On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 16:28:20 -0400, Kathy Schwinghammer  
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> Also, I'm pregnant with my first child and living near Santa Barbara,  
> California, now.  Anyone have any advice to share on any of these many  
> topics?
>
> Eating paleo while pregnant/nursing?

We are here because we ate paleofood during the paleolithic age. If we had  
eaten SAD we would be extinct.


> Eating paleo when your significant other's food choices include a lot of  
> bread/pasta/dairy?

Cheating on the diet is much less tempting if you can get enough tasty  
animal fat. I've taken the advice of at least one of the ladies on this  
list by making bone broth from marrow bones. It works for me.


>
> I am especially concerned that I just won't have the willpower to avoid  
> chips, chocolate, bread/crackers, ice cream, etc if it is right here in  
> my own home, accessible to me.

Me too, but I have the advantage that such things interfere with my  
heartbeat, so fear keeps me on the path.
Think of what these foods are doing to the baby. "You are what you eat"

William