Strict 5 +/-, and Months 10

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

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.

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

Strict 7 (+ no nightshades + no nuts). >1 year.

I have to be super 100% strict Paleo because of my health problems (post-infectious IBS, SIBO, PCOS, prone to weight gain, insulin resistance, etc). I can't even have butter, dark chocolate, nuts and nightshades. Eating too much of even non-nightshades low-FODMAP vegetables, eating chocolate or even butter = abdominal pain, brain fog, severe bloating, etc. I have been eating strict Paleo for over a year now, but have only had to eliminate nightshades, chocolate and butter recently due to reappearance of some of my symptoms.

I hope that as time goes by, my gut heals and seals itself, because I would not see any problems in including butter, a bit of cheese, chocolate, some nuts and occasional coconut flour-based treats once in a while!

I believe that not everybody has to be that strict, it really depends on your health and goals!

100% PALEO, 90% of the time.

Strict Paleo-Lacto for 6 weeks: #6

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

Coming up to 6 months.

4/5 I guess, 6 months

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.

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.

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.

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.

My original adoption of Paleo from 2004 - 2005:

100% Paleo 1.0 (biased towards the writings of Audette, less on Cordain). I remember two specific cheats in a year's time, once with ice cream and once in an attempt to re-introduce dairy.

My current iteration 2010 - current:

80% Paleo/90% Primal ? - Modified Paleo with 1.0 views, more dairy and less nuts than my first time around (in the form of hard cheese and heavy cream) and some long-term (2-3 month) experiments with safe starches. Also, I tend to cheat a little more often - with alcohol and certain gluten free foods (comprised mostly of foods that start with "tac" and end with "os"). I would say that I've had about 1 dozen "free weekends" where I ate decidedly un-paleo for Fridays and Saturdays since November 2010.

Probably 5. A year and a half.

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.

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.

Strict 5 . Months 18.

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

Strict 5; months 3

Strict: 5

Months: 16

Improved just about everything: Priceless

Strict 5; Months 3

I'll say a 5, 20 months in.

Strict: 4/5; Months: 6

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

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

Strict 4; Months 12 - 2010

Strict 6; Months 5 current

Was:

Strict 5, Months 3

Now:

Strict 6, Months 3

Strict 5.5; Years 2+

Before this I was: Strict 4 for about 3 years

Before this I was: Strict 3 for 10+ years (but didn't know it had a name (Paleo) at the time. Just doing what worked for my body.)

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.

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

Cururently, almost 6; 2 months.

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