LadyRae
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Well I've really enjoyed reading through this thread... I've spent a couple years now recovering my body from overzealous experiences with keto and intermittent fasting and excessive running/Marathon competition. I am a very active 44 year old mother of four, and I have always been quite tall and lean, 5'10" and currently I am 128 lb...
Returning carbohydrates to my diet was very difficult for my body to deal with, I experienced extreme water retention and inflammation, my face was incredibly puffy, and it is taken me years to figure everything out. During keto I lost my menstrual cycle, and although I've had it back now for over a year it is still extremely sensitive to any period of perceived stress which for me usually comes in the form of too much exercise, even though I love it. I will do push-ups and occasionally some Pilates podcasts with my daughters, but I don't lift weights in the traditional manner as I definitely get big muscles fast, despite everyone trying to tell me that women won't bulk out
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These days I eat a diet high in gelatin, lean animal protein (including beef heart and beef liver and oysters), ripe fruit, coffee, coconut milk, and a few well cooked vegetables like beets and carrots, and some cucumber. I would definitely say it is fairly low fat. I avoid all dairy and alcohol and grains. (3years sober now
) Dairy gives me phlegm and I have not eaten it in almost 30 years. As a teenager I had recurrent sinus infections in these completely disappeared when I quit eating dairy.
Early on in my healing journey I utilized a lot of the ideal Labs supplements, including the free T3 and many others. Nowadays I just take one drop of the T3 Tyronene every morning and a lot of times I forget.
I just returned from a 300 mi backpacking trip along the Pacific Crest Trail in Washington State that I embarked upon with my 16 year old daughter. During this time I ate a lot of dried fruit and beef jerky, overnight oatmeal, and some dehydrated gluten-free dehydrated backpacking meals. I feel incredible and I've been continuing to be very active on my bike, trails around my house with my dog, and in general lots of walks and activity throughout the day. I take B1 and biotin, lysine, methylene blue, occasional cyproheptadine ( and a few other Ideal Labs products).
As you can see from my photo (there I am rescuing a bull snake from the biking path that I frequent) I have a fair amount of visible vascularity and I am pretty excited that I actually have some visible AB veins
! I tend to be in bed asleep by 8:00 or 8:30 p.m., and I am up enjoying coffee and the quiet morning at around 4:00 or 5:00 a.m.
Since this thread is about weight loss, I would say that the key takeaways for me is to not overeat, no matter what kinds of foods you're eating, make sure to eat foods that you digest really well and this can be different for everyone. Exercise or activities should be fun and enjoyable and should leave you feeling refreshed and excited for the rest of the day, not exhausted and miserable. Make sure you are sleeping well.
Returning carbohydrates to my diet was very difficult for my body to deal with, I experienced extreme water retention and inflammation, my face was incredibly puffy, and it is taken me years to figure everything out. During keto I lost my menstrual cycle, and although I've had it back now for over a year it is still extremely sensitive to any period of perceived stress which for me usually comes in the form of too much exercise, even though I love it. I will do push-ups and occasionally some Pilates podcasts with my daughters, but I don't lift weights in the traditional manner as I definitely get big muscles fast, despite everyone trying to tell me that women won't bulk out
...These days I eat a diet high in gelatin, lean animal protein (including beef heart and beef liver and oysters), ripe fruit, coffee, coconut milk, and a few well cooked vegetables like beets and carrots, and some cucumber. I would definitely say it is fairly low fat. I avoid all dairy and alcohol and grains. (3years sober now
) Dairy gives me phlegm and I have not eaten it in almost 30 years. As a teenager I had recurrent sinus infections in these completely disappeared when I quit eating dairy.Early on in my healing journey I utilized a lot of the ideal Labs supplements, including the free T3 and many others. Nowadays I just take one drop of the T3 Tyronene every morning and a lot of times I forget.
I just returned from a 300 mi backpacking trip along the Pacific Crest Trail in Washington State that I embarked upon with my 16 year old daughter. During this time I ate a lot of dried fruit and beef jerky, overnight oatmeal, and some dehydrated gluten-free dehydrated backpacking meals. I feel incredible and I've been continuing to be very active on my bike, trails around my house with my dog, and in general lots of walks and activity throughout the day. I take B1 and biotin, lysine, methylene blue, occasional cyproheptadine ( and a few other Ideal Labs products).
As you can see from my photo (there I am rescuing a bull snake from the biking path that I frequent) I have a fair amount of visible vascularity and I am pretty excited that I actually have some visible AB veins
! I tend to be in bed asleep by 8:00 or 8:30 p.m., and I am up enjoying coffee and the quiet morning at around 4:00 or 5:00 a.m.Since this thread is about weight loss, I would say that the key takeaways for me is to not overeat, no matter what kinds of foods you're eating, make sure to eat foods that you digest really well and this can be different for everyone. Exercise or activities should be fun and enjoyable and should leave you feeling refreshed and excited for the rest of the day, not exhausted and miserable. Make sure you are sleeping well.
I am going to try bag breathing before bed tonight... usually I take a few magnesium glycinate tablets, a couple cascara caps, and pass out by 8:30. But I always wake up once around 12 or 1am to pee. So maybe more CO2 would keep me asleep...
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