Snowdrop
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- Joined
- Mar 3, 2014
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Good evening all
First of all I would like to give a big thank you to the person/people that started this forum - I have already learnt so much and am extremely grateful.
Secondly I apologise if this becomes too long.
What's your age?
35 this May.
How did you find the forum?
Internet searches.
How did you find Ray Peat's work?
Via Matt Stone & Danny Roddy.
How long have you been Peating?
Only 3 months.
What is your favorite part about Peating?
That it is somewhat structured.
What is the worst part?
Parting with the idea that possibly food ONLY may not be my saviour.
What are your health issues?
Infertility!!! We have been trying for 2 years. A Fertility Specialist we saw recently told me that I had no eggs and that I was going through peri menopause - such reassuring news. My BBT has been hovering around 36.1 for what seems like forever now. I did Matt Stoners Eat for Heat from June - November last year. This helped get my daytime temps up, unfortunately not my morning temps though. And I put on a whopping 23kg!!!
My cycle started playing up in early 2011 and has progressively gotten worse. Before then my cycle was always 23 days and always regular. I have never had PMS or pain associated with my cycle. I have had on and off elevated prolactin in the past, TSH steadily rose to 2.4, after Stoner it came down to 1.2 & now it is 1.6, FT4 was 14, FT3 was 5.1 (tested in March), sometimes high, sometimes low FSH and LH, 1-1.6 progesterone and estrogen is always much higher than progesterone but not high by any means. Last test it was <70.
I have been using progest-e for the last 18 days. High dosage of 3-5 drops 5 x per day for 10 days. I decreased to 3 drops 5 x per day at the 14 day mark, however a headache formed at the base of my skull, so up went the drops again. I am taking somewhere around 4-5 drops 6 x per day now. I am not getting the same feeling as when I first started. However since taking progest-e my morning temps have come up to 36.3-36.4 most mornings. I no longer get hot flushes
What does your diet consist of? If you post a detailed outline of your diet members can take a look at it and maybe see things that can help optimize it.
Breakfast - 1 or 2 x boiled eggs, grapes/melon/paw paw, orange juice 300 mls, cheese. Coffee/cocoa with 3 x sugar and gelatine (2-3 tablespoons)
Lunch - Beef, prawns, chicken, pork, scallops or liver with fruit, cheese and a coffee with milk, gelatine (2/3 tablespoons) and 3 x sugar.
Dinner - Beef, prawns, chicken, pork, scallops or liver, fruit, potatoes/sweet potato, some cooked veg - usually capsicum, tomato, zucchini, carrot, onion and garlic, milk with gelatine (2/3 tablespoons) cacoa, 3 x sugar.
Snacks - yoghurt with honey and fruit, dates and cheese, Milk with honey and gelatine, milk with cacoa and gelatine, sometimes raw liver (30-60grams per week) or raw oysters (I have 12 x per week)
*I only cook in coconut oil.
*I salt EVERYTHING even my fruit.
What other questions should we ask?.......
I think you guys have covered everything, fantastic job
First of all I would like to give a big thank you to the person/people that started this forum - I have already learnt so much and am extremely grateful.
Secondly I apologise if this becomes too long.
What's your age?
35 this May.
How did you find the forum?
Internet searches.
How did you find Ray Peat's work?
Via Matt Stone & Danny Roddy.
How long have you been Peating?
Only 3 months.
What is your favorite part about Peating?
That it is somewhat structured.
What is the worst part?
Parting with the idea that possibly food ONLY may not be my saviour.
What are your health issues?
Infertility!!! We have been trying for 2 years. A Fertility Specialist we saw recently told me that I had no eggs and that I was going through peri menopause - such reassuring news. My BBT has been hovering around 36.1 for what seems like forever now. I did Matt Stoners Eat for Heat from June - November last year. This helped get my daytime temps up, unfortunately not my morning temps though. And I put on a whopping 23kg!!!
My cycle started playing up in early 2011 and has progressively gotten worse. Before then my cycle was always 23 days and always regular. I have never had PMS or pain associated with my cycle. I have had on and off elevated prolactin in the past, TSH steadily rose to 2.4, after Stoner it came down to 1.2 & now it is 1.6, FT4 was 14, FT3 was 5.1 (tested in March), sometimes high, sometimes low FSH and LH, 1-1.6 progesterone and estrogen is always much higher than progesterone but not high by any means. Last test it was <70.
I have been using progest-e for the last 18 days. High dosage of 3-5 drops 5 x per day for 10 days. I decreased to 3 drops 5 x per day at the 14 day mark, however a headache formed at the base of my skull, so up went the drops again. I am taking somewhere around 4-5 drops 6 x per day now. I am not getting the same feeling as when I first started. However since taking progest-e my morning temps have come up to 36.3-36.4 most mornings. I no longer get hot flushes
What does your diet consist of? If you post a detailed outline of your diet members can take a look at it and maybe see things that can help optimize it.
Breakfast - 1 or 2 x boiled eggs, grapes/melon/paw paw, orange juice 300 mls, cheese. Coffee/cocoa with 3 x sugar and gelatine (2-3 tablespoons)
Lunch - Beef, prawns, chicken, pork, scallops or liver with fruit, cheese and a coffee with milk, gelatine (2/3 tablespoons) and 3 x sugar.
Dinner - Beef, prawns, chicken, pork, scallops or liver, fruit, potatoes/sweet potato, some cooked veg - usually capsicum, tomato, zucchini, carrot, onion and garlic, milk with gelatine (2/3 tablespoons) cacoa, 3 x sugar.
Snacks - yoghurt with honey and fruit, dates and cheese, Milk with honey and gelatine, milk with cacoa and gelatine, sometimes raw liver (30-60grams per week) or raw oysters (I have 12 x per week)
*I only cook in coconut oil.
*I salt EVERYTHING even my fruit.
What other questions should we ask?.......
I think you guys have covered everything, fantastic job