RaenyDayBlues
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Hey all! Going to try out using this as a tracker for my "Carnivore Journey", as it were instead of the random notes doc that I've been using on my phone.
Some background on me, my situation, and why I'm doing this. I'm a 30 yo female--daughter of triathletes so I've always been traditionally active and "healthy". I work as an NLP engineer, and am an avid competitive and team dancer in my free time (primarily West Coast Swing and Argentine Tango). My biggest health struggles in life have always been extremely low energy, chronic insomnia, acid reflux/nausea, and hypothyroid. I was always exhausted and seemed to gain weight just by looking at food, which never made sense to me given how I was behaving "better" than almost anyone I knew in terms of diet and exercise, at least by traditional standards. Still, I figured I was on the right track, I just wasn't doing it hard enough? Or I needed to exercise more perhaps still, but I was fighting an uphill battle with my energy levels that I could never seem to win for very long. Attaching a recent photo. Not wildly overweight or anything crazy, but never quite where I know I can be...
Then a few years ago I nearly kicked the bucket due to long-term exposure black mold poisoning. It had been hiding in my dishwasher filter for years, and completely wrecked my digestive system (among other things) since I was essentially ingesting it on a daily basis. Recovery from that has been slow and painful but relatively successful once I discovered the low FODMAP diet which finally gave my systems space to heal. Granted, I never fully gave up dairy or grains, but there were key fruits and vegetables that were easy enough to dismiss that made a big difference (cruciferous vegetables come to mind). Couldn't handle any heavy proteins like red meat or even poultry because I was just so compromised. Caused a lot of pain and fatigue. Eggs, fish, and protein shakes were my saving grace during this time lol.
About a month ago I fell down a nutritional rabbithole of information from the likes of established carnivores with a social media presence such as Dr. Anthony Chaffee (his lecture on "Plants are Trying to Kill you" is really what started this whole thing for me), Dr. Paul Mason, Dr. Elizabeth Bright, Dr. Zoe Harcombe, to name a few. Tons of great paradigm-shifting lectures among them that really inspired me to see if making such a radical change could possibly help resolve some of these lifelong issues I've struggled with. Everything I was learning seemed to make sense and fall into place with my experiences in the past, so here we are! I've been at it a few weeks already but will share some of my notes in a day-by-day fashion. Most people recommend a slow transition rather than an abrupt one to allow time for the body to adapt gracefully, so I'm taking my sweet time
Here goes nothin! I'll be tracking my food, mood, energy, sleep quality, exercise, etc. All that good stuff. Happy to spark any discussion or answer any questions if ya'll pop in and want to follow along or are otherwise curious.
Some background on me, my situation, and why I'm doing this. I'm a 30 yo female--daughter of triathletes so I've always been traditionally active and "healthy". I work as an NLP engineer, and am an avid competitive and team dancer in my free time (primarily West Coast Swing and Argentine Tango). My biggest health struggles in life have always been extremely low energy, chronic insomnia, acid reflux/nausea, and hypothyroid. I was always exhausted and seemed to gain weight just by looking at food, which never made sense to me given how I was behaving "better" than almost anyone I knew in terms of diet and exercise, at least by traditional standards. Still, I figured I was on the right track, I just wasn't doing it hard enough? Or I needed to exercise more perhaps still, but I was fighting an uphill battle with my energy levels that I could never seem to win for very long. Attaching a recent photo. Not wildly overweight or anything crazy, but never quite where I know I can be...
Then a few years ago I nearly kicked the bucket due to long-term exposure black mold poisoning. It had been hiding in my dishwasher filter for years, and completely wrecked my digestive system (among other things) since I was essentially ingesting it on a daily basis. Recovery from that has been slow and painful but relatively successful once I discovered the low FODMAP diet which finally gave my systems space to heal. Granted, I never fully gave up dairy or grains, but there were key fruits and vegetables that were easy enough to dismiss that made a big difference (cruciferous vegetables come to mind). Couldn't handle any heavy proteins like red meat or even poultry because I was just so compromised. Caused a lot of pain and fatigue. Eggs, fish, and protein shakes were my saving grace during this time lol.
About a month ago I fell down a nutritional rabbithole of information from the likes of established carnivores with a social media presence such as Dr. Anthony Chaffee (his lecture on "Plants are Trying to Kill you" is really what started this whole thing for me), Dr. Paul Mason, Dr. Elizabeth Bright, Dr. Zoe Harcombe, to name a few. Tons of great paradigm-shifting lectures among them that really inspired me to see if making such a radical change could possibly help resolve some of these lifelong issues I've struggled with. Everything I was learning seemed to make sense and fall into place with my experiences in the past, so here we are! I've been at it a few weeks already but will share some of my notes in a day-by-day fashion. Most people recommend a slow transition rather than an abrupt one to allow time for the body to adapt gracefully, so I'm taking my sweet time
Here goes nothin! I'll be tracking my food, mood, energy, sleep quality, exercise, etc. All that good stuff. Happy to spark any discussion or answer any questions if ya'll pop in and want to follow along or are otherwise curious.
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