Originally Posted by broadchest
i am so feeling jealous with all 6' 1" visiting who already lost a a lot :biggrin:
anyway i was not aware of paleo diet. Google it to have an idea. Looks little like a normal Indian diet.may be i need to look into it more closely.
BTW great achievement loosing close to 40. I have incidentally lost close to 40 before, however got it all back in a years time.
lastly thanks for dropping by.
Hey, thanks for the kudos for losing 40! I'm down another pound today - 205. A friend of mine introduced me to the Paleo diet back on May 15th, I read up on it and started on the 16th. Within the first 3 weeks I lost over 20 pounds. Since then I've been gradually losing weight. I would plateau for a few weeks at a certain weight, then lose about 5 more, then plateau again for a few weeks, lose again... Fortunately, I haven't gained any, just lost. As for the diet, I'm basically staying away from anything processed; sugars, starches, pasta, bread, anything that is carbohydrate intensive. I try to stay around 100 g. of carbs a day. I eat lots of chicken and vegetables, not so much fruit (carbs). The actual diet says to stay away from dairy products if possible, but I eat cottage cheese with berries for lunch - filling, tasty, and not too many carbs. For breakfast it's usually a 3 egg omelette with turkey ham, spinach and lots of salsa. For dinner usually a protein and some veggies. I snack on mixed nuts during the day, however it's best not to get the kind with peanuts or cashews because according to the diet these nuts cannot be eaten in their raw state, they've got to be roasted. I'm not sure of the reasoning, but I try to follow it anyway.
The first week was difficult since my body was unaccustomed to eating this way. I felt light headed and sometimes nauseous, but it went away after a few days. Since then I've found that my appetite is not nearly as voracious as before. I feel filled up after having eaten only a portion of what I was accustomed to eating. I don't feel hungry all the time and it's possible to go long periods without eating. The diet actually recommends periodic fasting, but I'm not that extreme. I pretty much eat whatever, whenever I want as long as I keep my carbs around 100 g. per day. My wife and I recently started having cheat days on Sunday, but surprisingly enough, I really have no desire to eat anything beyond my current food choices. However, the other day was my son's birthday and I actually had a piece of German Chocolate cake without feeling guilty, and I still lost a pound =)
I have to admit that I do walk alot. I work as a postman and recently acquired a route that requires me to walk 6+ hours a day, but most of my weight loss was before this change. I was a bit surprised that I haven't been losing more weight since this change about a month ago, but it seems that my body has adapted to the walking and I'm not losing a very rapid rate. My walking pace is slow to moderate since I'm sorting mail as I walk, so there is no intense cardio involved.
As for weaknesses, I love my diet soft drinks and at night my wife and I will have a few dark chocolate covered almonds. Other than that I pretty much stay on the straight and narrow, which if you knew me 40 lbs. ago, is quite an achievement.
I hope that this has given you some good info, and I wish you well on your journey. Let me know if I can be of any help.. Gene
