Thanks Tyler, I've started churning it and aerating for a few seconds every day, it's coming along really well and smells good! I can't wait to taste it.

Do you find fatty meat or fatty fish ferment better or worse than lean meat or white fish?

Hi Intrigued,
So, how are you finding it? Fav foods? Notice any changes in health? Keep us updated.

Thanks for sharing your experiences Eric, they are so impressive. I'm inspired by them. Hope I can get to your level some day. Adora and PaleoPhil, it's also really inspiring to read your stories, as your experiences seem to parallel mine as we're all trying to adapt to extreme heat and, especially, cold. I've just been taking cold showers every day since January. In January I could get the temperature down to about 40F (8C) but now with the weather getting warmer it will not come out any colder than 45F (12 - 13C). I haven't tried cold baths yet. Are baths a more advanced technique? Obviously baths are more similar to immersion in an open body of water,  which is the ultimate goal for which I'm training.

I just moved to London and there are lots of open air swimming pools here (called lidos by the British). I don't think they are chlorinated, but could be wrong. Most close over the winter period but I've found one that stays open all year long and I intend on swimming there next winter.

My adaptation to the cold is progressing well. I now think nothing of cold showers. I don't start with warm either like I used to, I just jump right into the full cold shower. Usually shower for just about 5 - 7 mins as I don't actually have much to do in the shower since I stopped using shampoo May need to start staying in for longer just for the sake of increasing my adaptation to the cold, although maybe taking cold baths will be enough.

I worry a little about the chemicals in the tap water, but I'm glad that the cold water means my pores are closed so I'm probably not absorbing much of the bad stuff. I'm looking into buying a filter for the shower head.

I've finally got the job I've been seeking for months now in a global insurance firm based in the City of London! Super excited! Moving down there over next fortnight. Any fellow RPDers out there looking for accommodation in London, please pm me, maybe we could buddy up to rent a place together? Or anybody based in London who is trying to rent out a room?

By the way, I've been living in Leeds, West Yorkshire for the last six months and there doesn't seem to be much going on here in terms of RPD, but before I leave I would be delighted to find another person who follows this W.O.E to exchange ideas and resources on doing RPD in north of England, pm me if you live in the area....

goodsamaritan,

I think these are really good suggestions. There is a lot more to health than just diet. I have recently lost my job and I'm living in a new city with zero friends except one or two people I've met. It is very easy for me to become addicted to electronics, wifi, computers, tv, and end up having really poor sleep and a racing mind. Thank you for reminding me about what I need to do.

Started intermittent fasting yesterday.

Today I ate:

4 - 7pm: 5 oysters, 20 mussels, 10 clams, mackerel fillet, plaice fillet, 400 g diced buffalo, 100g butter, 1 avocado, some almonds and cashews

Hi Sage,

From the menu in the top left of the screen, you need to go to profile > forum profile. There you will see the option to upload a picture file.

Looking forward to seeing you soon!

Mark

Overhead Press: 40 kg x 5 reps x 1 set,
45 x 5 x3,
30 x 15 x 2,
30 x 14

Pull-up, bw x 8,
bw x 6 x 2,
bw x 4

Sit-up, 5 x 20 x 5

Goodmorning, 20 x 15 x 4,
20 x 20

Warm up: barefoot treadmill jog for 1km

Squat: 80 x 5 x 3,
85 x 5 x 1,
60 x 10 x 2,
60 x 12 x 2
65 x 15 x 1

Chin-ups, bw x 8 x1
bw x 7 x 1,
bw x 5 x 2

Hanging leg raise, bw x 8 x 3

Sit up, bw x 20,
5 x 15 x 3

Warm up: ran for 8 mins on treadmill, barefoot

I do warm-up sets for all exercises but only record the work sets:

Squat: 80 x 5  x 3, then 60 x 8 x2
Bench Press: 60 x 8 x 5
Barbell Row: 60 x 10 x 4
Sit ups: bodyweight (bw) x 20 x 5
Chins: bw x 8, bw x 7, bw x 5, bw x 4.

Cheri,

I'm just trying to understand how we can use brix values. Obviously higher brix is better for any given fruit, but can we compare two different types of fruits based on brix values. For example, you mentioned that you do well when refusing to eat fruit with brix values of less than 12. Does this mean that you avoid all non-sweet fruits, such as avocado, tomato, lemon, and lime?

12 seems to be the upper limit for the non-sweet fruits. By contrast, even a poor quality sweet fruit, such as pineapple, will have a brix greater than 12. (http://www.flavoralchemy.com/journal/the-brix-of-sweet-fruit.html).

Hey George, I'm glad to hear your mum is actually encouraging/challenging you try raw meat. That will make things much easier. Who buys the food in your house? Do you think the rest of your family might be interested in switching from grainfed to grassfed meats? Do you have access to farmers' markets and online stores?

Regarding obstacles, I find I am not tempted at all by non raw paleo food. My body is satisfied so I don't get unhealthy cravings. My only temptation is giving in to societal pressures.

I've had trouble locating a cheap source of grassfed bone marrow. Best reliable source I have costs me £5 per bone (4 - 5 kg), including shipping costs. Yesterday I went to a local butcher and got a big grainfed marrow bone (chopped in half) for just £1. It weighed almost 6 kg but I was able to extract only 150 g of marrow. It tasted quite disgusting compared to grassfed marrow. I felt sick after eating it and it didn't digest well. Won't be doing that again. It seems the grain in the cows diet dramatically lowers the quality of the fats like marrow. I can eat small amounts of grainfed beef muscle meat without any significant issues, although the taste is not as good as grassfed and there is a higher risk of infections.