Hidy Ho from Northern Alberta Canada!

[jeanybeans]

I've been reading about fitness and nutrition for a long time. Ray Peat was always of interest to me but I was never really ready to give his advice a test drive. I can admit I've been a test monkey to many things maybe I shouldn't have over these few years. Perhaps I'm paying the price already at 31 for it (and even more so because I'm a woman). Lately I've been feeling like shite so I'm going to give the Peaty diet a go to see if it'll help with some of my symptoms from my own self abuse.

So here I am. Joint pain (not exercised in a week because of it), night sweats, intense cravings (went to dr for full blood work Friday, get those back Tuesday) and a general feeling of "meh" without being depressed. Some severe anxiety these past few years which I can correlate to hormones, diet and over exercising (as well as a genetic predisposition to a few things I tried to super hero through in my mid 20's).

Looking forward to learning a few things, relating and trying something different.

 

[Blossom]

jeanybeans!

 

[4peatssake]

and hello from Ontario!
Glad you have joined us!
Another Canuck!

 

[aguilaroja]

At considerable northern latitude in mid-winter, it will be useful to know the 25-hyrodroxy vitamin D level, if included in the recent lab work.

 

[tara]

jeanybeans

I can say I seldom get night sweats any more, and my cravings seldom go unsatisfied long enough to get really intense any more. Good luck.

 

[jeanybean]

Thanks for the welcome everyone!

I got my blood tests back and everything looks "normal" on paper. This month I started eating more "Peat" and low and behold the joint issues were much better (does dropping PUFA'S have that fast of an effect on inflammation?).

I have done some more reading and I believe I've got some hormonal problems and metabolic issues from being too lean for so long (I'm no longer lean but a healthy maintainable bf%, I don't want to keep gaining though). I was one of the luckier ones who could eat a ton of food and stay lean so it never seemed worrisome to me. Now I realize just being that lean despite still eating enough for "health" as I called it was still destructive.

I've been eating a ton of food the last while, normally I maintain on 2500-3200 calories per day and only gain if I go well above that range, as I'm still very active. I scaled back my activity though this month and did gain more fat due to it and eating in that upper range. Last week weighed 147 lbs, that's really not a gain because I fluctuate at my normal set point of 143-149 usually when I'm not tracking food intake and just eating intuitively (when I was lean I weighed 136-139).

A few things to note:

Night sweats are improving, much less frequent!
Digestive issues are improving, no more severe gas pain unless I really over eat stupidly! I'm not eating any more estrogenic veggies!! So that's a double whammy.
I can get away with eating lactose again without much worry or use of enzymes even though a few years ago I tested to be lactose intolerant.
My skin is a mess this month, but my mood and joints are improving.
However, I'm still ravenous. All the time... I think I might start a log in the right section on the forum for tracking this stuff. I'm actively lurking but don't really post, maybe once I know more about all this I will partake in the geek speak I've been seeing, very enlightening!

Does anyone read Matt Stone's work? He's what led me to Peat style of eating.

 

[tara]

Glad you are getting some improvements.

The amount of food you are eating doesn't look like a ton to me, esp. if you have been extra physically active or are recovering from a depleted state. If you are ravenous that might be a signal that you still need more food for recovery. At least 100g protein.

I've read quite a few of Matt Stone's articles and at least one of his books. There are one or two threads discussing, I think, if you search.

 

[jeanybean]

Okies I'll go against my dieters brain I've had for ever and I'll keep eating until I'm satisfied as often as I can then, seems like months of running on empty and my body is pretty much stating it, sucks feeling like a bottomless pit. I really hate tracking calories but I'm thinking of starting a chronometer for datas sake.