DollyDagger
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- May 23, 2014
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Hi there, ive been trying RP w.o.e for about a month and a half now..just wanted to share a little bit of why and how i ended up here.
im not very familiar with posting in forums so please excuse any mistakes i might make including dangling participles,typos,lack of editing.. etc etc :)
first off im a female age-45 Peri-menopausal i guess..
past decade(s) of dieting included restricting calories, carbs, sugar, bread, starch.. the usual suspects.
managed to lose some weight (30lbs) and keep it off but have been gaining and losing these same 10-15 lbs over and over again.
Needless to say its gotten more and more difficult to lose weight the older ive gotten.
The following protocols may have been the perfect storm for putting me over the edge into hypo territory or exasperating already existing issues.
For the past year or so i had been following a P.H.D w.o.e as well as doing breathless HIIT type exercising 2-3 times a week, and I.F.( sometimes for up to 16 hours and at least 14 hours on a daily basis) Now i dunno if it was any one of those components in particular or the combination of them but doing these things definitely became detreimental to my health and well being. Also should mention that i was supplementing with melatonin for sleep issues that ive ALWAYS had.
After about a year of doing this i took stock and had to finally admit that i was looking and feeling crappier than ever. I never found fasting difficult really so i didnt fathom it could have been stressing my system so much. Same with HIIT. But when i looked in the mirror one day i realized my wrinkles more pronounced, skin looking generally worse, acne breakouts that kept reappearing in same areas, and body composition fattier than ever. Granted having been unemployed and quite sedentary other than when working out certainly hasnt helped but all the while I tracked my calories and rarely ever went above 1300-1400 calories but wasnt able to lose any weight and in fact probably gained some.
Ive also fallen deeper into a listless, lethargic depressive state this past year.
is it my thyroid ? is it approaching menopause...
is it estrogen..
or is it ALL OF THE ABOVE- they don't do extensive hormone panels and such here in Canada unless you go to a naturopath which i definitely cant afford so i cant get any test of that nature.
Anyways I had come across Ray Peats name on various paleo blogs and such but never looked into it much until about a couple month ago when i started taking my temperature. My temps were/are consistenly lower than 36.5. My waking temp is 36 if im lucky but often times its 35.9 or lower. Ive already seen an improvement in this regard ...like today i hit 37! (im ovulating though..lol )
A major problem ive always had is with my circadian cycle. Even when im working i still have delayed sleep. It has always been extremely difficult for me to quiet my mind and fall asleep. As per RP ive stopped melatonin.
At night is when i feel most berserker... Mind racing,inundated with memories, thoughts, feelings, total barrage of noise in my mind.. sometimes heart starts racing too as the hours pass and im still tossing and turning. Ive been trying milk with sugar and gelatin..but hasnt helped so far. Cant seem to break this cycle. I should probably stay up till the following night and see if i can shift back to normal sleep cycle. As of now im falling asleep between 4am-6am .. up at 12pm-2pm.
IMPROVEMENTS I NOTICED ALREADY in last month and a half..
temps have been moving up slightly.. i notice my highest temperatures are usually late at night.. after midnight its highest..thats not right is it..?
my severe knee osteoarthritis is feeling a little better less inflamed a little more mobility
wrinkles looking less deep and etched..this improvement happened nearly immediately when i stopped I.F.
still working on figuring out these acne breakouts that keep reappearing..
Peat strategies implemented so far
#1- DONT FAST! ..eat smaller portions more often. have breakfast!
{my staples now are dry curd cottage cheese, milk (homogenized and pasteurized unfortunately all thats available to me-canada) coffee, oxtail broths and meat, liver, shrimp, scallops, fruits such as mangos, tangerines, occasionally bananas and pineapple, orange juice etc.
#2-LOWER STARCH for now till i lose weight-limit potatoes and rice-no bread
#3 SUPPLEMENTS- niacinamede, aspirin (every other day or so 325mg) pregnenolone-just started it last week. Havent noticed much yet.
progesterone should be arriving soon so ill try that as well.
#4 NO HIIT..bike rides and walks instead of HIIT...still doing some strenth training though.
#5 taking some red palm oil in small amounts every few days
#6 limiting any PUFAS i was previously consuming..sadly no more avocados and very little olive oil.
#7 limit fats
Anyways sorry for the long post i had meant it to be somewhat succinct..so much for that idea..lol
hope it made some sense if not dollars :)
I hope i can get out of this depressive state, lose some weight, find some motivation and will to get on with my life,
and live a little more rather than just existing.
Regenerating my knee cartilage would be truly miraculous but i wont hold out for that to happen any time soon.
thanks for reading
peace
D
im not very familiar with posting in forums so please excuse any mistakes i might make including dangling participles,typos,lack of editing.. etc etc :)
first off im a female age-45 Peri-menopausal i guess..
past decade(s) of dieting included restricting calories, carbs, sugar, bread, starch.. the usual suspects.
managed to lose some weight (30lbs) and keep it off but have been gaining and losing these same 10-15 lbs over and over again.
Needless to say its gotten more and more difficult to lose weight the older ive gotten.
The following protocols may have been the perfect storm for putting me over the edge into hypo territory or exasperating already existing issues.
For the past year or so i had been following a P.H.D w.o.e as well as doing breathless HIIT type exercising 2-3 times a week, and I.F.( sometimes for up to 16 hours and at least 14 hours on a daily basis) Now i dunno if it was any one of those components in particular or the combination of them but doing these things definitely became detreimental to my health and well being. Also should mention that i was supplementing with melatonin for sleep issues that ive ALWAYS had.
After about a year of doing this i took stock and had to finally admit that i was looking and feeling crappier than ever. I never found fasting difficult really so i didnt fathom it could have been stressing my system so much. Same with HIIT. But when i looked in the mirror one day i realized my wrinkles more pronounced, skin looking generally worse, acne breakouts that kept reappearing in same areas, and body composition fattier than ever. Granted having been unemployed and quite sedentary other than when working out certainly hasnt helped but all the while I tracked my calories and rarely ever went above 1300-1400 calories but wasnt able to lose any weight and in fact probably gained some.
Ive also fallen deeper into a listless, lethargic depressive state this past year.
is it my thyroid ? is it approaching menopause...
is it estrogen..
or is it ALL OF THE ABOVE- they don't do extensive hormone panels and such here in Canada unless you go to a naturopath which i definitely cant afford so i cant get any test of that nature.
Anyways I had come across Ray Peats name on various paleo blogs and such but never looked into it much until about a couple month ago when i started taking my temperature. My temps were/are consistenly lower than 36.5. My waking temp is 36 if im lucky but often times its 35.9 or lower. Ive already seen an improvement in this regard ...like today i hit 37! (im ovulating though..lol )
A major problem ive always had is with my circadian cycle. Even when im working i still have delayed sleep. It has always been extremely difficult for me to quiet my mind and fall asleep. As per RP ive stopped melatonin.
At night is when i feel most berserker... Mind racing,inundated with memories, thoughts, feelings, total barrage of noise in my mind.. sometimes heart starts racing too as the hours pass and im still tossing and turning. Ive been trying milk with sugar and gelatin..but hasnt helped so far. Cant seem to break this cycle. I should probably stay up till the following night and see if i can shift back to normal sleep cycle. As of now im falling asleep between 4am-6am .. up at 12pm-2pm.
IMPROVEMENTS I NOTICED ALREADY in last month and a half..
temps have been moving up slightly.. i notice my highest temperatures are usually late at night.. after midnight its highest..thats not right is it..?
my severe knee osteoarthritis is feeling a little better less inflamed a little more mobility
wrinkles looking less deep and etched..this improvement happened nearly immediately when i stopped I.F.
still working on figuring out these acne breakouts that keep reappearing..
Peat strategies implemented so far
#1- DONT FAST! ..eat smaller portions more often. have breakfast!
{my staples now are dry curd cottage cheese, milk (homogenized and pasteurized unfortunately all thats available to me-canada) coffee, oxtail broths and meat, liver, shrimp, scallops, fruits such as mangos, tangerines, occasionally bananas and pineapple, orange juice etc.
#2-LOWER STARCH for now till i lose weight-limit potatoes and rice-no bread
#3 SUPPLEMENTS- niacinamede, aspirin (every other day or so 325mg) pregnenolone-just started it last week. Havent noticed much yet.
progesterone should be arriving soon so ill try that as well.
#4 NO HIIT..bike rides and walks instead of HIIT...still doing some strenth training though.
#5 taking some red palm oil in small amounts every few days
#6 limiting any PUFAS i was previously consuming..sadly no more avocados and very little olive oil.
#7 limit fats
Anyways sorry for the long post i had meant it to be somewhat succinct..so much for that idea..lol
hope it made some sense if not dollars :)
I hope i can get out of this depressive state, lose some weight, find some motivation and will to get on with my life,
and live a little more rather than just existing.
Regenerating my knee cartilage would be truly miraculous but i wont hold out for that to happen any time soon.
thanks for reading
peace
D