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Parents are trying to make me fat… fml.

Female, 20, going to school/working full time and still living at home. I'm a very fit healthy paleo individual. :) But my parents, especially my mom almost seem to have this str …
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Losing weight and living with non-paleo parents

My parents are not exactly supportive of this paleo diet. I've been trying to desperately lose weight, and I fell off the wagon and had 2 weeks of binges, followed by Christmas. So …
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How can I start my Paleo diet while living with my parents?

I really want to try the Paleo diet, however, I am still living with my parents. My mom, my sister, and I are all trying to lose some weight, but disagree on how to go about it. I' …
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Are tortillas really that bad?

I live in a city where tortillas are the main ingredient in many of the foods here. I go to college and I'm living with the parents, so I'm basically stucked eating the foods the p …
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How do I explain eating paleo to my dad?

I'm 17 and still live under my parents roof so I kind of have no choice but to eat what I'm served. I prepare my breakfast and lunch when I can, but when it comes to dinner, my dad …
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Parents don’t understand my new paleo lifestyle

I'm 23, I love my parents and there are few things I disagree with them on. Recently though I've had a terrible realization there are some subjects I know more about than them. I g …
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feeding a child SAD child abuse? [closed]

im 21, and i would say for the past 4 months, i was inadvertently introduced to the paleo diet, supplementation, and overall good health habits due to extremely poor health. befor …
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Best way to “sneak” fat?

With a psycho parent? Like... "OMFG YOU ARE KILLING YOURSELF WITH ALL THAT FAT!" And after gaining weight the past 3 weeks and have abdominal pain --> from binge eating on fruit an …
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Best way to introduce primal / paleo to loved ones who would really benefit?

I have been very satisfied with my health since going primal. However, I still have extended family members who are eating horrible diets. My question: I don't know how to approa …
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Paleo gifts for a baby?

My daughter is expecting with my second grandchild in July. Aside from the standard type baby gifts, what would you suggest? She's very into attachment parenting and is a Montessor …
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Ideas for a fat-phobic mum (thinks most of what I’m trying to eat is going to kill me) AND trying to curb my binge eating

This will likely be fairly long, but there are quite a lot of details which might influence your thoughts/ advice so I think it's better than I'm pretty thorough. Stats: 20 years …
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Paleo Parents: How do you deal with the onslaught of crap-food commercials?

As my daughter is getting older and TV, unfortunately, is becoming a bigger part of her life (her grandmother watches her during the day and lets her watch Disney/nick jr./etc desp …
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Do your small children sleep alone or with you?

Interesting article on how evolution explains why children protest bedtimes so strongly. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/freedom-learn/201110/why-young-children-protest-bedti …
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Convincing my mom not to use vegetable oil?

I'm 19 and living with my parents. I've started buying my own food and eating those for breakfast and lunch. I haven't told them that I'm changing my diet and they haven't really n …
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Trying to Get the Parents On Paleo or Hack my Family Meeting

This past weekend my brother and I attended the wedding of a mutual friend and it suddenly occurred to us that the way our parents are going they will never attend our weddings or …

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