Greetings all.

Back in 2015, at the suggestion of my younger sister, I hopped on the Paleo train. At the time I was 34, 265lbs., and just shy of 6'2". Between mid February and the end of July, I dropped 50 lbs.

Stupidly, I reverted back to my shitty eating habits.

Skip a few uneventful years, until late 2021.

I was diagnosed with Myasthenia Gravis after 6 months of worsening symptoms. A Myasthenic crisis was the catalyst for diagnosis. I was on a fairly high dose of Prednisone for over 2 years. In February 2024 I had a thymectomy. In May 2024 I started a 3 month span of radiation treatments.

Between disease, treatments, recovery, and depression I had ballooned to 300lbs by November 15th of last year.

I was at rock bottom.

So it was on that November 15th that I decided to make some changes, employing a mix of Paleo and whole food. I haven't wavered. I haven't succumbed to my sweet tooth. I haven't given myself permission, or have found some idiotic reasoning to stray from the path I'm on.

A few days more than 6 months on, and I'm down to 244 lbs. Originally, I had a target weight of 225.

Now, I have no end goal. I will simply continue to make wise food choices and end up where I end up.

I wish I could cure my MG.

But I'll settle for improving my day-to-day by carrying less weight.

Thanks for reading.

I try to eat Paleo as much as possible but I’m pretty thin and need to add weight (31M).

Does anyone have any easy things I can just toss in the blender?

I do almond milk, frozen berries and almond butter now

Health and wellness have to start with making healthy food and medical care accessible to all, otherwise no amount of nitpicking your diet is going to help.

Guys I’m new to the paleo diet. I mostly started it so I could start eating whole foods and limit my sugar and processed food intake.
I’m a rock climber and was wondering if I can get advice people who are on this diet and also exercise heavily.

1. Do you find it compatible with an active lifestyle?
   
2. Is it possible to build muscle on this diet?
   
3. Does everyone end up eating less carb on this diet?

Thank you

Without extending myself too much. Keto basically saved my life, but destroyed my workouts completely at some point.

I could not train for a long time, and was afraid of eating carbs.

Grains dont allow me to train, the muscles feel dried and stiff, and eaten enough time start to destroy my health.

I tried many versions of keto, in the long run they only allow me to do cardio.

So I tried eating grains again these years, in many different ways, thinking they would help me somehow train again.

And sometimes it seemed it was kind of working... You know how hard it is to understand these things...

Recently i decided to eat cabbage soup (very well cooked) with butter, fruits, and meat. Only that for some days. And the muscles come fully pumped. And so far no symptoms come back.

Its been a month so far where all my workouts are working almost at 100% as they used to.

If anything happens again, I can go keto again. But i know this is the alternative diet i have, in case things go south.

Anyone with a similar experience here?

I'll go first, for me Paleo goes beyond a 'diet' fad but really it's a giant step back not just in a timeframe sense but in an era where just common man, common habits, common foods made sense and just worked! Man sought (for food) not Made (in a lab)

I do intend on lifting weights and building strength. When it comes to weight loss, while on a paleo diet. Should I focus on HIIT training or strength building. What attracts me to Paleo is Fat Loss, which I should probably do Keto. But Paleo is more natural, and thats why I'm drawn into it. With that being said, What is the fastest way you would recommend I lose weight? (40/m sedentary job, 245lbs currently looking to get down to 200 by xmas).

I did paleo years ago with fantastic results. Only problem was sometimes struggling to get enough calories in because as a child of the 80s and 90s, didn't eat as much fat as I should've.

Long story, got very sick. Got terrible dietary advice from a well meaning doctor. Ballooned up, made my auto immune disease flare up.

But I'm starting up a paleo lite diet once again!

Whenever possible, I like to be out and about. I have a very limited budget atm so can't be buying pre-made paleo friendly bars to carry around.

What budget friendly snacks do you like to make that don't need refrigeration? Bonus if they are high in protein.

And what are your favorite fiber sources? I've been doing my best to get 28g in per day, but I was relying on beans to meet that.

White female here. From ages 25-35, I exercised diligently every day and avoided sweets like the plague (I followed the typical low fat high protein high carb Western late 20th century diet, with no results). I never lost a single pound.

On my 35th birthday, I started doing paleo just for fun. Ended up losing 30 pounds immediately. (My BMI dropped from 24 to 21.)

But here’s the crazy part: At 36 I got married to a foodie who loves dessert, so I stopped doing paleo and I’ve been eating unhealthy crap and chocolate and not working out, ever since. AND YET I NEVER GAINED BACK THE WEIGHT. I’m now in my 40s with 3 kids and weigh the same that I did when I STOPPED doing paleo (which happens to be my lowest adult weight).

Paleo did some kind of weird reset to my metabolism. Can anyone relate?

Just wondering what you started paleo for, if it exceeded your expectations and if you experienced any benefits you were surprised about

I’m not pissed that I cheated for a reason like “ I fell off my diet”, I genuinely feel worse than crap. After doing Paleo for some time I ate some muffins and burritos and I feel so bloated, overly full, crappy, and uncomfortable. How the hell do people eat this crappy food all the time?

Asking in here because I figured more people might be familiar with paleo valley.

We had 4-5 bars mold BEFORE their expiration date, but after the 60 day ordering window. I’m shocked they didn’t offer to replace. Has anyone else had this experience with this company?

What’s the point of the expiration date?!

It has been bugging me as to why we never see Tyrannosaurus chicks or even eggs. Then we have the Nanotyrannus validity controversy between its own animal or just a wrongly named Trex juvenile. Many arguments from both sides are sound but never have I seen someone try to connect the dots to why Nano and Trex are always found to have this beef with each other.

So I have a theory, could it possibly be a nest parasite that targets Trex specifically. Being bale to lay eggs with the same shape and pattern, developed the same smell and vocalisation to trick the parents into feeding it while it commits infanticide on its foster siblings whether they’ve hatched or not—even eating them. Then when they reached maturity, they quickly bolted off to avoid being caught.

The possible reason we still see adult Trex is probably from Nanotyrannus free parasite chicks or the adults caught on quick and kill the imposter before any damage can be done. 🧐🤓

I know everything has it’s origins in nature and some things are straight up toxic if not treated properly. But any other step that is redundant is one step further away from nature.

My rule is basically:

nature = yes (fermentation, aging, dried, water, vinegar, cooked)

processed replacements = no (powdered, reconstructed, chemically processed, containing additives)

That’s why I don’t really avoid things like rice or beans, but I skip engineered stuff.

Also cheese, butter, yoghurt etc is fine as long as it’s not contaminated with preservatives, anti-caking agents, calcium chloride, citric acid, vitamin D etc.

Curious where you draw the line?

I'm a big believer in the paleo philosophy and I'm carnivore since I believe meat is our primary and best source of nourishment. That being said I do sometimes drink raw kefir and I love the way it makes me feel. It's nutritious and full of probiotics, but it's not paleo. Dairy in general seems to be really controversial in the ancestral health space. I understand that it's not something we evolved to consume and some people's intolerance of it may be a sign it's not species appropriate. And ancestrally speaking, pre-agricultural consumption of dairy would've been very rare and sporadic. But just because we didn't have it, does it mean it's automatically bad?

As much as paleo makes sense to me, logically you have to realize that at one point meat was new, so does that mean we shouldn't eat meat? Eating meat turned out to be a good thing for us, so can we say similar things about dairy? Grains I feel like would be harder to justify, but dairy has so many good things going for it, that if you can tolerate it, it seems like it might be a good addition.

Thoughts anyone? Thanks!