Lynnet,

Do you make your own pecan meal by pulverizing the nuts or is it
something that you  buy?

Ada
Lynnet Bannion wrote:

> Lady Ariel wrote:
>
> > How long
> > did it take all of you to get used to paleolithic living?
>
> I got NeanderThin and read it twice (fast read).  Then it took me
> about
> three weeks to get my mind wrapped around it.  During this time I was
> gradually easing off on the non-paleo such as potatoes and grains.  At
> the
> new moon in January (it's  upposed to be easier to start a program at
> the
> new moon), I went totally Paleo.
>
> To get off a significant chocolate addiction, I fixed up what I call
> Carob
> Goodie:
> 1 cup toasted unsweetened carob, 1.5 cups pecan meal, 1/2 cup or less
> coconut oil.  Mix well together.  It's a little soft for fudge, but
> has a
> similar bittersweetrich experience as chocolate.  I went through
> several
> batches in the first few weeks, but now I don't feel the need.
>
> I noticed at once that I felt a lot better after a meal than I had
> before
> going Paleo (no heavy, blodgy feeling).  I also had a lot more energy,
> and
> less brain fog.    I had not been a heavy grain eater before, since I
> have
> been celiac (gluten intolerant) for about six years.  And I never
> drank
> soda, since I've been hypoglycemic for 30 years.  But this feels
> really
> different.
>
> I'm fortunate enough to have a source of wonderful organic meat.  I
> also try
> to use organic fruits and veggies as much as possible.  You need to be
>
> willing to do a certain amount of food preparation: for example your
> own
> salad dressings.  Breakfast is the hardest meal for me to figure out;
> lunches and suppers make sense.
>
> I've been through about every kind of eating in the search for health:
> fad
> diets of all kinds, vegetarian, macrobiotic (couldn't manage it for
> more
> than a few weeks),
> The Zone (2 months), low-fat vegetarian (worst for me: celiac started
> then).
>
> I am cautiously optimistic that this will be right for me.  It takes a
>
> little courage to go against the shouts of the food establishment and
> chop
> the bottom story off the
> Food Pyramid.  But it makes sense, and it feels good.  So Do It!
>
> Good luck
>  Lynnet