On 23 Aug 2008, at 09:22, Charlotte Williams wrote:

> Adrienne, Jim and Paula, Thanks for the advice! I'll give a stricter  
> 2-4
> weeks a try. Hopefully I'll be able to break past the 2-3 day  
> cravings and
> have those go away. We'll see what happens.
> Charlotte

Hi Charlotte

Looks like all the replies to this got in before I even had chance to  
read the question :)  I will just back up what everyone else has said,  
namely that 3 days is peak withdrawal time, and that you should go a  
minimum of 2 weeks strict paleo, preferably a month, in order to  
determine your intolerances.

Also, I can't recommend Mackarness's Not All in the Mind[1] enough,  
despite it having flaws like including potatoes...  It has a brilliant  
description of the (LONG understood) stress response to food.

My suggestion is get rid of everything containing wheat or dairy in  
your house.  I mean DESTROY IT if you have to.  And make sure you've  
got plenty of filling paleo foods, being full won't stop you craving  
foods you react to, but being hungry will make it MUCH more likely you  
will go and seek them out.

Also as Ro says you may hit a similar (but still very different)  
problem after a few weeks.  My best suggestion to cope with this is to  
sign up to a veg box scheme.  The constant supply of new and different  
foods may help you get over the bereavement of not eating chocolate  
cheesecake any more.

Ashley


[1] http://www.alibris.com/search/books/isbn/9780330245920