Comments on: Paleo is a good approach, don’t outsmart it.

By: Paleo is a sledgehammer | Fitness Fail

Paleo is a sledgehammer | Fitness Fail — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:51:32 +0000

[...] (that he made himself) you won’t have to look around the internet very hard to find it. I’ve taken issue with this very attitude before in the past. (For a self assessment of your fanaticism, take this [...]

By: Dr Dan

Dr Dan — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:51:04 +0000

I figured this was about me. All I mean’t by that post was that I wanted to count calories because when I can see what Im eating everyday it tends to regulate itself better than if its a ‘free for all’. In that respect I think that counting calories helps. It helped when I started and it was when I stopped doing it that my weight loss stalled. I was basing my idea on past experience. Just to clear that up. Thanks Chris though its nice to know someone agreed with me!

By: Tom Parker - Free Fitness Tips

Tom Parker - Free Fitness Tips — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:06:38 +0000

I’ve not read the post that you are referring too but surely no one truly believes that calories do not matter at all. If eat enough food you will gain weight – no matter how “healthy” the food is.

By: Jay

Jay — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 11:16:49 +0000

Chris;

Nice looking site. Looks like Meat Fest is going to be May 30/31, but we’ll firm dates this weekend and post on CF boards.

Can you guys make it?

By: Kelly Turner

Kelly Turner — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:00:31 +0000

to add: I dont really have any weight loss goals and my eating habits are healthy the way they are already, so perhaps im not the target audience for this program. didnt want to come off as advocating eating whatever you want

By: Kelly Turner

Kelly Turner — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:59:18 +0000

this is exactly why i cant stick to program- because if i start it, i obsess, which makes me unhappy, irritable, and feeling restricted. Im an all or nothing kind of girl, and find i would rather have peace of mind than a slightly lower percentage of body fat.

I remember when charlotte did the experiment and stopped after she started driving herself crazy. i think that may have been the first go around….

By: Son of Grok

Son of Grok — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:11:54 +0000

Yeah, Dr. Dan at Darwins table. I also recently read on Charlotte’s Great fitness expirement about her second go at primal which she failed. I noticed that she was under the impression that unlimited nut consumption was acceptable. Bottom line as always is that there is such thing as too much of a good thing. You eat 2 cups of nuts per day and you are simply eating too many calories!

The SoG

By: cmason

cmason — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:27:06 +0000

You mean Chris at Darwin’s Table right? His post from a few days ago and the responses to it telling him calories were irrelevant were part of what got me started thinking along these lines.

I hadn’t really considered the issue of “paralysis by analysis” though – and that’s an excellent point. I’m a geek myself so I tend to enjoy thinking things to death, but one of the strengths of the Paleo approach is that it provides a formula that’s easy to follow.

By: Son of Grok

Son of Grok — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:06:40 +0000

I read the same article from fellow blogger. I think a problem is that when something has been working for you and then maybe it hic-ups or stalls a bit, you feel like it is something YOU are doing wrong… so you start to analyze EVERYTHING… which turns into over-analysis… which turns into paralysis by analysis… which urns into a bad situation all around. Good post Chris.

The SoG