CurrieGirl
Member
Hello All,
New here and I've been poking around the forum. This forum has a good vibe and I like how people can disagree and offer differing ideas and opinions without getting nasty. There is no one size fits all and I like to hear different experiences.
I am 56 and like most of you have a history of excessive, intense athletic activity coupled with eating crap and then moved onto intense dieting, calorie restriction, fasting, low carb, etc,etc. For about 17 years I was into long distance running, triathlon, hiking, and backpacking along with a stressful job that I eventually quit and then went onto self employment. I then cut way back on the endurance training and focused on weight lifting and competed in 2 figure competitions. The bodybuilding diet worked great at shedding body fat. I had no difficulty in cutting and putting on some muscle. That's when I was in the best shape I have ever been in. My body functioned beautifully. No constipation, no amenorrhea, had the best sleep of my life, great skin BUT my energy levels were all over the place. I was 46/47 yrs old 5'2" and a nice lean 112 lbs. The rebound was awful and I will always compare myself to what I looked like back then. I gained back about 10 lbs and then went low carb/very low carb to get the weight back off. Not a good result. My energy level tanked, I couldn't keep up my weight training, and I felt like I was aging so fast. That went on for about 5 years. About 6 months ago I decided to start eating more carbs but still flip flopped back and forth with more carbs then back to low carb. Such a hard transition. SO....about 5 weeks ago I found Ray Peat and have been consistently eating more carbs and even progressed to adding simple carbs like honey, molasses, a little bit of fruit, and adding some starch back in like white rice and oatmeal.
I'm thrilled to be eating again especially sweet things which I love but I'm still doing fasted running/walking first thing in the morning and I still can't get comfortable with eating something before bed or first thing in the morning. My energy is somewhat better but I still get these low energy periods during the day. I would assume it's my body getting used to burning sugar again.
What I am looking to achieve are regaining my energy and vitality, getting rid of a good size fibroid, losing this stubborn 10 lbs, sleeping better, and just overall feeling happy about living again. I've read other people's posts about feelings of anhedonia and complete lack of motivation and that's what I have been feeling for quite a few years now. I don't think it's all related to physical maladies but also to life in the western world especially the BS we all have to put up with right now. The US (where I live), as well as other 1st world countries, have a lot to offer in the material aspect but we are a socially bereft society.
What I am eating right now: ground beef, eggs, turkey (leftovers from Thanksgiving so not a usual part of my diet), liverwurst, small amount of milk, honey, molasses, maple syrup, dates, tea, carrots, vanilla ice cream, milk chocolate bars, goat cheese, homemade bone broth/gelatin. Supplements: aspirin, vit E, niacin, magnesium citrate. Any advice or comments from anyone would be so greatly appreciated.
New here and I've been poking around the forum. This forum has a good vibe and I like how people can disagree and offer differing ideas and opinions without getting nasty. There is no one size fits all and I like to hear different experiences.
I am 56 and like most of you have a history of excessive, intense athletic activity coupled with eating crap and then moved onto intense dieting, calorie restriction, fasting, low carb, etc,etc. For about 17 years I was into long distance running, triathlon, hiking, and backpacking along with a stressful job that I eventually quit and then went onto self employment. I then cut way back on the endurance training and focused on weight lifting and competed in 2 figure competitions. The bodybuilding diet worked great at shedding body fat. I had no difficulty in cutting and putting on some muscle. That's when I was in the best shape I have ever been in. My body functioned beautifully. No constipation, no amenorrhea, had the best sleep of my life, great skin BUT my energy levels were all over the place. I was 46/47 yrs old 5'2" and a nice lean 112 lbs. The rebound was awful and I will always compare myself to what I looked like back then. I gained back about 10 lbs and then went low carb/very low carb to get the weight back off. Not a good result. My energy level tanked, I couldn't keep up my weight training, and I felt like I was aging so fast. That went on for about 5 years. About 6 months ago I decided to start eating more carbs but still flip flopped back and forth with more carbs then back to low carb. Such a hard transition. SO....about 5 weeks ago I found Ray Peat and have been consistently eating more carbs and even progressed to adding simple carbs like honey, molasses, a little bit of fruit, and adding some starch back in like white rice and oatmeal.
I'm thrilled to be eating again especially sweet things which I love but I'm still doing fasted running/walking first thing in the morning and I still can't get comfortable with eating something before bed or first thing in the morning. My energy is somewhat better but I still get these low energy periods during the day. I would assume it's my body getting used to burning sugar again.
What I am looking to achieve are regaining my energy and vitality, getting rid of a good size fibroid, losing this stubborn 10 lbs, sleeping better, and just overall feeling happy about living again. I've read other people's posts about feelings of anhedonia and complete lack of motivation and that's what I have been feeling for quite a few years now. I don't think it's all related to physical maladies but also to life in the western world especially the BS we all have to put up with right now. The US (where I live), as well as other 1st world countries, have a lot to offer in the material aspect but we are a socially bereft society.
What I am eating right now: ground beef, eggs, turkey (leftovers from Thanksgiving so not a usual part of my diet), liverwurst, small amount of milk, honey, molasses, maple syrup, dates, tea, carrots, vanilla ice cream, milk chocolate bars, goat cheese, homemade bone broth/gelatin. Supplements: aspirin, vit E, niacin, magnesium citrate. Any advice or comments from anyone would be so greatly appreciated.
