Going paleo is much easier if you base your meal planning on vegetables and then adding fats and proteins that are complimentary. And eat until you are full.

My tip would be to not over complicate your food and menu. You don’t need to go out and buy 16 different types of flour so you can make a bunch of cookies and cakes. Go back to the basics of food; meat, veggies, fruit and fat and it is not as overwhelming.

This book looks amazing! 🙂

My biggest tip would be to plan ahead. Pick a few meals for the week then go to the grocery store and only buy the items you need. This cuts down on waste and also prevents you from any naughty impulse buys.

Plan your meals for the week, focus on the basics and keep it simple. Always make extra so you can eat leftovers for lunch. Use that crock pot when you start to feel like there isn’t enough time in the day to cook a good dinner.

My best tip for going Paleo is planning ahead. This will help you to avoid those moments of intense craving that will inevitably come.

One of my biggest challenges is ignoring the uneducated opinions of others. People seem to be OK with others eating McDonald’s, desserts, and fried anything, but the second you mention that you include animal protein and healthy fats in your diet, they flip out a little. So sad.

The paleo way has made us feel so much better, but you do need to plan ahead. However, setting up meals for the week helps, especially with that “what’s for dinner” question from the family. Our biggest stumbling block is when we eat out. The temptations are rife, so we have to work on being focused. Although, when we do have that beer or fried whatever, I always remind myself that tomorrow’s another day.

My best tip would be to keep your dishes simple. Create your plate around lots of veggies, pastured protein and healthy fats.

My best tip would be to not fall into a rut of eating the same foods, while still maintaining a diet that isn’t too overwhelming for your creativity and budget. I do this buy sticking to a relatively simple breakfast and lunch routine (eggs and turkey sausage with fruit most mornings and tuna, avocado, and salsa salad for lunch) and making dinner meals my time to get creative and fun 🙂

My best paleo beginners tip is find a blog or a cookbook that you relate to and just start cooking through the recipes. This is how I started and then never stopped. I also think making extra portions of proteins when you’re cooking makes breakfast or lunch the next day much easier!

My best tip is to throw away or give away all the foods in your house that are not part of the paleo diet. And if you’re living with someone who decides to bring home chocolate glazed donuts, ask him/her to eat them outside 😉

Being social, Esp going out w friends and trying to avoid alcohol.

Going Paleo? Jump right in! Maybe with a Whole30. That’s what I did. And my biggest challenge is after a year I still can’t get my family to convert.

My best tip is to plan ahead but be simple by converting a main protein into different meals throughout the week to keep boredom from setting in– for example, roast chicken with the skin on at the beginning of the week for the first meal, then use some of the leftover meat for a soup with bone broth the next day, a chicken avocado lettuce wrap the following, saute with garlic and put over spaghetti squash the next, etc.

My biggest tip would be to meal plan and make Mayo! Everything taste great with homemade mayo!

My biggest tip- make homemade mayo! Everything taste great with it, it’s versatile and it’s so delicious!!

I have found the longer that I stick with Paleo the less I miss foods I used to eat like pizza and bread. The hardest thing is eating out in my small town.

My advice is always, if it has a bar code, it’s not food!

Planning is so essential. Without a plan, I fail.

My tip is to focus on what you CAN eat as opposed to what you cannot eat.

My biggest stumbling block is my favorite snack: corn chips and salsa. I haven’t yet found a great replacement/better salsa carrier than regular old corn chips!

keep it simple and think basic real food. Go to the farmers market and find a meat farmer. Stay out of the middle of the store

The cost and constant prep of food is my biggest stumblng block for Paleo.

Always have a big pot of soup in the fridge, you can always throw in an egg as it’s cooking!

I think the best tip I have is to replace grains with leafy greens. I think making Paleo specific meals is a great treat but sometimes I am just worn out and want to fall back on my old favorites. For example, I make tacos, burgers, or simple sandwich fixings and put them on top of mixed greens with the appropriate sauce instead of salad dressing (salsa, ketchup, mustard, etc.). I do this with pasta as well by trying to load up the sauce with as much meat and veggies as I can before putting in on top of the greens. It usually isn’t as delicious as a paleo-specific meal, but is still good and acts as a nice stopgap when I don’t have the energy or creativity to make a more complicated meal.

The best tip for people going Paleo is to keep the meals simple at first. It can be very overwhelming when you are used to supplementing meals with bread, pasta, etc., and then switching to vegetables, meat, fruit & nuts. Stick with simple recipes first and get comfortable with the lifestyle. The biggest stumbling block when eating Paleo is when meals are not prepared ahead of time. It is then easy to go and pick something up that will more than likely derail your Paleo train. Being prepared for the week ahead is the key to success!

Keep it fun and don’t stress over it all at once! If you need to start small do it, or if you think you can go in full throttle go for it but just remember success takes time!

When transitioning to Paleo take it one step at a time. I stumbled across “Make it Paleo” while looking for a gluten free cookbook after being diagnosed celiac. I learned more about cooking meats and vegetables and slowly added new foods and skills, like making bone broth. Gluten free grains and pastas eventually just didn’t cut it anymore for me and were replaced by nutrient-dense whole foods. Be open and willing to change and let your body be your guide as you find the version of Paleo that works best for you.

Tip: always cook more than you need for just that one meal. Having leftovers for the week for breakfast, lunch and/or dinner makes life so much easier! It also helps avoid poor choices when you’re hungry if you already have that yummy Paleo leftover ready to eat 🙂

Best advice for paleo enjoyment is eat the best meats & veggies you can find. Don’t settle for less!

The thing that has helped me most is making sure you’ve stocked up on healthy fats. If they’re not handy, you’ll be more tempted to eat more of other foods than you need, taking the emphasis off fats.

My best tip with Paleo is to focus on how the food you eat makes your body feel. Really be in tune with your body. I keep it simple – avoid the foods that make you feel crappy or off the walls – and keep eating the real food that makes you feel great. For me it finally clicked when I wasn’t obsessing over every detail but paying attention to helping my body flourish – and those foods always happen to be Paleo.

I really want to try Paleo and I’ve wanted so for a long time now, but my biggest stumbling block is: The price of meat. I live in a country were supermarkets sell bad quality meat at a very high price. The biological meat (equal to grassfed?) is even more expensive and the size is so small that you would have to buy at least two pieces for one meal. So let’s say I cook paleo for my husband, my son and me: 5 pieces of meat a day… I just can’t afford that!

My first tip for people is to focus on the delicious foods that you can and should eat, rather than what you “can’t” eat on paleo. Mostly stick to the basics of quality meats, fats and lots of veggies rather than going out and buying a bunch of expensive new ingredients to make paleo-ified versions of your old staples. Have fun with it! Don’t look at it as a set of restrictions, but rather a fun challenge to play with new flavors and enjoy the ritual of cooking.

My biggest stumbling block is having celiac and having diabetes. I’m really not sure where to start. It’s a little overwhelming. The carbs are an issue as well. Would love this book to try and learn what I believe would help me get healthier. Thanks for the chance to win 🙂

The easiest way to start paleo is to just do it. Don’t put it off and don’t beat yourself up if you have a set back， get right back into it

Meal planning helps a lot. My biggest obstacle is when I don’t meal plan and need a quick and easy dinner and I haven’t been grocery shopping in a long time.

Planning ahead and stocking up on healthy fats. Stumbling blocks….is making “comfort” foods for my family from the CSA boxes (hubby and young son tend to stick up their noses to veggies that they are unfamiliar with).

My biggest stumbling block is that I crave things like crackers or bread if I try to go completely without them. I find that the nut/coconut flour alternatives are not only expensive to make but they don’t satisfy that craving. I don’t normally eat a lot of bread but I can’t seem to give it up completely, yet.

My biggest tip is to find a go-to meal that you can make when you lack motivation , inspiration, or time. For me, that is lettuce wrapped tacos. If you tend to buy a few basic staples each week, this definitely helps to be able to make this go-to meal. Also, I have clean out the fridge nights where I throw together ingredients that need to be used up with seasonings and fats in my pantry. I’m always taking a risk that it won’t taste good, but so fat this has my happened.

My biggest tip is to find a go-to meal that you can make when you lack motivation , inspiration, or time. For me, that is lettuce wrapped tacos. If you tend to buy a few basic staples each week, this definitely helps to be able to make this go-to meal. Also, I have clean out the fridge nights where I throw together ingredients that need to be used up with seasonings and fats in my pantry. I’m always taking a risk that it won’t taste good, but so fat this has not happened.

My biggest tip would be to have a go-to meal that you can make when you are lacking motivation, inspiration, or time. When you have a few staples that you buy most weeks at the store, this helps to accomplish this. I also would recommend having a clean out the fridge night where you structure your cooking around whatever is left in your fridge that needs to be used up along with some spices, seasonings, and fats. This fosters creativity, frugality, and enjoyment when cooking. While I am taking a risk that it could be a bad meal by experimenting like this, I’ve yet to make a meal that was an utter disaster!

My biggest stumbling block when it comes to Paleo goes along with my tip; keep it interesting! When I started I ate the same thing over and over again and got sick of it fast but now that I’ve become a better cook it’s gotten way easier. I still have my go-to easy/quick meals for those days when I lack the energy to cook.

The best advice I received was to forget about perfection and just focus on what works for me. Once my Whole 30 was over and I transitioned to Paleo, it was helpful to focus on how my body felt and responded to food, rather than trying to adhere to Paleo purity for the sake of purity.

My biggest stumbling block would be that I’m allergic to coconut. Some recipes I have been able to cross over to almond milk or leave the coconut out (depending on what the recipe calls for) but there are so many wonderful looking things I would love to try/cook that coconut is a must have ingredient.

My biggest tip when starting out, and indeed from week to week is to plan all your meals. And then make a list and shop specifically. When I don’t plan it is sooo easy to cook and eat less healthy options. I have a list of 10 main courses which I repeat. As the weather changes I’ll add in new recipes.

Keeping only paleo friendly ingredients in your pantry and refrigerator is the key to my success! No temptation to eat other foods.

For someone just starting, I would say start with the basics and create simple meal plans using similar ingredients each week. Think of Paleo as a lifestyle, not as a diet. Thinking of long term health benefits and finding new ways to eat makes it fun. Forget the “Paleo Police” and if you fall off the Wagon or binge on your favorite (insert non-Paleo dessert here), don’t stress. Tomorrow is always a new day and Paleo is progress. Make it work for your life!

Keep is simple and take it one step at a time if you need to. Not everyone is ready to just jump right in. Small steps add up to huge achievements over time.

My biggest advice would be to plan, plan, plan! I’m just beginning and this has made it so much easier for me. I don’t have to try to figure out what to eat everyday. Everything is already prepared down to the snacks.

LOVE these comments. The biggest thing that has helped me go paleo is MEAL PREP!! Eating clean is so much easier during the week when your vegetables and meat are prepared to how you’re going to use them, and keeps you sane! Thanks for the awesome contest.
Kari