Written by: Bob Daniels
I work EMS and gained a few extra pounds. Long days and nights. Coupled with improper eating habits had left me sore and miserable. One day a coworker asked me if I had heard of this guy Robb Wolf and the paleo solution. After reading the Paleo solution we decided to try it out. I had a past in running and working out. I thought I could just jump back into a slimmer, feeling better body. Turns out I had no idea. 30 days into strict paleo eating and I had no more joint pain. I was down 40 lbs and felt better than I had in years. Almost three months have passed now and I’m 50lbs down and still paleo strong! I’m now back to running and lifting. Many of friends are now trying paleo. All of them are seeing the same benefits I have. Thank you!
Congratulations on your weight loss!!! I’ve lost 40lbs in 3 months but still have a ways to go… I have a question.. my weight loss has slowed (I’m in week 15)… I’m eating until I’m satisfied.. ranging between 1000-1200 calories a day which is just weird but it’s hard to eat more when you’re eating strict paleo!.. doing CrossFit 4x week and am learning to do the olympic lifts.. so here’s my question.. can I lose weight and put on muscle simultaneously? I still have a loooooong way to go until I’m at a normal weight (I’m 5’11 and 269lbs now – uhmm and I’m a chick)… just wondering what you think… Thanks! And again, CONGRATS!
Wow! I thought I was doing well by losing 20-25 lbs in 3 months with my new Paleo lifestyle. Seems I’ve go some work to do… 😉
This is my 2c worth! I feel robbed in life! it’s not your fault Robb! it has more to do with governments, the medical fraternity, school etc.
My story isn’t one where i lost an incredible amount of weight in a very short time interval. My story is more about chance, luck, fortune, confusion if that makes sense.
Exactly 2 years ago i got on the scales and noticed that i weighed 95kgs (209lbs). I was horrified! What really upset me most was maybe not so much the number i read but the feeling that i was overweight despite being on what i thought was a healthy diet, ie low fat!
I immediately thought to myself “i wish i weighed my high school weight” which was 75kgs!
My life changed on that day by mistake! I was at my cousin’s panel beating shop and I heard this old feller talking about underarm sprays and how the “government was trying to make all men impotent” by making men use anti per-spirant sprays! I brushed it aside as lunacy but later on in the evening something made me google “homemade deodorants”!
I always didn’t like the idea of spraying aluminium up my underarms.
So i made my first homemade deodorant out of virgin coconut oil, sodium bicarbonate and arrowroot powder. For some incredible reason it worked! Ok it needed tweaking coz my underarms were getting a bit raw from the bicarb soda but i have not bought non homemade stuff since.
And t works a treat, no bad odours, zilch! Too god to be true! I thought to myself that all three ingredients were edible that maybe i could sample as sustenance that could improve my insides. I tasted some and spat it out even quicker! So that was the end of tasting hoe made deodorant.
However something really strange happened to me around 9pm that night. I felt this weird lack of tiredness! I don’t know where it came from but it felt good. I slept really well that night! I woke up in the morning and felt kinda like i did every day, tired, aching, etc but craved that euphoric feeling from the night before.
In short, it took me 2 whole weeks to realise that the coconut oil gave me that burst of energy. Since then i ave progressively improved my life by eliminating a lot of bad things while introducing a lot of good stuff. Beer being one of the bad things I eliminated by 98% from my diet! I began learning about fermented cabbage, natto, generally good foods. My latest fun experiences are Paleo and intermittent fasting! Anyway from that day 2 years ago i have reached 76kgs (167lbs) so that means a drop of 42lbs!!!! I feel so much etter! I don’t worry about cholesterol any more. My blood pressure used to be 140/90 and now it averages 115/72. My trigs/hdl ratio used to be 3+ but now its 1.4. Having said that my doctor wants me on statins coz my cholesterol is high at 6.3mmol! Whatever! I couldn’t be happier and even at 52 I’m getting lots of glances from the opposite sex! Oh and another enefit i went from a 40″ inch waist to a 34″!!!! I love going to opp shops and buying jeans fr $7 tat people throw away! Brain fog? Forgetful moments? Thats history or me! Bring on a new happy life!
hello, I want to ask you:
The effects of coconut oil cause you are taking or because you pass under her arm?
How much coconut oil you take per day?
This feeling of euphoria and disposition, you’re still feeling yet?
Also had my moments of euphoria and great disposition when changed my diet, but that is over and dont know what to do to get back.
grateful
David Storino