Re: Re: CR/F-F/etc-Chris

[Guest guest]

I am finding the posts on the warrior diet interesting for making a person feel

better, more energy, etc.

I just don't know if I fit the type of person who would do well on such a diet.

I am 50 yrs. old; weigh about 90 pds; 18% body fat, so as you can see, I need to

gain weight, not lose weight. I have midday fatigue everyday, no matter how

much sleep I get. With a short nap, I usually feel much better afterwards and

have energy to last the rest of the day. Without a nap, I have brain fog,

fatigue, irritability, low energy and stamina. Exercise does not help and often

makes me feel worse and headachy. It feels like a slow death at times.

Because of this I actually try to work in a nap everyday, which often disrupts

my schedule.

My exercise routine is to do aerobics for about 20 min. every other day. I

don't want to do more, as I don't want to lose more body fat or weight. I lift

light to mod. weights on the other days mainly for toning and firming. Doesn't

seem to be doing much good, although I do feel better afterward, not during.

I take Peats progesterone, multi vitamins/minerals and an antioxidant formula.

I try to eat according to NAPD, but sometimes fall off due to sugar and junk

food cravings. Then I get back on again.

I am looking for a long term diet that will help my fatigue and help balance my

hormones. Staying on a traditional diet has not helped much. I also try to

keep wheat down to a minimum. When I was gluten free, I still didn't notice a

difference, so I didn't stay on it.

That's all I can think of for now. Do you have any suggestions? Has Ori wrote

about people who don't want to lose weight or that want to gain weight (not body

fat?)

Thank you in advance for your time.

Jafa

ChrisMasterjohn@... wrote:

Hi Jafa,

> Question for you. If during the day, our bodies are in catabolism, I

> thought the primary reason for having a nutritious breakfast is to prevent an

> overly catabolic condition.

This is somewhat like deliberate giving 50% instead of 110% in your workout,

to avoid excess catabolism.

I really can't elaborate on this without rewriting Ori's new book, so I

suggest reading it, unless you have specific questions, which I'll try to

answer.

Undereating does NOT break down muscle tissue, but it does break down fat

tissue. Eating does build tissue (muscle, fat, etc, both, depending), but the

anabolic hormones are insulin-dependent, so low-carbing will prevent their

activation, but on the other hand, depriving yourself of the so-called

" catabolic "

state severely diminishes the anabolic potential of the insulin-dependent

hormones.

It really isn't a state of " catabolism. " It's more like a " pre-anabolic "

state, which is necessary for potentiating the completion of the anabolic cycle.

You don't really go into " catabolic mode " or " anabolic mode, " rather you are

always doing both catabolism and anabolism, but there are different kinds of

each, and different kinds of both are stimulating by over or undereating.

I don't know what could be more catabolic than eating!!!

> That the body needs fuel to help balance the catabolic state.

The body gets fuel during the undereating stage from small amounts of food,

primarily from stored body fat, or glycogen, depending on activity.

For this reason I

> am having some trouble understanding the W.D. approach. Could you

> elaborate on this situation?

Hopefully the above helped.

>

> Also, when I don't eat in the morning I tend to get headachy. Is this

> something that occurs to people on the W.D.

No, because there's nothing against eating in the morning on the WD. It's

likely this headache would go away with small amounts of low-glycemic food, tea,

or exercise. Moreover, these kinds of reactions, which are common in the

first week, level off after a few days, or up to a few weeks.

Also, when I exercise on an empty stomach, I don't seem to have the same

> stamina, as when I have eaten lightly.

How long to you exercise for? Usually fat-burning kicks in after 15-20

minutes, certain hormones take over, and you have unlimited energy to spend, far

beyond the energy from your last meal.

Can you tolerate raw liver? If so, it could help you a lot, due to its

arachidonic acid, pentose, and purine content.

If you can get fat-burning mode jumpstarted with the above period of

exercise, perhaps you have the kind of receptors on your fat cells that are

insensitive to adrenal hormones. This usually happens if you have ancestry from

cold

climates or if you have chronically elevated adrenal hormones. In that case,

it would probably take more getting used to.

Sometimes, I get a headache from exercising also, but will almost always

get a

> headache without food. Do these conditions go away after being on the WD

> for awhile? or do some people have to eat something before a work out to

> prevent headaches and fatigue?

Yes, they do go away after a while, but note that not only is there a

transition diet but also you aren't supposed to water-fast during the day, you

are

supposed to eat low-glycemic raw fruits and vegetables and/or protein, in

quantities that satisfy your immediate hunger. You are supposed to eat

instinctually, when you are hungry, and you are supposed to primarily withhold

from eating

1)big meals and 2)starches/high-glycemic carbs during the day.

Big and small is relative. Remember that " undereating " is defined as eating

less than you usually do.

Chris

[Guest guest]

>> I am 50 yrs. old; weigh about 90 pds; 18% body fat, so as you can see, I

need to gain weight, not lose weight. I have midday fatigue everyday, no matter

how much sleep I get. With a short nap, I usually feel much better afterwards

and have energy to last the rest of the day. Without a nap, I have brain fog,

fatigue, irritability, low energy and stamina. Exercise does not help and often

makes me feel worse and headachy. It feels like a slow death at times.

Because of this I actually try to work in a nap everyday, which often disrupts

my schedule. <<

In addition to the nutritional things you're already working on, I wonder if you

have had an evaluation for some kind of sleep disorder?

I also noticed you said you're taking progesterone, and I wonder whether you've

had a comprehensive hormone panel done, or are self-prescribing? I think there

is a lot of over-use of progesterone by women these days, especially those who

are looking for " natural " alternatives. Neither progesterone or estrogen in and

of itself is harmful OR beneficial.... it is the proper balance of hormones that

matters. Taking a hormone supplement (orally or transdermally) may or may not be

appropriate, but it's a question of balance that IMO should be looked at

carefully. All the hormone systems of the body are inter-related, and since

hormones control our metabolism, our energy levels, and sleep, that could be a

possible problem.

I used progesterone for two months when I had stopped ovulating for some reason.

I stopped it as soon as I started ovulating again, but I know lots of women who

just use it very month. If you are ovulating, you should be making plenty of

progesterone.

One last thing to consider is something else that has a strong impact on all our

hormone systems, especially sleep and fatigue: Too much exposure to artificial

light. This can disrupt not only the sleep hormones, but the food and sex

hormones too.

Just some ideas.

Christie