This is day 30 since “going Primal” for me and this was another great week.  I started the Primal Blueprint Fitness plan and got a couple of new gadgets.  I’ll be sharing about that as well as a quick review of the Primal Blueprint Quick and Easy Meals Cookbook by Mark Sisson.

If we consider the first month a trial, then this marks the beginning of a long term lifestyle change.  I just feel too much better to go back, plus I know there are many improvements to be made and benefits to be gained by continuing to refine and improve the diet and fitness plan. Read More→

The results I’m seeing after two weeks of following the paleo lifestyle are exciting enough that I wanted to blog about it again this week. I may have mentioned before that my wife Amy is on board with our new primal eating plan. She’s the cook in the family so that really helps. The fact that we’re pulling together on this is REALLY a benefit. This is not nearly as difficult a transition as it could be without family support.

The Primal Blueprint

I have to give a big plug for The Primal Blueprint by Mark Sisson. I got it this week and have been gobbling up the good info. I read a lot of blogs and books so I know when I see the real deal. Mark Sisson publishes a dizzying amount of content on what he calls the Primal Blueprint lifestyle. I think I want to change my mind and adopt this term instead of paleo If you want to learn more about improving your nutrition, your fitness and giving your body what it was created to have (I don’t subscribe to the evolution idea), then The Primal Blueprint is for you. Follow it up on Mark’s blog called Mark’s Daily Apple.

So far the most eye opening thing in The Primal Blueprint has been the chapter on ‘Don’t Eat Poisonous Things’. I can’t believe how bad for me some of the stuff I’ve been eating for the last forty years has been. Sure, sugar and other sources of carbohydrates spike insulin levels, and that’s bad enough, but poly unsaturated fats and genetically modified foods are downright scary. Read More→

A turning point

This is a quick post to document a turning point for me in the health and diet department that should also impact my fitness.

What triggered it

The trigger for this coming change came from an unlikely source. Paul Thurott is the host of the Windows Weekly podcast with Leo LaPorte on the TWiT network.

In a recent episode (more than one actually), Paul mentioned a book called Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It by Gary Taubes.

Paul didn’t go into a lot of detail about the diet because as he and the author states “it’s not a diet book”. Read More→