As a newbie, I really like Thomas' responses. Flexibility is good. I went on
a modified (= low will power) paleo and gradually enlarged it to encompass
most of what I eat, but still by no means pure. I did lose weight, partly
because it decreases cravings (peanut butter, pasta, bread). I went on it to
lower my blood pressure and it works well for me.
[log in to unmask]   Pat Barrett
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From: "Thomas Bridgeland" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 11:37 PM
Subject: Re: Newbie questions


> On Sunday, March 27, 2005, at 02:13  PM, Tom and Anne Donlon wrote:
>> First and most important, any suggestions on transitioning my son?  He
>> only
>> eats soy patties, yogurt, crackers, bread w/peanut butter (well, almond
>> butter now), and other non-paleo foods. He won't touch meat or
>> veggies, and
>> sometimes I have to try hard to get fruit in him.
>
> If he is hungry for a while he will eat! Try different ways of cooking.
> Most kids crave greasy, fatty meat, so try that. I am lucky, my kids
> eat veggies etc without any fuss, but we started them on home made baby
> foods right off the bat, pureed meats, veggies, fruits. We made batches
> and then froze them in ice cube trays. So making a baby meal was just
> thawing out a few cubes of different stuff and warming it up. Worked
> pretty well. We rarely used commercial baby foods except when out of
> the house.
>>
>> --Did you gradually change your eating habits, or abruptly change
>> everything
>> at once?
>
> I went Atkins first then gradually moved to paleo. I make a lot of
> exceptions even now though. I eat a fair amount of cheese, yougurt etc.
>
>> --Do the cravings go away, and when?
>
> Eat sweets and they all come back! Keep low carb high fat and it isn't
> so hard.
>
>> --Anyone lose a significant amount of weight? How long did it take?
>> Did you
>> have to do anything besides eating paleo (count calories, limit certain
>> foods, etc.)?
>
> I only lose weight when on paleo and exercise. Paleo alone doesn't do
> it for me.
>>
>
>> --Also, where do you get your food? I don't want to eat grain-fed
>> meat. But
>> I also wanna be able to keep putting money in my son's college fund!
>> Did
>> your food bill go up when you started buying nuts and meats and lots
>> of nut
>> butters and flours and organic produce? I'm assuming that it'll even
>> out
>> since I won't be buying all the other stuff - ?
>
> It isn't so expensive once you get into it. You find which cheap meats
> you like. These days I eat a lot of pork heart because it is easily the
> cheapest meat I can find, and it tastes good. I asked at a small
> butcher and they are happy to get rid of it. I can't get grass-fed meat
> here, and don't worry about it.
>
>> --Is flax paleo?
>
> Much debated.
>>
>> --Do you take supplements?
>
> Nope. Used to, but they seem to disagree with me.
>