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About 3 weeks have passed on a pure primal diet. Sure, there have been a few cheat meals, where life and situation left me without many options, but I’ve stuck to it as best I could. The beauty of this lifestyle is that it isn’t about being strict. It’s about the general enjoyment of life itself. Don’t let it hold you back from simply going out and having fun. The closer you can stick to the food types, the better off you’ll be. And should you go off course a bit, you can be safe in the knowledge that your body will recover faster.

The process has been considerably easier than expected. Mainly because you can still be quite creative with the meals – more so, I’ve often found – and even if you haven’t planned anything in advance, frying up some meat and steaming a few vegetables doesn’t exactly tax the ol’ noggin. I used to eat a lot of spaghettis and pizzas, so things like pasta and wheat were the trickiest to replace, but I’ve been having quite a bit of fun trying out foods that I never thought I’d eat otherwise. Asparagus? Are you mad? Oh, wait… It’s quite nice actually… And really, any diet where all you have to do is eat quite a lot of meat, can’t possibly be bad.

It turns out that there is a difference between ‘Paleo’ and ‘Primal’. Paleo seems more to do with the diet, while Primal refers more to the way of living. Subtle differences adorn the foods one can eat. So, in the end, it’s comes down to preference. I personally drift between the two, following recipes from either.

The benefits have begin to hit me like a ton of bricks. What I’m finding most astonishing though, is that in my job there is a lot of sitting down and I’ve yet to ramp up my physical activities, yet I can feel marked improvements. Visible weight loss (not that I had much to lose), loads more energy at my disposal, increased focus, and even less stress. I even seem to be battling colds and illness better. Much of it could be psychosomatic, based on what I’m expecting to happen. But, regardless, I’m enjoying the diet, and feel great too. There’s little more I can ask for.