The Unconquerable Dave

Dave first emailed me about a year ago. He had just bought the Primal Blueprint Cookbook and was seeing some real results. Occasionally I’ll get an update from him. One can really get a sense of Dave’s energy and excitement for life from his emails (often written in all caps), which I’ve reprinted below. Read on to catch a bit of Dave’s enthusiasm and spirit. It’s contagious.



If you have your own Primal Blueprint success story and you’d like to share it with me and the community please contact me here. Have a wonderful Friday, everyone, and thanks for reading!

September of 2009…

March 19, 2010…

HI MARK

JUST GOT YOUR BLUEPRINT AND AM AWAITING THE COOK BOOK. WHICH I INTEND TO TRY TO ADD TOO!

AFTER 25 YEARS OF RAISING A FAMILY AND NOT DOING THE “GROK” ANY MORE IT SHOWED BIG TIME….

TALK ABOUT “THE LIVING DEAD”…

I’M A SUPER COOK AND BAKER AND JUST ABOUT SLAYED US ALL….LOL

IT’S BEEN ABOUT 3-4 MONTHS OF EATING AND THINKING MORE PALEO… IF I CAN’T KILL IT- FIND IT-OR GATHER IT… I DON’T EAT IT…. SO IT’S REAL EASY TO EAT WELL. JUST THINK ABOUT GROK AND WHAT YOU’RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT. SIMPLE!… AND THE WIFE AND KIDS STILL AROUND ARE IMPRESSED WITH MY NEW ATTITUDE AND LOOK.

HAVE LOST AT LEAST 20 POUNDS OFF A HEAVY BONED HUGE BEAR FRAME…

6′-1” AND HEADED FOR THE LOWER 200’S. I HAVE 18 “ARMS AND THICK CHEST AND THE ABDOMEN AND CORE ARE COMING RIGHT ALONG…!!!

LEGS ARE FEELING STRONG AGAIN. ASS IS TIGHTENING UP AND I’M INTO A 38 JEAN.

YOUR BODY TELLS YOU WHAT IT WANTS, AND IT WANTS REAL AND STRONG AND ABLE.

WHICH = SMART!!… HEAD AND BODY ARE TUNING IN WELL…

TIME TO BUY NEW CLOTHES…ALMOST!

LATER BROTHER

STAY IN THE LIGHT

GROK RULES!

DAVE PARSONS

April 22nd…

40 LBS LIGHTER IN 6 MONTHS…no problem and lovin’ it!

53 Y.O.

6’1″-240LBS AS OF 4-20-10

AND STILL SHEDDING THE EXTRAS….36 JEANS…AIMING FOR 34’S.

and a solid 220 of all muscle!!!!

YOU are ONe…of MY Two INspirations!!!!

Thanks Mark…

and if you don’t get enough hugs brother…

davegrok sends hug to Mark!!!

Illumination……..so much fun to re-learn again….still…always….

Grok on

July 18th…

HI FOLKS-

OCTOBER 1ST 2009 TO JULY 10TH 2010.

FROM 280 LBS DOWN TO 210 LBS.

JUST FROM THE PALEO DIET AND MILD EXERCISE.

ROCKIN’ THE HOUSE!!!!!!

ALL LEAN MUSCLE MASS AND NEVER LOOKIN’ BACK….THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE INSPIRATION-GUIDANCE-AND ONGOING WAY OF LIFE.

DAVE

September 9th…

IT HAS BEEN AN EXCITING AND COMPLETELY DIFFERENT YEAR NOW.

I HAVE GOTTEN IN WAY BETTER HEALTH. LOST 80 POUNDS. CAN RUN AND CLIMB AGAIN. AND AM GOING ON 54 YEARS OLD. LIFE HAS THROWN THE CURVE BALLS. THE UPS. THE DOWNS. ALL THE WORK AND LIFE RELATED “FOR BETTER- OR FOR WORSE” ISSUES…YOU GET IT. BUT THE DAILY APPLE AND THE PRIMAL LIFE GOES ON…EVERYDAY. IN ALL THE CONFUSION…IT REMAINS A SOLID PLATFORM TO WORK WITH AND ON. I READ THE APPLE….EAT THE APPLE AND EVERYDAY YOU JUST MAKE IT OKAY TO BE WHO I AM…AND BE A MEMBER OF THE PRIMAL LIFE CLAN….

NO MATTER WHAT COMES ALONG…

I KNOW SOMEONE OUT THERE IS MY FRIEND AND WE THINK ABOUT THE SAME STUFF.

THANKS MARK

THANKS BEES

THANKS TO MARK’S WIFE FOR BEING ABLE TO HANDLE THIS!

YOU HAVE NO IDEA …….OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR ME.

I SALUTE YOU ALL

DAVE

December 10th…

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND ALL THE CREW!!

Santa got a lot thinner!…hohohohoho!

Dave

January 3rd…

primal work outs…. your approach (WAY BETTER) and actually more of a primal way than a gym gorilla. I have my Paleo gym of trees and rocks and stuff….

check it out…54 in a month and 6 ft and 205 lbs.

a 404 lb dead lift…kickButt!!!!

Thanks Mark

January 26th…

DEAR MARK AND ALL THE PRIMAL PEOPLE OUT THERE,

I’M NOT GOOD WITH SPEECHES SO I FIGURE IF A PIC IS WORTH A 1000 WORDS.

I WILL BE 54 THIS FEB. 8TH.

TALK ABOUT PRIMAL. THAT’S ABOUT 300…DOWN TO 200…RIGHT THERE TODAY JANUARY 19TH…AND THERE AIN’T MUCH LEFT TO LOSE…..SIZE 44 TO SIZE 34.

I REMEMBER THIS….I WAS THIS SIZE WHEN I WAS 18 YEARS OLD….I THINK I MAY BE STRONGER NOW!

GROK ON AND THANK YOU FOR THE ILLUMINATION!

DAVE PARSONS

—

To steal words from Walt Whitman…

“I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable,

I sound my barbaric YAWP over the roofs of the world.”

A transformed man, arms to the sky, wearing flip flops in the snow. If ever there was an image of the verve and indomitable spirit of going Primal, this is it. Dave, today half a million people heard your YAWP. May it echo to half a million more. Grok on, brother. GROK ON!



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