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I agree!! I came from restricted low carb and definitely gained weight, BUT I was so much healthier @Peatful and then my weight stabilized at a healthy place for healing.
Thx for sharing Lisa.
I started in 2015 and it took a while, but everything normalized and I am soooo much healthier 8 years later…
Hello there@Momma directed me over here, thank you! I don't read the forum so much these days but I did recently post on this same topic on another thread (one of the original threads that inspired me to go on this journey in the first place). I am still very much in recovery, one year in but most of what you write @Peatful has also been my experience and I am so happy to see, others too. You write so poetically and the one line I have to single out as very important is: "A dying to your old self in a way". The essence of this healing 'protocol' is all there in that phrase and even though it sounds painful, the psychological aspect absolutely must not be overlooked if one is to succeed.
I hope I may be allowed to link to the post I wrote if it helps give another voice to the discussion but the original thread creator @Kelj , who is no longer active on here, has to have all the credit for inspiring me, her threads are extremely rich in material and resources if you want to take a look.
All cited below:
Why It Might Be Better To Temporarily Gain Weight After Diet Improvement
I have given my experience here of incorporating many Ray Peat suggestions and generally eating enough calories. I gained weight, went through some bad symptoms, but persisted because I believed the science said those consequences were normal. I expected them. I believed the science pointed to...raypeatforum.com
Abdominal Fat Is A Phase Folliwing The End Of Calorie Restriction
This website: Phases of Recovery From An Eating Disorder Part 5 has this to say about the temporary nature of abdominal fat upon the resumation of eating plentiful calories after a period of eating restriction: "I can often identify someone on sight who is living within the neither/nor space...Fat Is An Organ
Biochemistry of adipose tissue: an endocrine organ It is time we start respecting our fat. Fat cells are not a mere repository for excess energy. The above paper has this to say: "Adipose tissue is no longer considered to be an inert tissue that stores fat. This tissue is capable of expanding...
and my own post:
Abdominal Fat Is A Phase Folliwing The End Of Calorie Restriction
Great thread, some interesting perspectives. I have a lot of time for what @Kelj is saying having struggled with related issues myself, but do understand people’s hesitancy to an ad libitum approach after calorie restriction, especially given some intense fears over PUFA intake. Having thought...
and a reply:
Abdominal Fat Is A Phase Folliwing The End Of Calorie Restriction
ah thank you! re: the thyroid, yes I took NDT from forefront health and then tyromix from idealabs, totalling about 6 months. I gave it up about two weeks into my re-feeding as I was showing all the symptoms of being hyperthyroid (I was so hot I actually couldn't bear it and had a racing heart...
