I wanted to mention that I've made it through a month of modified* paleo eating, and I'm amazed to report it has been easy. I don't feel the urge to eat off plan and feel that I could do this indefinitely. (Oops, actually, one day I craved coffee, which is odd, as I don't really like coffee...but the craving went away quickly and it has been my only craving.)

I've mused about why I could never stick with paleo for longer than a couple weeks before but that it's easy now...and one answer is that, for me, I had to be LC for awhile first. After two years of LCing, paleo seemed like not too drastic of a switch. This reminds me that some changes, for some people, have to happen very slowly. It's good to respect that and give ourselves the time we need to make sweeping lifestyle changes. The thought of initially switching from a sugar-laden, flour-laden typical N.A./Australian diet to one with only meat, eggs, veggies, fruit, and nuts...wow! That's just too drastic a switch for some of us to even get our minds around.

I say this in hopes the concept may help someone else. It's okay if we aren't "perfect" at dietary or exercise change at first. If we make some successful changes, later, we can make some others.

* modified paleo, a la razzle: some non-paleo condiments (like soy sauce or using butter to cook my eggs) are okay