Our seventy-fourth show! Ep. 74: Paleo Philosophy Part 6, Perfectionism

In this episode, Stacy and Sarah continue their paleo philosophy conversation with paleo perfectionism as the main theme. You can listen to parts one, two, three, four and five of the paleo philosophy conversation via the links.

The Paleo View (TPV), Episode 74: Paleo Philosophy Part 6, Perfectionism

0:00 - Introduction

0:47 - News & Views

Stacy and Sarah chatted about the US News and World Reports 2014 diet rankings

Robb's thoughts

Cordain's thoughts

Sarah notes that the growth of the movement is evidence to the contrary

Stacy points out that the rankings were clearly based on USDA's recommendations and how closely a diet complies with those recommendations

There are so many nuances to the diet that confounds these types of measurements - all the diets that paleo is being ranked against have prescriptive structures to them

All the other diets on the list are focused on weight-loss only, not on health or healing

Stacy has been crazy busy between work and the launch of the e-book, she also had a busy weekend as she was away in Virginia Beach for a book signing that turned out excellent

Stacy is also back into Strong(wo)Man training and enjoying it immensely - she officially registered for her gym's March women's only competition and has been setting crazy PRs during training sessions

Stacy is completing a Whole Life Challenge, learn more about it here

Sarah and Stacy talked about Kresser's Fox & Friends segment

Stacy learned that she is the broth lady amongst her fans, which leads Sarah to believe that she is the liver lady - leave a comment and let Sarah know

Sarah's daughter turned seven over the weekend, and they attended three other birthday parties

Sarah also got to go to a yoga class over the weekend, which was a nice surprise addition to her calendar and it helped with her stress levels

Sarah shared on how her weight training is going

Denise Minger is coming on the show next week - Sarah is currently reading her book and enjoying it so much

Sarah launched a new Facebook group called The Paleo Approach Community

46:03 - Paleo Perfectionism

Matt and Stacy recently shared on what their paleo pantry looks like and the paleo police instantly came out of the wood works - remember, this is the kind of behavior that turns people off to paleo, this is hypocritical behavior

For most people living a paleo lifestyle with 100% perfectionism 100% of the time is not realistic or sustainable

Context matters and individual needs matter, people will make their own choices based on those pieces - if you can't appreciate that, you do not understand the pillars of a paleo approach to life

We all need to be supportive of other's decisions that lead them to better health

Worry about your own plate - your own body is what you are responsible for

There is a point where this kind of behavior evolves into disordered behavior in the form of orthorexia

Be aware of your behaviors, your food choices, and if/how you judge others for their decisions

Be sure to listen to these two shows (episode 36 and episode 43) where additional information is offered on eating disorders

Both Stacy and Sarah strongly believe in the paleo lifestyle as a mechanism to be healthy, and a lot of those things have to do with mental health and taking care of yourself physically in ways that don't have to do with food

The reason why you can never be cured of an eating disorder is because you will always be exposed to food, and will always have to make choices unique to your needs

There is no room for the paleo perfectionism mentality - be supportive and offer suggestions instead of judging and making someone feel bad

Understand the impact that words can have

There are some really great guests lined up for the next couple of weeks!

Denise Minger next week

Chris Kresser talking about his new book the following week

And the show after that will feature Tamar (The Paleo Mom's assistant) and Katy (the Paleo Parent's assistant)

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1:13:54 - Outro