I’ve been a busy girl… thinking, writing, fighting with Microsoft Word, tossing stuff around and saying “no” to just about everything which included wearing a strappy pair heels and hiring a babysitter. But the good news is, it’s here! Living Paleo for Dummies has arrived! I have to say, it’s kinda thrilling to see stuff that’s been in my head for so long finally in print. Cool. Totally cool!
But I wasn’t alone on this thinking, writing - and wishing Microsoft Word was dead to me – journey. The fabulous Melissa Joulwan from the wildly popular paleo recipe and lifestyle blog www.theclothesmakethegirl.com, was in on this too. She contributed all of the amazing recipes and the practical portions of the book, while I turned into a nutritional nerd and spearheaded the more science like info. If you don’t know Melissa yet, you should. She is what I call the paleo perfect storm. She a gifted writer so she can blog like a nobody’s business. She’s the recipe goddess, and has a heart of gold. I’m better having met her, and it was an honor sharing this book title.
Melissa Joulwan is the author of the paleo recipe and lifestyle blog www.theclothesmakethegirl.com
I want you to own this book. I want your family to own this book. I want anyone you give a fig about to own this book. Why? Because I have spent more then 1/2 of my life discovering what food can do to change your life. Yes, just food. I’ve evolved in my practice and in my nutritional consultations to really get this now. I’ve seen it all. The healing juices from the “rarest of trees” and powders from the world’s most “exotic” plants, “ground-breaking” spray vitamins and products you dont even want to know about! But here’s the thing… you’ve gotta put real foods first. Period. That’s your launching pad. I’ve seen such success with changing your life with just food, I now know it’s a moral obligation to make sure you know what I know.
Here’s 20 reasons you should pick up a copy or two. If you have any interest any of these happenings, you’ll feel the book is well worth it’s salt:
- Losing weight and gaining strength
- Saying bye bye to bloating
- Getting better skin that carries a glowy complexion (and did I mention bright eyes?)
- Regulating your hormones
- Tapping into your fat burning furnace so you can start to melt away fat – regularly
- Reducing all of those pesky allergies
- Squashing all of those totally avoidable irritations from food sensitivities
- Boosting your immunity so no more sick days
- Sleeping better…like before the kids came along… kind of sleep
- Making better poops and healing intestinal issues that set you back
- Healing conditions that you may have had for like, ever
- Looking ageless
- Fewer prescriptions and trips to the doctors office (remember all of the prescriptions are not designed to keep you well! You’re on your own for that)
- Stabilizing your blood sugar, which is waaaay important in looking and feeling your best
- Reducing – even annihilating – that big bully inflammation
- Improving your bone health (which includes better teeth)
- Feeling like you are in happy land
- Feeling like a fitness bad ass with your improved work-outs
- Boosting your metabolism
- Feeling a totally different connection with food
If all of that doesn’t wow you – then how’s this? Smokin’ hot fitness! There’s a complete beginners, intermediate and advanced paleo fitness regimen in the book, but what’s really exciting is our fitness model; the fabulous Jen Sinkler, who just happens to be sexy, strong and a world class fitness authority. What I appreciate the most about Jen is that she’s not only jaw dropping fit, but the chick can write! She’s the former Fitness Editor for Experience Life magazine and is inspiring us even more on her website Thrive with Jen Sinkler . She’s truly lovely, talented and will motivate you in her Thrive adventures!
Jen Sinkler is the author of the blog Thrive with Jen Sinkler
So you probably want to know about the “giveaway” piece of this. Here you go: I’m giving away 3 signed copies of these bad boys! I just have one question: Tell me what you want out of all of this Paleo stuff. Living Paleo can take you from where you are now, to where you want to be. Tell me, where do you want to be?
The bottom line question: What do you want Living Paleo to do for you?
To Enter: Post to comments and tell us your goal – what do you want Living Paleo to help you achive in 2013.
Deadline: 11:59 p.m. Eastern on Friday, January 18, 2013. I’ll randomly select three winners and make the announcements/notification on January 21.
Restrictions: None! All my friends around the world are invited to enter!
Ready? Set? Well for the love of 2013…Go!
Live bold, think big – and find your power!
Dr. Kellyann
Really enjoyed the book. My living paleo goal for 2013 is to be a positive role model for my kids!
I’m hoping to improve my blood sugar, Change my eating habits and live a longer better life!
Great book. My hope is to improve my athletic performance. Want to score a copy for my sister in law. Good stuff. Great pulled pork recipe. I enjoyed it so did my kids.
I have found this book easy to read and full of useful information
I Have been struggling to lose weight and immediately saw results following this diet. I love how the author explained the science and the recipes are great.
I’ve tried many of the recipes and the family loves them. My 10 year old gobbles up the teriyaki-turkey meatball soup. My 8 year old loves the Zucchini Lasagna.
Thanks so much for such a concise guide.
Following the Paleo lifestyle is a terrific way to start the new year! I can’t wait to incorporate these extremely easy and affordable habits into my busy lifestyle to feel and look better. This book is well written and filled with interesting facts and information. Thank you Dr. Kellyann!
What lovely, and gently informative book this is! I must say, in a world of Paleo overload, the cream (Paleo cream, that is) always rises to the top. This book is that cream. Few other Paleo books are this good.
I have seen the information in this book transform lives! Complete happiness and health are the results! My goal for 2013 is to get myself totally involved in the paleo lifestyle! I cannot wait to see the outcome!
Thanks for sharing your information with the world!
Keeping a healthy body is important to me. Since I’ve been doing paleo my energy level has been greatly improved. I am in it for life because it is not too hard to do
Would love to read this book! My paleo goal is to get my energy and stamina up in 2013
My goal for 2013 is to maintain the 17lbs I lost since before Thanksgiving (that’s right, I managed to keep it off during the holidays!) and loose 8lb more. Ultimate goal is to continue a healthy diet and begin training in preparation for next October’s Tough Mudder!!!!! This is a present to myself as I approach 49 in August. Thanks Kelly for your inspiration! xo
Dr. Kellyann,
Looking forward to ordering my book and getting started on the program. I hope Living Paleo will help me shed some weight, increase my energy and improve my health in 2013!
As a chronic Lyme Disease sufferer, I’ve spent the last 7 years watching my body betray me. From the digestive tract to the nervous system, from major organs to the joints, every part has joined the uprising. Repeated courses of antibiotics had left me unable to eat just about anything without getting a stomach ache…until I discovered the paleo lifestyle last October. For the first time in years I can have a basic meal without fear.
I’ve only just begun with paleo, but my goal this year is to learn all I can so that, hopefully, I can simply live without discomfort, anxiety, sleeplessness, aches, pain…..
My Paleo goals are to regain optimal health to include great sleep and razor sharp focus and thinking so that I can pull out all of the stops in 2013 and be all that I can be!!! And losing about 20 lbs, so that I look as good on the outside as I know I’ll feel on the inside is also my goal. I feel confident that taking my own personal Paleo challenge, thanks to Dr. KellyAnn, will get me there!
I’ve started on paleo thanks to your book, an enjoying the recipes. My goal is to lose ten pounds this year. Hoping paleo will help.
I have a Paleo goal list!
1, Start reading this book and finish it asap
2. Share it with my husband for weight lose
3, Share with my teenage sons who are always tired
4. Lose weight myself to fit in a bikini this summer – a dream since I’ve had kids
Cannot wait to begin this wonderful journey!
Thanks Dr. kellyann!
My goal is to be the healthiest I can be! But even more important to me is to help my daughter who is struggling with ADD like behaviors, together she and I can make life better for both of us!!!
I have been Paleo for about 2 years, but slowly I have let things creep back in. It is a NOTICEABLE difference. My goal for 2013 is to get back to my 80/20 eating and feel better with more energy. Before paleo I could barely walk my joints hurt so bad.(I’m only 45) One week in and I was pain free. You can’t argue with that.
Cheers to you!
I’ve always been active, but I’ve also always been a bit (and sometimes more than a bit) overweight. My relationship with food is tumultuous. I eat in response to emotions and I eat a lot. I’ve tried many diets; I’ll lose weight and then gain it right back. I am hoping to embrace paleo as a lifestyle. One that compliments my activity level, but more than that – one that heals my relationship with food. Food should be fuel; it should make us healthy, not unhealthy. Living paleo will hopefully help me achieve my best self. Thanks!
I want my energy back. I’m tired of being tired all of the time.
I really want to get my insulin resistance under control and lose some more weight.
My goals thru Paleo are fixing my psoriasis, 3 yr post gallbladder removal issues, but most importantly to get my autistic/ADHD 10yr olds behavior stabilized & possibly off meds. He is currently a behavior nightmare & failing school in spite of testing giftedl.
2013 figuring out this whole paleo lifestyle
where do i want to be — on the beach rockin a Paleo bikini body!
I have deemed 2013 as my year to regain optimal physical health starting with healing my adrenals. I look forward to applying and integrating many of the great concepts and awesome recipes included in the Living Paleo book this year. Three cheers to you, Dr. Kellyann, Melissa and Jen–thanks for all your hard work!
I want better skin and would love to lose the belly fat that lingers. I would love to have more info to share with those around me. Happy New Year!
I’d like to incorporate a Paleo diet bc I feel better when I eat better. I’m just seeing the connection between food & skin, food & wellness, food & mood, food & general feeling of well being. I thought sugar was the way…I know better now but, need some guidance!
My living Paleo goal for 2013 is to become the best “ME” I can be!
Would like to get started for better heath and need help with knowing how.
My Paleo goal for 2013 is to be a role model for my kid to eat wholesome food, shed the last few pounds and increase my energy to cope with my energetic toddler.
I started the paleo lifestyle six months ago. No more bloating, my arthritis is better and I am sleeping! I really want to take this to the next level and get off the meds for high blood pressure.
I’m about to attempt paleo and my goal is to lose some weight and fit into my cuter clothes again.
I am hoping to loose weight and learn a better way of eating for my self and my family!
After having my first baby at the end of 2012, I really need help to get pre-baby body back. I’ve dabbled with paleo in the past and really liked it. This is the motivation I need to give myself a kickstart in the new year! I’d love to not only lose some of the excess weight I’m having trouble shaking, but also elevated mood and all of the other benefits that come with living this lifestyle.
To be the healthiest I have ever been and I love sharing what I know about Paleo and have gotten several others to love it too!
My 2013 goal is to go completly Paleo! We are about 90% there!!
My goal for 2013 is to continue to use paleo to lean out and improve my health.
I want to live Paleo to drop Body fat but also to feel and look the best I can.
To finally lose the last 10 while building muscle!
I’ve started living Paleo to help with my health and improve my sleep. I’ve had problems with insomnia and (I suspect) mild PCOS. I also want to get in better shape and simply life the best, healthiest life I can!
I’m hoping to regain my fitness and then some, and the confidence that went with it. And honestly, to inform people about the benefits of paleo/primal eating & living by being a positive representation of it, not just by telling them about it.
I am just starting out on my paleo journey and I am very very excited. I have always struggled with my weight despite the fact that I am an avid runner and love exercising. I am looking forward to feeling great, losing weight, and enjoying the many benefits of everything paleo. Thank you so much to everyone who is spreading the word.
my goal for this book is to help me in a few areas: my constant battle with weight and eating disorders, my gastrointestinal issues, my osteoarthritis (I’m only 33) which stems from hereditary hemochromatosis, and an easy way for my hubs to understand the diet/lifestyle a lot better (so maybe it will be easier for him to go along with – he already loves some of the well-fed recipes, so I’m hoping something that’s more than just a cookbook will get him some better knowledge of it).
congratulations to on the new book, and to everyone, here’s to a happy, healthier new year!
I want this book to inspire me to continue to eat real food that fills me with energy to live a healthy, active life.
I want to grow old gracefully and joyfully without all the typical health issues that plague a majority of people my age! My goal is to teach my kids and grandkids that they don’t have to buy into the SAD!! Our food is our medicine!!!!
2013 is going to be my year. I want to get healthy and stay healthy. Yes I want to lose weight, what girl doesn’t. But I mainly want to have a different way of living. I have been doing paleo for just a few months and love it. I have seen so many changes in the way I look and feel. I do get stuck where I just cook the same thing every week. Anything that could help me on my journey would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for sharing your nutritional knowledge and expertise! My goal is to help heal my body from the inside out and start feeling young again! I cannot wait to pick up a copy of this book and start taking charge of my health.
I have been on a weight loss journey beginning in January of 2012. My good friend introduced me to the Paleo diet in August of 2012. I have lost 42 lbs. total so far and I have about 40 more to go. I am IN LOVE with this lifestyle, not only for me, but for my daughter as well. I would love to find CONCRETE answers to my questions, show my daughter how to be healthy and incorporate it into our lives!!
I plan to lower my cholesterol and lose about 75lbs. I have tried some paleo recipes from the web and love them. I know I can get used to this and live an even healthier lifestyle as I get older
My goal is to rid myself of polycystic ovarian syndrome and set a great example for my daughter, whom I want to learn about nutrition now instead of later like I did!
I have been living with “fibromyalgia” for 16 years (I’m 34). Before this, which was triggered by two car accidents in two days, I was voted most athletic, captain of all of my sports, and extremely active. I am now overweight, in pain, and tired all of the time. I have followed a Paleo blueprint for about a month and feel great! I want more!
As a nurse, I believe in food as medicine not drugs! To many Americans live with one hand in a box and the other with a soda and we wonder why we are so unhealthy and unhappy.
My husband and I are planning on starting a family this year and we believe paleo is the way we’d like to raise them.
I will tackle 2013 with dietary changes and lifestyle changes! I made it through Christmas without falling off the wagon, I can make it this year! One month sugar free!
Learning the Paleo lifestyle for me is not only about losing weight, but also getting healthy as I am per-diabetic and have increased cholesterol. For me, it’s about living a better life not about the size of my jeans.
I have polycystic ovarian syndrome (pcos) and I believe that being paleo will resolve most of my issues. I want to make sure I do it right so the book would be super helpful and life changing!
2013 is going to be big, HUGE!! I’m on day two of my whole30 and love how it has pushed me to take time in the kitchen to really enjoy what I am cooking. I want to be stronger, faster, and of course, have a healthy lifestyle. Happy New Year ya’ll!
This looks like a fantastic resource! I’d like to get rid of inflammation, allergies, sensitivities, and have glowy skin! And having an exercise resource would make me really happy!
My goal is to help my family convert to a Paleo lifestyle in 2013 – I made the switch in 2012 and have never felt better.
I want Living Paleo to help me continue on my journey to finding health and happiness. I’ve been transitioning to Paleo over the last 8 months and I feel that this lifestyle is changing me for the better in so many ways. The more I can learn about it, the better off I will be. Thanks for a great giveaway!
My goal is to eat clean and feel better instead of sluggish after eating. I’m also hoping it will make me a better athlete.
Congrats on the book! I’m constantly working on my digestion!
My goal is to convert my entire family over to a Paleo lifestyle! Looking forward to checking out this new resource.
I’ve always ate “clean” and noticed a huge transformation in my physical appearance. However, after a bowl of yogurt or snacking on a protein bar I find myself bloated or my yummy not up to par. I’ve heard absolutely amazing feedback from people who live a paleo lifestyle and with a desire to start crossfit and beat the bloat of processed foods I’m hoping to commit to a life of paleo! It’s my New Years resolution and I’m already loving the feeling of eating whole nutrient dense natural foods. However I need a little inspiration with for variety and knowing was paleo approved and what’s not so this book would be perfect!
I am new to the Paleo Lifestyle. My goal is for a better attitude towards food along with greater strides toward a happier and healthier lifestyle!
I want to be healthy. I want more energy. I want to feel better about myself because I am not eating junk all the time…
What I hope to get out of going Paleo is an appreciation for food and a healthy relationship to it. I want to treat food as a fuel and not as a crap-laden treat I run to when I’m emotionally stressed. I want to go Paleo so I can be proud of the example I set for my daughter when I give her high quality foods and incorporate healthy eating and dieting into our every day routine and life style. I want Paleo to help me sleep better, feel better, look better, BE BETTER! 2013 is my year. 2010 was partially my year when i dropped 50 pounds but ive gained that all back and then some. Before it was just about me, now it’s about the family I’ve made so I can’t be so silly and NOT get my life together!
Go Paleo!
Less post meal bloat, brain fog, sugar addiction, and feel good more often than not.
My 2013 Paleo goal is to eat smarter and healthier so that I can live a better life for myself and my husband! Oh, and also to help me crush my CrossFit WODs
Its not about me. Its about my children. How can we go on poisoning our children with foods that more and more research is telling us causes cronic disease, discomfort, obesity? As a parent how can I not try to show them a better way to eat and give them life long lessons that will make them the healthiest and best person they can be. Is that not THE most important job when you become a parent and dont I owe it to them to try?
This looks like a FANTASTIC book! I’ve been Paleo for some time now but still not fully where I want to be. My goal is to reduce/eliminate my IBS symptoms and to gain more energy!
My goal is simple. I finally want to get fit and healthy.
Living paleo has been the best decision for my family. My wife, my toddler, and I are all so healthy and happy that it is amazing! It has cured my wife from many allergy and gut ailments, helps me maintain consistent energy, and we just generally feel better all the time. This is why I want more books like these on my shelf. This year in 2013 I want to follow paleo for the entire year.
I’m hoping to resolve gut issues and balance hormones.
I started my first Whole30 today, and in 2013 I hope to feel healthier and less lethargic so I can be a better wife and mother. I want paleo to change my life!
Just starting to learn about paleo and researching. A co-worker has done the diet and it was an amazing transformation. For 2013 I really just want to be healthier all around. Getting ready to turn the big 40 and it is not as easy as it used to be!
After 2 kids and about 40 lbs of weight, I am about to start a paleo challenge. I am hoping to get back to my wedding weight, here’s to hoping! Happy new year!
My goal for 2013 is to finally kill the sugar addiction I’ve had. I can remember in Kindergarten walking to the store and buying candy with my money, so the cravings have been hard to deal with, but I feel amazing so want to continue to feel that way! My other big goal is getting enough sleep to continue to keep my energy up between that and eating healthy!
I plan to get my hormones under control, feel great and be a role model for my family/friends.
I just want my healthy body back!
I want to lose weight, gain the strength to keep up with my daughter and break the addiction chains to wheat products
I’ve lived my whole life with skin issues and weight problems. I’ve dropped from 250 to 180 (at 5’10″ tall), fighting the whole way. When I went Paleo, everything changed. I no longer had the ‘lizard skin’ about which I’d been teased in my youth; I no longer looked like I’d been burned on my extremities. In addition, I had tons of energy and desire to work out. For the first time in my life, things related to my body were in sync. I’m rather successful at a young age, professionally. I have a wonderful marriage, and so many things about which most folks would be envious. This was the last piece to my puzzle.
My goal for 2013 is to learn to eat healthy through Paleo.
My 2013 goal is to increase the quality of the food I put into my body. I’ve done the low-carb thing and now I need to focus on grass fed meat, find a local source of pastured/cage free eggs, and visit more farmers markets. Trying to heal my body from the inside out to be a happier, healthier me
My goal for 2013 is to continue living a paleo lifestyle to improve my health and fitness. I’ve lost 30 lbs and have 50 more to go!
I have a goal to lose 100 lbs this year – I am currently at close to 400 so this is just a step towards where I need to be. Looking forward to the book!
To be healthy and fit into my jeans again!
I want to jumpstart what I have already started….getting healthy, stronger (mentally and physically) and to be a great role model for my family, friends, and my soon to be granddaughter.
I love Melissa’s Wed Fed cookbook. I can’t wait to read this one. In 2013, I want to transition from a general low-carb approach to my eating to a true paleo one. Eating low-carb this past year helped me lose 50 lbs. Now, I want to step it up a notch and go paleo, giving up my beloved morning lattes.
2012 = 3 heart attacks and just not getting well after the third and now diabetes. I have no energy and have looked at paleo for some time wondering will it really help. I need to lose 35 kilos this year and be able to move around without being in pain. My only aim for 2013 is to get my health under control and start living, really living.
my goal is to lose weight, gain energy and clear up my skin. its no fun having acne at 35. I need to be more strict with eating paleo but i also need recipes that are easy and tasty.
There are many things I want from this yummy Paleo life…but ultimately I want to live a long, long life with plenty vibrant health all the way through. I want to spend my hard earned retirement riding bikes, climbing mountains, and skiing snowy peaks not riding to the doctor, climbing over the mountains of prescription pills or sliding into arthritic immobility. I wanna hold my great grandchildren, and be strong enough not to drop them. Then, when the time does come for leaving this life it will be because I wore out, not because I rusted out.
In the fall of 2012, I transitioned from vegan to vegetarian primal, and am now 80/20 paleo. Having injured my knee playing roller derby in 2011, I was easing back into training via Crossfit, and instead of hindering my progress as I feared, it’s in fact improved my performance on and off the track; last month, I took down a 200lb male skater. Looking forward to eating more real food, and lifting more weight in 2013
My goal for 2013 is to cure my PCOS naturally with the help of Living Paleo. I have faith that I can heal my body through positive diet and lifestyle changes!! I just need some guidance…
Still working at living Paleo, and my next goal is to get rid of my sugar cravings. I’ve lost 50 pounds and would like to lose another 20 this year, but the main thing is to continue to get my health back!
My goal is to improve my stamina and fitness in 2013. I’d love to have this book to refer to as I continue on the Paleo path.
I want to feel better, so my joints don’t ache as much. I know eating Paleo can help with this. My goal main is to be a healthier, happier me; my secondary is to loose about 60lbs this year. This book sounds perfect, helping explain Paleo to people who think I’m crazy for giving up processed foods.
The only time I have felt semi decent in my life was when I went gluten free. But I am only halfway there. I have tried to follow the Paleo diet, but it overwhelms me (even more than going GF did). I would love a book like this!
Thank you for writing it and giving an opportunity to win it!
My living paleo goal for 2013 is to control my sugar cravings and to eat to fuel my body!
I want to be healthier and we are trying for a bub and running out of time….
My paleo goal for 2013 is to get healthier and get off sugar and starchy carbs. I’m a single mom and both my daughter and I are changing our way of eating. I know this book would be a great help!
I’ve been living with discomfort for years, and in the past 1-2 years a lot of joint pain. My wife and I decided to dump grains and eat fresh. While the joints still have a ways to go, discomfort is almost completely gone. I want to be able to continue on the path of feeling better, being more rested, and becoming more fit.
I hope to make 2013 MY fitness year. I have been saying for a few years now that I am going to get back in shape, but I have yet to make it a reality. This year is different. I bought and read Melissa’s “Well Fed” book and joined my local CrossFit gym. The Paleo diet just makes sense to me. Before switching over to Paleo, I was a vegetarian. I never really wanted to be fully vegetarian, but great, wholesome, and compassionate meat was hard to find. Now it’s more available in the Austin area and I am on board. I can’t wait to see the changes the Paleo diet promises to bring.
I just gave birth to baby #6, six weeks ago and am aching to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight, body, and exercise routine. This book would be an awesome tool to help me do it! Inspiration tends to equal motivation for me
I just want to feel good and I would like my “skinny” jeans to fit again. Running a 1/2 marathon PR would be an added bonus:)
I’ve been eating paleo for a few months and my goal for 2013 is to just continue, and to add more variety into my diet.
I’m hoping that Living Paleo will help me and my family get our systems into proper working order. My 4 year old, 2 year old and I seem to react, digestively, emotionally and mentally to so many things. I think Living Paleo will help us to regulate ourselves. Thank you!
My Paleo goals for 2013:
To achieve balance in physical, emotional and psychological health and to look at next New Year’s party pictures and say :”this girl looks hot” ( this year was a different reaction)….
My goal for 2013 is to break free from the grips of grain and sugar. I’m tired of being incarcerated by unhealthy eating habits!!
I want to give my kid’s the best in life. ..and become the best version of me.
What do I want out of all of this Paleo stuff? I want to pass a lesson of lifelong health onto my children, relying on food to sustain them and not medicines. For me, I want a life free of feeling like blah…to have more energy, get off the sugar and learn all I can about this lifestyle.
I want Living Paleo to do all 20 of those things you listed above! I want to teach my kids how to take care of their bodies and be healthy, I want my husband to feel physically better and to feel more in control of his body (he’s battled his weight his entire life), and I want to give myself the best possible chance at living a long and FULL life.
I would love, love, LOVE to win a copy of this book! Pick me, pick me!!
Wow – I’d LOVE to win this! Nutrition has always been a confusing subject for me – so many people saying different things. But I just started Paleo on a group challenge thing last month, and WOW – I feel so good! But I definitely need help in keeping this going long-term, and getting my family on board (or at least at much as possible!) I want Living Paleo to help me stay motivated to keep this up, and be a good influence to those around me!
Thanks!
I want to learn more about paleo living and how to overcome the sad diet. My goal is to master that then share with my family & friends
My Paleo goal for 2013 to help those in my family (beyond my husband and 15 month old) understand how amazing it feels to go WHOLE and break away the shackles of grains, sugar, unstable fats and see how it will help them and their diabetes/thyroid/gas/leaky gut issues!
Moving towards paleo has already yielded huge changes to my family’s health. My hope for 2013 is that by learning more about paleo so that we are fully following a paleo lifestyle will help us find more energy and strength.
My goal is to get rid of my.sugar habit and become more paleo than now. Oh and own chickens so i can quit buying expensive veggie fed organic eggs!
My current goal with living paleo is to be in crazy-good shape by the time I get married in June.
I have had three babies and been on bed rest starting at 13 weeks (after loosing my first baby) I have 70 extra pounds on me that I have found impossible to lose, shouldn’t it be falling off? I feel like I eat healthy. I would love to win this book, maybe it will help me!
My living paleo goal is to lose weight and be a good role model for my family
It has been suggested that I try the paleo diet, because of digestive issues that I have and the fact that I am a type 2 diabetic. I don’t really understand the diet, there are so many sources of information, it is quite overwhelming for me. I was excited to see this book, because I am in fact, a paleo dummie. Please choose me.
Thanks
I just want feel better and live a better example … And conquer sugar
the bad stuff
- I want Paleo to help me achieve my Crossfit goals.
- I want to set a good example for my overweight family.
- I hope to get my depression/hormonal imbalance under control through diet and exercise.
I’m finally putting myself first. I want to be the best person I possibly can be inside and out and finally abolish my slavery/addiction to bad food. I’m hoping to not only make myself better, but educate and inspire others during my journey. (I just sent your list of benefits to three friends). It’s only been two weeks, but I feel like a new person and others have taken notice. Someone even told me tonight that I have a new “energy” about me….which made me emotional. Can’t wait to reach my full potential.
I’m really, truly that Pakeo will be the key that unlocks the door to my new life. One filled with the vibrancy, energy and enthusiasm that I get glimpses of from beneath my curtain of fatigue and regular ill health.
Happy New Year & all the wonderful opportunities that a new slate affords us and congratulations on your book!
I have changed my diet plan a few times, and every time my skin goes crazy, I really want to clean out my system. Especially now that I have started crossfit!!!
My 2013 Paleo goal, is to go Paleo! Started the year on whole 30, and plan to go on Paleo after the month is up. I need to become as healthy as my body is meant to be. I believe the only way to truly do that, is for my body to eat the way it is supposed to, and the way we were born to.
My goal is to keep my family fed in a way that keeps them excited about the Paleo lifestyle and doesn’t break the bank!
I am Paleo newbie but totally loving it so far! After a month i feel all the way around better and my endurance level is steadily improving. My paleo goal for 2013 is to get my family healthy and in shape.
I am convinced that Paleo is the Fountain of Youth. I’ve already begun and I am always looking for more–understanding, information, recipes, and everything Paleo. So for 2013, I want to be even more fully immersed in the Paleo Fountain of Youth, avoiding heart disease, diabetes, and illness in general so that I can truly live till I die.
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I love Paleo. It is the Fountain of Youth. For 2013, I want to learn more about Paleo, as much as I can, and enjoy the fruits of a lifestyle that promotes health and avoids heart disease, diabetes, disease in general. I want to truly live till I die.
By the end of 2013 I’d like to be able to say “we eat Paleo” with confidence. Right now I struggle to explain to my kids why they should say ‘no’ to pasta, sugar and all those treats. I need a concise, simple explanation with practical tips for making the change. I think ‘Living Paleo for Dummies’ sounds like just the ticket!
My goal in 2013 is to start sleeping better. Not only will that make me healthier overall, but I’m hoping it’ll help me increase my athletic performance.
I want to give my body what it needs to feel great!
My goal is to transform myself. I’d like to lose fat and gain muscle. I’d like to see my blood pressure and cholesterol come down and get off my meds.
My goal is to get better: health, strength, fitness…so I can continue to do the things I love !
What do you want Living Paleo to do for you? I want to be healthy, happy, and most of all, I want to be able to achieve my goal of advancing my career in paramedicine. Fitting back into my old uniform pants might be nice too
I want to live a long healthy life, and Deadlift like a boss while I’m here!
My 2012 Paleo Diet is the set an example for ALL my clients as a personal trainer; I was know I am doing everything possible to become the healthiest version of ME- despite Celiac Disease, Psoriasis, and IBS! READY for a NEW START to achieve a new level of health, fitness and overall wellness!
Very new to the Paleo lifestyle. For me means that I will be able to get my auto immune condition under control and lose weight. The Paleo diet is recommended for anyone with Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism. Here’s to a healthier 2013
Help me understand how to live, cook, and eat Paleo to the extent that II won’t miss any of the foods which I am better off without.
Goal for 2013 is to live a healthier lifestyle so that I can continue to be a role model for my daughter in the area of health and wellness. Heres to 2013 – ya baby!!!
Going completely paleo will help me to stay healthy and keep my 3 known autoimmune diseases at bay! I have played around with paleo but not commited 100% because of the hardness of incorporating it into my daily life and into my families life. I am hopeful that in 2013 I can work through the challenges that switching to complete paleo brings and I hope to be symptom free from now on by committing to paleo! Go me
I have lost 50kg on the Paleo Diet over the past year. In 2013 i will help as many people as i can to achieve their weight loss goals, possessing this book will help immensley, as i will be able to recommend it to prospective paleo convertees
Last June I was diagnosed with fibroid tumors in and around my uterus. After a little pleasure reading about the causes of these tumors I began to modify my diet and eventually over time and more research I eventually switched to a Paleo diet. Not only did the growth rate if my tumors slow but when the time came that I had to have surgery my recovery rate went from an expected 6 weeks to being back in the gym the day after I checked out if the hospital. A week after that I was back in my regular boot camp classes and doing light intervals on the treadmill. I firmly believe my choices in circuit & cross training as well as the choices of food I put in my body have led to my quick recovery.
I hope that Paleoeating fixes my backbropblem and lowers my weight a bit.
-To improve my relationship and connection with food.
-Lessen my reliance on certain foods.
I want to get back to eating strict Paleo after the holidays.
I have a LOT of food intolerances. Paleo is a lifestyle that will help me live my life without pain and discomfort.
I love the Paleo lifestyle. It has worked for my husband and I. My husband has lost 75 lbs and is now competing in his first ever Crossfit competition. I have lost weight as well. My goal to achieve from the Paleo lifestyle is to follow it more strictly and allow it to channel the positivity into my well being so that I can influence others to be healthy and feeling the most awesome that they ever have in their lifetime. Gaining the knowledge to share with others is key as well. Happy 2013!!
I want to no longer be shackled to the low-fat, fake sugar, nasty tasting food that I’ve been told is “good” for me. I want to eat well, lose weight, get strong and feel like a powerful badass again.
With two years on the Paleo diet I’ve lost around 25 kg, normalized my blood pressure and insulin resistance, and minimalized migraine attacks. My goal for 2013 is to finally incorporate regular exercise into my weekly routine, and get fit and muscled beyond just staying slim.
I’m hoping to control blood sugar, build muscle and strength, and have the best energy of my life!
I will get stronger, fitter, and faster, sooner with the help of this book.
I also want to reduce my body fat % and get my abs back. I’m sure this book would really help me with that!!
My goal is to be my best self. I’ve been overweight all of my life and constantly battle food demons. I want to finally win.
I did a paleo 30 day challenge back in July and felt great, but temptations got the better of me and I fell back into bad habits. I want to get back to living paleo for so many reasons. I have been struggling to conceive after the death of my premature son almost 2 years ago and I think Paleo might be the key to getting my body 100% healthy. I have Hashimotos too, and I think that could be playing a role in my health issues. I have heard that the paleo diet helps people with this condition. Once I get pregnant I plan on sticking to this lifestyle to benefit my baby’s health as well. I think I just need some support to get me to a place where I can do this for more than 30 days at a time.
My goal for this year is with Paleo to eat more fruits and vegetables and also to try crossfit. I would love for my energy to soar each and every day.
Congrats on your labor of love! I have not yet dived into the paleo end of the pool yet, so I am very interested in seeing what all the excitement is all about in 2013! My goals would be simple, I was able to take off 20lb last year but have hit a wall, I would love to take off another 20lb!
foodwise, i’m fortunate enough to live in oakland and have some pretty good “ins” with some of the local farms and as such eat high class on a low budget. i’ve been attracted to and found most reasonable a diet which i learned recently is being dubbed “paleo”. i’m somewhat surprised and very excited that there is such enthusiasm surrounding what seems to be a very sensible and doable approach to nutrition. hope for humanity, gosh it’s been ages. i’d like living paleo to assist with the energy i need to hustle my way through the busy schedule i set for myself as well as provide the calm needed to combat the overstimulation that often comes with urban living. cutting wheat and dairy from my diet, and rediscovering animal fat were the best decisions i ever made. i’m no nutritional expert, but i have no problem strongly recommending radical changes in diet to combat what ails one. 2013 will be the year of dialing in some loose ends. experimenting with organ meats and going for the fish sauce. stoked to have found your blog. best wishes
My 2013 Paleo diet goal is to reverse the diabetes curse. I have vert controlled, with diet and exercise, type 2 diabetes. I don’t want “controlled” diabetes, I want it gone! I watched my diabetic father lose limbs and eat himself into a coffin. I want better for my kids, and for myself.
I want to be thriving in 2013 instead of just surviving. I know paleo can help me with this goal.
to lose weight and sleep better
My husband and I are both giving over our lives to paleo. We want to not only lose weight, but be healthier over all for our 6 year old daughter. Nothing makes you feel worse than hearing your child tell her friends “Mommy loves me but she can’t play with me jump roping. Her fat is too much.”
As a sufferer of IBD I can attest to how a paleo lifestyle helped to all but cure my ailments. I got off the paleo wagon and came down with one of my worst flare ups to date. In 2013 I need to learn self control and truly live the paleo lifestyle so I can live a happy healthy life!
To live a happier healthier lifestyle and possibly lose weight while living paleo!
I want to find the right Paleo balance for me. I’m doing my first Whole30 right now, and so far so good. But I want wine and cheese in my life long-term (and sometimes a pasta or bread), so this year I want to gain a better understanding of what cheats I can still eat while maintaining my health, stamina, and overall well-being.
I´ve tried to Paleo for extensive period of time in the last year, without success. I´m hoping this will help me take the FULL step. Making 2013 even better than 2012.
Im hoping to relate better to food so I can stop messing with my workouts, which I love!
About 3 years ago I found out I had PCOS and just recenly I have been doing some research and have heard eating Paleo can help rid the effects of PCOS. My main goal for 2013 is to get pregnant. I need to learn self control and gain my confidence back!!!
I started researching paleo last fall and am very overwhelmed. I hope that I can start making baby steps towards eating paleo this year. First, with my breakfast, which I started last week by removing the dairy products. This book is written for people like me!
I want to get below 210lbs (28 more lbs). After my first Whole30 in October and eating a ton of stuff from your AWESOME Well-Fed book, I think this book could move things along even more! Best of luck.
My goal is to lose the 30 lbs I gained with two pregnancies back to back. We have started our Paleo journey but I struggle with meal planning.
It would be wonderful to win one of the three books.
I have chronic back pain, chronic inflammation and chronic fatigue. I am praying I can stick to the program — feel better and lose weight. The book would certainly help in my guidance.
Thank you for your generous giveaway!
I keep promising myself that I am going to commit to the Paleo lifestyle and regain my health (an maybe heal enough to feel comfortable with a third pregnancy!) but I get so overwhelmed with the transition. I’m hoping Living Paleo for Dummies will help me see that I’m making it harder than it is and give me the confidence I need to DO IT!
The wife and I want to be healthier not only for ourselves, but for our upcoming adoptive son! Paleo is the best way we can think of to make the life change for the better.
I am sick and tired of being sick and tired. I also want to achieve an unassisted pullup and run a 5k without stopping. PR’s here I come!!!
Paleo makes me feel healthier and it helps giving me energy for my trainings. I want it to keep making me feel that way cause if I don’t eat paleo, my allergies are just making me feel sick. Also, I want it to help me losing the weight I want to! Happy New Year!!!!
I have just found out I’m pre-diabetic in blood work taken to se if I’m in good shape to start trying to conceive. So, for me, Paleo means a family.
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Thanks for the giveaway! I have been reading a lot about the Paleo lifestyle and I wish to know more about it! After one year and one month I have lost 100 lbs. I am really excited about the journey and I want to loose another 100 lbs. this year.
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In 2013, I don’t just want to follow a diet or make changes to my lifestyle. I want to understand WHY I’m doing it and be able to explain to others why I’m doing it. I’ve done lots of reading on the paleo lifestyle, but I have yet to purchase a real guide. This would be a great first step. =)
I began Crossfit at the end of September and even though I was working my butt off, my butt was not coming off! I had a litany of health issues that I thought were simply a side effect of being 42 (sore joints, hair thinning, intestinal issues, sluggish and on and on) she mentioned that Paleo could help with all of the above so I started researching and it sounds like yes, it can. She also suggested I see an Dr. to check my thyroid and I was diagnosed with Hashimoto disease. Apparently paleo is the way to go to get all of this under control. I am trying it, on day two as we speak and still not sure of all the ins and outs so winning a copy of the book would be fantastic but either way I am excited about the journey!
I am hoping to gain control of my insulin resistance and thus improve all my symptoms of PCOS. (in addition to that I am hoping to reduce body fat and improve quality of life) I am hoping that PALEO lifestyle will help not only myself but my husband’s health and thus provide our two young children a better start to their lifelong journey.
My biggest challenge is to find food without refined sugar & flour. Although it sounds easy, when you really dig down, you’ll find many items at the grocery store with all sorts of sugars in the ingredients (i,e,: many things ending in “ose.”).
I’d like Living Paleo to help me find more alternatives to today’s sugar-saturated market.
My goal is to get my husband on board with Paleo. I’ve seen the benefits of no more joint pain, increased energy, clearer skin, and losing those pesky 15 extra pounds that I’ve been trying to lose on other diets for the past 10 years. Not saying he’s a dummy, but this just might be the book that will change (and extend) his life!
I heard about paleo a while back and ha e been trying to get my wife started on it with me. The journey has been tough for me feeling flying ‘solo’ so I’m looking for any good materials out there that could possibly help get her on board. This seems like the perfect thing for her!
I would LOVE to win this giveaway to help me reach my 2013 goals. I began a Paleo food blog this year to help working mothers stay on track with their healthy lifestyle. I also have a goal of writing my own paleo cookbook in the year 2013. I love Melissa Joulwan’s Well Fed cookbook and use it often. She grew up in the same town in which I live – Orwigsburg, PA. I currently cook Paleo treats for people at our crossfit box (Warrior Bootcamp in Orwigsburg) so that they can stay healthy. This book would be put to great use if I were chosen as the lucky recipient.
Happy New Year
Looking forward to weighing less in 2013 and getting out of mom jeans. Also to being able to have energy in the morning and being more active with my kids!! Paleo 2013, here I come!!
All goals should be “SMART” goals…Specific, Measurable, Action-Oriented (or Accountable depending on the coach), Realistic/Relevant and Time Based…
Since I spent part of 2011 and all of 2012 on my back due to a back injury and had spinal fusion surgery in August, my goals are:
1) Now that PT is finished, start my own exercise program at home and stick with it. To start 10 minutes/day 4 days a week, increasing to 20 minutes 4 days a week after a month and 30 minutes 4 days a week after 2 months. This includes stretching and cardio. Re-evaluate after 3 months. Use my fitness education, certifications and if necessary, ASK FOR HELP!
2) Spend 2 hours weekly planning and shopping for Plan Paleo meals, cook on Sundays for the week. Log meals on http://www.paleotrail.com. Review meals weekly (during planning session) and tweak as necessary. Begin Sunday, 1/6/13.
3) Lose the 30lbs I gained while injured plus possibly 10 more (depending on how my jeans fit) by June 16, 2013. 1-2 lbs/week for 23 weeks is realistic. Actions from #1 and 2.
4) Go back to CrossFit by June 17, 2013. Re-establish former PR’s by December 31st.
5) Spend 1 hour a week researching other sources of income to supplement current job. Make a decision by January 31st. Contact current lead for answer by January 7th.
6) Spend at least 3 hours weekly out with friends, STOP BEING DEPRESSED AND HIDING!!!
That’s it for now…Good luck to everyone!
My 2013 goal is to bring health to my family. I’ve always thought we were living a healthy lifestyle, but it’s become clear that food is causing mood swings and tummy troubles to both adults and kids. I want healthy bodies and healthy relationships – not cranky, sugar overloaded grouches. It’s time to change and be the best we can be!
I know this way of life can be done, i just need the knowledge to do it!
I’ve been trying to go paleo for months. I do great during the week but then the weekends kill it. I want to be able to stick to eating paleo for a longer period so I can really benefit from the results. I want to feel better and I want my ADD to have less of an effect on my life.
I want to lose weight, be healthier and feel better/have more energy.
I want to get to 20% body fat this year. I know that living paleo is going to get me there.
I have been eating paleo since last spring and exercising and lost 60 pounds. I feel young again and love feeling strong. This was the first holiday season since and I have fallen off the wagon. My stomach hurts, I gained weight, I have no energy, and I feel depressed. My goal is to get right back on track and this book would be just the motivator and guide I am looking for. Any lucky person here deserves this book, so I am wishing you all the best luck! Thank you for the opportunity.
I would love to lose weight for 2013. Get my family healthy.
I am 16 months into my weight-loss journey and down 66.75 inches! I start eating Paleolithic about 5 months ago and it has helped tremendously! My goal for 2013 is to continue my journey, lose 80lbs, and do 6 5k races!
I have been eating paleo since last spring and exercising and lost 60 pounds. I feel young again and love feeling strong. This was the first holiday season since and I have fallen off the wagon. My stomach hurts, I gained weight, I have no energy, and I feel depressed. My goal is to get right back on track and this book would be just the motivator and guide I am looking for. Any lucky person here deserves this book, so I am wishing you all the best luck! Thank you for the opportunity.
2013 is a milestone year for me – I am going to show that 40 is fabulous. Part of my goal to approaching and also being a 40something is to become a fit, strong, healthy and amazing beast
Part of that journey is really cleaning up my diet and I am choosing to go clean and furthermore, paleo. So this book would be a great step in the right direction. Everyone’s goals are amazing and inspiring. 2013 is going to be an amazing year!!
To learn more about the Paleo lifestyle and to find great paleo recipes, so I’m more excited about cooking for my family.
Hi Dr. Kellyann and Melissa — Paleo is a new venture for me. I’ve been reading about it for months and tried it for a few weeks and am now committed to making the change permanently. I am most interested in adopting this life style to help me lose 130 pounds and completely conquer inflammation and the related pain and disease that goes with it. I need all the help I can get to jump on this new life path and drag my family along with me. So please give me a copy of the book so I can continue to learn how to do this the right way! Thanks! — Suzette
Already working on my goals of clean eating in 2013, both for myself and for my husband and three young sons. Would love this book to help us stick with it and fuel our fire for good habits!
I’m 37 years old. I started paleo very slowly this summer, but since November, I have once and for all plunged head first into the paleo lifestyle. My 5 year old son has cancer, this is a way for me to make the most of our nutrition to make his body stronger in order to fight the cancer if it returns. Also, after 29 years of eating disorders, it was time to stop the bullshit. This is the first time in my life that I feel extremely comfortable in my body, and stronger than ever in spirit.
My goal is to learn how to control my type 2 diabetes. The mearsure will be to sustain a daily blood sugar of less than 150. I have been avoiding (denial is a powerful tool) my lack of control by not using my glucometer for a couple of months, so another measure would be to use and record my glucometer results at least daily.
I have found the use of diet to improve my health by understanding the influence of foods and exersize very confusing.
I am 50 and my birthday is the same day this giveaway is decided on. jan. 18th. I find myself if a job that is not fullfilling, with the mental knowledge that i need to do something I love and believe in to have lived fully. I just can’t quite cut the ties of that regular pay check. Yet I think it is this life with it’s regular paycheck that is the sorce of my unhealthy troubles. I think I would still have troubles if I stopped living this life and started living my dream but they would be healthy troubles, troubles that I believe in. I’m a RN. I’m obese. I know standard nutrition. I’ve eaten organic all my life. I have no chronic illnesses diagnosed. I’m sure I have some autoimmune this and that because my joints ache and my skin is very dry. I hope to get up the gumption to start paleo. I’ve been overweight all my adult life. I crave to help others gain health by eating and living right. I think the reason I have no diabetes or other syndroms is that I have stayed away from margarine and processed foods. I need to work that into paleo to lose the weight once and for all so I can start helping get the world health instead of just waisting tax payers money at a desk job filling out tons of paper work on clients. Watching their health and mine decrease yearly because of pills and food. Give a strainger a birthday gift that could help me and help me help a bunch of other people.
I have battled autoimmune diseases for YEARS and never ONCE felt like I had a chance at feeling better, until I discovered paleo. Honestly, I have cried more times than I would like to admit after reading story after story about how amazing this lifestyle is and makes you feel, because for the first time ever, I felt like I could wholeheartedly LIVE again, without pain, without being depressed without lethargy. But those are the exact things I have freed myself from over the past few weeks since I have taken paleo on and I have never been happier in my life!
For 2013 my goal is simple, I want to continue to lead this lifestyle of positive mind, body and soul health and happiness but more importantly, I want to share it with the people I love so that they can feel the same freedom I have felt! Too many of my family and friends suffer on a day to day basis and I want to see that end. I have NEVER been motivated and READY to do this, as I am now.
Thank you to all the amazing people who, without even knowing it, touched my life!
I want to be the healthiest I can be this year – which includes having enough energy to keep up with my family.
I also want to do a real pull-up this year – I think it’ll be a good test to how much stronger and fitter I’m getting.
Thanks for hosting the giveaway!
Would love a copy of the book. I want to continue to become stronger and healthier. Being 80% paleo compliant has meant improved energy and immunity for me. Would like to reduce body fat next.
I really want my family to get back on track and stay on track with healthy eating Paleo style. my husband has many colon problems and is lactose intolerant so I know this is the type of healthy lifestyle we should be following.
My goal for 2013 is to lose the 50+ pounds I have gained over the past 5 years after finally being diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and then spending the next two years in a nightmare of
trying various medications and dealing with their side effects to get the Fibromyalgia under control. I have been out of work on disability since Nov 2, 2012. My Son in law and my Daughter have been living the Paleo life style for several months. I started around Nov16th
I have lost 8 pounds and I have come to a dead stop for 2 weeks. I exercise mildly, I do Zumba, because it’s fun. What else is there that I can do.
My goal for 2013 is to switch my toddler and child’s diet to be completely paleo to follow that of myself and husband. We have been following the Paleo/low carb diet for most if 2012 and are loving the way we feel and look. Having a ‘for dummies’ manual will greatly help us achieve even more well being.
Thank you for writing this book for us
Great giveaway – thanks! I’m in my first Whole30 right now and will transition to a 90% paleo lifestyle after unless I learn that I need 100% compliance. My goal this year is to find strong health without digestive distress and to slay that awful sugar dragom!
I am a homebirth midwife (and happy single mom of 6!) in historic Williamsburg Virginia. I have been making the move towards Paleo and would like to make further progress throughout the year. This book would make a great addition to my lending library as well as personal reading. Best wishes to you throughout 2013!
i want to know that i am taking care of myself in the best ways i can and know how. for healthy clean cleaning and regular exercise to be just part of my daily routine not a new years resloution, diet or life style change.
My goal for 2013 and the rest of my life is to live strong and be healthy. I will reverse my type 2 diabetes diagnosis, lose weight, sleep better, and be more active.
I feel so much better eating paleo, your book will help!
Staying on track for a healthy year! We try to live Paleo but get off course. Maybe the book will help keep me in line! Thanks for the chance.
i want it to help clear my brain fog, since my first pregnancy i embody the term “baby brain” and since going Paleo it has finally started to clear. long may it continue and hopefully in 2013 i will get back to my super-organised clever me!
I have been sick since 2007. Doctors had no clue and either told me it was female issues or just wanted me to take drugs. I had been fighting with myself to try and live as normal a life as possible. It wasn’t until I went to see another chiropractor in 2012 when he told me about Paleo eating. I have been trying my best to stick to, but due to holidays and being human, I have fallen off the wagon, but get right back on. Eating this way has really made a difference in my life. It really sucks when you husband goes to hug you and you have to tell him to let go because it hurts too much. I am working really hard this year to live Paleo all the way through and make it for the rest of my life.
Book sounds great. Congrats on this huge accomplishment. I will be growing in my knowledge of and implementation of a paleo lifestyle this year because I think this is the way God designed us to eat. And when I eat as he created me to, I will be clear of so many of the distractions (like fatigue, aches, sickness, cravings/addictions) that take my eyes off of him. I totally agree with St Iraneus, “the glory of God is a person fully alive.” I want to be fully alive and embracing the paleo eating plan seems like a great way to deal with the physical piece of this.
This book sounds like something that can benifit my families life. I have done a 30 day paleo diet but I need to make it a life style change. I feel this book would help me do so.
Happiness and health.
What would I want ‘Living Paleo’ to do for me? Well, I’m already a bit of a fan but I’m a bit of a novice paleo eater but I know that this diet makes sense. But this year I want to go further. For one thing, I’m 50 in October and I want to be the fittest 50 year old I have ever known. I’m also going for my brown belt in kickboxing, a hobby I took up 3 years ago, and, the one thing I’ve always wanted to do, I’m recording some tracks to release my first album at last! For this, I want to bit literally fighting fit, I want to look so good that people dispute my date of birth, I need energy and health and spark and, the one thing that always eludes me and which is crucial to attaining all of these, I need a good night’s sleep night after night after night and if this lifestyle can help me achieve that, it would be so valuable. And if I can achieve all that by this time next year, it will have been one hell of a 2013.
I just found out about eating paleo this past year. I am in the military and when I am deployed or in the field I eat so much processed unhealthy food. I decided when I can control my food I want to eat healthy. Being healthy and in shape is extremely important in my line of work and eating paleo helps.
I want to feel healthy again!
I want to be able to lose weight, get healthy, and walk down the aisle at my son’s wedding in July!! I am a nursing instructor and want to be able to walk without pain (fibromyalgia) and get back to caring for patients.
Thanks!!
This would be a great birthday gift!! Jan. 22!
I want to feel fit and strong. And maybe a little unstoppable.
I want tons of energy!
I want to lower my blood pressure, and be a lean, mean, fighting machine!!!
I want to be healthier and get off some of the medications I am on for allergies and high blood pressure.
My goal is to become healthier at 30. Role model for my 2 boys. Show them a strong, healthy woman. Become an stringer influence in the lives of my kids, family,friends and students. To live everyday!!
I have MS and Paleo I think is the right diet for me. I hope that it will continue to help me stay health in 2013 as well as continue helping me grow as a foodie
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I’m currently a skater for the North Star Roller Girls. I’m a 2012 rookie, drafted onto a team in August after picking up my first skates a couple months earlier. Nutrition and fitness have become incredibly important to my practices, my bouts, and my cross-training. I’m new to the idea of Paleo and excited to learn more about it.
Derby is huge for me. I love it almost more than my dog(okay, I could never love anything more than her!) and it’s the first thing I think of when I wake up and the last thing I think of before I go to bed. I practice hard and often. I’ll be starting crossfit in a week or so, too. I want Paleo to help me to be able to push myself and give me the means to become stronger, leaner, energetic. I want to learn how to get the most out of my diets and workouts.
I made our B travel team and would love to put the work into making our All-Star A Travel Team in my first season as a skater. To do so, I need a little help and a better understanding, a little education.
My 2013 goal is to apply Paleo to my lifestyle(maybe change a little of my friend’s and teammates eating habits), strengthen myself, get a few roller derby achievements under my rookie belt, do an unassisted pullup, and flip one of those giant tires
I am interested in starting the paleo lifestyle in 2013. I began researching it last year and need some good suggestions to help get my family on track as well. My goals are to experiment and learn first. I want to think clearly and be sharp again…weight loss and healthy lifestyle are right up there as well. The comment you said about sleeping like before you had kids sounds like a fanntastic perk that i cannot even imagine anymore!
This year I want to keep my natural sugar intake down a bit. This past year living a paleo lifestyle I noticed the last few months eating a bit more dark chocolate and fruit than I should be
. Want to live to meet my great grandchildren one day 
I hope to eliminate abdominal distention.
I want to regulate my hormones and lose the extra weight from stress. I also want to teach my 5 year old who is addicted to sugar to eat healthy. I am an organic health nut and I want to prove family and friends wrong when they say it doesn’t matter what you eat you are going to die anyways. I just need the tools to get started!
My paleo goal for the year is to lose some of this body fat and to get my body back into functioning properly. Thanks for the giveaway!
My son has been diagnosed with ADHD and my teenage daughter also suffers from anxiety and depression. I don’t want then to go down the medication track. I truly believe I can make a difference with food. And paleo living just seems so logical. I wish I’d known about it sooner and not got trapped into the modern food cycle.
My goal this year is to build strength and muscle. It is also to help others on their journey and share what healthy info I have with others!
I am morbidly obese and I know that going on a “diet” is not going to help me. I need to make life style changes. I would love this book to assist me in my life time journey and give me the knowledge I will need to get me to a healthy place.
For the last 2 years, I did circuit training 2x/week but didn’t watch my diet. The result I felt as strong as an ox but still the size of one! In September, I tried crossfit and in November, committed myself to it 4x/week.. my diet still unchanged. The result? Even stronger but still large. Upon hitting the weight I was when I delivered my first child, I finally woke up. I talked to my coaches and they suggested paleo. I started watching my diet and am down 13 pounds. This book will help me to continue my new journey and find the better, healthier me.
After studying exercise and diet in school, I have adopted a healthier lifestyle. I’ve heard so many wonderful things about paleo and how it transforms your energy level and they way you feel. My goal is so be as healthy as I can and to hopefully influence loved ones, and patients to lead a healthy life. I would absolutely love to hear why you have to say about paleo and your experience with it.
My plan is to help others improve their health by changing their diet. I’ll give the book to my neediest client.
I would like to win a copy of this book for my daughter and I to share. As my children were growing up, with our busy schedules between 2 jobs and their school, eating healthy was unfortunately not a priority. Starting from her teen years my daughter and I started to battle with weight fluctuations . As an adult she and I have begun to learn to eat healthier. However it’s been an ongoing struggle and I believe having this book as a tool can become a tremendous help for both of us as we bond closer with our journey in weight loss .
In 2013 I plan to completely immerse myself into the paleo lifestyle. After having our first baby in October I want a healthier life for me and my family. I have always struggled with my weight and come from a long line of food lovers. Both my parents are diabetic and I don’t want that for me. I have seen first hand the positive affects of paleo and I am ready to change my eating habits. I can’t get enough information and recipes involving paleo and I would love to read these books as well! Here’s to 2013 and changing my lifestyle!!!
I really am trying to start eating “closer” to Paleo this year, to help with weight loss, strength and all around feeling better. I also want to get my niece on a healthy eating regimen, she is 24, overweight and has Type I Diabetes. I’m afraid she will end up with many more problems if she doesn’t change her ways soon.
My goal for paleo living is to reset my gut flora, and make it a habit to eat whole foods and not to eat out of convenience. I want to show my family (all of the naysayers who are stuck in their commercialized eating out of a box ways) that eating healthy isnt because I’m a hippy or because I want to save the universe. Eating healthy is for me and for them. I want to show myself that I can do this and show others the benefits of eating foods that don’t have an ingredients list. HAPPY NEW YEAR!
I would love to get a copy of this book to help change my life as well as my husband and 5 year old daughters life. I’ve been overweight my whole life, tried diet after diet only to lose and regain more weight than I lost, a vicious cycle. I also have several health issues that can only be helped by losing weight. In 2013, it’s my goal to find the answers I need to finally change my life for the better so I can be around to be a god role model for my daughter and a more energetic and healthy wife. This book could be that thing that gives me those answers I’ve been searching for!
I’m looking forward to learning about paleo and how it translates to the vegetarian diet!!!
I would love to learn more about this!! Sounds great.
My goal in 2013 is to start living healthy. I have started yoga which opens my heart and mind, and the other component is eating. I want to start eating a healthier diet that gives me more energy.
My 2013 goal is to lose weight as I’m going through peri-menopause. I am interested in learning more about the Paleo lifestyle. I don’t want to diet but adopt a healthy lifestyle.
My 2013 goal is to continue making good choices in both life and health. I love working out but find I get bored of things quickly so I have to be resourceful, I will complete Insanity Asylum Vol 1 in 9 days, then start on Asylum Vol 2! I also just became a Beachbody Coach and will strive to continue to set a healthy example for my friends and family.
I would like to live healthier and smarter. I do a lot of tedious work and it would help if I was healthy and alert so I don’t mess up.
I cannot wait to get a copy of this book! I know it is going to be great!
I want to help my hubby (who had a heart attack three months ago at the young age of 52) and myself eat better and get rid of the pharmaceuticals we’re now consuming. I just know I can affect change with a new lifestyle change. Learning how to more wisely create great paleo meals inexpensively is key to health.
I am looking forward to being 100% Paleo in 2013! Great way to start the year, thanks for all the amazing info!
I loved the book!! I want paleo to help me live healthier and smarter. It also would help to lose a little bit of weight. I would also like it to help with my athletic performance.
Looks like an interesting read. My students and I look forward to meeting you in the Spring:)
My goal for Living Paleo in 2013 is a compound one: fully embrace Paleo living so I give my body what it REALLY needs as I heal from eating disorder-related problems (which include adrenal fatigue, leaky gut, amenorrhea, and depression/anxiety). I’ve been dipping my toe in for far too long but not allowing myself to really jump in to Paleo. Your book sounds like the one to help me do it! Thanks!
I would love this book, my goal is to not just lose fat, but to get healthy and feel better.
Don”t we all want to get healthier. Paleo sounds like a way I can live and get healthy!
I would LOVE this book! I need to drastically change the way I eat, as well as how my family eats. We need to lose the weight and be healthier….I want a long life to see my grandkids!
While I have spent some of the months of my life living a strict paleo life, I have at times fallen off the wagon. I just found out I am pregnant a few days ago and have eaten lots of pasteurized cheese products (because that’s what I am craving) but now I feel very sick today. My goal is to try to maintain at least a 80/20 paleo lifestyle during my entire pregnancy and enjoy a healthy baby (and mommy). <3
My current goal with living paleo is to be in good shape.
I have been following Paleo for a year now and have my eyes on Regionals. Paleo has helped me so much in my CrossFit efforts and I want to win this book to help inform other on a Paleo lifestyle.
I’m looking for a full-fledged re-start this year. I changed my eating habits by starting with Atkins in June of 2011, then found the primal/paleo community several months later. In February of 2012, after losing almost 50 pounds, I was sidetracked by thyroid cancer. Wow, having no thyroid really messes with your metabolism. I gained 15 pounds back in less than a month. I gratefully haven’t gained any more than that, but I haven’t been able to lose any weight since then. As a diabetic, I’ve already been able to get rid of one of the three diabetes meds I’ve been on, and my A1C is usually between 5.3 and 5.8, but I really want to lose 30-40 more pounds and be the healthiest I can be so that I never have to worry about the horrific side effects uncontrolled diabetes can inflict. So I’m looking forward to tweaking the primal/paleo lifestyle and getting the best results in 2013!
I am hoping to change my diet and rely less on sugar
In turn having more energy and lose weight!
Paleo has changed my life for the better and all of skeptical friends and family ask me serious questions about the Paleo lifestyle now, so any literature I can use to help spread good health and fitness is always a welcome tool on my belt.
Put good stuff in my body and get the bad stuff out! So I can be strong, healthy and stick around a long time to see my kids grow up!
I would love to win this book to help me “get it”. I keep trying the Paleo lifestye and when I follow it, i feel great. I keep getting hung up on planning and food prep and ideas. I think this book could break it down for me and help me get started on losing this fat and getting healthy
Congratulations! I’ve been going low carb for the past 3-4 years and these past 5-6 months, I’ve gone 95+% paleo (only on rarest occasions have I had 70+% dark chocolate or yogurt – and I know depending on who you ask, there are exceptions). Looking forward to building good skills and habits in and out of the kitchen for all the reasons you list above. Peace.
My Paleo goal is to help me be a more complete person. I have a healthy relationship with food and it is because of this lifestyle change.
To get more grit! I love Dr. Kellyann’s energy, style and perspective. I want to get to a whole new level for 2013!
I need structure and guidance! I need information!!! I did strict paleo for 2 months then totally lost it. This year I want to get back and do it right! I want to be a healthier me!! A stronger me!!! A skinnier me!!!
Looking forward to 2013 and starting my Paleo Lifestyle!!! Love the book and the easy steps with guidelines to follow.
My wife and I have been paleo for a few months. Wow! We feel better and we really enjoy eating cleaner.
I need all the resource I can get.
I want to gain the skills and knowledge to be a healthier person and to feed my body what it is really supposed to have! I also want to learn how to make it sustainable for the rest of my future. This year I am ready to reach my final goal weight, keep it off, and improve my physical fitness overall!
My 2013 paleo goal is instead of eating strict paleo one month and less healthy the rest of the year. I hope to find a way to be pretty paleo each week and not compromise on taste
Fingers crossed for the book win 
Back on track after having my bundle of joy!
I would love to win this book, I have read a lot of the titles in this series and am excited to see a Paleo version! My goal is to get back to a stricter Paleo diet after the holidays and to start my own “scrap” garden in the spring. I also want to start growing my own herbs. Thanks for the chance to win!
What I want out of all of this Paleo stuff is education, great food, and an informed way to live a healthy lifestyle
I would love more energy to keep up with my newborn and the education to live a longer life with a much healthier lifestyle.
My paleo goal is to sleep better, be healthier, have more energy, and improve my athletic performance. I’ve been a crossfitter now for 10 months and paleo is something that they talk about frequently. What I struggle with is that I travel 90% of the time for work and find it so hard to live a paleo lifestyle.
I want Paleo to help me feel better and lose weight. And get stronger! Rawr!
Weight loss and to help improve my overall sports and fitness goals. Improve my energy.
I want to learn more about the diet as I have a friend that has been following it for over a year. I lost 27 pounds in 2012 and am continuing on my journey of health and fitness and I think this lifestyle would suit me and my family well!
My goal for 2013 with the book would be to really accelerate my training but improving my nutrition BIG TIME — I know I need to flip the switch on what I eat to really see some big gains in my fitness.
My goal in 2013 is to get my whole family on board the paleo lifestyle, with having special needs children I believe it’s so important for them to get proper nutrition and I have already seen great results from just getting rid of processed food and un natural dyes, that switching my whole family to paleo would be the butter on the steak lol
I would like to get stronger and faster, improve my cooking skills and expand my creativity in the kitchen, and (fingers crossed!) get some wonky hormonal issues under control.
My 2013 goal is to start a paleo lifestyle. I have been doing Crossfit and playing sports for the last few years and I am definitely getting fit but I feel like I have hit a wall of sorts with my health and body. I recently decided to become gluten-free which lead me down the path of finding paleo. I am in the beginning stages of it and I believe this book could really boost my knowledge and health! Not only for 2013 but for years to come! It would be a godsend to get this book.
I’ve been gluten free for several years, but find that I still manage to pack in a lot of carbs and sugar! My goal for 2013 is to feel better and eat better- Paleo makes the most sense for my body’s needs! I’m looking forward to following a Paleo diet to achieve more lean muscle and less fat, to feel better in my everyday activities, and to simply feel better about the nourishment I’m providing my body!
I would love to make a real attempt at Paleo living. I have done watered down versions in the past and even with breaking some rules, I felt better. My biggest challenge is convincing my husband (who does most of the cooking) to get on board. At least I’ve finally taught him that corn is NOT a vegetable! I think an easy to read book like this would help, especially since it involves our old rugby friend Sinkler, if I can’t convince the hubby, Jen certainly can!
I would really like Paleo to aid in reaching the goals of sleeping better, reducing my bloating and stomach discomfort and reducing my allergies. My allergies are so significant that I get weekly shots that irritate and swell my arms, ick. I have 2 young boys, 2 great bulldogs and a loving husband who all support me so much. We all love being active and fit but I need a recharge and refocus!
I want to improve my connection with food. I want to learn to enjoy it and see it as nourishment for body AND soul, not only fuel for my workouts or a mean for my dream body… I think paleo is a great way to change your eating habits and to enjoy food in a different way than before!
My goal is to lose weight, help my family lose weight and become healthy by removing so many of the foods we “crave” but that are causing us all kinds of problems. Just found your site. Looking forward to learning more!
My goal is to live a healthier life style with the belief that healthy eating habits are an everyday event. After all ,when all is said and done your health is the most important thing
I am on a quest to build some muscle and have a strong body!
My paleo goal is to finally end my battle with food and get on a path to long term health
I want to beat the plateau fat body composition and workout efficiency by going pure paleo lifestyle.
I want to be a healthy, whole person! I want be a positive role model for my child and others! Cheers to 2013!
Congratulations KellyAnn! I basically eat Paleo now, but am not very creative regarding my menu. I’m bored with what I am eating, so I look forward to getting a bunch of recepies that can make it interesting. From a health perspective I want to maximize my immune and endrocrine systems.
My goal for 2013 is to eat clean and healthy food paleo style and become a better and stronger crossfitter
I have eaten Paleo on and off so would love to have a book that leads and guides me to stick with it! I love the benefits of feeling more energized and to have a happy mind!
So that I have a tool to show my family,especially my you get kids a better way to live. Things they see these days with food is not going in a very good direction. I can start them no and by the time they are older they will have the tools they need to live a healthy lifestyle.
Goals for 2013? Get more energy and beat the recurring inflammation that holds back my fitness achievements. A little more fat loss would be great too!
I want Paleo Living to give me back my health and my energy. I am so tired of being tired.
I want to be a healthier person in 2013 and I hope that by reading Paleo Living I can eat better, cook better, live better, feel better….more energy, etc. And not just for me, but for my husband and family as well. I want to be their role model and help them towards being healthier too.
Me & my family have been doing (trying) to do paleo for 3 years now. I have 2 small children that would it mac & cheess 4 times a week! Cutting on the pasta was the hardest thing to do! Also because it’s the easiest staple to make.
Now the hardest thing to let go has been lentils & beans! I have always known that beans are a great sourse of fiber & protein so this year I’ll like to have my so called “paleo” MORE paleo than ever!!!
Paleo has made a huge difference in my life, soecially in twrms of energy & sugar regulation.
It would be great to have “paleo for dummies” to aswer some of this questions & to have my husband read & not think I am crazy!
I have been on Paleo for 6 months and have been feeling great, but I have a fair amount of cheats. I want to get more hardcore Paleo in 2013. This book is exactly the resource I need.
So excited for this, a year and a half ago when i was first introduced to Paleo i actually said, they should have a book for Dummies! Since i’ve recently been diagnosed with an auto-immune disease i’m really hoping that i can get that under control and also lose weight!
I just started a 9 week paleo challenge at my box. My goal is that not only will eating Paleo and going to CrossFit make me leaner and stronger, but that it will give me increased energy to excel in my current studies to be a Dr of Physical Therapy.
I want to be a living example for my kids. I also want to be around for all of their life’s journeys. In fact, I want to actively participate with them on all their endeavors!!!
I started my paleo journey in August in a desperate hope to feel better after a 5 year battle with a myriad of mysterious ailments. I would like Paleo Living to help me continue the amazing journey back to a healthy me!
To keep my body a lean, mean, fighting machine!! I just love the flavors and textures of some of the foods I have already tried and created. This book would definitely help to expand my horizons and creativity in body and diet!
Hello!
I came to hear you speak tonight at Birmingham Wellness Center. I really learned a lot, but wanted to know how to live Paleo. I bought your book and thank you for signing it. I look forward to being more healthy.
I would love a copy of this book. I have been adapting to a paleo diet since last fall, but have so much more to learn. This year’s goals are to lower my weight, gain strenght, and generally be a healthy person.
As 2013 brings me closer to 50, I want me hips to be less than that number, I want my blood sugar to be “normal” and my joints not to ache. I want to feed my body only want it needs and no longer what it wants. I want my taste buds to crave the good and not the bad. I want the knowledge to know the right choices and the will power to choose them. I want 2013 to be a year of Health.
I want living paleo to enable me to be a role model for my family, friends, and co-workers on how to live a healthier, happier life through the paleo diet. Living paleo is a life changing lifestyle that everyone should subscribe to. I will educate everyone I know about the positive life altering effects of Living Paleo! Pick me!
I would love Living Paleo to help me develop a new relationship with food and my body in 2013. I would love to change my lifestyle and finally end the 22 year battle with severe anorexia that almost took my life so that I can love and serve my husband and children fully and truly be a beacon of hope for others struggling with eating disorders.
In 2012 I cut out dairy and solved a lot of digestive issues I was having. For 2013 I would like Living Paleo to help me learn to eat even healthier and see what amazing improvements I can see by eating cleaner. I would also love to pass this information on to my family and friends who also have medical/health issues so that we can all have the best year possible!
I want to learn more about how to incorporate Paleo into my vegetarian diet, and learn how to eat and prepare healthy, balanced meals and snacks.
My Goal is to be able to make better choices when out of my own kitchen. I do fine when I can eat my own food, but I am in sales, and often fine myself outside of my box.
My paleo goals are to be
1. More healthy and feeling more energetic
2. Reduce PCOS symptoms by eating paleo
3. Have more lustrous skin and shinier hair
4. Get my family hooked on it!!
5. Learn how to cook quickly using organic foods
I want Paleo to make me feel healthy!
living paleo in 2013 to promote a happy and healthier life for myself and my family.
I’m really interested in learning about the Paleo way of eating & living to help guide me on my continuous journey of living more healthy with increased energy. Also, finding out more about the anti-aging benefits
I really need to loose 120 lbs. I’ve heard the Paleo diet could help me to accomplish my goal. Your book could help me with understanding the new way of living for me and how the Paleo diet works. All other diets have failed for me, but with your step by step approach, I know I could do it. Thank you for the chance to win a copy of your book, and to help me get my life back.
Would love to read this book! My goal is to lose the last 15lbs I want to loose and strengthen my body. I have been strict paleo for a few months, but have been dabbling with it for over a year.
I want to have a more fit body.
I want Living Paleo to help me become a healthier and happier person in 2013! I’d like to lose weight, feel better, and kick that sugar addiction once and for all.
Do 5 consecutive double unders and lose another 15 lbs by the end of March
I’d love to get advanced enough to do hormone regulation via diet!