I've lost about a stone. I am not strictly primal or low carb but I try to follow it as best I can. I try to cut out sugar (including honey), grains, legumes and potatoes.
Grass-fed beef and butter is not only better for you but tastes a million times better. Ghee or clarified butter has less casein than normal butter so it is often tolerated better.
It is a great way of eating for me because I don't feel deprived. You can make things taste rich with oils, butter, cream and cheese. After all plain bread, rice and pasta isn't exactly something to look forward to is it, it's the sauces you put on it. I just put those sauces on my meat and veg instead.
I also allow myself a recommended amount of 3 squares or 30g of 85% or higher dark chocolate a day and a large glass of good red. The one I drink is 13% and an "allowable" daily serving is apparently 273ml. They both have health benefits and they are a nice treat to look forward to.
If you have a coffee machine put dry ingredients (cinnamon, cocoa powder) on top of the coffee in the filter rather than adding it into the liquid coffee. I use 2 tablespoons of ground coffee, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon and 1 teaspoon of cocoa per mug. It's much more flavorful than adding it after the coffee's brewed. In my coffee I now have some vanilla extract, a dollop of extra thick double cream with a teaspoon of cocoa and a teaspoon of cinnamon sprinkled on top instead of milk and sugar.
I've got a long list of snacks that I can fall back on when hunger kicks in.
A selection of the following usually:
Berries with cream
3 squares (30g) of dark chocolate - 85% plus
Hard boiled eggs
Sticks of cheese
Nuts
Fruit dipped in nut butters
Our version of mini pancakes (make pancake batter by mixing a big spoonful of nut butter with a mashed up banana and two eggs. Place greased metal cookie cutter on frying pan and pour in batter)
snoworneahva's version of cream cheese pancakes (will post recipe at the bottom)
Pork scratchings
Strips of chicken, smoked salmon, ham
Canned tuna
Prawns
Lettuce wraps with sandwich fillings, left over chilli/bolognese, curry etc
Avocado
Yoghurt
Beetroot
Pickled onions
Olives
Sundried tomatoes
Those stuffed peppers and cubes of cheese you can get in jars of flavoured oil
Veggie/salad sticks and dips (nut butter, cream cheese, mayo)
Cream cheese pancakes
50g cream cheese
2 eggs
1tsp maple syrup
1 tsp cinnamon - ( I add 2tsp as we love cinnamon)
1tsp coconut flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
Mix together using a stick blender. You can make them without coconut flour and baking powder to make something more like a crepe.
Spoon a tablespoon of mixture onto an oiled heated non stick frying pan. Like all pancakes you need to play a bit to achieve the right heat and figure out when best to flip over.
Philly comes in small snack sized portions - it's perfect for this, they have a really long shelf life, so you'll always have the ingredients at hand.
Frozen blueberries with more cinnamon cooked in micro till they go jammy work well with these.