Absolutely! I cook all the time and my girlfriend and I watch far less TV than we used to. I even have started reading which is something I never enjoyed. Paleo is the best thing to happen to us!

I'm better able to focus and concentrate for long spells, so reading (which has always been a passion of mine, but fell to the wayside when my anxiety got to be too much) has been renewed for me.

I love cooking. When I was vegetarian, I grew weary of preparing the same boring meals over and over. My chronic stomach pain rendered me depressed and uninspired. Now I stroll into the market with a bounce in my step and a new excitement for cooking and eating.

I like to go outside now. I still suffer from allergies, but it doesn't seem as bad these days. I'm actually able to make a point of finding a sunny spot (very rare here, but when it happens, seize it!) and utilizing it.

I'm happier in general, since Paleo has helped assuage many of my mental illnesses. Instead of being stuck in a vicious cycle of depression or anxiety, I now have a desire to be creative, learn, explore, and play. It's amazing; Paleo has revitalized me. :)

Everything you've mentioned has always been a hobby of mine, some of which were much less prominent during my college years and few years thereafter, and now, they're all back in full force.

Paleo just fits into what my friends call my "eccentric lifestyle." I think they're just jealous that I do randomly cool things like cook awesome meals all the time, play outside, read too much, rock some awesome shoes, and pick up random new instruments like the accordion. It's a great shoulder workout!

The one thing I do now that I didn't really do before is read blogs. I was never really a blog reader, but now I find myself occupied. And I hated YouTube videos until I found a paleo dude that can do a 55" box jump. That consumed a good hour of my spare time by hitting play over and over and over.

And the one thing I really quit doing in college that's back to stay....SLEEP! Shoot, I get made fun of when I show up at movie night and pass out on the couch halfway through the movie. I don't mind though...I feel great!

To borrow the old cliche...you are what you eat. It only makes sense that by making the shift to a diet that actually promotes health, one's overall behavior and preferences beyond just diet will also change. I suspect that most paleo eaters have experienced dramatic changes in their lives 6-12 months after starting to eat this way. And I mean changes that you would not typically associate with diet (i.e. career, relationships, how you spend your leisure, etc.).

Absolutely,

I have a huge love for food, it just rocks when you cook the perfect steak.

Just last week I made some mashed sweet potato had my girlfriend brother try it and told his mother that shes been doing it wrong for all these years... kind of made me feel good since I just "tossed it together"

Also making jerky is a passion of mine now, which hopefully soon will be a business, trying to make that step to being self employed. Just trying to get the legal stuff dealt with.

I go for walks, set new goals, just enjoy life.

Cooking used to be pretty lame. Now it's one of my main interests. That's probably a pretty standard outcome.