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Following up with the "How long" question, I'm curious as to how strict people are?

I'd like to gather some statistics so if people could answer according the following number system:

  1. SAD either with or without the junk food, doesn't matter
  2. Weston A. Price/Nourishing Traditions (ie. eat some grains but soaked/fixed traditionally)
  3. Paleo or Lacto-Paleo, but with large cheats (50% of a meal) once or twice a week
  4. Paleo or Lacto-Paleo, but with small cheats (10-15% of a meal) everyday
  5. Paleo or Lacto-Paleo, but with small cheats less than 1 or 2 times a week
  6. Lacto-Paleo and no cheating
  7. 100% Paleo

To save a bunch of cross-referencing, please also add the number of months you've been Paleo. Thanks everyone! Especially the 0's that lurk among us. ;-)

Please answer like follows: Strict 2; Months 6

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Strict: 6

Months: 10

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Strict 5; Months 8

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I'm pretty much lacto-paleo at about a 5. Beer once or twice a week and maybe something made of corn or rice.

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From 0 to almost 6 (cheats about 2 times a month), 9 months.

Cururently, almost 6; 2 months.

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4 or 5 ish,6 months.Fell off the wagon hard the last two weeks(vacation, lot of bar trips,easter candy,too many Mexican restaurants with big chip baskets and slow service).Slowly getting back to normal after realizing how crappy I feel.

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Was:

Strict 5, Months 3

Now:

Strict 6, Months 3

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Strict 4; Months 12 - 2010

Strict 6; Months 5 current

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5, but with as few cheats and as little dairy as possible, for 3 months now.

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Strict: 4/5; Months: 6

Considering cutting out dairy/nightshades (allergy issues), but haven't yet made the leap.

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I'll say a 5, 20 months in.

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Strict 5; Months 3

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Strict: 5

Months: 16

Improved just about everything: Priceless

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Strict 5; months 3

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Strict - a combo of 4/5; Months - 6

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Strict 5 . Months 18.

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Pretty strict 5 or 6 days a week, my wife can't (won't) follow the diet so one day a week eating what she wants makes things easier.

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Strict 5.5 since January 2012 (pastured butter is my only dairy, no gluten, low carb), before that I was a 6 for 2+ years - with very very little cheats at all ever.

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Probably 5. A year and a half.

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4/5, since August 2010

Started off as a strict Paleo for about 5-6 months, then started including starches and have felt much better ever since.

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I love eating paleo and the lifestyle of it, but living in a frat house I tend to lack willpower to eat paleo all the time..but it's usually beer or cookies that gets me. But I'm fine with that - until I'm able to completely sustain myself on my own and actually have uber amounts of money, I'm going to remain at a 4.

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Strict: 5 Months: 2.5

I did a full 30 days of strict paleo -- no grains, sugar, dairy, nothing. The end of that fell right around the start of my crew season, and I added dairy in (for the easy calories and convenience) without problems. I follow the model outlined in Loren Cordain's Paleo for Athletes, and my cheats all fall in the "post-training" window where I have a bit more leeway in what I eat; still, these are small (a scoop of ice cream or a cookie) and infrequent. I was following a paleo-ish diet before I switched, minimizing carbs but not excluding grains; since I've switched I find myself aiming for higher carb and moderate protein and fat to keep up with my training.

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I'm just getting started both with the diet and here on Paleohacks.

Months: .5 (two weeks today, actually) Strict: 4 or 5, depending on classification of drinking.

I'm a home brewer and have suspended the hobby for the moment. I've done a few GF beers, but I'm mostly sticking to clear spirits (I love my Martinis!) and wine for the relaxing drink or three after work.

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4/5 I guess, 6 months

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Between a 5 and 6 - some weeks 5, some weeks 6.

Coming up to 6 months.

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Strict Paleo-Lacto for 6 weeks: #6

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100% PALEO, 90% of the time.

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Only been Paleo for 5 weeks, stayed a strict 7 the entire time.

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4 or 5 ; I fall off the wagon periodically and don't beat myself up about it. about 5 months

Going to go for a strict 10 for a month to "wash out" .... have to start "NOW" since I just ate some cookies after lunch.

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Strict 5 +/-, and Months 10

If there's a good beer around, I want it, and there's still Easter candy at my house.....

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