1 years post partum I started gaining weight and I wasn't too worried about it as I figured it was just my hormones balancing out, but 2 years later, I've never weighed more in my life and I'm not feeling great. In general I have low energy, really bad brain fog, low stamina, next to zero libido, hair growth on my upper lip, puffy face, fat in midsection and upper arms, sore joints...... Blah. Years ago I followed Matt Stone and he was quite big on Ray Peat and his advice then (7ish years ago when I was under huge stress) really helped. I almost went carnivore the other day but I just don't feel right about seriously restrictive diets. I eat pretty WAPF style diet and avoid PUFAs and I'm learning and reading on here. Here are my labs which my doctor says are just fine except for my cholesterol (eat less carbs and exercise more was the advice) but I know many of the ranges within the 'norm' are not healthy. Thank you so much for taking a look folks!
| C-Reactive Protein | 5.9 mg/L |
| Triglycerides Level | 1.96 mmol/L |
| Cholesterol Level | 6.40 mmol/L |
| LDL Cholesterol | 4.04 mmol/L |
| Non-HDL Cholesterol Calculated | 4.94 mmol/L |
| HDL Cholesterol | 1.46 mmol/L |
| Cholesterol/HDL Ratio | 4.38 |
| Cortisol AM Sample | 356 nmol/L |
| Total Estradiol | 413 pmol/L |
| Prolactin | 11 ug/L |
| Progesterone Level | 49 nmol/L |
| Total Testosterone | 0.7 nmol/L |
| Fasting Glucose | 5.3 mmol |
| Free Triiodothyronine | 5.0 pmol/L |
| Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) | 1.47 mU/L (went down from 2.92 a few months prior) |
| Free Thyroxine | 13.9 pmol/L |
