Today’s testimonial comes from Rosie from Cave Girl in College. I recently found her on instagram and felt like we had a lot in common! If you are also in college, check out my own eBook the College Primal Challenge. Rosie is living proof that you can eat healthy during college.
My Paleo journey officially began towards the end of my first year in college, but my incredible parents had already instilled![image[1]](https://drmonicabravo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/image1.jpeg)
many of the principles behind this lifestyle at a very young age. Without knowing it at the time, I was a pretty Paleo child. Being raised on a farm in upstate New York, I regularly ate eggs that came from our own chickens, organic veggies grown in our back yard, and humanely raised, grass-fed meat, from sheep and goat we raised as well.
Regretfully, I lost sight of these values when I fell for the trap of modern/fad dieting early on in high school. I went from the little girl who loved fetching eggs from our chickens, and my steak cooked medium-rare, to the body-image, calorie-counting, obsessed teen that refused to eat anything that contained more than 2 grams of fat. Rather than nourishing my body with real, whole foods, I would only eat things that were labeled with a calorie count. Despite what my parents had taught me, I thought I was eating healthy by choosing things labeled “low-fat” and “0 calories!” In reality, I was anything but healthy during this time.
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