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Primal Progress

I have really only been following this Primal stuff for a few days and I can’t believe how immediate the results are!  I am ready to wake up in the morning at 7 or 8 whereas before I was sleeping in until 9 or 10 and still wanted to sleep more. I don’t feel bloated in my tummy anymore and my friend noticed yesterday that I already lost weight.  My joints feel flexible and I feel really energetic.  My mental clarity is amazing and my moods feel even.

And most impressive to me, I am not craving sugars or having any cravings whatsoever!  Hunger is different now than when I was eating a high-carb diet.  I would get ravenously hungry and would have to eat right away and when I would eat the jitteriness would go away and my mood would get better.  Now I don’t get jittery or in a bad mood if I’m hungry and my hunger can wait and eating can be delayed for an hour or two without negative consequences.  I am feeling true hunger, but it is much easier to deal with.

For the past few days I’ve been eating lots of nutty and fatty primal bars, full-fat organic and local yogourt mixed with berries, almonds and a tiny bit of raw honey and miso soup broth with loads and loads of spinach and a bit of tempeh and carrot.  I am basically doing primal vegetarian right now.  It’s a lesser carb load for sure.  Slow transitions are best.  I am really enjoying my food and when I eat I feel so satiated.

Guides and Gurus on APTN

For all you Canadians, there’s a great show on APTN on Wednesday nights at 10:30pm (eastern time).  It’s called Guides and Gurus.  I saw one that was about a Cree medicine man who talked about plants he used to heal his cancer.  Last night’s was about Peru and it featured both an Andean medicine woman and a shamanic healer who brings his knowledge to the West about psychotropic plants and emotional/spiritual release through ceremony.