I don’t eat strictly paleo and just adapt his recommendations to my nutritional style.

I thought you ate paleo. Dr C is not paleo and uses a lot of oats rice and quinoa. Do you now eat these grains?

I would do potato or sweet potato as my carb or fruit instead of beans … that’s what I’m doing for a majority of the time.

Why can’t you do bone broth on this diet?

Okay awesome. I’m on day 2 today – my body is still adjusting but I feel good about my food choices and I hope that I can finally lose some weight!!!!

This is an older post (originally published in December 2014) so the book has been out for a while now, but the link to the book should still work…

I would definitely check with a doctor before taking the supplements, but the lifestyle, food and sleep protocols should be great while nursing

Do you feel worse, or sleepier? AS a tired mama with bad sleep patterns, I couldn’t sleep well before this. . I quit coffee and since I did that was reading about adrenals and that’s how I found this book. . .and this blog. I feel much much sleepier after eating this way. This is a good thing, since now I’m getting sleep! But if I wasn’t sleeping, I would probably feel worse. I think a lot of what he’s trying to do is just get you to sleep! Also, I think it works even better if you are taking magnesium (Something I’d figured out I was deficient in before even quitting coffee due to to tingling in my arms and legs that no doctor seemed concerned about). If you take it before you go to bed, it does help you sleep better. I had run out and did not feel as good on the diet as I did when taking magnesium.

Also, if you figure out what stage you’re in. . his recommendations do vary for each stage.

Typically apple slices with almond butter. Some carbs and some fat to sustain me through the night. I have no scientific basis for this. It is just the snack I like to eat, and it is working for me.

What sort of snack do you have before bed? Protein and fat? Or is this the time that you add carbs in, too? I was just wondering if carbs were mostly for dinner or if you add them at bedtime, too? Your sleep patterns and that of your kids sound like mine right now! I wake up at 3 a.m. a lot of nights and can’t get back to sleep.