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But seriously, it's basically not worth worrying about it. Some would say cut out the fruit. You certainly don't want to go overboard on nuts. These are small details in the context of losing 100 pounds, and there is some disagreement around, so if eating some nuts helps you stick to paleo foods then they're a good thing.

My main recommendation to cover all of it would be to try and concentrate on eating meals. If you can avoid snacking and instead eat whatever can go into a meal then you shouldn't have a problem with abusing paleo foods.

I would recommend to cut the nuts and fruit completely. Keep the carbs low. Add lots of low impact walking to your daily routine. Make sure you are getting enough sleep. Cook with coconut oil, ghee, or olive oil. Meat, vegetables, fat. That's it. See if you can comfortably work out a routine where you eat two large meals per day. And most of all, remember that this is not a miracle diet.. it will take a while to retrain your body to utilize its fat stores and to heal from whatever way of eating you previously came from.

Hi, Heather! I'm about 40 lbs into a 70-80 lb fat loss.

Out of necessity, I am now no-wheat-ever. Out of preference, I eat very few nuts or coconut products.

Like you, I'm fatty meat plus vegetables and moderate fruit. I have noticed that for some reason I seem to lose more fat when I eat fatty beef than any other meat. I do mix it up but beef is therefore the base of my food mix. Lots of bone broth stews and slow-fried chuck. For O3 balance, I eat sardines and salmon but not every day.

I don't eat bacon every day, but when I've been out of it for a few weeks I buy a pound and I slow-fry 2-3 pieces and (in addition to eating the yummy bacon) I use the bacon fat to re-heat a serving of stew or slow-fry some chuck. That hasn't ever slowed my weight loss either.

Eating home-made extra-fat yogurt with fruit didn't stop my fat loss but did seem to slow it down somewhat so I've given that up for the next few months in hopes of finishing the weight loss process by mid-summer. I'll then add the yogurt back in as part of my maintenance plan. And that will be the only change for maintenance as I'm very content with my current foods.

i would say nuts and the high GI fruits. but when you eat and portion control may be important; they are for me.

don't snack!

Make sure you're getting enough Omega 3 and not too much Omega 6 by eating fish like salmon and sardines, etc.! I love the Perfect Health Diet - www.perfecthealthdiet.com Great book & blog with recipes too! Here's one of the blog posts about PHD - Weight Loss http://perfecthealthdiet.com/?p=2145 They're more primal than paleo (not low fat, dairy allowed). For me, nuts and dairy are trigger foods and I have a hard time not eating too much of them, so it's easier for me to maintain my weight if I limit them to rare occasions. I also like the intermittent fasting with coconut oil and eat 2 meals and a snack every day. You can read PHD friend Jay's posts about weight loss on the PHD blog. http://perfecthealthdiet.com/?p=5181 But I wouldn't go too low in calories. Good luck to you!

I'm also about halfway towards a goal of significant weight loss (about 90 lbs). It's taken longer than I originally planned, but that's because along the way I've swung back and forth from compliance to deviation from almost every methodology I've learned about here... mostly for purposes of experimentation and trying to learn better how my body works, but also because of plain-old lack of focus.

In the short term, I have no answer. Everything that can happen has -- from losing several pounds the morning after "relapsing" on carbs and wheat, to gaining several after a 1200-calorie day. Of course, these are all most likely water variations, so lesson learned: Look at the scale on a weekly, not a daily basis.

In the long-term, what I've found to be consistently true is the oldest lesson in the book: To lose weight, eat less than the number of maintenance calories required for my lean body weight and activity level, and consume them generally along low-carb/ketosis-maintenance guidelines. Also: You can put all the fruit I've eaten since I started this journey in one (very small) basket.

I've been Paleo for six months -- very strict, meaning no dairy, eggs, or nightshades. I eat no nuts and only a banana a day for fruit. Yet...I cannot lose weight. In fact, I'm gaining it. I'm thinking that I'm going to have to count calories -- that I must be eating too much meat, too much coconut oil. I'm stumped.

You are going to have to count your calories.

Can recommend checking out Eat Stop Eat, doesn't require too much from you lol but i lost alot of weight with it

Consider adding Intermittent Fasting, such as the Alternate Day Diet, in the scheme. In which case it's not a matter of what to avoid eating, it's also when should you not eat at all.

Otherwise, avoid grains and sugar. Eat only a very few nuts and fruits.

Lastly, when you are finding yourself no longer hungry (not just full), just stop eating.

Calories consumed is one measure. Calories burned is another. What is your exercise life like?

Add in Sprinting (intervals) 1 day a week. Also like mentioned above IF helps. I am down 60 of my goal of 80 but I have stopped caring about weight and have gone more to fitness goals. It took about 7 months to lose the 60 the last month or so has been slow with the weightloss as I need more carbs for the workouts I have been doing.

I do fine losing weight even if I'm eating bacon several times per week and avocados almost every day. In fact, bacon and avocado seem to help weight loss--probably because they help me feel physically and emotionally satiated. (My mantra during the day when students are walking around with cookies and cupcakes is "Well, at least I can have bacon.")

Nuts seem to stall my weight loss, and if I eat too much fruit, that does, too. My general fruit intake is probably 3 to 4 full servings per week, if that. It's spread out as handfuls of berries and small amounts of chopped apple in with the veggies in my lunchtime salads. Except for the occasional recipe, I avoid dried fruit.

Ive been paleo for almost 2 months now. I've lost 22lbs (which in itself is a miracle because I've tried everything else know to man ha) and I'm down 9.5" overall. But now I'm stuck for over a week!! Can anyone explain the fasting concept that I am reading about?

Weight Loss Resources is not a diet, but rather a set of tools to enable you to make gradual changes to your eating habits. Having real awareness about the things you eat and drink each day enables you to start losing weight by making relatively small changes that suit your tastes and your lifestyle.
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