On Jan 16, 2006, at 5:54 am, Brenda Young wrote:

> Little do they know how easy it actually IS, if they'd just TRY  
> IT.  I mean, losing 20 pounds in two weeks is pretty much a "quick  
> fix", if
>  you ask ME, which was not my goal at the time, just a perk.

Brenda

This is probably the biggest irony of paleo.  It's the most  
restrictive long-term diet I know, yet the easiest to stick to.   
After a few weeks/months/years your body forgets the garbage you used  
to put inside it.  People I talk to can't understand that the feeling  
that life is not living without cake and chocolate disappears in no  
time.  I know one person who is convinced I must be constantly  
miserable and hate food, and says he's happy not worring about what  
he eats.  But it makes me laugh, because I don't worry one bit about  
what I eat (well, I'm concerned how we produce food but not about the  
foods themselves).

I know someone who started paleo just to try it out, just because it  
made sense.  Just like you, he found fat just falling off him with no  
effort whatsoever.  And he's also said there are a lot of things he  
really isn't bothered about not eating.  I really can't imagine how  
you could make this diet better, but a lot of people can't imagine  
how a diet could be more any depressing.  It's amazing what food  
addiction does to you!

Ashley