tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post5691105519232807525..comments2023-05-11T20:27:09.878+10:00Comments on Girl Gone Primal: Like An AnimalJezwynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11649071387857019341noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-86423103158353084422012-09-24T13:37:14.670+10:002012-09-24T13:37:14.670+10:00Okay, this was posted over a year ago, but this co...Okay, this was posted over a year ago, but this completely reflects where I am now.<br /><br />When I first discovered Paleo, it was for all the wrong reasons, but it worked, it made me feel good, and it gave me something to "control." So yeah, someone who doesn't need to lose weight found herself counting calories, trying this diet, that diet, the other diet...<br /><br />The only thing I did recently was try a Whole30 and noticed how much the little bits of added sugars and preservatives make me feel nasty. Otherwise, I'm working on eating naturally, working out naturally, and watching my own cats for inspiration!Deannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07297218258560830869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-51196814601205061512012-06-01T10:54:10.632+10:002012-06-01T10:54:10.632+10:00this makes perfect sense.i am thinking about it..i...this makes perfect sense.i am thinking about it..it will be much like going on adkins with the "carb detox" but ive done it before i can do it again.luckily i live in the south were hunting is common .also.. i have friends who skin fresh caught game in my back yard in exchange for a leg or two.as well a fresh caught bass that i fried last nite.amazing.if you live in an area that allows for it.. learn to hunt you cant get more primal than that.find someone experienced to go with of course.we dont want to kill ourselves now do we??mommasmonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00001325403831644850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-43811133330556268192011-05-01T21:19:03.008+10:002011-05-01T21:19:03.008+10:00Awesome blog! I eat whatever I want too (which hap...Awesome blog! I eat whatever I want too (which happened to be a wild rabbit I got yesterday). I think you might find my site interesting: www.animalism.infoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-37510022550723527492011-04-12T01:48:59.988+10:002011-04-12T01:48:59.988+10:00Hear, hear! What a great post!
I was going to get ...Hear, hear! What a great post!<br />I was going to get into writing a whole lot, but changed my mind... I'll just keep it at: What a great, great post! I agree with you 100%!Nonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02505849414039739653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-37777845984656615512011-03-08T07:16:42.760+11:002011-03-08T07:16:42.760+11:00This post was great. I'm going to link it over...This post was great. I'm going to link it over on my blog!GI Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10379740152236610389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-28471096318643204702011-02-09T19:02:08.873+11:002011-02-09T19:02:08.873+11:00Thanks for all the comments! This blog exists to h...Thanks for all the comments! This blog exists to help others, to serve as a bit of camaraderie and empathy, rather than for my own 'use'. I certainly don't rely on praise - most of the time I receive negative comments, so I'd be screwed if I had to feed my ego with comments!<br /><br />I love paleo food and know that it's the smart health choice to make since it cuts out refined carbs and vegetable oils. But beyond that, all the tweaks and ratios are only really necessary for people with specific health problems. I'm amazed when I think back to how happy and relaxed I was eating just meat, and how my fixation on food developed when the weight started coming back. Weight-loss stalls are enough to horrify the average person shedding pounds, but re-accumulation is a very different kettle of battered fish.<br /><br />I should point out that eating like an animal had kept me overweight since I was about 9 or 10. Starving myself in late high school was the first time I had actively sought weight loss, and it worked - until I moved out of home and ended up living a pretty isolated life on my Uni campus. Communal kitchens are no foodie's friend!<br /><br />I'm not unhealthy, and I think I'm pretty sound of mind now that I've let go of the pain of last year. The question going forward is - how do I lose weight without hurting my physical or psychological health?Jezwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11649071387857019341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-22078806963186582932011-02-04T08:54:27.006+11:002011-02-04T08:54:27.006+11:00Us old schoolers kind of fueled each other there f...Us old schoolers kind of fueled each other there for a while ;) You learned a lot on your journey. Congrats.Grokhttp://grok@castlegrok.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-43083320106660822011-02-03T19:54:47.760+11:002011-02-03T19:54:47.760+11:00Oh my God! I think I love you! This post pretty mu...Oh my God! I think I love you! This post pretty much sums up my conclusions on all this mind-f*ckery that has become simply eating. If your diet is making you miserable and you spend all week thinking of the weekend when you can have whatever you want because someone told you so, then it's not the right diet for you. It's great to see people finally opening their eyes to all this marketing. Eat what you want, not too much and move around. Intuitive eating is something so simple that most people think that it won't work. Everyone wants something extremely complex that's impossible to follow just so they can blame the system for their failure. You, miss, earn a gold star in my book!Bill Pairaktaridishttp://herofit.tvnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-7282884870066034162011-01-31T21:56:29.439+11:002011-01-31T21:56:29.439+11:00You might want to check out Skwigg's blog if y...You might want to check out Skwigg's blog if you haven't already. She's made a similar loop through the pitfalls of orthorexia and back again to a place where one can just feel good and make peace with their food.<br />http://www.skwigg.com/<br />skwigg.tripod.com/blog<br />http://happyeaters.net/Bemused Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14395077580223555543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-31677008298216311452011-01-31T03:06:10.352+11:002011-01-31T03:06:10.352+11:00"They knew food was always there. They didn&#..."They knew food was always there. They didn't overeat. They didn't eat as much as possible in case food was not going to be available later - they knew it would be."<br /><br />There are two good books that really helped me with this issue, Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat and Intuitive Eating. Worth reading.<br /><br />Keep up the good work, I love your blog!Nastiahttp://AncestralFire.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-85440362697214810032011-01-30T12:57:46.885+11:002011-01-30T12:57:46.885+11:00Brilliant. I read a lot of paleo/primal blogs and ...Brilliant. I read a lot of paleo/primal blogs and I get a lot of good info (and a few question mark moments) but this was simply and perfectly brilliant. Well said.Brahnaminhttp://brahnamin.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-82347824947911451572011-01-28T00:01:43.777+11:002011-01-28T00:01:43.777+11:00ps i try not to depend on other people's prai...ps i try not to depend on other people's praise for my happiness. writing a blog where you get a lot of encouragement is great, but a person can get addicted to that too. on paleohacks they have the before and after paleo picks. a real show of solidarity with others regaining weight would be to show before-after-after pictures, with the weight regain there for all to see. what we look like is not the measure of who we are as people- showing those kind of pics would underline that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-81950743802465384052011-01-27T23:18:36.353+11:002011-01-27T23:18:36.353+11:00i'm glad my intro into pale was art de vany. ...i'm glad my intro into pale was art de vany. he has always said that stressing over food will sabotage you. i tried to count and measure years ago on the zone diet, and it didn't work. i am a disorganized ( but creative!) person who just needs some guidelines. that's what professor de vany gave me and since 2009 it has worked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-24963915643394008772011-01-27T20:27:36.947+11:002011-01-27T20:27:36.947+11:00Great Post!
Somehow, eating has gone from "e...Great Post!<br /><br />Somehow, eating has gone from "eat what you need, when you need it" to "eat what you think you should eat or what someone else thinks you should eat."<br /><br />Our body "knows" what it needs, and if only we listened to it I think we would all be fine.<br /><br />My eating has run the gamut from low-fat, to vegan, to the present primal (with occasional non-primal foods). <br /><br />It's all a learning process, and part of life<br /><br />BTW, I loved the pic of the rat-like creatures eating from their bowl of food. They look happy!<br /><br />Keep up the insightful posts, I really like your pix of food!<br /><br />Robert J. StoneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-75996177014091352532011-01-24T11:35:53.916+11:002011-01-24T11:35:53.916+11:00Yay, Jezwyn, another hit. And I love that so many ...Yay, Jezwyn, another hit. And I love that so many people are on this same page at the same time!<br /><br />My goals for 2011 include, no goals—as far as eating is concerned. <br /><br />By that I mean, no counting, no weighing, no obsessing about food in general. I will purcahse nearly all whole, primal type foods but if an occassional processed goody creeps in I will welcome it, and then move on.<br /><br />I have bannished the phrase, "strict Paleo" from my vocabulary and my home. I will simply eat, and get on with life.darcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-14637220484550949192011-01-21T15:58:51.137+11:002011-01-21T15:58:51.137+11:00Just so you know, you're not the only one out ...Just so you know, you're not the only one out there making this transition-I feel like I have totally mirrored you in a lot of ways. When I first went Paleo I got super neurotic about making sure I had certain macro nutrient percentages. I would get stressed if I didn't eat perfect Paleo meals. Lately I've decided to just stop. I choose real food, but I eat what want to eat, and if that's cheese and an apple for dinner (with nary a real protein serving in sight) that's ok, because I know I'll eat the protein when I want it. I feel so much more relaxed now, it's really nice :)Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07603547885314383406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-71486044696776134192011-01-21T14:30:48.232+11:002011-01-21T14:30:48.232+11:00I found an article you might find interesting http...I found an article you might find interesting http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/12/13/101213fa_fact_lehrer?currentPage=allXanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02439603337656159259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-17387975835857275102011-01-19T11:04:58.201+11:002011-01-19T11:04:58.201+11:00I absolutely understand where you are coming from ...I absolutely understand where you are coming from and wish it was that easy for me. I broke my "satiety meter" with my eating disorder, so for now counting is what keeps me honest. I hope someday it will be fixed and I can rely on my myself to make better decisions without the crutch.sherpamelissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09822136324474071191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-88163817523004408512011-01-18T22:34:06.694+11:002011-01-18T22:34:06.694+11:00My little kittens would eat so much, then no more;...My little kittens would eat so much, then no more;<br />It would still be there for them when they got back.<br />And it was the same dry junk every day!<br />Love your spot-on post!Anne Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435482289459434828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-31219502342541057312011-01-18T07:13:32.710+11:002011-01-18T07:13:32.710+11:00Thank you! What a thoughtful post and so right on!...Thank you! What a thoughtful post and so right on! In my quest for better health, I often find myself obsessing over food. I totally resonate with your thoughts on how animals naturally live primally by eating just what they need and just doing what needs to be done. And...us smart humans have gotten away from these instinctual, healthy behaviors.Kelleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03044279925108438980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-86756988630522384462011-01-18T05:00:53.668+11:002011-01-18T05:00:53.668+11:00We're intelligent creatures who are constantly...We're intelligent creatures who are constantly thinking. Sometimes we think too much and as you noted, we just need to channel our inner animal.<br /><br />My comment was not a criticism of any sorts. More so a reflection on my own attitude towards food/diet based on your last post.Janetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-35699959052432138542011-01-18T01:07:20.317+11:002011-01-18T01:07:20.317+11:00I so love this post, it reflects where I am and wh...I so love this post, it reflects where I am and where I am going. Funny, I have primal in my blog name/title and I had been wondering whether it was still applicable. I think it is because of the same things you were pointing out. Thanks for the post, now I don't even have to think about what I need to say since you did it quite well already!TexasPrimalSurfWahinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00829865100800787542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-71455569963610567692011-01-18T00:18:58.069+11:002011-01-18T00:18:58.069+11:00You've got it totally right! I was shocked to ...You've got it totally right! I was shocked to recognize everything you said, and you truly inspired my to make a change. Not in my diet, but in my attitude towards food, because that's where the problem really is. Thank you so much!Marinkahttp://paleofoodie.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-91948436730933958412011-01-18T00:04:30.114+11:002011-01-18T00:04:30.114+11:00This is such an awesome post. I love it.This is such an awesome post. I love it.meghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12114219101118796348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-34426307643320930242011-01-17T22:44:34.205+11:002011-01-17T22:44:34.205+11:00well said! Such a great post, thank you for sharin...well said! Such a great post, thank you for sharing this.<br />LCAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01896602978986502318noreply@blogger.com