Layer 2: The Anatomy

The Petite frame at 100 to 115 pounds runs paleo as a clean surplus construction protocol. The framework’s inclusion of starchy tubers — sweet potato, cassava, plantain — and fruit alongside fatty proteins and nuts provides the caloric variety that keeps surplus eating sustainable over weeks. Protein at 105 to 125 grams. Fat from paleo’s approved sources: coconut products, avocado, nuts, olive oil, fatty protein cuts. Starchy carbohydrates positioned around training sessions for glycogen management.

Paleo’s distinction from keto at this frame: the starchy tuber and fruit inclusion provides carbohydrate flexibility that supports training performance and glycogen management without the strict low-carbohydrate ceiling. The inflammatory load reduction from eliminating processed grains and added sugar produces meaningful compositional improvement at most archetypes without requiring the metabolic state shift that keto demands. For frames with moderate rather than severe insulin resistance, this distinction makes paleo a more sustainable long-term framework.

Layer 3: The Protocol

Every meal hits its caloric target through fat-forward protein plus starchy carbohydrate plus fat addition. Breakfast 600 calories. Midday 700 calories. Dinner 650 calories. Two snacks at 300 calories each — a piece of fruit with nut butter, or a handful of mixed nuts with a banana. The Petite frame’s practical paleo advantage over keto: fruit and starchy tubers make post-training glycogen replenishment easier and more varied, supporting training performance without the strict carbohydrate ceiling.

The behavioral infrastructure for paleo compliance: five to six core meal options that rotate weekly, prepared in advance, with compliant emergency options available daily. Paleo’s social navigability — grilled protein, vegetables, and tubers are available in most restaurants — makes compliance more durable across real-life conditions than stricter frameworks.

Layer 4: The Psychology

The Petite woman on paleo is making a decision about food quality that compounds over weeks into something visible in the training log and the mirror. The framework provides the structure. The execution provides the result.

The identity available through sustained paleo execution at the Petite frame is the one operating with the food quality standard that the build goal actually requires. Not restriction — selection. The framework defines what belongs in the body. The execution determines whether the definition is honored daily.

Layer 5: The Exit

The Petite frame on paleo surplus at six weeks shows the structural development the training has been requesting — finally supported by the nutritional environment it required.

The Petite frame on paleo at thirty days has established the food quality baseline that every subsequent phase of the transformation builds on. The processed inputs that were working against the goal have been absent for a month. The whole food inputs that support it have been consistently present.

That baseline is the foundation. What gets built on it depends on what comes next.

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