Caveman/Paleo/Primal

[Sean Jacobs Retired Moderator Member of the Month Dec 2012PEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close Sean Jacobs]

Hey folks. Anyone else on this forum follow a paleo/primal/caveman style diet?

[Bnip Retired Moderator Member of the Month July 2013PEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close Bnip]

I did the keto diet to cut for the beach and lost the 20 pounds need to show mg six pack. I really enjoyed the eating but the brain fog was unique. It only lasted. 3 days though

[Sean Jacobs Retired Moderator Member of the Month Dec 2012PEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close Sean Jacobs]

I did the keto diet to cut for the beach and lost the 20 pounds need to show mg six pack. I really enjoyed the eating but the brain fog was unique. It only lasted. 3 days though

I hear ya on the brain fog. I call it "the low carb flu". This is when you transition from higher carb to low carb and your body is basically going through withdrawal. Headaches and brain fog. But I feel like a million bucks when I'm consuming less than 100 grams of carbs per day. It makes me wonder why I fall off the wagon and eat high carb junk...I guess I'm a recovering sugar addict.

[BigO AdministratorPEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close BigO]

I have done similar eating styles. I always feel great when I get a week into it.

Fat drops rapidly.

[NeverEnough9 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close NeverEnough9]

IIFYM/thread

[Sean Jacobs Retired Moderator Member of the Month Dec 2012PEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close Sean Jacobs]

I have done similar eating styles. I always feel great when I get a week into it.

Fat drops rapidly.

The easiest way I've found to drop fat in the 29 years I've been researching health and fitness.

[Bnip Retired Moderator Member of the Month July 2013PEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close Bnip]

I feel so much better on it. Like big said fat melts off if you are disciplined. The problem is my wife. She is a carb queen and it is a tough diet to do if both spouses aren't on board. I have a big birthday milestone coming up and this diet will do it for me.

[Sean Jacobs Retired Moderator Member of the Month Dec 2012PEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close Sean Jacobs]

I feel so much better on it. Like big said fat melts off if you are disciplined. The problem is my wife. She is a carb queen and it is a tough diet to do if both spouses aren't on board. I have a big birthday milestone coming up and this diet will do it for me.

That is a great point. It can be tough with a teenage daughter in the house. We have to keep a certain amount of junk food available for her and her friends.

[camaro Senior Member Member of the month June 2013 Find all posts View Profile Close camaro]

Umm...Men eating meat.What's not to like about that?

Wish i could go paleo....

[Bnip Retired Moderator Member of the Month July 2013PEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close Bnip]

Oh camaro! You always crack me up. I purposely did not say I love eating all that meat bahaha

[camaro Senior Member Member of the month June 2013 Find all posts View Profile Close camaro]

Cusp is a long time advocate of the paleo diet for the same reason.

[CUSP82 Administrator Admin of the Month Dec 2014PEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close CUSP82]

If it's meat it's meant to be eat!

[kickinthemebs Senior Member Member of the Month Feb 2014 Find all posts View Profile Close kickinthemebs]

I am currently trying my best to stick to this type of diet but it is damn hard. I need to lose some body-fat as I have been on a bulking/strength-building few months and put on a good few unnecessary kgs of fat along the way. Going to try to eliminate carbs from my diet as much as possible, I already eat paleo diet more or less as it is.

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I am currently trying my best to stick to this type of diet but it is damn hard. I need to lose some body-fat as I have been on a bulking/strength-building few months and put on a good few unnecessary kgs of fat along the way. Going to try to eliminate carbs from my diet as much as possible, I already eat paleo diet more or less as it is.

You dont gain fat from eating carbs, you gain fat from eating more carbs than you need. You can bulk and eat "less" carbs, you need them to bulk but if you gained fat then all you need to do is get a better eating plan.

Too many guys still use the old way of gaining mass, the majority of body builders now realize that staying in a healthy eating plan is better and easier than a bulking phase based on diet. You gain muscle just as fast if your plan is dialed in but this takes log books and counting. I used to log my work outs and my eating, my cardio too. It wa a pain in the ass but it works.

[kickinthemebs Senior Member Member of the Month Feb 2014 Find all posts View Profile Close kickinthemebs]

Ah I know mate, sorry my last post was a bit misleading. I don't actually go on "bulking" stages like what I said, but just lift weights and try to increase my strength as much as possible over that period. My diet will usually be quite large from the extra hunger of lifting heavy. I don't have anything to do with bodybuilding at all as it is definitely not my aim or goal, I prefer strength training but at the same time I don't like having the amount of fat I have.

I realised I have put on a bit of excess fat though by not concentrating enough of my diet at the weekends (it goes to crap at the weekends, which I need to get in check). I will do a week of high intensity stuff the week after next, with minimal carbs as a shocker to my system. Trying to do a bit of running in the mornings too, which I think is helping. My frame is definitely an endomorph body-type, can put on muscle and/or fat so quickly. Just need to lose the fat part though haha.

The diet plan logging is a great idea, my housemate is actually doing it and I might start doing it too, it does sound like such a pain in the ass though!

You dont gain fat from eating carbs, you gain fat from eating more carbs than you need. You can bulk and eat "less" carbs, you need them to bulk but if you gained fat then all you need to do is get a better eating plan.

Too many guys still use the old way of gaining mass, the majority of body builders now realize that staying in a healthy eating plan is better and easier than a bulking phase based on diet. You gain muscle just as fast if your plan is dialed in but this takes log books and counting. I used to log my work outs and my eating, my cardio too. It wa a pain in the ass but it works.