thanks Bee and Warren for the responses. I got some uncured center cut bacon from Whole Foods. I cooked 3 pieces for tomorrow morning. holy cow....that is A LOT of fat!! I had only cooked turkey bacon before this so.....wow. I am psyched for some fat.

That's the idea.  Now you know what we mean when we say to eat more fat!

Overall, i think I'm getting closer to eating meals that keep me full. It is so hard to believe I will actually lose fat eating this way. Even though I've read the research it is so counter to what i've be told my whole life.

Sounds like you are eating enough food now.  That's good.  For the fine tuning, as Bee says, getting a higher proportion of your food intake from fat is next.  A couple specific suggestions:  drop the sweet potatoes, which are not paleo and are starchy; also make sure your chili has no beans in it, as beans are not paleo.

Thanks Warren and Il Capo. It is funny that you mention about WF butcher's trimming all fat. Just yesterday I was just staring at all the raw meat in the deli and everything was lean. I did get some 85% fat ground meat. I ordered bison as well and then was like, doh--it is 95% lean.

This weekend I went to a hoof to snout restaurant here in Houston. I was all excited to "get full from fat". My plan totally backfired b/c it was too much too soon. I tried to eat the "marrow" as an appetizer. UGH===puke. Then, ordered the pork belly for my entree. I love bacon but this was much more hard core. When i was truly faced with real fat---it was so unappealing to me. I ended up throwing up in the middle of the night because my stomach was aching so much.  :(I hope this doesn't mean I'm going to be a Paleo flunkie.

I will keep experimenting with getting enough fat. This morning I had pot roast and some almonds but it could've used more fat! will keep at it.

thanks for specific feedback. i need those kind of suggestions. I'm new to this way of thinking and eating so continue to underestimate what enough fat intake really is.

Okay, all kidding aside. 

Sometimes working up to that much fat is a good thing, then you don't make yourself ill.  But, with that said, -I- find that commercially raised pork will make me very ill just as it did you.  So, with that in mind, may I suggest that you go get some sliced slab bacon, say 1 pound and either broil it as I do, or fry as most folks would.  Try that with your eggs and whatever you have for your morning meal.  Then try a nice rolled pork roast for the nights meal or the next nights meal.  In other words, get into the shallow end of the pool before jumping into the deep end without having full knowledge of correct swimming strokes.  While I appreciate and admire your type A enthusiasm, let's not make you so sick you give up. 

This is a tortoise race as the hare was caught and cooked!

hey everyone,
I don't want to wear out my welcome on the boards so I haven't been posting daily. I really want to get the hang of paleo b/c i am liking the way I feel when i do get it right. The problem is that I cannot get a handle on the morning hunger and it leads to cheats. This week I have experimented with different breakfasts like:

• 5 eggs & five pieces of bacon--hungry 2 hours later;
  
  • pot roast with avacado plus coconut milk, berries & nuts---still hungry
    2 eggs plus ground meat (85% fat beef with some ground turkey). I even had a teaspoon of coconut oil first thing upon waking to see if that would curb hunger
    I've tried other tactics such as having a hard boiled egg first thing upon waking (6am)
    drinking hot water w/ lemon first to try to curb hunger
    i
  tried eating a snack before bed
  
  Bee asked if it was "real hunger" & although i'm perplexed as well, yes it is real hunger. I have hunger pangs and even feel naseaus if I don't eat within 1 hour. it doesn't make sense that I could eat the food and feel as though i didn't eat. Just so people know---insatiable morning hunger has always been a problem and I really only avoid it when we go out to breakfast and I eat eggs, hashbrowns, bacon etc. I've been looking everywhere online to find other weirdos like me.
  I'm just venting. I will continue to get more fat in the foods since i know i'm not up to par on that. BUT i do want to point out that my five egg, five bacon breakfast wore off as well. And honestly, I kind of gag when i think of eating that again. I just want to eat something kind of quickly--15 min. and be done until lunch.
  
  other meals have been going pretty well and my snacks are typically jerky or boiled egg and carrots