Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Diet Questions & Answers

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I started the Paleo "Diet"/Lifestyle, about 15 weeks ago, and have lost 14 lbs, starting weight of 137, with a weigh in today of 123 lbs. My clothes no longer fit, and I am by my own definition now "skinny". I have lost almost all of my belly fat and of course my face is no longer bloated or puffy.

So what's the problem? I am just wondering when will the weight loss stop? I eat a big Paleo breakfast, apples for snacks, nuts and lots of chocolate, lunch is salad with meat, dinner is fish/meat, salad, greens, more chocolate. I supplement with Chlorella, Fish Oil, Vit D, & Resveretol.

I don't want to be a skinny dried up grandma at 55!!

flag	asked Dec 31 2011 at 13:39 Becky 137●6

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More carbs, more calories :D – Bruno Dec 31 2011 at 13:43

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what Bruno says. seriously, simply eat more food than you currently are. This is not brain science. – ben61820 Dec 31 2011 at 14:22

im losing too much weight too and its messing with my thyroid i believe. – holly Dec 31 2011 at 14:41

Dextery · Answer 1 · 2011-12-31 14:00:02Z UTC

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If you will follow Dr Jack kruse's Leptin Reset Prescription of 50 grams of protein and all the fat necessary to cook the meal within 30 min of awakening in the AM and then eat a small lunch if needed and then as much paleo food as you need to be satiated, you will reach honeostasis in your weight.

More protein and fat in the morning. Carbs especially processed wheat based products and carbs in the form of sugar based products are not recommended unless you are highly athletic in your daily life. All carbs do is turn to energy in the form of sugars in the gut and that energy must be used immediately and if not it is stored as fat in the cells of the body.

http://jackkruse.com/my-leptin-prescription/

One of his recommendations is to buy and read Robb Wolf's book, The Paleo Solution.

Your weight loss will abate but you will have to increase your carlories in the form of protein and fat.

answered Dec 31 2011 at 14:00

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	Thanks for the recommendations. For Breakfast, I eat 2 slices of bacon and 2 eggs, is this enough? (eggs cooked in bacon grease). I also try to eat about a tablespoon of coconut oil during the day. My recent snack has been a pumpkin pie, paleo style of course. (with coconut milk icing). only used about a tblsp of honey for sweetner. I just read Robb Worlk's book, incorporating what I have learned! – Becky Dec 31 2011 at 14:37
	Up the eggs to four and 4 slices of bacon and use coconut oil for cooking the eggs rather than bacon grease. More Sat fat in the co oil. Also add 2 oz of beef steak pan fried in co oil in the AM. No snacking...eat enough to avoid snacks. Use stevia if you must have a sweet. youtube.com/watch?v=7HkqBxpPBeI for more of Robb Wolf. Use fitday.com to determine grams of protein in each meal plus your caloric intake. At your age, with moderate exercise activity I suspect you should consume around 1500 cal a day for stabilized weight. – Dextery Dec 31 2011 at 15:15
	Sounds like a plan, but I am stuffed after the 2eggs/bacon. Will cut out snacks too! Thanks for all the helpful information. – Becky Dec 31 2011 at 17:08
	Everyone feels the same about 4 eggs and bacon and steak at breakfast at the beginning. But just try it. Get 50 grams protein at breakfast within 30 min of getting up. You will be amazed after a week how you feel. Tough it the first few days. There are many on MDA that do not accept mediocre health. We all want an A+ and the Leptin Reset does that for many. marksdailyapple.com/forum/thread32345.html Right now the discussion has centered around fixing thyroid problems. – Dextery Dec 31 2011 at 20:33

Nemesis · Answer 2 · 2011-12-31 15:52:29Z UTC

I was having the same problem, Becky http://paleohacks.com/questions/54187/hack-my-over-weight-loss#axzz1i4mgol2i . I've leveled out at 113-115lbs, which is what I weighed when I graduated high school, lol.

I needed to add starch to my diet, and it sounds like you do too! Dairy is not a necessity, but I do enjoy slathering my potatoes in butter ;) I don't generally bother with macros or calories, and some days I splurge on sugary foods like dark chocolate and fruits, and others I just don't feel like eating much. It all balances out. Cavemen didn't eat the same thing, day in and day out. Some days they got to pig out, other days they went to bed with a stomach full of nuts and greens ;)

You have to remember that you started Paleo with the intention of dropping a few pounds. Now that you've accomplished that, you need to adjust your diet accordingly.

Michelle · Answer 3 · 2011-12-31 16:45:52Z UTC

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Have you leveled out and stayed at 123 for a bit? Have you given it some time to see if you stop losing and stay at a steady weight for a bit? Who knows... you may hit 122 and stop losing. Give your body a chance to do what it does.

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AlohaSpeck · Answer 4 · 2011-12-31 15:02:03Z UTC

Becky, I started Paleo about three months ago at 198 lbs (15% body fat) and just over a month I dropped to 182 lbs (13%). I too was worried that I would disappear but without making any real changes to my diet I have remained around the 185 lbs (13%) mark.

If there was a change it was that I upped the intensity of my workouts, hence my weight has increased but body fat remained fairly constant (actually dropping 0.5%).

What I did was spend some time and write down a general working day's meals, and then do a rough calculation of the total calorific breakdown.

Calories: 2342 kcal
Fat.....: 55.29% (144.0g)
Protein.: 38.87% (227.7g)
Carbs...: 5.84% (34.2g)

In Robb Wolf's Paleolithic Solution Episode 6, he mentions the following rough guide:

Protein consumption.: 1g per lbs of body weight.
Loose body fat......: 15 - 17 kcal per lbs of body weight.
Maintain body fat ..: 18 kcal per lbs of body weight.
Increase muscle mass: 20 - 21 kcal per lbs body weight.

Which for example means that for me (185 lbs) my goals should be:

Protein.: 185g.
Loose...: 2775 kcal.
Maintain: 3330 kcal.
Increase: 3700 kcal.

So now I have a kind of rough guideline within which to work.

I hope this helps.

I Keep Losing Weight!

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