Post by Howie on Oct 25, 2011 20:47:05 GMT -5
Keep this in mind as your doing Paleo: right now your body is massively sugar and process carb dependant. In fact your gut flora and enzyme levels are probably not even able to process fat and protein efficiently enough to keep you going. Slowly cut out carbs by reducing your sugar and starch (both are effectively the same exact thing) sources in your meals. I used to be very sweet potato dependant as i cut down but almost never eat them now.
Don't go crazy, if you do it right this should be relatively painless. I suggest removing refined sugar from as many things as you can and replace with starchy foods like yams and sweet potatoes. Than slowly swap out some of the sweet potatoes for Carrots or some other more fibrous vegetables. Eventually cut out the starchy foods as much as possible and get your carbs from fibrous vegetables and the like.
This all being said the above is geared toward leaning out. Once you've leaned out and than need to bulk up you would than add back in some sweet potatoes or the like at a level required to promote better exercise performance.
On a maintenance level you probably don't need any starchy vegetables or tubers, but you could probability add in a little more fruit and increase your fat and protein intake enough to meet performance requirements.
Hope that helps.
Don't go crazy, if you do it right this should be relatively painless. I suggest removing refined sugar from as many things as you can and replace with starchy foods like yams and sweet potatoes. Than slowly swap out some of the sweet potatoes for Carrots or some other more fibrous vegetables. Eventually cut out the starchy foods as much as possible and get your carbs from fibrous vegetables and the like.
This all being said the above is geared toward leaning out. Once you've leaned out and than need to bulk up you would than add back in some sweet potatoes or the like at a level required to promote better exercise performance.
On a maintenance level you probably don't need any starchy vegetables or tubers, but you could probability add in a little more fruit and increase your fat and protein intake enough to meet performance requirements.
Hope that helps.