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I'm two weeks into the Peat diet, and I figured I'd start logging my progress, as I'm already seeing some huge improvements. This will be pretty long as it's my first log post. To start, here's a list of the issues I had prior to starting:
general anxiety
social anxiety
nail picking
depression
unstable mood
poor sleep, trouble waking up
no dreams or stressful dreams
headaches and migraines
achy upper back and neck
jaw tension (probably from stressful sleep and grinding teeth)
skin conditions (dandruff, arm pit rash, etc.)
digestive issues
low body temp (96.5), pulse, and little cold tolerance
binge eating, excessive thoughts about food, not feeling satiated
excessive ruminating
sensitivity to bright light
This is after coming off 4 years of dietary experimentation--vegan to WAPF to paleo. These issues developed at different parts in my life, but I was generally pretty healthy growing up (or at least I thought I was). The issue that has plagued me the longest and had the biggest effect on my life is social anxiety, so completely curing it would be a life changer. I've been doing what I would say is pretty standard Peat diet after reading around a bit. I've introduced things a bit at a time, and now have all the major components in place. I'm doing bag breathing 2 or 3 times a day, but not doing any supplementation yet.
I'm eating milk, oj, grapes, melon, honey, sugar, mexi-coke, some potatoes (going to cut out after this batch), coffee (started 2 days ago), eggs, beef, lamb, gelatin, oyster, liver, ice cream.
And, my progress on the above issues so far:
general anxiety
I'd say it's been reduced by about half, which is huge considering I just started this.
social anxiety
I feel more interested in talking and sharing with people, but I'm still having a good deal of anxiety in social situations. I can definitely feel the start of changes here, and I'm hopeful that I'm on the right path to finally getting past this.
nail picking
I have been unable to control this for as long as I can remember. I'm still doing it a lot, but I had a breakthrough, and I'm now certain I'm going to beat this. The other day I started picking my nails as usual, and caught myself and realized I had no desire to do it. I had simply started out of habit, and realizing I didn't desire to do it, I just stopped.
depression
Gone! I usually think how happy I am correlates strongly to how well things are going in my life and if I'm doing really cool and fun things. I'm happy to report that I now feel happy and optimistic every day even if I'm not doing anything that interesting. It's actually a bit strange, as I've caught myself a couple times wondering why I feel so happy, when I'm not doing anything that great.
unstable mood
My moods are now very stable.
poor sleep, trouble waking up
I'm having the best sleep I can remember in a long time. Waking up feeling rested and excited to start the day.
no dreams or stressful dreams
Still not dreaming much, but I have had a few more pleasant dreams.
headaches and migraines
Still having them, and it's too soon to say if I'm improving or not.
achy upper back and neck
I just realized the other day, that I've had way less upper back and neck pain. I always thought this was related to poor posture, but I guess it's a lot more complicated.
jaw tension (probably from stressful sleep and grinding teeth)
A bit less tension, probably from less stressful sleep.
skin conditions (dandruf, arm pit rash, etc.)
This is one area where things seem to be getting worse. I'm pretty sure it's the dairy, but I don't want to cut it out, because it's doing me so much good in other areas.
digestive issues
Heart burn seems to be gone. Still having issues with burping after eating, some bloating, and gas from the dairy.
low body temp (96.5), pulse, and little cold tolerance
Waking temp is getting up into the mid 97s, and I'm finally crossing into 98 during the day. Best of all, I just feel a lot warmer. My pulse is up from 56 to 70. I was walking around late last night in shorts and a tshirt and finally felt warm. The interesting thing is that I also seem to have a much lessened stress reaction when I am a bit cold. When I used to get cold, I used to contract and tense up a lot. Now, I feel the sensation of being a bit cold, but it's not really a big deal. I haven't been exposed to much cold yet, so we'll see.
binge eating, excessive thoughts about food, not feeling satiated
I was having a huge problem with this, and it's completely gone. Despite the fact that I spend hours a day researching this stuff, I don't actually think about eating all that much. I had lunch earlier today and only ate half the food on my plate, because I was full. I never used to do that--I would often eat until I was literally so full I was in pain.
excessive ruminating
When negative thoughts come up, they seem to pass quite easily now.
sensitivity to bright light
I'm starting to notice that I can tolerate having my sunglasses off in full sun, although it's still not entirely comfortable.
general anxiety
social anxiety
nail picking
depression
unstable mood
poor sleep, trouble waking up
no dreams or stressful dreams
headaches and migraines
achy upper back and neck
jaw tension (probably from stressful sleep and grinding teeth)
skin conditions (dandruff, arm pit rash, etc.)
digestive issues
low body temp (96.5), pulse, and little cold tolerance
binge eating, excessive thoughts about food, not feeling satiated
excessive ruminating
sensitivity to bright light
This is after coming off 4 years of dietary experimentation--vegan to WAPF to paleo. These issues developed at different parts in my life, but I was generally pretty healthy growing up (or at least I thought I was). The issue that has plagued me the longest and had the biggest effect on my life is social anxiety, so completely curing it would be a life changer. I've been doing what I would say is pretty standard Peat diet after reading around a bit. I've introduced things a bit at a time, and now have all the major components in place. I'm doing bag breathing 2 or 3 times a day, but not doing any supplementation yet.
I'm eating milk, oj, grapes, melon, honey, sugar, mexi-coke, some potatoes (going to cut out after this batch), coffee (started 2 days ago), eggs, beef, lamb, gelatin, oyster, liver, ice cream.
And, my progress on the above issues so far:
general anxiety
I'd say it's been reduced by about half, which is huge considering I just started this.
social anxiety
I feel more interested in talking and sharing with people, but I'm still having a good deal of anxiety in social situations. I can definitely feel the start of changes here, and I'm hopeful that I'm on the right path to finally getting past this.
nail picking
I have been unable to control this for as long as I can remember. I'm still doing it a lot, but I had a breakthrough, and I'm now certain I'm going to beat this. The other day I started picking my nails as usual, and caught myself and realized I had no desire to do it. I had simply started out of habit, and realizing I didn't desire to do it, I just stopped.
depression
Gone! I usually think how happy I am correlates strongly to how well things are going in my life and if I'm doing really cool and fun things. I'm happy to report that I now feel happy and optimistic every day even if I'm not doing anything that interesting. It's actually a bit strange, as I've caught myself a couple times wondering why I feel so happy, when I'm not doing anything that great.
unstable mood
My moods are now very stable.
poor sleep, trouble waking up
I'm having the best sleep I can remember in a long time. Waking up feeling rested and excited to start the day.
no dreams or stressful dreams
Still not dreaming much, but I have had a few more pleasant dreams.
headaches and migraines
Still having them, and it's too soon to say if I'm improving or not.
achy upper back and neck
I just realized the other day, that I've had way less upper back and neck pain. I always thought this was related to poor posture, but I guess it's a lot more complicated.
jaw tension (probably from stressful sleep and grinding teeth)
A bit less tension, probably from less stressful sleep.
skin conditions (dandruf, arm pit rash, etc.)
This is one area where things seem to be getting worse. I'm pretty sure it's the dairy, but I don't want to cut it out, because it's doing me so much good in other areas.
digestive issues
Heart burn seems to be gone. Still having issues with burping after eating, some bloating, and gas from the dairy.
low body temp (96.5), pulse, and little cold tolerance
Waking temp is getting up into the mid 97s, and I'm finally crossing into 98 during the day. Best of all, I just feel a lot warmer. My pulse is up from 56 to 70. I was walking around late last night in shorts and a tshirt and finally felt warm. The interesting thing is that I also seem to have a much lessened stress reaction when I am a bit cold. When I used to get cold, I used to contract and tense up a lot. Now, I feel the sensation of being a bit cold, but it's not really a big deal. I haven't been exposed to much cold yet, so we'll see.
binge eating, excessive thoughts about food, not feeling satiated
I was having a huge problem with this, and it's completely gone. Despite the fact that I spend hours a day researching this stuff, I don't actually think about eating all that much. I had lunch earlier today and only ate half the food on my plate, because I was full. I never used to do that--I would often eat until I was literally so full I was in pain.
excessive ruminating
When negative thoughts come up, they seem to pass quite easily now.
sensitivity to bright light
I'm starting to notice that I can tolerate having my sunglasses off in full sun, although it's still not entirely comfortable.