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Exactly two months into my "Rational, Controlled Paleo" experiment I abandoned ship in the name of pumpernickel bread, more energy and better deadlift sessions.

I don't get why people get so dogmatic, about food. I eat around 2,100 calories a day now, from animal protein and hearty bread and dairy, and veggies and I feel great and I can train hard at the gym and on the mat. I get lots of carbs from dark bread every day and not only have I not noticed ANY severe effects, I do better when I train.

I just don't get why people can't just "eat everything" in amounts appropriate to support their lifestyle and goals and feel good about that.

I didn't feel good at all on no-carb, or even some-carb, strict Paleo. And I was glad when I stopped doing it I'm favor of a more reasoned approach.

Dr. Agkistrodon wrote:Exactly two months into my "Rational, Controlled Paleo" experiment I abandoned ship in the name of pumpernickel bread, more energy and better deadlift sessions.

That's the rational thing to do for a lifter. So many people can't put in potatoes, yogurt, and hearty breads without also putting in cookies, ice cream etc.

Grandpa's Spells wrote:

Dr. Agkistrodon wrote:Exactly two months into my "Rational, Controlled Paleo" experiment I abandoned ship in the name of pumpernickel bread, more energy and better deadlift sessions.

That's the rational thing to do for a lifter. So many people can't put in potatoes, yogurt, and hearty breads without also putting in cookies, ice cream etc.

Yeah. I went a little batshit crazy with the food when I first started out... And it took me a little while to settle into something reasonable and rational.

I don't eat cookies or ice cream every day, but it's not like I'm "giving up cookies and ice cream and junk food" and "depriving myself." Never thought about it like that.

Beer on the other hand... I don't drink every day but when I do, LOL, I tend to go nuts. I'm working on that, but not for the sake of my waist, more for the sake of my liver and my lifting the morning after LOL

My girlfriend will make me cookies on occasion. Homemade. I'll eat them and enjoy them after dinner on a training day and I don't feel bad about it or anything.

I got a new nose har trimmer. It works on ear hairs too,
People with little kids don't no nuthin' yet.

Shaf, the typical expression is that "you poked the best."

In this case you poked the chinchillas. What did you honestly expect?

WildGorillaMan wrote:Shaf, the typical expression is that "you poked the best."

In this case you poked the chinchillas. What did you honestly expect?

I had a pet chinchilla in high school named Mister Coats (RIP) He was cool,
so lets not tarnish his memory.

Lemmings

Shaf poked up a whole bunch of fucking lemmings.

Shafpocalypse Now wrote:Thud. Haha. I can totally see where you get that

Shaf, sorry, not knowing the internet on a first name basis, I didn't quite get the context.
I have some pretty strong feelings about kids and food, as I'm sure most of us do, but we can save that for another time.
Carry on.

*poked the bear.

Fucking autocorrect.

WildGorillaMan wrote:*poked the bear.

Fucking autocorrect.

I would have lost money betting that "bear" is already in your autocorrect.

I can see you might have arrived at that assessment.

Dan Martin wrote: Those douchebags should be beaten with a salami and have parsnips shoved up their ass.

Stop it, you're making me hot.

The Ginger Beard Man wrote:

Dan Martin wrote: Those douchebags should be beaten with a salami and have parsnips shoved up their ass.

Stop it, you're making me hot.

You sick fuck.

The Whole9 crowd are wacky but some of the people on Mercola's site give them a run for their money.

Add Mark's Daily Apple forums to that list as well.

I'd never heard of Mercola before. Jesus fuck.

"Ideally, you'll want to eat your eggs raw, or as close to raw as possible, such as soft-boiled or poached. I currently have four raw egg yolks nearly every morning over a bed of dehydrated vegetable pulp left over from my juicing, along with some red onions and a whole avocado. I discard the egg whites as I struggle with kidney damage; a result of having my mercury filling removed improperly, so I must limit my protein intake and in my view, the egg yolks are exponentially superior to the whites. If you chose to use egg whites, please don't eat them raw unless you also consume the egg yolks, otherwise you risk developing a biotin deficiency."

Raw egg yolks over a bed of dehydrated vegetable pulp. MMMMMMM

Delicious.

milosz wrote:I'd never heard of Mercola before. Jesus fuck.

"Ideally, you'll want to eat your eggs raw, or as close to raw as possible, such as soft-boiled or poached. I currently have four raw egg yolks nearly every morning over a bed of dehydrated vegetable pulp left over from my juicing, along with some red onions and a whole avocado. I discard the egg whites as I struggle with kidney damage; a result of having my mercury filling removed improperly, so I must limit my protein intake and in my view, the egg yolks are exponentially superior to the whites. If you chose to use egg whites, please don't eat them raw unless you also consume the egg yolks, otherwise you risk developing a biotin deficiency."

Raw egg yolks over a bed of dehydrated vegetable pulp. MMMMMMM

There's a guy on his forum who always posts about "earthing."

Next time you get the flu, stand barefoot in the dirt. The earth's electrons will clear everything up.

The site is just chalked full of orthorexia.

All the paleo fanatics will spout off about longevity and whatnot, and then probably talk on their cellphones while driving, likely drive fast like everyone else... Shit, you could get hit by a bus tomorrow. It's just food. Live a little, relax.

On topic and gave me a chuckle. http://www.nwedible.com/2012/08/tragedy ... eater.html

Screaming Flying Monkey wrote:On topic and gave me a chuckle. http://www.nwedible.com/2012/08/tragedy ... eater.html

Your seasoning is mostly self-satisfaction

That about sums it all up.

Croatoa wrote:

milosz wrote:I'd never heard of Mercola before. Jesus fuck.

"Ideally, you'll want to eat your eggs raw, or as close to raw as possible, such as soft-boiled or poached. I currently have four raw egg yolks nearly every morning over a bed of dehydrated vegetable pulp left over from my juicing, along with some red onions and a whole avocado. I discard the egg whites as I struggle with kidney damage; a result of having my mercury filling removed improperly, so I must limit my protein intake and in my view, the egg yolks are exponentially superior to the whites. If you chose to use egg whites, please don't eat them raw unless you also consume the egg yolks, otherwise you risk developing a biotin deficiency."

Raw egg yolks over a bed of dehydrated vegetable pulp. MMMMMMM

There's a guy on his forum who always posts about "earthing."

Next time you get the flu, stand barefoot in the dirt. The earth's electrons will clear everything up.

The site is just chalked full of orthorexia.

All this stuff is madness. Plain and simple. I don't have the time or the energy much-less the mental capacity to pick and choose and figure out what the best way is to eat wherever the fuck the best thing is. I eat steak, I cook it in a cast iron skillet, same with pork chops. I sautéed chicken breasts and chop em up and put em on pumpernickel bread with bacon, mustard and jalapeño jack cheese. I try to eat a big spinach salad every day, and I make protein shakes with Optimum Nutrition whey powder. And for some reason tonight I was fucking ravenous, so I ate an entire large pizza.

I feel good about the freedom I have in my "diet." And I think, all other things being equal, I stand a damn good chance at having better longevity than those wing nuts because I FLATLY REFUSE to stress out about what I eat.