Good post Mike.
Jaime


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From: "Mike Weis" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 8:11 AM
Subject: Re: Having Cravings


> Hi Lynn,
>
> As others have said in response to your post, I would starve on what
> you've been eating, And I eat FAR less now than I ever used to.
>
> The recommendations seem right on with regard to the protein and fat
> content. As far as the 58% fat figure that website is coming up with,
> I suppose it's possible, but it doesn't seem likely based on what you
> say you ate.
>
> Still, the paleo way can be VERY daunting at first, especially if you
> are doing it whole 'hog', as you are doing. When I first started
> eating Paleo, I would get so hungry that it was not uncommon for me to
> sit down and eat an entire chicken at one sitting. Now half seems too
> much.
>
> What I would tell you is that you probably need a lot more fat in your
> diet. My favorite sources of fat are avocados (I eat at least one a
> day), eggs and mayonnaise. I also have started adding chicken fat to
> soups and using it to cook instead of butter.
>
> Frankly, I would stay away from the butter entirely, at least until
> you are "weaned" off it.
>
> Also, I may be mistaken, but I thought pistachios weren't paleo. If
> you want some good healthy nuts, eat almonds, or better yet,
> macadamias.
>
> And STOP counting calories. You'll drive yourself crazy. You think our
> ancestors a million years ago counted their calories?!
>
> You need to eat foods that will give you a sense of satiety. Only
> foods that are high in fat did that for me at first. It was a bigger
> mental adjustment than it was physical, but you've got to get your
> body out of the habit of burning carbs for energy and into the mode of
> burning fat for energy.
>
> Carbs are unnecessary. You are still eating a lot of them, especially
> in the form of sugar.
>
> My breakfasts, when I eat them now, consist of the same kinds of foods
> that I eat for lunch or dinner. In fact, what I eat for any meal is
> now indistinguishable from that of any other meal. The whole idea of
> having something sweet in the morning is a fiction that was foisted
> upon humanity by the cereal companies. Until processed breakfast
> foods, people pretty much just ate leftovers for breakfast. Why?
> Because they were still good and probably wouldn't keep much longer if
> they didn't get rid of them.
>
> Eating paleo is a bigger mental adjustment than physical. I seem to
> remember that you want to lose some weight, but keep in mind that you
> will do yourself and the paleo way a disservice if you just look at it
> that way, because then it takes on the character of any other diet:
> you'll try it for awhile, and once you get or don't get the results
> you're looking for, you'll be back to your old ways or onto the next
> thing.
>
> Start thinking about this for the long haul. Stop counting calories.
> Eat the right foods...as much as you want. Whenever you're hungry.
> Stop starving yourself. Eat more fat and protein. As long as it's
> coming from the right sources, your hunger pangs will cease AND you
> will lose weight AND, over time, your appetite will dramatically
> decrease. Even when you do get hungry, you WILL not feel the ravenous
> pangs that you now feel.
>
> At least this is my experience, FWIW. Hope it helps.
>
> Mike W.
>
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