Paleo diet for arborists

[Steve Bullman]

Steve - red wine is encouraged on Paleo according to some sources. So stay off the fags and have another glass instead!

Cavemen would allegedly stumble across fermenting berries and get drunk occassionally....thats the story that someone came up with to justify themselves drinking wine..I can go with that

[aitch]

Any idea why? Perhaps you wasn't eating enough? I'm fine, but eating regularly is very important I think

 

Not sure why. I was putting plenty of food away, never hungry. It happened a couple of times to a lesser extent but that time finished it for me. I think everyone's body just reacts differently to things.

 

I'm pleased i lost the stone and i'm keeping it off by eating sensibly and drinking a lot less beer.

[White Noise]

I am your typical yo -yo diet boy . My heaviest weight last year was 14st 10lb at a height of 5ft 7 " and aged 44 . Ok I love my squatting and regularly blast out reps of 160kg / 180kg for 30 /40 reps . Although only recently I have realized that heavy carbs do not sit well with me . I did dabble with carb restriction last year but i was not educated enough to fully understand it .

This year I am on point . Obviously Christmas chucked a massive spanner in the works lol . Back on my mission now Mr Bullman and to be totally honest I feel better already 6 days in and but still just over 13 st . Onwards and upwards

[Steve Bullman]

Well i'm back on it, been feeling generally crap lately!  Anyone else kept it up?  Overall it has made me a lot more conscious of what I eat though even when im not sticking to it religiously.

[TIMON]

I'm considering it.  I gave up sugar for the the first four months of this year and noticed a huge difference in my fitness and energy levels but I've relapsed since and put on weight due to a sweet tooth...,

my wife has chronic asthma and multiple food allergies so has to have a mainly paleo diet but she can't have egg which is limiting. 

Shes just started a new keto-genic diet which is low carb, low protein but high fat (good fats) It basically gets your body to burn ketones rather than glucose as energy,   it made a dramatic improvement in her health but it's very demanding in terms of weighing her food.  I'm a bit of a fat git for a climber at 5'9 and just under 14st, so I need to sort something out!!  Maybe cut the sugar out and go paleo again is the answer......

[Tom D]

I did it again a few months back but it played havoc with my guts this time, even though last time it was fine. I've been doing the fast diet instead and tbh its really good, not much of a chore and i lost half a stone. I tend to limit the carbs on the non fast days as well..

[Steve Bullman]

4 hours ago, TIMON said:

I'm considering it.  I gave up sugar for the the first four months of this year and noticed a huge difference in my fitness and energy levels but I've relapsed since and put on weight due to a sweet tooth...,

my wife has chronic asthma and multiple food allergies so has to have a mainly paleo diet but she can't have egg which is limiting. 

Shes just started a new keto-genic diet which is low carb, low protein but high fat (good fats) It basically gets your body to burn ketones rather than glucose as energy,   it made a dramatic improvement in her health but it's very demanding in terms of weighing her food.  I'm a bit of a fat git for a climber at 5'9 and just under 14st, so I need to sort something out!!  Maybe cut the sugar out and go paleo again is the answer......

Regardless of going paler, cutting out the sugar is always a good thing!

ik back up to my heaviest I've been again, same weight that prompted me to go paleo last time 

[Steve Bullman]

37 minutes ago, Tom D said:

I did it again a few months back but it played havoc with my guts this time, even though last time it was fine. I've been doing the fast diet instead and tbh its really good, not much of a chore and i lost half a stone. I tend to limit the carbs on the non fast days as well..

Might seem obvious by the title, but please explain the fast diet Tom 

[Tom D]

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The book is well worth reading. Its basically the 5:2 diet. The science is really interesting, its not just about loosing weight, fasting does things to your body at a cellular level that are really good for you. Reducing cancer risk etc. 

You eat normally for 5 days a week and then 500calories on the other two days. Its the easiest way to do this is to miss breakfast and lunch and then have a half decent tea. although if you want to eek out your 500 calories over 3 meals you can.

Read the book, its quite short, the first half is the interesting part, the second is recipes and calorie data..

[Steve Bullman]

Well after 3 months off the tools, and enduring being called countless names from my children such as fatty, lard arse, and sloth, im back on the paleo diet as of today.  Quite frightening how quickly weight can pile on when you become less active.  

 

Anyone still on it since the thread originally started?  I loosely followed it this whole time but not strictly like the first time round.  All or nothing this time.