Hi,
I'm an undergrad going to school in Chicago.
Stats:
Gender - Male
Age - 20
Height - 5-9
Weight - 135
Background:
Up until I turned 18, I always thought I was a robust and healthy person. I've been heavily involved in athletics and have been lean and muscular all my life . While I might have seemed normal on the outside, I think my body was breaking down on the inside. The summer after graduating high school, something triggered a physical breakdown. While traveling overseas, I contracted a stomach illness that left me sick with a fever for a couple days. I didn't think much of it. I'd experienced worse and fully recovered. Over the next few months, I noticed a decline in well-being. I started having stomach and sleep problems, and my body seemed to be taking forever to recover from physical activity. In the winter of that year, while having fun with some friends (smoking a little bit of weed) I ate a huge amount of brownies one night and ended up extremely bloated. I felt like crap and couldn't fall asleep. While trying to fall asleep, I experienced intense anxiety. I got up from my bed to try and get some water and immediately blacked out. I came to a few seconds later, writhing on the floor. I think I had a seizure. Needless to say, it scared the ***t out of me. I realized that something was seriously wrong with my health. Over the next few weeks, I dropped 15 pounds (which was really scary given that I was already borderline underweight) and developed tinnitus. I grew a bit depressed and anxious. At the same time, I resolved to fix myself. That was two years ago. Since then, I have tried various stress reduction techniques and diets to feel better. I started with SCD (Specific Carbohydrate Diet), then moved on to the PHD (Perfect Health Diet) and have recently been implementing suggestions from Dave Asprey and his Bulletproof lifestyle. These protocols have worked well. I've regained all of the lost weight, feel stronger and more active than I have in a long time, and feel aware and motivated enough to do well in school. I now have no depression whatsoever, and have pretty much no anxiety. I've replaced those feelings with a determination to fix myself.I came across Ray Peat about a week ago. I decided to try adding fruits and sugars back into my diet. They had been largely missing from my diet (except for binging episodes) for the last year or so. I also added in large amounts of dairy (couple cups of milk and a pint of ice cream every night lol). I feel good. My body and mind feels more relaxed. My body looks more naturally healthy, with a nice looking layer of fat. Ray's ideas are novel to me. They make sense though, and feel right in my gut (both literally and figuratively). I want to see what my body can do when its at its best.
Sorry for the long block of text. Thanks for this forum you guys have put together. I'm excited to delve in.
I'm an undergrad going to school in Chicago.
Stats:
Gender - Male
Age - 20
Height - 5-9
Weight - 135
Background:
Up until I turned 18, I always thought I was a robust and healthy person. I've been heavily involved in athletics and have been lean and muscular all my life . While I might have seemed normal on the outside, I think my body was breaking down on the inside. The summer after graduating high school, something triggered a physical breakdown. While traveling overseas, I contracted a stomach illness that left me sick with a fever for a couple days. I didn't think much of it. I'd experienced worse and fully recovered. Over the next few months, I noticed a decline in well-being. I started having stomach and sleep problems, and my body seemed to be taking forever to recover from physical activity. In the winter of that year, while having fun with some friends (smoking a little bit of weed) I ate a huge amount of brownies one night and ended up extremely bloated. I felt like crap and couldn't fall asleep. While trying to fall asleep, I experienced intense anxiety. I got up from my bed to try and get some water and immediately blacked out. I came to a few seconds later, writhing on the floor. I think I had a seizure. Needless to say, it scared the ***t out of me. I realized that something was seriously wrong with my health. Over the next few weeks, I dropped 15 pounds (which was really scary given that I was already borderline underweight) and developed tinnitus. I grew a bit depressed and anxious. At the same time, I resolved to fix myself. That was two years ago. Since then, I have tried various stress reduction techniques and diets to feel better. I started with SCD (Specific Carbohydrate Diet), then moved on to the PHD (Perfect Health Diet) and have recently been implementing suggestions from Dave Asprey and his Bulletproof lifestyle. These protocols have worked well. I've regained all of the lost weight, feel stronger and more active than I have in a long time, and feel aware and motivated enough to do well in school. I now have no depression whatsoever, and have pretty much no anxiety. I've replaced those feelings with a determination to fix myself.I came across Ray Peat about a week ago. I decided to try adding fruits and sugars back into my diet. They had been largely missing from my diet (except for binging episodes) for the last year or so. I also added in large amounts of dairy (couple cups of milk and a pint of ice cream every night lol). I feel good. My body and mind feels more relaxed. My body looks more naturally healthy, with a nice looking layer of fat. Ray's ideas are novel to me. They make sense though, and feel right in my gut (both literally and figuratively). I want to see what my body can do when its at its best.
Sorry for the long block of text. Thanks for this forum you guys have put together. I'm excited to delve in.
Welcome to the forum noodlz!
