Primal Woman’s Diet Tips

I am always amazed how many trendy diets, delivered-to-your-door food services, and celebrity spokespeople have made their fortunes plugging into our primal desire to be thin. The daunting financial outlay we are willing to lay at the feet of spurious “dieteers” can be better spent here, with a little one-on-one expert encouragement. The Bi-Weekly Personalized Diet Guide is your pathway to healthy, permanent weight loss. You will send me your food diary and fill out a brief questionnaire which will help me create a customized weight loss plan for you. For further information, please leave a comment.
Now, on to a few Primal Diet Tips.
We are hunters and gatherers in the dark recesses of our most primordial DNA. We evolved with sleek muscles to stalk prey and developed a strong affinity for proteins from nuts and berries.  The more we honor that ancient diet, the healthier we become. As an added bonus, we also become lean, ripped, and strong. I religiously follow a few rules about eating based on respect for my inner neanderthal, because without them a workout can be wasted.  I don’t keep spreadsheets on carbs and protein intake like some of my insanely dedicated friends because I’ve never wanted to be a slave to a rigid mindset, but  here are a few basic eating rules from my primal diary that work wonders for anyone who wants to stay fit.

1.       Eat processed food no more than twice a week. By this I mean anything from a box, wrapped in plastic inside a box, inside a microwavable sleeve, made through machination, containing  exhaustive chemical ingredients, boasting an inordinately long shelf life, or bearing no resemblance to its vegetable or animal origin.

2.       Honor thy PBJ, preferably with whole grain bread, organic peanut or almond butter and sugar free jam. This primal sandwich keeps for hours unrefrigerated, tastes fantastic, and packs huge health benefits. Nuts in all incarnations are energy boosters. Kids have been tragically conditioned by corporate advertisers to be ashamed of anything homemade, making the PBJ into a pariah.  It shows in the childhood obesity rate.

3.       Don’t eat after 8pm. Your body finished its work, and needs to wind down.  We don’t process food efficiently at night, and the effort might keep you awake.

4.       Skip dessert, always. I stopped craving sweets more than a decade ago. This happens when you stop consuming them, trust me. Others gape in awe as I pass on lovely desserts, decline “just one bite,” and reject the office birthday cake. The plain truth is I am not tempted by any of it and feel no emptiness in my life. Our primal forebears didn’t nosh on Reese’s blizzards, after all.

5.       Vitamins are also a food group. I carry mine in an Altoids tin and pop green tea, odorless garlic, omega 3s, and the alphabet vitamins in various combinations with every meal. They just work better with food. 

6.       Eat small meals every 4-6 hours instead of a big Gandolfini spread. No disrespect intended, but the Roman excess of his last meal floored me. It included seven courses, 4 pina coladas, two rum and cokes, and 5 beers.  If I’ve been training especially hard,  I even get up in the middle of the night and eat a sandwich. This doesn’t invalidate rule 3 as long as you’re actually going to bed before midnight.

7.       Greens can be mixed into everything. In omelettes, pasta, shakes, seafood, and salads. Rip em, chop em, and include them as part of every meal. Our stomachs need them for optimal function. I appreciate them more when they come from my garden, but I never leave the store without them.