I'll attest to the paleo diet as a Very Good Thing(tm). I resisted for a good long time, but like SonInLaw said, I worked out and worked out with minimal full-body results. Sure my biceps got juicy but who cares when I was still a fatty.
One day I was at the farmer's market and found myself face to face with a plump fresh baked loaf of kamut bread (I have food allergies and issues to begin with). I promptly lost all control, bought the loaf, drove home, and ate the entire thing. The next day I said f*** it! and called up SonInLaw and said it was time for a change.
I've been doing the Paleo diet ever since and the results are clear. Yes, I'm also doing the New Rules, which is the best workout program I've ever done, but I have seen real changes since the diet and have dropped from 185 to 175ish, with a lot of muscle gains at the same time. I have always been nutritionally conscious, largely because of my food allergies, so I never really ate a lot of treats or junk food. Ultimately, you are what you eat, and I'd much rather look like a lean steak than that plump loaf of bread.
