Introduction and Rules/FAQ

[copperlion]

First off, welcome. This comm is for anyone who is somehow engaging in primal/paleo living no matter how strictly, whether it be just kicking the grain to the curb, or full on persistence hunting in your own backyard.

We welcome introduction posts, posts about your primal/paleo journey, post about how you play, how you eat or how you work out, as well as posts about what you do or don't wear on your feet (or body for that matter), how the primal/paleo thing effects areas of your life you never thought of, or how you finally mastered cooking with coconut oil. Go Wild! We want to hear about your new kettlebells, your first time swimming in open water, your latest barefoot run and all the other cool things you get up to.

What's not welcome here:

-NO TRASHING OTHER PEOPLE'S FOOD CHOICES. Everyone's diet is their own. Just because you do primal/paleo one way, doesn't mean that EVERYONE does. There are a lot of variations, and around here, we will respect that.

-NO TRASHING OTHER PEOPLE'S EXERCISE CHOICES. Everyone's body is their own. Some people Crossfit, some people PX90, some people run in the park with a frisbee and their dog.

-NO TRASHING OTHER PEOPLE. These are your fellow humans, please try and remember that. Sexist, racist, genderist or other bigoted posts/comments will be summarily deleted.

-NO EVOLUTION DEBATE. We eat/live primal/paleo because it works. How it came to be that this works isn't something we'll be arguing about here.

-The mod also reserves the right to add more rules at any point.

The Rules:

-We'd like to ask that all discussions about weight, weight loss, and/or calories should go behind a cut, with a cut tag that notes this is why you are cutting the post.

Your Modly Mod Says Hello

[copperlion]

Hello, I'm your mod, copperlion. I'm a quickly approaching 30, semi-primal, grad student with hopes of bettering my body and my mind, becoming more primal, and eventually running a successful and interesting community (this one to be exact).

Today is the first day of Mark's Daily Apple's 30-Day Primal Contest, which I will be participating in this time around. I'm really working on cleaning up my diet, sticking to primal foods and not getting stuck eating in the cafeteria because I forgot to make my lunch this month.

The other thing I'm concentrating on this month is play. Why? Because somehow I grew and forgot what playing was. Except for staying away from the ice cream, figuring out how to play again has been one of the hardest parts of going primal for me. Partially because my partner hasn't jumped on the primal train with me yet, so I'm often trying to figure out how to play alone and partly because my brain keeps screaming, "YOU LOOK STUPID." My brain, in fact, is the one who's stupid, because once I get started, running around, climbing trees and generally making a nuisance out of myself I remember how FUN it is to play.

So, my goal is to post here at least once a week with update on how the challenge is going this month. I also hope you guys will introduce yourselves and start posting about your primalness!