Peat's_Girl
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Wow. What can I say? It's my 3d post and I just signed up today... I guess I'm gonna keep bothering you guys until I get banned ;D
So. Here's my life story in case any of you can relate/ advise. Like many of you I've been on every diet possible. When I found Sisson's Primal Blueprint I thought I found the holy grail. At the time (age 21) I was a little overweight and wanted to lose weight. My hormones were out of balance since 19, when my cycle stopped being regular (I never really cared), I had acne since 12 and was fairly skinny until 18 when I started putting on weight. I thought I had PCOS but never got it diagnosed.
Anyway, I lost about 15lbs in 6 months (whoopty doo) on Primal but it was too agonizingly slow for me so I decided to tinker with IFing, weight lifting and VLC. It worked. I got down to a weight I liked (thought it was hard to maintain if I ate more than 20g carbs). I'd weight lift on an empty stomach and fast for 24hrs 2-3 days a week. My meals were raw salads with canned tuna or steak with sauerkraut.
Then I had a weird kidney stone incident (I think) and ended up in the incapable hands of the emergency staff. I still don't know what it was other than the fact it was the most horrible pain I've ever experienced and I was curled up in pain or puking the sauerkraut I had the day before (still feel queasy at the sight of the stuff).
Since my perfect Primal lifestyle didn't shield me from all diseases, as promised, I freaked out a little and started binging. Now I've gained all the weight and then some... I haven't gotten my period in more than a year now. I can't lose weight no matter what I do, I have trouble sleeping, I'm depressed most of the time, pretty moody (but can you blame me?) and I'm pushing my BMI to the obese spectrum.
Oy vey, I'm a mess......! Looking at my macronutrients I barely get 60g of protein a day, never get any calcium, have hard time letting go of my sugar phobia (or I binge) and I'm still scared that consuming fruits and potatoes will make me gain weight... I don't know much, only that everything I've been doing so far is wrong. I'm pretty much afraid that no matter what I do I'll never lose weight or be happy...
Anyway, that's my sob story. I just got Progest-E in the mail and I have no idea what to do with it. I'm also trying to read Dr. Peat's articles and they go over my head for the most part. All I have are bits and pieces of things I've heard from other Peat proponents to go on... So, expect A LOT of questions!
Thanks for reading I guess... Would be nice to hear back from you guys/ gals!
So. Here's my life story in case any of you can relate/ advise. Like many of you I've been on every diet possible. When I found Sisson's Primal Blueprint I thought I found the holy grail. At the time (age 21) I was a little overweight and wanted to lose weight. My hormones were out of balance since 19, when my cycle stopped being regular (I never really cared), I had acne since 12 and was fairly skinny until 18 when I started putting on weight. I thought I had PCOS but never got it diagnosed.
Anyway, I lost about 15lbs in 6 months (whoopty doo) on Primal but it was too agonizingly slow for me so I decided to tinker with IFing, weight lifting and VLC. It worked. I got down to a weight I liked (thought it was hard to maintain if I ate more than 20g carbs). I'd weight lift on an empty stomach and fast for 24hrs 2-3 days a week. My meals were raw salads with canned tuna or steak with sauerkraut.
Then I had a weird kidney stone incident (I think) and ended up in the incapable hands of the emergency staff. I still don't know what it was other than the fact it was the most horrible pain I've ever experienced and I was curled up in pain or puking the sauerkraut I had the day before (still feel queasy at the sight of the stuff).
Since my perfect Primal lifestyle didn't shield me from all diseases, as promised, I freaked out a little and started binging. Now I've gained all the weight and then some... I haven't gotten my period in more than a year now. I can't lose weight no matter what I do, I have trouble sleeping, I'm depressed most of the time, pretty moody (but can you blame me?) and I'm pushing my BMI to the obese spectrum.
Oy vey, I'm a mess......! Looking at my macronutrients I barely get 60g of protein a day, never get any calcium, have hard time letting go of my sugar phobia (or I binge) and I'm still scared that consuming fruits and potatoes will make me gain weight... I don't know much, only that everything I've been doing so far is wrong. I'm pretty much afraid that no matter what I do I'll never lose weight or be happy...
Anyway, that's my sob story. I just got Progest-E in the mail and I have no idea what to do with it. I'm also trying to read Dr. Peat's articles and they go over my head for the most part. All I have are bits and pieces of things I've heard from other Peat proponents to go on... So, expect A LOT of questions!
Thanks for reading I guess... Would be nice to hear back from you guys/ gals!