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Originally Posted by eastcoastsurfer
SonInLawOfSam
I wonder if you could chalk up the diet gains to simply eating healthy. If you follow the diet you described you would cut out all fast food and most/all processed foods be default. I only ask because I wonder if you added natural/healthy starches like sweet potatoes or rolled oats would the diet still continue to work.
Do you do whey protein?
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Certainly, I think that many of the gains have to do with simply eating healthier. I do supplement with both whey and casein shakes. I've also got glutamine and creatine going as well. I justify the whey and casein to myself by assuming that it is heavily processed and has little resemble to the milk products it came from.
I continue to follow the Paleo diet because it's working for me, not because I'm allergic to lactose or gluten. That being said, at 165lbs I feel a little on the slim side and wouldn't mind bulking up a bit. If I could put on 5 or 10 lbs of muscle I wouldn't be offended.
I started tracking my food intake and on an example day following the diet I consumed a total of 1844 calories well under the "target" of 2956. My protein intake for the day was 163g or (232% of my daily req). Carbs were 152g (117%) and fat was 28g (43%). By cutting out the starchy vegetables and fats my caloric intake is well under a maintenance level which is going to account for the weight loss, and the bulk of my calories are coming from protein and "clean" fruits and vegetables.
Would it still work if I added some starchy tubers? Maybe, but if it ain't broke, I'm not going to try and fix it.