On this episode of The Paleo View, Stacy and Sarah are joined by Sarah from Primal Bites to answer ‘how to’ Paleo in the dorm room questions from listeners.
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The Paleo View (TPV), Episode 193, Paleo in the Dorm Room
- Intro (0:00)
- News and Views (1:18)
- Welcome Sarah from Primal Bites!
- Sarah is visiting Stacy, as she is in town competing for her second Strongman competition
- This was her first competition where there was a significant number of competitors and she won open middleweight
- Sarah B. had a busy day helping her daughter with a school project
- Paleo in the Dorm Room (4:33)
- Stacy and Sarah first met online, and then met in person at the New York book signing tour event
- They then connected on Instagram, and lifted together when Sarah was back home from college
- Sarah is a senior in college, working on a degree in sustainability and already has a lot of great opportunities for her professional future
- Thought it would be great to have Sarah on the show to help Stacy and Sarah B address college related questions
- Stacy and Sarah first met online, and then met in person at the New York book signing tour event
- Questions & Answers (7:51)
- Shivam – dealing with difficult acne, but was able to clear up 80% of the acne after following an AIP protocol while home for the holidays. Should I just eat the dining hall food for these four years of college and start your autoimmune diet to fix my gut later when I can afford and have access to Paleo friendly food? Will my gut be harder to heal later if I don’t act now?
- Explore your meal plan options – is it required? Can you reduce the number of meals you are paying for?
- Can still make good choices in the dining hall regardless of the cooking oil
- Research protein options within the dining hall
- How Stacy made “healthier choices” while in the dorm
- Sarah suggests getting a mini fridge and microwave for her room – it is possible to follow the AIP with easy options from a grocery store and basic tools in your dorm room
- There would certainly be a learning curve to navigating AIP from a dorm room, but it is certainly possible
- Read labels and evaluate options
- Check with your dining hall on how accommodating they are with food allergies
- You may be able to see a huge improvement in your health from eliminating the highly inflammatory foods, and then following a full AIP later when possible
- Play with reintroduction to see what it is your body is reacting to
- The longer the body is in an inflammatory pattern the harder it is to break out of the pattern
- There are compelling reasons to put in some efforts – and breaking your approach into pieces now will be hugely beneficial over the longterm
- Making progress towards the endpoint in a sustainable way is what matters more than jumping into a Paleo approach full steam ahead
- Do the best you can now, acknowledge that there will be limitations along the way
- Stock up on the foods that work well for you
- Shivam – dealing with difficult acne, but was able to clear up 80% of the acne after following an AIP protocol while home for the holidays. Should I just eat the dining hall food for these four years of college and start your autoimmune diet to fix my gut later when I can afford and have access to Paleo friendly food? Will my gut be harder to heal later if I don’t act now?
- Sarah’s approach to Paleo at college
- Smaller batch cooking with one main protein, raw veggies, baked sweet potatoes
- Keeping meat and veggies in the fridge
- Preps for a few days in advance
- Protein bars
- Makes larger meals so she doesn’t need to snack
- Prioritizes her budget around meat, vegetables and fruits
- Thank you so much Sarah for coming on this week’s show!
- Find Sarah:
- Blog
- Ebook
- Instagram (foodie one) (lifting one)
- Thanks everyone for listening – we will be back next week!
- Outro (32:59)
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