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This might be stupid since I can't muster a single pull up, but if your issue is with your legs swinging forwards, have you tried bending the knees and crossing your feet, so they don't have it so easy to just swing forward?

Yes, you can give a suggestion, that's true and I'd never say anything different. I can also voice a concern with that suggestion, or point out that I disagree - that's why this is a forum, we're meant to share our thoughts and opinions and talk with each other. It has nothing to do with inflammatory language/posts. But that's starting to go a bit off-topic, and you're more than welcome to PM me if you have any issues with me that you'd like to resolve. I have no hard feelings, so I'm more than fine explaining anything that might've given you the wrong impression

Wake up time: 12:30 Hours of sleep: 7½ Breakfast: Lunch Thoughts and feelings So, last night ended up later than I was planning. However, to look at it from the bright side, it made me miss the last bus home so I got 70 minutes of walking done, in the middle of the night, at -7 degrees Celcius. Though, I'm not complaining, it was a beautiful night and it wasn't at all that bad. I'm feeling good today, so there's no need for me to fret. I'll go to the store and buy something nice, get a lot of revising done and go to bed in time to get out of bed at 07:30 tomorrow

The reason I reacted was that in my opinion it's not even an option to ask the person to eat their foods outside of the home, because like I said, I think it's an absolutey horrific thing to even suggest/attempt - but hey, that's just me! To each their own, and whatever works best for you is what you should do (goes for everyone in 99% of the cases really)

I just wanted to address this real quickly with a question, but since when was this the definition of support? (As in, the way a supportive husband in this case should act.) To literally force someone to eat their food of choice outside of the house because it's not what you'd like to eat sounds to me like an absolutely horrific way of telling someone that their opinion on food and eating isn't as important as mine/the other person's. The ultimate compromise would be that you have two different cupboards in the kitchen, one for your food and one for his, and that you both either cook for yourselves or take turn in cooking food for both people whilst cooking. @Asura - To have him eat something that you don't want to eat does not mean you don't have his support. To be supportive doesn't mean you have to change in the same way. I support a lot of causes around, but I don't change to all of them. I support the friends that I have that are Paleo, LCHF, Fruitarians, [insert diet here] even though I don't follow either of those diets. I support gay rights and LBTQA even though I don't identify myself with them or change to become like them. Do you see what I'm trying to explain? I'm pretty sure he is in fact supporting you, since I don't think he's against you doing what you're doing, for yourself. If he has strong opinions about not being able to get rid of grains, why should he have to? He's an adult, he can probably decide for himself what he wants and doesn't want to eat. Sit down with him and have a face-to-face serious talk about what kind of compromises you both (important point, both) can do to live a happy life together that incorporates both of your opinions and feelings. Whether that is having seperate cupboards and cooking for yourself, or doing something else - that's all up to the two of you to decide.

Wake up time: 12:30 Hours of sleep: 7½ Breakfast: Lunch Thoughts and feelings Today I have some red ticks and also some strange breakfast, however, this time I don't feel too bad about it because it was a choice I made whilst being much aware of what I was doing. I decided it already yesterday afternoon when I knew that I would be going out. Yesterday we had a pub evening with almost the entire group of biology students from my university, booked a room in on of our nation pubs and just sat there from 18:00 until closing 01:00. Had some drinks, talked a lot, played some card games and just had an awesome evening. Continued to a chilled out after-party which turned into an impromptu whiskey tasting/teach someone to drink whiskey kind of thing. Was fun even without drinking whiskey, since I don't like it. In the end, I walked home across town, about 25 minute walk home, around 04:00 with a neighbouring student of mine. Had a great evening For today I'm feeling pretty good, I didn't drink much at all so I'm not hung over. Just a bit affected by the sudden change of routine + the alcohol I did have, so I'm quite tired and slow. Planning on just chilling, and then tonight there's a birthday party to go to, but I'm planning on not being home this late from that one, since it's more of a monopoly-evening, sort of thing. So I should get home somewhat in time, and go to bed at least earlier than last night.

Wake up time: 07:30 Hours of sleep: 7½ Breakfast: Kvarg with some strawberries, glass of milk Thoughts and feelings Breakfast was the same as yesterday, I promise it's not just meaningless ctrl+c - ctrl-v I bought a new mobile yesterday since I've been living with this really old one which gives off a horrible noise for wake up call. So this morning I woke up at 07:30, and it was almost a joy! I have found not only a much more calm and serene wake up tone (which didn't exist on the last mobile) but also this app called SleepyBot, and after only one night I'm in love! It's amazing. It records my sleep data during the night whilst I have the phone lying on my bed. And it also has a feature, which makes it wake you up during your lightest sleep over the span of my chosen time. So if I want to wake up 07:30, I put on smart alarm and it will wake me between 07:00 - 07:30, whenever I'm sleeping the lightest. Though, this morning I woke up from the regular alarm on the new phone at 07:30, but that one also has a calm and serene sound, so that was fine. I'll keep my regular alarm on for 07:35 (a time difference I can be okay with) and the SleepBot for 07:30 with smart alarm, that way I have a security if my SleepBot doesn't wake me up Good morning world

Since I've apparently come across as negative before, I want to start by saying that this isn't intended as negative or offensive in anyway! With that said, how about you just let him eat in whatever way he sees fit? I mean, you are two adults after all (I'm going to assume), and he's more than entitled to his own opinion about what he should and should not eat, without having you sneak things away in the cupboards just because it doesn't comply with your opinion of healthy food. You can make sure that your own plate is filled with whatever good stuff you see is appropriate for whatever meal it is you're about to eat, but don't try to force someone else to agree with you - I don't think that's fair. Say the most extreme thing happens, maybe he wants to become a fruitarian (is that the word?) and only eat fruit all the time, all day. Would you then enjoy it if he took the initiative and started hiding away everything that wasn't fruit in closed cupboards, and only buy foods according to his diet/lifestyle when doing grocery shopping? I doubt you would. My point is, change is good, and if you're changing your diet around in a way that's good for you, that's awesome! I absolutely support your choice of how you want to eat, but it's important to remember that you're only in power to change your diet, not his or anyone else's (apart from your son of course). Maybe he just isn't one of those who thinks Paleo is good, and maybe he never will - because not everyone does. My final thing to add is: talk to him about it, if you haven't already. As in, really sit down and talk to him about how you feel, talk through the "diet/lifestyle" thing, and ask him what he's interested in doing and how he wants to either contribute to this, and if not - ask him how he wants it. Chances are, he does have opinions on things, and you will just have to accept them if you want things to work out in the end. Good luck with everything, and I hope it all comes out well in the end - regardless of what balance it is that you find

Wake up time: 07:30 Hours of sleep: 7½ Breakfast: Kvarg with some strawberries, glass of milk Thoughts and feelings YES, YES, YES! I finally got my three green ticks. I DID IT! *takes a moment to be unbelievably proud of myself* So yeah, today started off great. I woke up at 07:30, splashed my face with some cold water and went on to continue my day. I had breakfast, and now I'm sitting here telling the world that I'm proud for finally getting out of bed in time! Some might call it ridiculous to be proud of such an "easy" thing, but it has been a battle for me so far, and still isn't easy in any way. This morning I had the help of my mother, who'd told me that if I hadn't texted her that I was up by 07:50 she'd call me - and I strongly dislike talking to people on the phone in general, but especially in the morning when I'm newly awake. So that put some fire under my feet and things moved better than ever! Now I'm hoping that getting up on time will make it easier for me to fall asleep in time tonight. Regarding the hours of sleep I technically didn't sleep that long, but I consider the time I spend in bed to count as well. I went to bed at 23:00 and read for about 30 minutes. But even so, after having a busy day and being quite tired, I remember seeing the time 01:05 before at some point finally falling asleep. Falling asleep has always been a big issue for me, but goddamnit, an hour and a half?! As I said, hope it corrects on its own now that I start getting out of bed in time. Now I hope I can keep this up, because if I keep getting 3 green checks, I can still give myself the highest grade, even though I failed on the first 3 days. So now I'm determined, let's do it!

I've personally found that starting with body-weight squats (nothing but your body, no stick or anything), and then moving my hands forward so I hold them out in front of me when I'm at the bottom position, really helps me. I'm aware that a lot of people say you shouldn't move your arms whilst squatting, but up until now I just can't hold my balance if I don't move my hands forward, but people tell me I have good form, so I assume it's correct and that I just need to get stronger before I can balance it without using my arms/hands. Good luck

Yeah, I guess it wasn't clear to everyone that I wasn't trying to dismiss them, jump on their beliefs nor make them change their mind. Pity, but that's life. I'll make myself more clear next time To summon up my two scents on this thread: I personally believe that if you have problems, sure it's awesome to attempt to exclude foods and see what/which is causing your problems. But recommend you don't get too caught up in the thinking, so that you end up excluding things just for testing when there's (in my opinion) no reason to. Good luck with solving your problem, and I shall hijack this thread no longer

Well, she mentioned that one of the problems with milk was blood sugar spiking, which lead me to draw the conclusion that she saw blod sugar fluctuance/raise and/or carbs as an "enemy" in the same way a LCHF person would do. I might've been wrong in that assessment, that's true. As for moral choices, I'm all for that. I personally always buy locally produced, ecological and fair trade when possible. I think it's important to attempt to sustain what we've got for as long as possible. Also, I'm really not trying to dismiss anyone in that sense, nor their diet of choice. However, I see a majority of people on these forums who do choose to eat Paleo style food, and I'm simply trying to add a bit of discussion to it whilst also learning what it's all about. I really mean no harm, or anything bad with anything I write, so I hope it doesn't come across as agressive or demeaning.

I don't know about Paleo or not (I don't do it), but I can strongly recommend coconut oil, assuming it's allowed for you! It's not the cheapest, but at the same time, you only need a very small amount in the pan when you cook (less than a tea spoon), and it gives everything you cook this amazing barely noticable smell and very very weak taste of coconut. And I absolutely love coconut, use it all the time!

@cline - There are definitely ancestors out there, who would've lived mainly on greens, vegetables, fruits and other things filled with blood sugar raising carbs (warmer/tropical regions where hunting was a waste of energy due to the abundance of energy from plants and fruits). But there are also ancestors out there who would've lived on almost exclusively fat and protein from meat and dairy (colder regions where plants didn't grow well or at all). So who are you (or anyone else for that matter) to say which paleolithic diet is the right one? (targeted at the fact that you're tired of people not really being paleo but saying that they are). I'd also like to add that it's very much possible to lose weight without going Paleo.

Wake up time: 07:30, however I did end up falling back asleep and waking up at 11:00, a real rocky start on that goal Hours of sleep: 7½ for first wake-up time, total of 11 until the second wake up time Breakfast: Haven't eaten yet, at time of writing. And the 45 minutes since wake up has passed. Thoughts and feelings Is this the moment where you just give up on everything? Starts to wonder what the hell is wrong with you? It's so incredibly frustrating to be so aware of everything at this hour, but not be able to tell yourself that at any earlier point in the morning. As if I'm not even alive at those times, but just some kind of zombie who can't even begin to think what is right and wrong. The alarm went off this morning and I turned on my light and turned off the alarm. My phone was next to me in the bed, so I must've picked it up from it's spot across the room somewhere during the night, though I can't remember when or why. Which, of course meant I didn't actually have to get out of bed to turn the alarm off. Though, I did wake up, but not in any way I had ever imagined. So, to get some small background story on this part, let's just say I'm a huge fan of horror films/games/[anything]. I love being scared whilst playing a game or watching a film and the adrenalin kick you get is quite amazing. Anywho, two days ago I watched a series based on Slenderman mythos (I won't go into detail, but it was MH for anyone who's interested), and they scared me beyond belief. I mean, I've been scared plenty of times, but this one episode of the series really scared the bejeezus out of me. It scared me to the point where I had trouble laying in bed in the evening because I would just keep thinking that the next time I open my eyes, he'll be there - the scary man/thing. Anywho, I got over it as I always do and in retrospect, it's part of what I think is so awesome, that the effect of fear can be so strong (yeah I know, I'm quite strange for liking that). Back to this morning, I was just waking up at around 07:30, alarm had gone off and light was on, when something crashed. At the time I didn't know what, I just heard something fall, somewhere in my small student room. And I was scared shitless immediately. I covered up under the blanket and wanted to cry for a second, before thinking that it can't possibly have been anything THAT bad. I mean, my rational self doesn't actually believe in this scary man, so come on Jackie, get up! But nuh uh! Didn't work, I was genuinely scared. Problem is, this lead me to stay in bed whilst thinking how to tackle this "problem" just a bit too long, and I ended up falling asleep, with the lights on. Goddamnit! I ended up getting out of bed around 11:20, after thoroughly contemplating the risks and I searched for the source of the noice. It turns out, my razor holder, which has sort of suction cups at the back attached to the wall had lost pressure and fallen to the floor - that was it! But at 07:30, when it's still really dark outside and I only had a small light on in my room (the big light is at the other end of the room), it was really scary and enough to get me all worked up (and then have me fall asleep). At current time of typing it's 12:29 and I haven't done much today but sitting here typing this, watching some youtube and just laughing at myself in between the moments of sheer disappointment. Also, hunger refuses to visit, so I'll soon just go and eat something anyway, 'cause I probably need it. Planning on having chicken for lunch/dinner, should cheer me up a bit. Good morning everyone, I hope no scary man woke you up today! (Laughing at myself, but then again, what's life for?)