The rules:
No sugar
No grains - for most of us that means no flour - whole OR refined
No processed food - most contain sugar and/or flour anyway
No starches - no rice, no potato's
No diet soda - yes zero calories but the taste inspires sweet cravings AND it's aspartame - chemical crap
No dairy - my exception is full cream because it doesn't have lactose
No vegetable oils - stick to olive oil and/or coconut oil, some people use butter
No legumes - no beans or peanuts
Eat:
Protein - fish, nuts, meat (red and white)
Vegetables - no starches and very light on the corn and peas if at all (high glycemic)
Fruit - try to stick to berries - if you want weight loss avoid bananas
Hints:
Eat a LOT of protein the first three days! This is only to get you over the mental hump of the huge sacrifice you feel like you are making. By the third day you'll enter ketosis and your appetite will drop significantly.
Drink lots of water - this is how your fat/waste gets removed from your body.
Cheat:
I do drink two coffees with coffee cream a day. I find the fat in the coffee satiates me. And... I like my coffee in the am and in the mid afternoon.
Exercise:
Walk six hours/week
2 strength training sessions - using as heavy weights as I can
Send in your cheats and hints. I'll cut and paste them from the comments and put in this post.
Primal On!
For more information check out Mark's Daily Apple Primal 101 Guide.
