and we absolutely loved it. We lost weight, felt better, and never had that "crash" feeling after eating. We want to go back on it, pretty much as soon as we can afford it. We did the whole grass-fed beef thing etc, so it got expensive quick.

Once we both get back on the horse employment wise, we'll definitely be going back to it. I miss feeling great every day!

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This is what me and my boyfriend plan to do when we get to our weight we want.

i feeling great after starting this diet. I have more energy. Most importantly I have been happy and full of life XD


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Any "diet" will work in terms of losing weight. It's as simple as putting your self into a caloric deficit.
People get rich off of selling a bogus swing on it. Don't eat past 6, don't eat carbs, don't do this don't eat that. All complete bull poop ;)
You can lose weight eating pizza and ice cream every single day if you truly wanted to. I don't recommend it but you could.
Eat in moderation and exercise, and make sure you don't go over your Maintenance caloric intake and you will lose weight. You don't need to buy into a diet with a cool name, they are all fads.

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Any "diet" will work in terms of losing weight. It's as simple as putting your self into a caloric deficit.
People get rich off of selling a bogus swing on it. Don't eat past 6, don't eat carbs, don't do this don't eat that. All complete bull poop ;)
You can lose weight eating pizza and ice cream every single day if you truly wanted to. I don't recommend it but you could.
Eat in moderation and exercise, and make sure you don't go over your Maintenance caloric intake and you will lose weight. You don't need to buy into a diet with a cool name, they are all fads.

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Pizza and ice cream? Well I don't know about that lol. But the calorie counting never worked for me. And I was very unhappy most of the time. I wasn't allowed to go over 1200 in a day if I wanted to lose weight. Some meals are that by itself. Plus in a month maybe I lost 1 pound and that's about all.

In 2010 I did this diet not knowing it was paleo. But all I ate was meat, fruits and veges (no potatoes) and I went from 240 to 175 in 7 months. I lost track of it when I started to date lol. But I gained back 20 pounds in two or three years. So I don't think I was that bad.

When my coworkers (also my friends) were talking about competition on who can lose the most weight in a month with this paleo diet I thought it'd be fun. So I started to do the paleo and I was surprised how close it was to my diet I did back in 2010, which was my doctors instruction to what I should focus on when eating. So I don't think it's bad. I didn't pay anything to learn about this diet. So it didn't cost me anything. All I have to do is go to a grocery store and by my groceries. Cook for myself and eat what I can eat. I actually lost weight and I saved money. For me it's definitely a lifestyle that I can handle. Especially if I'm motivated to keep it up. And a good motivation is losing weight when you are actually trying to.


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I don't follow the paleo diet or any other diet by name, but since the time I got pregnant (over a year ago now), I started working harder on improving my diet. I knew I had to be healthy to support the baby I was growing, and I had to be a healthy example if I wanted her to grow up knowing how to make proper diet choices. I do not drink milk, never really did like it, still don't, but I do eat dairy. I am not a vegetarian, but I limit the amount of meat I eat. I do eat grains, but I am also trying to increase the amount of whole vegetables I eat. Fruit in moderation. Water more than any other beverage. The biggest part of my "diet" is cutting out the processed foods as much as possible (and as much as I'm willing... sorry I can't give up my once-in-awhile treat of ice cream! lol), cooking from scratch as much as possible, and eating whole foods as much as possible. Now I am by no means perfect, I still slip now and again, but for me it isn't about perfection, it is about improvement and willingly making healthy choices. On Ash Wednesday I gave up fast food cold turkey, and have only had one fast food meal since then (a breakfast meal...).

So having said that... I started out before pregnancy on the higher end of the "healthy" range for my height and age. During pregnancy I gained about 24 pounds. Within a month after the birth of my child, without trying anything special, without exercise (because most of that time was spent just trying to recover from the c-section I ultimately needed....), I was down 40 pounds from my pregnancy weight. That's 15 pounds LESS than my pre-pregnancy weight. Since then I've fluctuated a little, but on average I'm still holding at 10 pounds lighter than my pre-pregnancy weight. I have not been following any kind of exercise regime either, just focusing on making healthy eating choices a habit that doesn't require careful thinking and planning. Soon I'll be starting the busy field season and work, which means hiking up to 6 or 7 hours a day in varied terrain and summer heat! That's probably going to help me lose more weight.

In the end, I feel comfortable with my body and comfortable with my choices. When I came back to work from maternity leave, my coworkers all commented on how good I look despite having just had a baby! lol

I follow a more small town/farmer diet lots of meat, eggs, some veggies and potatoes and berries in summer time and a crap ton of physical work and you never get fat lol I live in a bigger city now and when I cook my friends can't understand how I'm not huge lol

I'm a vegetarian so the "paleo" diet wouldn't work for me, but you don't need to follow a strict diet such as the paleo in order to get healthy, fit, and lose weight in the mean time.

If you want to do it and it works for you, great! I just think people are getting too caught up in these new, strict diets, and they won't be able to sustain them. Don't get caught in the "all-or-nothing" mentality. Do a lot of research, and start slow in order to increase your chances of sustaining a diet such as this!

I don't really exercise, I just don't eat as much. I guess what I do is not go over a calorie limit, but I generally eat whatever I want. I'm 5'9" at 150. I do want to work on my arms though, but that's working out lol.

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Originally Posted by CatandDiallo

I'm a vegetarian so the "paleo" diet wouldn't work for me, but you don't need to follow a strict diet such as the paleo in order to get healthy, fit, and lose weight in the mean time.

If you want to do it and it works for you, great! I just think people are getting too caught up in these new, strict diets, and they won't be able to sustain them. Don't get caught in the "all-or-nothing" mentality. Do a lot of research, and start slow in order to increase your chances of sustaining a diet such as this!

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Since your a vegetarian, do you have insight of how to cook some yummy veggie sides? I've been looking for some interesting new veggies to cook. Like artichoke and green beans. I'm not very good at it. But maybe you have some good ideas? :)

Me and my boyfriend do our "cheats" once and a while. So we aren't very strict strict. I have to have a sweet once and a while. And I need coffee with cream and sugar. So it's not hard core. But for the most part we have been doing pretty good. And losing while still having our cheat days XD. You're the second person I've met that's a vegetarian so nice to me you!


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Originally Posted by Solarsoldier001

Since your a vegetarian, do you have insight of how to cook some yummy veggie sides? I've been looking for some interesting new veggies to cook. Like artichoke and green beans. I'm not very good at it. But maybe you have some good ideas? :)

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I know you weren't talking to me, but I wanted to share my favorite way to do veggies. Anything roasted is fantastic. Oven at 400 degrees, toss veggies with olive oil and salt/pepper and roast them until they're done to your liking. My favorites are broccoli, green beans and baby carrots done that way. Mmm!

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Originally Posted by Shadera

I know you weren't talking to me, but I wanted to share my favorite way to do veggies. Anything roasted is fantastic. Oven at 400 degrees, toss veggies with olive oil and salt/pepper and roast them until they're done to your liking. My favorites are broccoli, green beans and baby carrots done that way. Mmm!

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I'll give that a try :). Thank you


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Originally Posted by Solarsoldier001

Since your a vegetarian, do you have insight of how to cook some yummy veggie sides? I've been looking for some interesting new veggies to cook. Like artichoke and green beans. I'm not very good at it. But maybe you have some good ideas? :)

Me and my boyfriend do our "cheats" once and a while. So we aren't very strict strict. I have to have a sweet once and a while. And I need coffee with cream and sugar. So it's not hard core. But for the most part we have been doing pretty good. And losing while still having our cheat days XD. You're the second person I've met that's a vegetarian so nice to me you!


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Squash is such an underrated food! You can just cut up any squash in cubes and bake it with some oil and pepper until it's soft! Butternut squash is my favourite. I'm having butternut squash & red pepper soup for dinner tonight!

One of my favourites is red, orange and yellow peppers, zuccini and garlic, roasted in the oven until the peppers are soft. I usually put spices like Italian or parsley, and I like to use onion powder as well! I bake them at 350 - 375 F, depends on the day :P.

Instead of mashed potatoes, I love making cauliflower mash. I just steam some cauliflower, mash it just like you would potatoes. I always add parsley (DRY OR FRESH), and always add some raw garlic, chopped. MMm!

I don't eat this - but a favourite is always stuffed peppers. Get some of the long, sweet peppers, or even just regular sweet peppers (red, yellow or orange). Cut them in half (the long ones) or the top off (in regular peppers) and obviously take the seeds out. Stuff them with garlic, mushrooms, olives, and any other veg you may like, and put some spices like paprika. You need some cheese like mozarella.
Put all of the stuffing into a bowl and mix it with some oil - then spoon the mixture into the peppers. Cook at 350F near the top of an oven for 30 min.

Do you like beets? They're a very nutritious and delicious side. I cook them myself and don't add anything. You can get pickled ones in jars though.

My favourite salad is mixed greens, with avacado, dried cranberries, raw sunflower seeds, sliced almonds and cubed apples with raspberry vinaigrette. Mmmm.

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Originally Posted by CatandDiallo

Squash is such an underrated food! You can just cut up any squash in cubes and bake it with some oil and pepper until it's soft! Butternut squash is my favourite. I'm having butternut squash & red pepper soup for dinner tonight!

One of my favourites is red, orange and yellow peppers, zuccini and garlic, roasted in the oven until the peppers are soft. I usually put spices like Italian or parsley, and I like to use onion powder as well! I bake them at 350 - 375 F, depends on the day :P.

Instead of mashed potatoes, I love making cauliflower mash. I just steam some cauliflower, mash it just like you would potatoes. I always add parsley (DRY OR FRESH), and always add some raw garlic, chopped. MMm!

I don't eat this - but a favourite is always stuffed peppers. Get some of the long, sweet peppers, or even just regular sweet peppers (red, yellow or orange). Cut them in half (the long ones) or the top off (in regular peppers) and obviously take the seeds out. Stuff them with garlic, mushrooms, olives, and any other veg you may like, and put some spices like paprika. You need some cheese like mozarella.
Put all of the stuffing into a bowl and mix it with some oil - then spoon the mixture into the peppers. Cook at 350F near the top of an oven for 30 min.

Do you like beets? They're a very nutritious and delicious side. I cook them myself and don't add anything. You can get pickled ones in jars though.

My favourite salad is mixed greens, with avacado, dried cranberries, raw sunflower seeds, sliced almonds and cubed apples with raspberry vinaigrette. Mmmm.

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Thank you. Those sound amazing! I can't wait to try them


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Originally Posted by Shadera

I know you weren't talking to me, but I wanted to share my favorite way to do veggies. Anything roasted is fantastic. Oven at 400 degrees, toss veggies with olive oil and salt/pepper and roast them until they're done to your liking. My favorites are broccoli, green beans and baby carrots done that way. Mmm!

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I second roasted! BBQ is a good way of doing it too.

I found this great cookbook that might actually help you guys sort out this whole mess. It gave me a whole new perspective on how effective and easy the diet really is.

http://cooklikeacaveman.com/


You guys should try the Mulberry Granola. It's my favorite! :)

my wife and I have changed eating habits( more helpful to me so far lol)
we cut out almost all soda, fast food and such items eating more fish and chicken and turkey ( I luv turkey). I lost some weight since we lived together but I also lost a lot of muscle mass we seen over the last year. mainly cause I not as active here as I would be when I lived at my mothers. ( I pick up little odd jobs almost every day and so I kept active more. . Living in upper Delaware I don't know he area as well or a 1/8th of the people that I did before. I have model legs ( just hairy and bony lol) and I still got my gut, and my arms are about half their thickness that use to be. ( my wife possible happy about that I won't crush her ribs when I hug her lol..

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my wife and I have changed eating habits( more helpful to me so far lol)
we cut out almost all soda, fast food and such items eating more fish and chicken and turkey ( I luv turkey). I lost some weight since we lived together but I also lost a lot of muscle mass we seen over the last year. mainly cause I not as active here as I would be when I lived at my mothers. ( I pick up little odd jobs almost every day and so I kept active more. . Living in upper Delaware I don't know he area as well or a 1/8th of the people that I did before. I have model legs ( just hairy and bony lol) and I still got my gut, and my arms are about half their thickness that use to be. ( my wife possible happy about that I won't crush her ribs when I hug her lol..

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Well that can be easy to take care of with regular exercise !

While diet is the most important part of being healthy and fit, you can't skip out on the exercise. With the changed/healthier diet, you'll lose weight, but you'll never tone up unless you exercise!

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Originally Posted by CatandDiallo

Well that can be easy to take care of with regular exercise !

While diet is the most important part of being healthy and fit, you can't skip out on the exercise. With the changed/healthier diet, you'll lose weight, but you'll never tone up unless you exercise!

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I second that!


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