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3 Reasons To Try The 30-Day Paleo Challenge — 18 Comments

    • Er, I’m pretty sure you do kind of have to give up alcohol for Paleo – but just for 30 days!

      if you’re still in, despite this, then feel free to let me know here and I’ll try and help/advise/support you any way I can…

  1. Isn’t it funny how the “milk for tea/coffee” can be such a sticking point for many! I found it very hard on Paleo initially, but now I enjoy mate tea (black) and even crave it. Strange how you can retrain your taste buds (as long as you don’t “cheat” because otherwise your taste buds remember what they used to have! 🙂

    • Problem for me is that I think I may just qualify for the worlds biggest tea addict.

      Well, addict is perhaps a bit strong. Tea lover.

      I am doing everything I can to stick at it – I usually have extremely good will power but it’s harder than I thought. Coconut milk and almond milk just don’t help much (though better than nothing) but you’re absolutely right, and I don’t want to cheat.

      I didn’t expect that Ibuprofen would feature in my diet… but it is.

      P.S. how long did it take you before you started enjoying black tea? … and didn’t it make your mouth feel fuzzy?

      • Also – have you tried green tea or jasmine tea?

        I’m thinking I may just switch to green tea as it’s healthier, plus I don’t quite like the fact that I’ve been getting headaches from not drinking as much tea (at least I think that’s what it is).

        Loving green tea as much as I used to love black tea with milk would be infinitely better than loving black tea as much as I loved white tea in my book – if that’s even possible…

    • Thank Vicki,

      I may end up doing so – i.e. using milk just for tea. What would be even better is if I develop a taste for, say, green tea and end up liking it just as much as I liked black tea with milk before. Not sure if that’s going to happen but that would be the ideal.

      I think green tea pure and simple has to be the healthiest choice.

      For the moment I’m still experimenting (within the rules of course ;-))

  2. Why no tea? Can’t you drink it black? When I did my challenge I went from 3 cappuccinnos a day to black coffee. Not much fun but much better than not having coffee at all. And you get used to it. In fact I enjoy black coffee more than flat white coffee now. But I still indugle with cappo’s on the weekend 🙂

    • You’re absolutely right Vicki, and I hadn’t fully appreciated that.

      I love my tea with milk but not to give up completely, you’re right I could try it black and will probably do so – perhaps with mint & cardamom seeds (like persian tea) – or as you say, drink coffee black.

      I kind of think that black coffee is not particularly healthy either though, so not being a coffee drinker to moving from tea to black coffee doesn’t quite feel right for me either.

      I’m going to try and locate some almond milk too and see if that works as a milk substitute in my tea if I need it.

      When did you do your challenge & what happened afterwards?

      • I did the challenge last November/December. I was strict. I commented on your post with the interview with Alison back then. I really enjoyed the challenge and have stuck to it pretty much since. I do have milk or cheese occasionally, white potatoes on occasion and even rice. But not all the time like I used to. I eat a lot more colourful veggies now and have nuts for snacks. I didn’t look for substitutes such as almond milk – too processed and contain additives. You can make it yourself but you really do get used to black coffee and tea. Just like you do without sugar. I definitely feel so much healthier and less bloated. Good luck and have fun with all those veggies 🙂

        • That’s right – but I didn’t know (or remember if you told me) what happened afterwards – i.e. long after the challenge do you have an improved diet?

          Good to see you do seem to have. So there’s hope for me 😉

          I hear what you’re saying about the almond milk being processed & having additives but I did study the label hard. I think it’s allowed.

          I find black tea leaves my mouth feeling fuzzy 😉 I don’t mind it too much with almond milk, still nowhere near as good as with normal milk (to my taste so far just 1 day in) but still better than nothing.

          I think it’s more enjoying a hot but still refreshing drink more than anything, so I just need to find an alternative I like (says the man who is crazy about tea trying to be optimistic).

  3. I’ve just finished all of my biscuits.

    Tomorrow is going to be tough. I don’t have my almond milk or almond flour yet. But the kitchen is full up with meat and vegetables.

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