Step 4. Go! It's time to eat (and track)

Now that you have your fitday.com account set up, it's time to eat the Primal way.

Obviously, you are trying to eat the diet composition you have calculated. You're not trying to starve yourself. You are trying to eat protein on target (not more or less), restrict carbs (not more), and limit calories... according to your plan. There's plenty of ways to eat delicious food within those guidelines.

Visit marksdailyapple.com for lots of ideas. Download his free e-books. Visit his forums and read his blog posts.

Personally here are some of my goals and strategies this year:

• I joined the YMCA and plan to learn to swim laps as well as do some muscle building.
• I am going to look at my body for the way I feel and look, rather than my weight.
• I want to track what I eat on fitday.com some days, but not every day. I just want to get an idea of what it feels like to eat with my nutritional goals.
• Eat truly Primal, with no grains, no beans/legumes and dairy free.
  
• I plan to eat the bulk of my protein in the morning and at lunch time.
• Plan to eat vegetarian dinner or use the juicer for dinner and shun bedtime snacking altogether.
• Try to finish dinner by 6 pm, if not earlier (in practical terms, before I put the kids to bed).
• As a family, we have been television free for a year, but Erik and I watch a movie 0-2 times per week. In the past year we started adding more activities for all of us, and developed our philosophy a little more oriented toward family time as activities. We ski, go sledding, ice skating, bicycling, and yard work. We surround ourselves with stuff that will help us to be active, together.
  

I'm going to try to blog more, and not sure if I will be able to launch a new blog soon, now that my kids are entering school full time. Wish me luck, and let me know if you are needing ideas for your Primal diet.