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Originally Posted by Kyle DeLexus
So I went to the doctor today to get some blood work done. I have a history of Diabetes in my family and have been battling some extreme fatigue for the last couple of months.
I went to the KU health center and the doctor I saw started asking me about my diet and I just told him in general I'm eating more whole foods and trying to cut calories(I said nothing about fasting or how much I was cutting, I have about 1500-1800/day except my fast day). He then went on a lecture about hibernation/survival mode and the slowing of your metabolism. That just struck me as odd since in Eat Stop Eat, he said that every MD he's talked to has agreed with him that your metabolism could not slow down by calorie restriction.
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I just had a shit-ton of blood work done--Hypoglycemia is what they came up with....My doc went on a tangent about not eating processed foods and all that. The problem is, I spent an hour with him just before that describing my very whole food, organic, salt-free diet.
he didnt hear a word obvioulsy.
The frustrating part for me is that I have many of the thyroid issues, brittle nails, fatigue, memory loss, mental confusion, hard time losing weight etc...my thyroids were in range, but t4 and T3 were riding the low line and they just blow it off. "You're fine".
So I continue on with the battle...
Yesterday I did chest, back and some legs. The first half of my workout was pretty tolerable...the second half was rough! Lots of crabcrawls, squats with 25 lb plates and pulling 35 lbs on the cables (at the same time), jumping push-ups, mtn climbers...I burned over almost 700 calories in 65 mins...
I ate pork tenderloins medallions with lots of good spices (no salt) and blanched veggies with carrots, summer squash, sun-dried tomatoes and asparagus...yum.
I did have soy ice cream--about 1/2 cup (200 cals). Im a chick, and sometimes chicks need sweets
