I am an ex-introvert using Paleo Hacks to come out of my shell.

I did the Myers-Briggs thing years ago, and I discovered something weird. I can change my type by changing what I eat. If I'm eating a more SAD diet, I'm an ISTJ. If I'm eating more low-carb/paleo (I was low carbing at the time, but I low carb without all the extra "junk". Just real food and no grains.) I'm an INTJ. This worked for me really well because I was doing a lot of writing at the time, and I found that I wrote better when I was in that INTJ zone.

It may come as a shock, but I am more of an Introvert. The idea of going out a lot in groups annoys me. I would usually prefer to stay home and read. However, if I do go out with friends: Watch out! In that case, I am pretty much like I am on here: a loud-mouth :)

I have never taken Myers-Briggs, but I suspect I would be an Intuitive type. I am an engineer and I work around a bunch of engineers, but my way of approaching things is much different than theirs. I have never used flow-charts, hate making lists to compare the pros and cons. I go with my gut. This makes me something of an anomaly in my work environment which I find to be too arid. It dries me up which is why I distract myself with Paleohacks so much during the day.

I'm INTJ, so introvert.

Definite Introvert... INFJ ... I think introverted intuitives would be more likely to spend time on internet forums ... though I could be wrong ... and INFJs ... well, we are already square pegs in a world of round holes ... Paleo just makes us more eccentric ... Weeeeee

I think that if you visit practically any early-adopter internet place, you will find it heavily weighted with Introverted Intuitives. So, what is the personality type of all the Paleo folks who aren't replying here but are out playing with their friends instead? (BTW, can you guess my type?) A way to find Paleo more appealing to all is to have 16 approaches.

introvert represent. INFJ.

Another certified INFJ.

Does anyone suspect it may have to do with the fact that eggheads are attracted to this diet?

INTJ! Though I have somewhat broken out of the introvert shell with my sarcastic personality. Or perhaps it's just my way of dealing with the stupidity in the world...

INFP/INFJ ...depending

ISTP/INTP

Extroverts and Introverts will most likely disagree about which predisposes one more to "go Paleo," but personally I've found that my congenital loner-ness helps with Paleo.

I prefer to eat alone or with just one close person. I hate eating out or in big groups. Always have. Operating in this manner, I've long been in the habit of cooking my own food and not giving a rat's ass on whether it was weird or not (long before Paleo I ate lots of weird stuff and recipes of my own invention). Switching to Paleo, then, was an entirely personal matter. I didn't have to explain myself to anyone, or go through the hassle of trying to order Paleo items on restaurant menus. I built up steam that way and was able to see how awesome it was without anyone else trying to knock it down. Now, when I do happen to eat with Paleo, I'm still really proud of what I eat. I still hate eating Paleo in restaurants, and I try to avoid eating out - which would probably be harder if I was an extrovert and loooooved going out with people all the time!

ENTJ. Have successfully and rewardingly convinced near and dear to go Paleo. Yay mobilization!

I haven't tested in several years, but I've consistently been INFP when I've tested in the past.

It must be considered that internet forums tend to be skewed towards the "I" side of things. Every time I've seen this subject come up online, there have been many more INFP/J types than would be expected in the general population. I'm going to guess that, if you did a survey at a CrossFit gym or something, you'd find many more "E" sorts than you would online.

Introvert. Not that I don't like other people, I just find that I feel best when I get a significant amount of time alone. I am a thinker first and foremost, my personality is tailored to contemplation and lofty ideas and without a significant amount of rumination and introspection I am not most effective in company and can't foster a self that I would be most proud of, it is like there is a necessity to push the boundaries of individual thought which I can't be satisfied unless I accomplish, so I do the things I need to do. I like to bring something different to the table to those whose identities are more contingent upon being part of groups and relationships. That is my role and I'll happily play it.

Philosophy and the art of intellectual exploration requires a degree of autonomy. Group-think is a very real and potent phenomenon and while an essential aspect of philosophy is discourse, if we rely too heavily on discourse and especially if we make our identities so contingent upon being part of groups and relationships, as if our own self is inextricable from them, and especially many groups and relationships, then we'll be prone to succumbing to mental conformity and stagnation, both in our personal growth but their relationships as well. Best not to be that regular at the pub who tells the same jokes and talks of the same things every day for 40 years, eh?

As Mihaly C writes in his book Flow, it would behoove extroverts to make the best possible use of any alone time they have to differentiate their personalities and worldviews so that they might be more valuable. Many do not do this and their time alone is quite boring and unproductive, even prone to anxiety. As is it important for an introvert to maintain relationships, which are also needed to become a complex, fulfilled and self-actualized person. In the end the two should ideally not look all that different, straying too far to the extreme is only ideal for a small minority.

Don't know my Myers-Briggs type but I am really introverted and shy too. I need tons of time alone, and even more to wind down if I've spent a lot of time around people. I don't enjoy socialising in groups and don't talk much in real life. Plus I have no patience whatsoever for most people my age and all the ridiculous drama and histrionic crap that passes for socialising among all of them. I can sort of pretend to be social but I can't keep it up for very long, it's crazy tiring for me in all honesty. One evening is my limit. I wish I was more outgoing though. That's one thing Paleo definitely didn't help. Even talking to clerks at the grocery store or whatever makes me want to run away. I'm trying to get better about it though, because unfortunately I know I usually come off as a complete bitch who thinks she's too good to talk to other people. Things have improved though! In my senior year of high school, I was told that in grades 8 and 9 all my classmates thought I was either mute or retarded because for the first two years I was there I almost never spoke or looked at anyone in the eye. My teaches called my parents in multiple times because they thought there was something wrong with me or something wrong at home. So when I feel bad about being introverted I think back to those days and think that maybe my personality will normalize as I get older :D

INFP, and I've had dozens of tests since I was about 15, most identical. I'm sort of borderline on the 'I' and the 'F' but red-lined on the 'N' and the 'P', so to speak. I have to say: it's a real pain in the butt sometimes. I mean the perpetual self-obsession, and not able to 'just have a good time' in an anonymous crowd just gets in the way far too often.

One thing that really helped me was to learn play music (fiddle music). We don't chatter much, except for a little between tunes, yet get into a nearly catatonic groove with each other when actually playing - so it's a wonderful combination of distance and of intimacy. Social dance is also good - it's physically very intimate yet boundaries are (must be) clear.

I don't think 'paleo' makes it any different though. It just is another topic to feel awkward around strangers with! I'd really like to meet people who share this kind of thinking - most of my friends and especially my wife have no interest at all. "just doing it", as all Introverts know, isn't as easy as it sounds. So I hope by learning and doing it for myself, I'll get to know some 'paleo' folks over time.

ENTJ though I consider myself somewhat introverted for an extrovert.

I am an extrovert for sure. I feel that it is independent of diet...

ENFJ (But also INFJ)

Introvert. INTP/INTJ.

It's somewhat uncomfortable for me to have to order everything special at a restaurant, and to have to send it back when it's wrong (which I'd say it is at least 50% of the time). I'm not looking forward to trying to get a edible meal at our Department luncheon next week.

Wow, impressive number of INFJs in here (myself included) for being the rarest personality type group. :)

INFP, becoming closer to the center on all dimensions. When I first took the test years ago, I was off the chart INFP.

ESFP! Represent!

Thirty years ago i was ESTP, but now somewhere between ISTP and INTP

ENFJ. Overall, the Paleo folks I know are all pretty much extroverts. I think you have to be to withstand the bull crap you get from others when bucking CW. :-)

NTP, sometimes E and sometimes I, depending on what job I have at the moment and how many people it brings me into contact with. (I've had several positions and the MBTI seems to be a popular team-building activity so I've also done the MBTI several times.)

INFJ from birth.

INTP. I was on the cusp of P/J though....

INTP. Almost always, even on tests that have unusual questions.

I'm an INTJ, borderline INTP. I think it's fascinating, given the career recommendations for those two types (see chart), that I work in the legal profession doing design/publication work. Comforting to know that apparently, I picked the right career!