I’m happy to say that I have not put a lot of weight back on. Probably 5-10 lbs from my lowest point of 115 lost. But I am not happy with where I am. I’m not able to work out due to both of my hips having osteoarthritis from many years of being over weight but still trying to do everything everybody else was doing in my tae kwon do work outs. My hips have progressively degenerated and I’m looking at hip replacement surgery for both as soon as possible. If anyone has any relevant hip replacement info regarding surgeons, techniques, or facilities in the Dallas area, I would love to hear about it.
Until the surgery and recover are behind me, I’m going to refocus my energies on paleo and nutrition. I can hear my hips telling me that losing another 80 pounds wouldn’t bother them a bit!
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Thanks to Greatist.com
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They list the diets in order of nutritional completeness with Paleo near the bottom. Then, when you look at the details, they point out that the paleo diet significantly exceeds the recommended level of;
- Fiber
- Vitamin B-12
- Potassium
And it’s beneficially lower in SALT!
So what’s the knock? They assume you will likely fall short of the amount of calcium recommended by 30-50%. Sounds like an advertisement for fortified cereal will be popping up any moment… Then they point out low vitamin D. Yes most Americans are deficient in vitamin D but if you’ll just go outside once in awhile… Okay seriously, ever hear of fish? eggs? liver? mushrooms? And don’t forget cheese.
So really what it comes down to is the ratio of macro nutrients that don’t fit governmental guidelines.
Fat at 39% is 4% above allowed.
Protein at 38% is 3% above allowed.
And the WHOPPER!
Carbohydrates at 23% is far far below the required 45-65% recommended amount! This is what they can’t get past. How can you be healthy without shoving bread and pasta down your pie hole?
This ranking was produced by 22 MD’s & PhD’s that need to be woken up! Let’s send them encouragement and links to studies/papers which illustrate today’s science. Check the list of doctors and make your voice heard!
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I started this journey a year ago much like so many others. Both as in other people and in other personal attempts to lose weight. I had previously seen a lot of success on what was Larry North‘s Great American Diet. I credit him with getting me started in actually thinking about nutrition and the fuel that makes our bodies work. If you aren’t familiar with this diet, it is basically a zone diet. I also had some friends doing the Atkins diet with a lot of success. So I started out like before trying to eat 5-6 smaller portioned, well balanced meals each day. I saw the most success when I reduced my carbs so I was really customizing my plan based on what my body was telling me. A couple months into this, I was listening to some of my favorite programming podcasts and the term paleo kept getting mentioned, particularly by Dan Benjamin and his 5by5 network.
I started listening to Latest in Paleo and the Paleo Solution podcasts and this guy Robb Wolf was sounding pretty damn knowledgable as a biochemist. I had already eliminated sugar but was still trying to watch my fat intake while eating lots of good lean meats. I had figured out that bread and pasta were killers in my diet but I didn’t have a clue as to the real health impact these foods were having on my life.
For the past 15 years, I had been bothered by a handful of issues including inflammation (a bought of cellulitis that doubled the size of my left leg), sleep apnea (spent a couple nights being monitored for a cpap and had over 300 “events”), psoriasis on my arms and face, and a perpetually stopped up nose that only cleared when I went outside into the fresh, pollen filled air!
After only a few months following a roughly paleo diet (about 80%), I have seen huge improvements in all of these issues! I can’t begin to tell you what a difference this has made in my life. I’m in better shape, have better sleep, and breath easier throughout the day. I will be explaining more about the paleo diet, why it’s so freaking amazing, and how to make it easy, in the posts to come. I will also be talking about what the corporate giants are doing keep the wool over our eyes and how the government is inept at solving these problems.
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