Mark at Mark’s Daily Apple has challenged his readers to go primal for the next 30 days. Since I’m one for challenges, I decided to take him up on his offer and so I’m going primal for the next 30 days.

What does going primal mean?

Well first of all go over to Mark’s site and read his Primal Blueprint. He discusses all things primal and how to apply it to modern living.

Yes we can!

I’m not talking about the Barack Obama campaign slogan here. I’m talking about things you can have from a nutritional standpoint. You can have plenty of meat, fish, meat and poultry and it doesn’t all have to be lean either. You can also have plenty of vegetables (non starchy) and fruit in moderation. Try to keep your overall carbohydrate intake to less than 100g. You have to eat real food for 30 days. Nothing processed and nothing that our ancestors who were hunters and gathers didn’t eat back in the day. In a nutshell, stick to the outside periphery of the grocery store for your food choices. No shopping within the aisles.

No you can’t

You cannot have anything processed. Which means white flour, sugar, alcohol, protein bars, protein shakes. All grains such as rice, corn, oats, potatoes etc should be avoided. All dairy such as cheese, milk, yogurt can be had in moderation. Fruit should also be in moderation and fit within the 100g per day window.

Exercise

The Primal Blueprint discusses exercise which is a combination of slow moderate cardio, fast sprints, heavy functional lifts.

So I’m going primal for the next 30 days as a challenge. I won’t be posting about every little detail, but I’ll be incorporating Mark’s principals into my nutrition and training over the next month.