Hi Peeps.
Aquaman asked me to relate my story. I'm not sure how interesting it will be for you guys- it may just be your story with different details- but here goes
I shall try not to ramble
I am 26 years old. I started boxing at age 17. For some reason I quickly got addicted to it. From there I branched out into swimming and various other forms of cardio. I was supposedly gifted in the ring, but never wanted to compete because I didn't want to be 30 and have a face like a bag of smashed crabs (Aussie saying no.1- count 'em).
I don't even remember when it started to happen, but I was training so hard/eating so little protein that by age 19 or so, I had no libido whatsoever. I started reading everything I could on sex drive, testosterone and so on, trying to figure out what was wrong with me. It was during the next few years that I learnt just how much garbage exists on the internet, and how incredibly useless (and arrogant) doctors are. When I went to the doc and spoke of my concerns, he said "don't worry about it, you're just stressed". Ironically, he was right; my body was under more stress than I could have possibly imagined, it just wasn't the kind of stress he was referring to. I said that I didn't feel stressed, and asked that I have my testosterone checked. He sighed, but agreed. It came back at 207. The range at that time was 250 -800. He said "Its fine. You're good to go". I commented that it was below the lowest it should be. He said- wait for it- "oh, I can give you Viagra if you want?". What. The. ****. I should have slapped him one on principal.
Moving on, in the following years I continued to study in my spare time. I studied Chinese medicine, detoxification, naturopathy and so on (none of that ***t works, by the way). I studied all the so-called guru's; Charles Poliquin (met him, actually a good guy), Paul chek (what a wanker), all the Paleo guys (Mark Sisson is a top bloke). Basically I studied anything and anyone who might have had an answer to my libido problem. I also studied psychology as it pertains to the sex drive; one writer almost convinced me that I was gay and hadn't consciously recognised it yet, that my mind was stopping my body from feeling sexual desire (towards men) so I would not have to consciously deal with the "shame". *note that I am not homophobic in the slightest; this was just another avenue I was looking into at the time*
Anyway, after I learnt about the whole cardio/cortisol thing, I stopped doing cardio and just strength trained at a moderate intensity. I continued to study and play around with various things; avoiding EMF's, meditation, herbs, new age "T boosters" such as D-aspartic acid *actually, DAA is one of the few things that actually did something- no libido increase, but increased seminal volume considerably*. This went on for years. In early 2013 I got certified in BioSignature (Poliquin's nutrition/hormone course). My pals and I gave them stupid amounts of money, thinking that their supplements were the answer to better performance/physique/libido/whatever. I cringe at the thought...
I actually came across Ray's work by accident. I had a sneaking suspicion that fish oil was making be feel worse, so I started googling peoples experience with it. I found a whole bunch of people on random forums who were reporting reduced libido from fish oil (and these were people who were not aware of Ray's work). From there I found Rays work through the googleplex. I was baffled that in all my years of research, no one had pointed me in the direction of the thyroid.
Fast forward to the present day, I have been somewhat loosely Peating for perhaps 5 months now and I feel great. My libido isn't in teenage mode yet, but it certainly getting there, and because of that I am able to have a healthy relationship (turns out I do in fact like girls). I now have the motivation and energy to pursue my lifelong love- music. I feel I owe Ray so much. He is a brilliant man. I am so excited to learn more from him in the future.
Cheers, Curt
PS. I love this forum. Lots of great information, sans ego
Aquaman asked me to relate my story. I'm not sure how interesting it will be for you guys- it may just be your story with different details- but here goes
I shall try not to rambleI am 26 years old. I started boxing at age 17. For some reason I quickly got addicted to it. From there I branched out into swimming and various other forms of cardio. I was supposedly gifted in the ring, but never wanted to compete because I didn't want to be 30 and have a face like a bag of smashed crabs (Aussie saying no.1- count 'em).
I don't even remember when it started to happen, but I was training so hard/eating so little protein that by age 19 or so, I had no libido whatsoever. I started reading everything I could on sex drive, testosterone and so on, trying to figure out what was wrong with me. It was during the next few years that I learnt just how much garbage exists on the internet, and how incredibly useless (and arrogant) doctors are. When I went to the doc and spoke of my concerns, he said "don't worry about it, you're just stressed". Ironically, he was right; my body was under more stress than I could have possibly imagined, it just wasn't the kind of stress he was referring to. I said that I didn't feel stressed, and asked that I have my testosterone checked. He sighed, but agreed. It came back at 207. The range at that time was 250 -800. He said "Its fine. You're good to go". I commented that it was below the lowest it should be. He said- wait for it- "oh, I can give you Viagra if you want?". What. The. ****. I should have slapped him one on principal.
Moving on, in the following years I continued to study in my spare time. I studied Chinese medicine, detoxification, naturopathy and so on (none of that ***t works, by the way). I studied all the so-called guru's; Charles Poliquin (met him, actually a good guy), Paul chek (what a wanker), all the Paleo guys (Mark Sisson is a top bloke). Basically I studied anything and anyone who might have had an answer to my libido problem. I also studied psychology as it pertains to the sex drive; one writer almost convinced me that I was gay and hadn't consciously recognised it yet, that my mind was stopping my body from feeling sexual desire (towards men) so I would not have to consciously deal with the "shame". *note that I am not homophobic in the slightest; this was just another avenue I was looking into at the time*
Anyway, after I learnt about the whole cardio/cortisol thing, I stopped doing cardio and just strength trained at a moderate intensity. I continued to study and play around with various things; avoiding EMF's, meditation, herbs, new age "T boosters" such as D-aspartic acid *actually, DAA is one of the few things that actually did something- no libido increase, but increased seminal volume considerably*. This went on for years. In early 2013 I got certified in BioSignature (Poliquin's nutrition/hormone course). My pals and I gave them stupid amounts of money, thinking that their supplements were the answer to better performance/physique/libido/whatever. I cringe at the thought...
I actually came across Ray's work by accident. I had a sneaking suspicion that fish oil was making be feel worse, so I started googling peoples experience with it. I found a whole bunch of people on random forums who were reporting reduced libido from fish oil (and these were people who were not aware of Ray's work). From there I found Rays work through the googleplex. I was baffled that in all my years of research, no one had pointed me in the direction of the thyroid.
Fast forward to the present day, I have been somewhat loosely Peating for perhaps 5 months now and I feel great. My libido isn't in teenage mode yet, but it certainly getting there, and because of that I am able to have a healthy relationship (turns out I do in fact like girls). I now have the motivation and energy to pursue my lifelong love- music. I feel I owe Ray so much. He is a brilliant man. I am so excited to learn more from him in the future.
Cheers, Curt
PS. I love this forum. Lots of great information, sans ego
