Hello, it's Caroline and I'm here to tell you that the episode you're about to listen to was recorded a long time ago.

Back when I used Patreon, back when I ran lots of different workshops and programs that I do not run anymore,

and back before the Fuck a Diet book. So if I refer to any of these obsolete offerings while you're listening,

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And it was actually intentionally messy and unstructured because that was the only way I could inspire myself to start and continue this podcast.

I needed the lowest stakes possible.

And though this podcast remains very low budget and has remained messy throughout the years until now,

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All right, enjoy.

Six years ago, I was living at home with my parents for this holiday show that I was doing at a local

professional theater and I was trying to eat like a paleolithic cave woman and I was cheating

and binging on bananas and paleo ginger snaps that I made out of almond flour and honey and then then I was lying in bed at night, filled with bananas and cashews and almond flour and honey,

promising myself that I would actually do what I was supposed to do and only eat lamb and kimchi the next day.

Every single night, I was furious with myself because of bananas and cashews and almonds and honey.

During this time, I told everyone I was sensitive to gluten in all grains.

This is part of the paleo diet.

Beans had too much phytic acid, duh, couldn't eat them.

And fruit was like a dangerous treat only for Christmas when you could eat like half a

Clementine.

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