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Just ate a delicious, filling breakfast of four pieces of bacon, three scrambled eggs (cooked in the bacon grease) with a little bit of cheese sprinkled on top, and a side of blueberries. While you might think I'm slightly crazy by having such a fatty breakfast lacking any sort of grain, it's well within the guidelines of the Primal lifestyle. Check out Mark's Daily Apple if you think conventional wisdom might be even a little flawed, you'll be pretty surprised with your findings.

no more snoozing

one of the primal blueprint laws focuses on getting adequate sleep, something the majority of us don't do. along with adequate sleep he discusses, scientifically, why using an alarm is bad for us. granted, not using an alarm is pretty difficult for the majority of us, but I've been waking up sans-alarm for a few days now (thanks 2nd shift).

basically, when our alarm wakes us up in the morning, instead of waking up naturally, we experience a surge of cortisol (adrenaline) in our body. the recurring using of an alarm, and accompanying adrenaline rushes every morning reduces the effectiveness for times when we would actually need it.

try waking up without an alarm on a day when you don't need to use one, see if it makes a difference in how you wake up, and your energy levels for the rest of the day.

the adventure begins

today marks the second day of me switching over to the primal lifestyle, inspired by The Primal Blueprint by Mark Sisson. in may of 2009, i weighed in at 320 pounds, the heaviest i'd been in my entire life. it was then I decided to change for the better. i started with a diet overhaul; i stopped eating fried foods, sugars, pop and alcohol. within few months I had lost 40 pounds alone, by just changing my diet. with that bit of motivation, I decided to once again join a gym, and get myself on a program. fast forward to may of 2010, I'm down a total of 70 pounds.

after reading The Primal Blueprint, I feel I've been going about my lifestyle change the wrong way. Mark brings up some very convincing points as to why "conventional wisdom" is wrong. so I will be going by his 10 laws, and tracking my progress using this blog.