What Paleo Is to YOU???

[Desertmonky]

Hello everyone here is a question for whoever would like to answer. As the title states, What paleo is to you??

I for one first saw this as just another diet, i needed a diet that would allow me to shed some pounds but supercharge me with energy and vitality.  But once i started this it became a lifestyle and now i see training and physical fitness in a completely different way. I have fully embraced this as a lifestyle that i want to follow for the remainder of my years, which is many hopefully.

But besides the weight loss and the feeling great what does Being a CAVEMAN or woman mean to you???

[Lilnicki]

I'm not doing this diet because i want to eat exactly the same as cave-people........i'm doing it because i only want to put good stuff in my body.  ( I also eat sweet potatoes, rice, quinoa, peas.... these are not paleo correct, but they are "natural" foods IYGWIM). I am not over weight, so i don't do any strenuous excercise or weight training like some of the others on here, though i do like country walks and cycling , british weather permiting!!

Nicki

[SidheDraoi]

like Nicki I am on this diet because I feel it necessary to live as healthy as possible. Also like Nicki I bend the rules, I still eat dairy and beans on occasion. However, I do try to stick to being as paleo-correct as possible. Being pregnant at the moment drives me to eat some un-paleo things but they are always healthy things so no loss as far as nutrition goes!

Paleo is a philosophy to me, living as close to the natural sceme of things as you can get. Embracing mother earth and her entirety and learning to love yourself and others.

I also love the paleo work outs, how they train you for functionality rather than just looks. Thats the way it should be in my opinion 

[Falcon]

Hi Desert
I think the thing I've noticed the most is how my approach to food has changed. I'm considerably less squeamish than I was before. If I used to think about eating things like rabbit or squid I'd feel queasy; now it makes my mouth water and I want to try it. I'm currently trying to convince my other half to let me make a rabbit stew but he's resisting so far!
Watching wildlife programmes or things like "Human Planet", I've gone from rooting for the prey animal to rooting for the predator - unless the prey is a baby, when I still want it to get away!
I've considered learning to fish, have (in my darker moments) contemplated finding a way to catch rabbits, but as I know nothing about butchery or cleaning fish it would end in the unnecessary death of an animal I then couldn't eat.

I think I'm trying to say I've found a 'primal' part of my soul that it starting to want to get out. I'm going to embrace it as far as possible. I also really want to  be out in nature more. I'm definitely buying a bike in the spring.

Anyway, ramble over!

Falcon

[SidheDraoi]

I've considered learning to fish, have (in my darker moments) contemplated finding a way to catch rabbits, but as I know nothing about butchery or cleaning fish it would end in the unnecessary death of an animal I then couldn't eat.

cleaning fish is simple, cleaning rabbit is a little more tedious and requires a bit more skill. with a fish you de-scale it by rubbing the back of the fillet knife blade over its skin, rinse off the scales. some people chop off the headsand tail parts (I do, unless I want a crispy tail, which is excellent with ketchup!) and then make an incision along the ventral part of the body (belly, sorry I made a promise to myself to use medical terms as much as possible, whenever possible) and then rip out the organs. rinse and season how you want and voila! fillet of fish! mind you this way you have to dodge bones when you are eating it. You can always grab the spine and tear it out and then pick the little bones out witha tweezer. Thats if little bones bother you, personally I eat them unless they are stabbing into my cheeks.

rabbit... well... here's a website for that:: http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2005/06/15/how-to-skin-a-rabbit/

happy hunting!!

[Alex Good]

 I like meat, I enjoy the woods and I'm extremely feral. This seems like the right lifestyle.