Primal Blueprint

Cmike2780

Eat less calories than you burn=weight loss. Simple as that. What you eat determines how healthy you are. These types of diets are great, but you need to keep it healthy and balanced....above all, exercise as much as you can or you'll gain that weight back pretty fast.

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shadoquad

I agree that exercise is more important than diet, but both are important. I know because I do neither, and I'm over three bills at this point.

But, I wanted to say that if you do a diet and exercise path, you shouldn't tie your results strictly to weight. Adding exercise may increase your muscle mass, and muscle outweighs fat. Plus, as you become more fit, it will take more effort to shed pounds. So what tends to happen is that people plateau with the weight. They reach a point and stop losing, and they get frustrated. But this plateau involves gaining muscle if you're still really pushing yourself with the cardio.

I say all this because I just finished a major effort to setup a workout room in my house. I now have my cardio equipment facing a huge television right outside my bedroom. I have to walk past it now every day. Nightly exercise is about to happen.

Z34Driver

Yes, both exercise and diet are important. Trust me, I'm no fad diet-er. This is the only time in my life that I have made major restrictions to my diet. If you guys want to read more you can go to Mark's Daily Apple . com. I didn't want to post a link because I'm not sure about the rules.

However, since this is the first time I have restricted my diet, I wanted to see the results of that alone. I honestly didn't think I would make it to day 30, which was the original goal, but now that I have, I am really motivated to see the benefits of exercising along with this new diet / lifestyle. At this point, I have had one session of sprinting and throwing a frisbee in a field with a friend. That is all the exercise I have done. However, this diet / lifestyle considers things like doing 30 minutes of housework enough exercise for the day, so there have been at least 2 car washes that I have considered work outs as well. I work from home, so I walk from my office/room to the kitchen to get coffee and cook my eggs/bacon in the morning, and I take the dog out periodically throughout the day. When go to the grocery store, I park as far away from the door as possible, mainly because I don't want the Z to get scratched or ding'ed, but this is also considered exercise for the plan.

The main reason I did not purchase a scale on my own during this initial process was because I did not want to become discouraged or dependent upon the numbers for results. I took a picture every day for the first 7 days, and after just 3 days I could see results. After just 2 weeks my clothes were bigger, and my azz actually fit in the Z's stock base seat comfortably. I then started pictures on every Friday or Saturday, and the results are clear. About day 25, I could fit back into my size 36W shorts from American Eagle. I could not find a single pair of shorts that fit me in the entire mall the last time I searched, at least any that I liked the style of. The last pair of jeans I bought, were from Levi, and they were a size 44W, back in January of this year...

Z34Driver

Also, the way this diet works is more about changing your metabolism. As I understand it, when you eat Primal, your body converts to running off of animal fat for energy, (after the first 3 days, I was very tired, but this quickly went away) instead of the high amounts of carbs that it once used. This includes the animal fat you eat, along with the fat on your body when you need energy. I have not counted a single calorie or been concerned with fat grams, only watched to keep carb intake between for the day in the 50-75 gram range, which is supposed to be the sweet spot for losing an average of 1-2lbs a week, effortlessly, and kept a close eye on sugar as well...

shadoquad

Yes, this is the exact philosophy behind the Atkins Diet and a few others. Getting your body into that mode drops pounds quickly.

I don't know if it's healthy or sustainable in the long term. It worked for me once, but it didn't last. Same with carb counting, tbh.

Z34Driver

From what I have experienced, this could easily be maintained long term. I have heard of other diets like Atkins, but Primal seems to be more of a total package. However, I haven't had any intense workouts yet...Really I guess it just depends on what you want out of it. My goal here was to try something that I thought I could not do for 30 days, and the results have been great, and I feel great compared to how I did before. Once you reach your target weight, you can maintain it by living in the 150-200g of carbs per day range....

Other workings of my lifestyle give me a voracious appetite appetite when I get off of work, without fail...which is another reason I thought this change would not work for me...I was def. too lazy to prepare anything.

However, if I can get by on 2 eggs, 3 pieces of bacon, a salad with some chicken, and two pieces of Cauliflower pizza, after work for a whole day, and be fully satisfied all day, even after work, I think there is something to be said about that. Mainly because my caloric intake was probably somewhere around 5-5500 calories per day range before this change.

SurfDog

Many are begining to believe the calorie in calorie out model is oversimplified. a guy named Rob Wolf has a web site and wrote a book called "paleo solution" or something. After reading it I had a waaaaay different outlook on diet.

Exercise works perhaps in some amount due to how it flattens your blood sugar.

Anyhow whatever makes you feel best and makes you healthier is great. good luck.

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