I don't know if this is the right location for this post, but i wanted to post some sincere gratitude to this forum, and specifically folks such as @haidut @DaveFoster @tyler @Stryker @sladerunner69. I am fairly astonished by how much my health has improved within the last couple of months. Some of this probably has to to do with weather, but i feel the best i have felt in probably half a decade at 28 years old.
I was in a state of learned helplessness for years without knowing it, and finding this forum has gradually led me back to being a productive powerhouse. I think all of us found Peat for different reasons. For me, it was fairly unbearable OCD that is barely present anymore. I had severe fear of food, didn't even want to have sex (which for me is unthinkable), lost a lot of my natural athleticism etc. Honestly it sucks to think about it now that i am better. Ashamed of how bad things got. I try to refrain from being a "know it all" when i hear friends say things like "man i have such bad anxiety or i can't tolerate coffee" when i know right away it is related to lack of liver health, and being fat adapted opposed to being able to burn glucose & sugar. As @haidut once said to me, "raising metabolism is really the only proven commodity in terms of health we have come across." I may be paraphrasing a bit, but he is right. Just remember, when you are lost, come back to a lot of the principles on this forum.
Part of having a high metabolism is being grateful, and paying it forward. Help others because honestly most people need it. Even some of your "healthy friends" who probably crush nuts & soy. Eventually they will crash and you will be a rare resource that can bring them back to solid function.
I was in a state of learned helplessness for years without knowing it, and finding this forum has gradually led me back to being a productive powerhouse. I think all of us found Peat for different reasons. For me, it was fairly unbearable OCD that is barely present anymore. I had severe fear of food, didn't even want to have sex (which for me is unthinkable), lost a lot of my natural athleticism etc. Honestly it sucks to think about it now that i am better. Ashamed of how bad things got. I try to refrain from being a "know it all" when i hear friends say things like "man i have such bad anxiety or i can't tolerate coffee" when i know right away it is related to lack of liver health, and being fat adapted opposed to being able to burn glucose & sugar. As @haidut once said to me, "raising metabolism is really the only proven commodity in terms of health we have come across." I may be paraphrasing a bit, but he is right. Just remember, when you are lost, come back to a lot of the principles on this forum.
Part of having a high metabolism is being grateful, and paying it forward. Help others because honestly most people need it. Even some of your "healthy friends" who probably crush nuts & soy. Eventually they will crash and you will be a rare resource that can bring them back to solid function.