Tom Woods Update #3 (or: It's About Freakin' Time He Gives Us Another One)

Me: Hey, you, give me an update already!

Tom: Okay. Here you go....
The best part of it for me so far is that my shirt size is back down to where it was when I was in high school. I've taken off some weight without looking emaciated and scary. I still miss pancakes, pasta, and pizza, so whoever said those cravings would go away must not have liked them as much as I do. I am doing very well without soft drinks, which I used to think I couldn't live without. I'm now generally content with my unsweet iced tea with lemon. I'm consuming far less by way of sweets, and I have also coped with that better than I thought I would have. We've just bought a couple cookbooks with some very interesting recipes, so I look forward to continued additions to our repertoire.

Me: Seriously?  It's been two months and this is all I get? How about you answer some questions.

Tom: Okay.

Me: Your sleep (or lack thereof) has been an issue for you for several years. Has Going Primal helped you in this area?

Tom:  I think there has been at least a marginal improvement in my sleep, but I'll revisit this again in about a month.

Me: For a while there you were really having a difficult time feeling rested throughout the day. How has this changed?

Tom: I do think my energy increased during the three weeks we were super strict. These days I've been too busy to notice.

Me: Have you noticed any other subtle or otherwise improvements?

Tom:  In other areas I haven't had the kind of results other people have had.

Me: Do you think Going Primal was the right choice for our family?

Tom:  Yes, overall I think we made the right decision. But I do like the idea of having one day on which we eat what we want. Not Cheez-Its or stuff like that, necessarily, but food we like that we've given up. I think the kids would be happier, too.


Annnnnd there you have it. If you have a question you like to ask of Tom (please, no geeky Econ stuff!) please submit in the comment box (or email me at hwoods2002@gmail.com) and I will do my best to rope Tom into answering them.  

Btw, Tom has a brand new project debuting today!  It's called Tom Woods's Liberty Classroom: the history they didn't teach you. In a nutshell, it's an online course in History (Economics coming soon!) taught by several, top-notch, professors. $99 will get you full access to the courses offered for a year, live Q&As with the professors, and other cool things, I'm sure.  Check it out!

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# 2 Update from Tom.

"Overall I'm glad we're doing this. I needed to be jolted out of my growing and unhealthy affinity for sweets. I'm glad I now understand the truth about the "low-fat" craze. And I know I am taking better care of myself now that I'm not eating a lot of the stuff I used to eat.

But I can't bring myself to agree with people who think this is a breeze, that over time I won't miss my old favorite foods, etc. Maybe. I doubt it. Steak and salad can be great, but I don't want to eat meat all the time, and I don't want my only non-meat alternative to be salad.

Frankly, I still very much want pizza, pasta, an occasional Coke, orange juice with my breakfast, a bagel with cream cheese, a stack of real pancakes, and a cookie once in a while.

I envision myself moving forward as follows. I want to stay faithful to this at least 70-80% of the time, which means that the food I eat at home will conform to it. But when I travel, and occasionally when I'm just out for dinner, I do still intend to indulge in things that make me happy. On net I am still enjoying a vast improvement in my old habits, and I think that's about as far as I can make myself go."

I keep telling Tom that he doesn't have to give up his favorite things forever.  

He still feels guilty about it though... mainly, I think, because I don't cheat.  (Well, I did twice in the last 33 days.... one was HERE, and the other was I had a slice of cheese cake (which was awesome!) when we went out for Dinner Theater. Other than that, I've stayed Primal.) But he forgets that I have a lot of weight to lose, and therefore I can't afford to cheat often. Plus, I really don't like the way I feel when I do eat non-primally.

I've told Tom we are not going to police each other. If I want to cheat, I don't want eagle eyes on me. And if he wants to eat something that will totally have him out of commission for that day... well, that's his call. ;)  Seriously though, I don't care what he does as long as it doesn't kill him, and he makes a real attempt at staying Primal.

He's really done very well for the last month, so I'm really proud of us all that we have been able to make it work as well as we have.