I have found meeting a large fat intake probably the easiest part. I occasionally go through periods of logging my meals on myfitnesspal (I use the iPhone App version) to get an idea of my macronutrient ratios and fat is usually at or about 60% or so. I cook EVERYTHING (meat, veggies, anything I cook really) in pastured butter or coconut oil (I also use lard on occasion but haven't been using it as much lately). I also have butter, heavy whipping cream, or coconut milk in my coffee in the mornings, and also like to have coconut milk or cream with fruit. If you aren't already, try logging your meals for a week or two in a free food log program or app (I like myfitnesspal but there are others) and be sure to log EVERYTHING, such as the fats you are cooking with. If there is some fat left in the pan, pour it over your food and log the whole amount you put in to cook with. If the fat content of your diet seems a little low then start figuring out ways to add more in. I don't know if you do dairy, but I think putting pastured butter on EVERYTHING helps me get my fat intake up there lol :)

As far as n6:n3 ratios I can't really afford grass-fed meat, I try to make up for it some by using healthy cooking fats such as organic coconut oil and pastured butter. I also try to eat fish a couple times of week though I like in West Texas and mostly subside on canned salmon (alaskan wild caught) because I don't much trust the "fresh" fish around here. I did high quality liquid fish oil for a while in the beginning but it just got too expensive I dropped it. I am a college student for one more year and then should have a pretty decent paying job (mechanical engineering major) so I'm planning on trying to integrate more quality grass-fed meat into my diet then, but there are definitely ways to help even it out if you have to do grain fed. Use pastured butter (still more expensive than unpastured, but the taste makes it worth it), eat fish 1 0r 2 times a week (go for wild caught, if you live somewhere with not a lot of seafood options, canned alaskan salmon is a good option, I also buy wild caught brisling sardines occasionally, kind of expensive for me though), and take a fish oil supplement for a bit to see if it seems to be beneficial.

good luck!

Stop counting. Make protein the centerpiece of every meal. dress it up with veggies and load on the butter and olive oil. Done.

My biggest weakness is still my sweet tooth. I don't miss bread or potatoes and never really was a big pasta and rice eater, but sometime between 7 and 9 every night, I want something sweet. Eating fruit does satiate my desire, but that just increases my carb intake.

I cook everything in coconut oil, butter, or bacon grease to increase my fat intake. If I make a coconut milk smoothie, I'll throw in coconut oil, an avocado, a raw egg, and whatever berries I have in the freezer, usually blueberries or strawberries. When I am really wanting something sweet, I'll add a banana, but they wreak havoc on my glucose levels some days. I also keep kefir and whipping cream on hand.

I haven't gotten into worrying about o3:o6 ratios just yet. I'm still trying to get myself in the habit of cooking very low carb meals and preparing my lunch for the next day. I'm also struggling with a 7-year-old pushing back some, not wanting to give up his mac & cheese, grilled cheese, and fast food.

I buy grass-fed ground beef from a local butcher for a lower price than both Trader Joe's and Lassen's, but cannot afford tri-tip or other cuts. I haven't found a local source for pastured chickens, so I have settled for organic, grain-fed chicken. I buy fresh eggs from a family near my home, but I am sure the chickens are fed mash containing soy, which is standard feed-lot feed.

I, too, am on a tight budget, but found more money for groceries when I realized I wasn't spending $40+ buying lunch at work all week and running through the drive-thru on the way home because "I was too tired."

Hey there, now I've only been paleo for 7 days but I found that having an avocado each day really helped get my fat intake up, it's now become my morning ritual to have 1 every morning with 2 eggs and a serve of ham off the bone

If you aren't eating the dreaded seed oils (or processed foods cooked with them), you don't have to worry too much about your O3:O6 ratio. Get as much extra good fat into your diet as you can. Kerrygold butter is available at Trader Joe's for a decent price and you can put it on anything. You can also make your own mayo with olive oil and it's cheap and delicious.

Also, eat as much animal fat as you can. I keep a bag in the freezer for my meat bones and scraps (skin, connective tissue, etc.). Once it's full, throw it in the crockpot and make bone broth. Make sure you drink all the fat with the broth, or skin it off and use it for cooking.

And remember, the cheapest cuts of meat are also generally the fattiest. Choose ribs over chops. Chops over loins. Lick your fingers and enjoy.

I've been Paleo now for 8 months and it's just second nature to me now. I hope what I post if of help.

Here's what's I did when I first started out: The first thing I did was sign up for an app and website to track my numbers. MyFitnessPal is fantastic and I highly recommend it. DO NOT CHEAT HERE. This is very important in the beginning so you can really log and track what's working and what's not. I cannot stress this enough in the beginning. You'll stop counting numbers after a month or so in, but do it for now. You need to really know where you're coming up short, where and how. Is it lunch? Is it dinner? Is it snack time? Speaking of snacks, you really shouldn't need them if you're on Paleo but if you are, make an almond and macadamia nut mix and create little baggies. It probably saved me a few times when I first started out and wanted to get a bag of chips.

Take baby steps to eating Paleo. Don't feel you have to jump in at light speed. For example, just start making your breakfast paleo. Then lunch two weeks later. Then add dinner to the mix when you're ready. You'll get your fats one way or another. If you eat eggs, veggies and UNCURED bacon for breakfast, you'll get a HUGE chunk of your fats right there!

I removed one "bad" food every few weeks, not all at once. I would have gone crazy if EVERYTHING I thought I loved was gone in the blink of an eye. For example, when I eat at Boloco for lunch (basically Chipotle) I would get a lunch bowl without the rice and load up on more meat or veggies to compensate. Basically, I weaned myself off the carbs, sugars and salts. If you've ever tried to go cold turkey from caffeine or tobacco, you'll (I) could have a similar withdrawal. I know I did when I tried a no carb diet in the past. Before you know it, you won't crave the bad foods.

Do your research! The web is your friend!

I'm going to be honest here, but I'm not 100% Paleo. I just can't do it. So I go 85/15. The 15% is for the cheat meal/day I allow myself and happy hour. Just be honest with yourself. I still crave sweet things now and then but what I do is keep a bar of 80% Cocoa Dark chocolate in the fridge at all times. It's got tons of antioxidents and is chocolate. What's not to love? I used to have a "Dirty Friday" at the office every week where I ate like crap at lunch and ONLY lunch. I'd have a massive steak and cheese sub, Wendys burger or something else of that nature. I'd feel like such garbage after that my body almost forced me to eat healthy till the following Friday. It was a bit of a vicious cycle but actually now I don't do "Dirty Friday" as often. Maybe once a month.

Finally, Paleo is expensive if you compare it to a $1 menu item. But at what cost? You're health. Not worth it. Can you eat cheaply on Paleo, yes and no. I only eat two meals a day because Paleo is really that filling! Really strapped for cash? Protein shakes are your friends? Get a 2 pound tub and it comes out to almost $2 a shake.

I realize I didn't answer all your questions but some I just didn't have answers for. I hope this was of some help!

I embraced the "diet" once I read about it. My wife, on the other hand, was still stuck in the Susan Powter "Fat makes you fat" paradigm when she started.

That changed one night when I got home, about 14 days into the Whole 30, and she looked like absolute trash. We talked about what she'd been eating and her choices avoided fat regularly; rabbit starvation, essentially. I got her to eat an avocado, then another, then 6 strips of bacon and she looked like a new woman.

Embrace the fat.

Too high a protein:fat ratio, or rather, too much protein as a percentage of total calories.

seriously. stop counting and it gets easier. As someone said earlier, start with your protein and build around it. Add veggies. When in doubt and you have to ask/wonder if it's paleo, put it aside unti you can research and pick something else. It gets easier as you go and will become second nature after that. Cook with your fats - Nitrate free bacon fat, Coconut or Olive oil, butter...all good sources and make your food more yummy.

Maybe I am misinterpreting your problem. But if you are looking for fat sources that will not skew your n-3 n-6 ratio, coconut products and ghee have so little PUFA as to be inconsequential. Those would be great dairy free options, and if dairy does not bother you, butter as well (make it pastured).grass fed Tallow is an option as well, although in my opinion, harder to find. Macadamia nuts are also low PUFA as well, but do contain lots of MUFA which could be problematic.