Getting Started

Getting started with Paleo can be tough.  We have to literally retrain our bodies from deriving its energy from the short-term spiky energy of sugar/carb consumtion to the steady, stable energy extracted from fat and protein.


My start with paleo almost ended in disaster when I misunderstood its key principles.  While this is the topic I would like to write a lot more about, here are some good places to begin:

• My own Gentle Start advice for my dad.
• Modern Paleo Principles (a note of warning! if you are a high-carb-eater, start by eating a lot more meat before you go down the list there)
• Panu's Get Started .  This is a great approach for those who need the most work - like I did!
• Five ways to add fat to your meal will help you transition to eating healthy fat, even if your family does not agree
• Simplifying - an almost paleo diet is the description of the principles that helped me get a second start in the Paleo diet when I found the effort to be too much and was ready to give up

I would like to repeat the last point of advice I gave my dad:

Paleo should be about getting more about life, not about deprivation or "dieting".  Enjoy yourself!  If you are not, something has gone awry.  Go and check your premises.