Thanks for the info, Warren...

I'll keep it in mind. I guess, because Dr. Cordain's book is called "The Paleo Diet", I assumed that when people spoke of "Paleo Diet", they were referring to Dr. Cordain's work.

I greatly dislike the term "caveman diet", because the "caveman" is a complete fiction of bad anthropology. "Neanderthin" is a clever marketing term, but it also fails to satisfy me, because we aren't Neanderthals. "Primal Blueprint" utterly fails to appeal to me, because there's nothing primal about protein shakes and occasional dairy.

Before I discovered the Paleo Diet, I wrote of wanting to follow a "Foraging Diet". That, to me, better encapsulates the concept I wish to follow. Our pre-agricultural ancestors foraged for edible plant and animal life, frequently wandering from place to place.

Welcome to the forum Stacy.  I too feel a bit tired, and am sleeping through the night - but like you I have more energy than ever before.  And feel great!  I'm almost 3 weeks into this wonderful diet, and I did it cold turkey too.  My husband wasn't thrilled with my throwing out his milk, cereal, ranch dressing, bread, and I was making home made bread mind you, but it's all gone along with my beloved bagels!  Cream Cheese, all of the things we enjoyed that were killing us.  Death stalks us in the form of processed foods.  He's mad because I'm probably making him healthier and he will live longer!  He always says he is ready for his maker - being almost 80.  But I'm determined to keep him around a lot longer!  So be brave, throw away hundreds of dollars of crap and fill your house with health and good foods.  Give what you can't use that is usable to your local people who are hungry and/or homeless if you feel guilty.  But mine went to the dump!
I don't even want to kill off the poor and homeless here.......

Hi guys

New to paleo (2 days ago) and this site, I found this thread to be very helpful as i'm feeling some tiredness already but I just KNOW the benefits I find after this initial period will be so worth it!

Thanks for all the great tips.

Felt tired and pooped funny for almost two weeks when I started paleo. The return on investment, for me anyway, was totally worth it.

I suffered from severe fatigue for ten years before I started the paleo diet.  No matter how much I slept I would wake up feeling weak with no energy.  The first 2-3 weeks on the paleo diet the fatigue actually got worse until one morning I woke up feeling rested for the first time in years.  I haven't felt fatigued since that day!  I didn't change anything that day - I just stuck with the diet.  I guess it takes a while to kick in.

I have been working primarily from home in the past few months and I'm single. This setting allowed me to schedule meals as I wanted and not at predefined times, and eating primarily at home.

Going paleo I found that:

- By eating when I was hungry I did not follow my previous meal schedules. Some days I would go from waking up till 3-4pm with just some herbal tea. I would then have late lunch (at 4pm), and then dinner around 8pm. Sometimes I would fast until 6-7pm, have "1st dinner" then and have "2nd dinner" at around 11pm.
- Other days I would have breakfast at 8 and lunch at 11, several snacks in the afternoon and a late dinner (around 10pm).
- Overall, by eating when I felt hungry I found out that I did not need a much food on average, but when I was particularly hungry I could eat a lot. I also found that, because they require no preparation, I tended to eat more fruit and nuts than advisable. I managed that by planning to run out of them before going back for groceries.

So another thing to expect from going paleo is that you won't feel constantly hungry.

This is what I have found out also. Some days I only need to eat once! That is crazy for me! I used to eat 3 to 4 times a day of the wrong foods. Since I have changed 3 months ago, I have lost weight and have toned up pretty well!