Still sticking with paleo (I suppose you might call it "primal" as I
still use a bit of butter on occasion), with auto-immune tweaks. My
joints still hurt, but not as much as they did before I started this.
Other benefits: I sleep better, waken refreshed, have more energy than I
did, and am never hungry. In fact, I'm having trouble getting enough
calories in.
I'm tracking my food and
exercise at myfitnesspal.com and sometimes I have trouble reaching the
"minimum" of 1200 calories -- MFP warns me when I don't, that I might
send my body into starvation mode, where weight loss slows because the
body is conserving all it can. I can go hours without eating, and
without my blood sugar crashing. It's a far cry from not so long ago,
when I felt like I had to eat protein at least every three hours, or get
the shakes. (Being off all caffeine may be helping, too.)
Anyhow, if you're interested, here are a few websites to explore:
http://www.marksdailyapple.com
http://whole9life.com/
(This is the home of the Whole30, a kind of 30-day healthy-eating challenge)
http://robbwolf.com/
http://www.thepaleomom.com/
(check out her info about the autoimmune protocol)
http://autoimmune-paleo.com/
Next time, I'll post some of my favorite paleo/primal recipe websites.
