I've only been Peating for about 2 months now. Felt great, had the energy of a child, skin cleared up, lost a bit of weight etc etc. Then in the last 2 weeks (pretty much the first half of my cycle) I was sleeping a lot, wouldn't wake up til about 10am...with a headache, no appetite (literally had to force feed myself), felt so nauseous. I could not even look at sugar. Was craving nothing. I got more bloated and put on belly fat. Just felt like death barely warmed up. Yesterday I was as weak as they come. I haven't had OJ at all today, and only about 6oz of milk with coffee and honey. Today, I feel better, no nausea and a little stronger. There was a few things I added to my diet just before all these symptoms started a few weeks ago; brownies (cocoa, egg, sugar, gelatine, butter) & raw sugar.
This is "basically" my diet (give or take);
1L of OJ (nudie brand)
1L of full cream milk (usually with coffee & couple tbs sugar
2tb butter
1tb coconut oil
1 banana
2c watermelon
2 eggs
couple dates every other day
4tb gelatin
shellfish maybe once a week
1-2c boiled potato
cheese every other day
I've been trying to read throughout the forum to work out what could be happening to cause the nausea, bloating, loss of appetite, headaches, belly fat, no motivation etc but it's all very confusing as everyones experiences are mildly different so its hard to pin point my own issues (plus a lot of stuff people talk about I still don't understand!)
The nudie OJ tastes kinda bitter, I wonder if they possibly squeeze the entire orange (with the skin) and thats causing some irritation? Do you get bloated if something like this is irritating your gut? What is bloat? I've been constantly bloated for over 10yrs with not a single day of relief
Could it be that I can't tolerate cocoa? I'm probably low on minerals etc as is, could the phytates in cocoa be robbing me even more, or the raw sugar, to my understanding uses the bodys nutrient stores to process sugar?
Could it be I can't tolerate that much milk? When I was about 3yo, Dad said I was always crook (all snotty & dark circles under eyes) when I ate cheese and milk, so the naturopath diagnosed me as lactose intolerant (?) so I grew up on soy milk until I got sick of it at about 12yo so I'm not sure if I tolerate milk or not? I don't get diarrhoea on it. I cannot pin point what makes my symptoms flare up (other than muscle meats, even when eaten with gelatine & CO)
I've been following the one about "fat around my middle" and trying to make sense of " uncoupling" (?) Could this be the reason I am gaining fat around my middle? I've also read that if you have the fat around the back of lower abdomen, this means cortisol is high?
The only thing I have kept up with is Progest-E in the 2nd half of my cycle (5drops 3x daily) which helps a lot. I've been very lazy about aspirin (which makes me feel good when I actually take it) & egg shell calcium.
There are probably more things going on but I can't think of them right now. Sorry this post is all over the place...just shows what my head is like at the moment!
This is "basically" my diet (give or take);
1L of OJ (nudie brand)
1L of full cream milk (usually with coffee & couple tbs sugar
2tb butter
1tb coconut oil
1 banana
2c watermelon
2 eggs
couple dates every other day
4tb gelatin
shellfish maybe once a week
1-2c boiled potato
cheese every other day
I've been trying to read throughout the forum to work out what could be happening to cause the nausea, bloating, loss of appetite, headaches, belly fat, no motivation etc but it's all very confusing as everyones experiences are mildly different so its hard to pin point my own issues (plus a lot of stuff people talk about I still don't understand!)
The nudie OJ tastes kinda bitter, I wonder if they possibly squeeze the entire orange (with the skin) and thats causing some irritation? Do you get bloated if something like this is irritating your gut? What is bloat? I've been constantly bloated for over 10yrs with not a single day of relief
Could it be that I can't tolerate cocoa? I'm probably low on minerals etc as is, could the phytates in cocoa be robbing me even more, or the raw sugar, to my understanding uses the bodys nutrient stores to process sugar?
Could it be I can't tolerate that much milk? When I was about 3yo, Dad said I was always crook (all snotty & dark circles under eyes) when I ate cheese and milk, so the naturopath diagnosed me as lactose intolerant (?) so I grew up on soy milk until I got sick of it at about 12yo so I'm not sure if I tolerate milk or not? I don't get diarrhoea on it. I cannot pin point what makes my symptoms flare up (other than muscle meats, even when eaten with gelatine & CO)
I've been following the one about "fat around my middle" and trying to make sense of " uncoupling" (?) Could this be the reason I am gaining fat around my middle? I've also read that if you have the fat around the back of lower abdomen, this means cortisol is high?
The only thing I have kept up with is Progest-E in the 2nd half of my cycle (5drops 3x daily) which helps a lot. I've been very lazy about aspirin (which makes me feel good when I actually take it) & egg shell calcium.
There are probably more things going on but I can't think of them right now. Sorry this post is all over the place...just shows what my head is like at the moment!