How do I get thin again, Peating fixed my health but made me put on a lot of fat
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Danny Roddy told me, and I’m pretty well convinced now, Until you raise your core temps and pulse, or otherwise fix the thyroid, nothing will work for weight loss.
I suggest reading Broda Barnes’ book to supplement thyroid RIGHT (I did it wrong off and on for a few years), or do a consult with Danny Roddy, or one of the bioenergetic helpline guys.
I’ve now lost around 20 lbs with almost no exercising, and eating the most calories yet in my life. It took like 5 months of thyroid tho… and it can stall easily if you’re dealing with stressors.
If you’ve got your thyroid functioning optimally, Check out Pavel Tatsouline, who Is the Ray Peat of resistance training.
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@AltarandThrone Pavel got me into kettlebell training, works wonders.
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@Ruben Pavel is
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@evan-hinkle thanks. I eat more than the Peaty amount of starch so this a great reminder. I should stop gulping solid food down
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@AltarandThrone May I ask what changes you made to your thyroid routine? I take t3 5mcg distributed throughout the day and t4 when I notice a stress response from too much t3
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@thyroidchor27 about 3mcg T3 with breakfast. And a quarter tab of Cynoplus with lunch and another with dinner, which is 7.5mcg T3, and 30mcg T4
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You amerishits rely way too much on this or that drug/diet.
t3 t4 is a supp, an in it supplements your normal diet.
Take up sprinting and jumprope in your routine, cut down on the starch bs and lose weight -
CICO matters. Ray seemed to agree with this as well, in one of the herb doctor interviews he told people to eat low-fat dairy to avoid the extra calories. He wouldn't have said that if he thought calories were a useless metric. There was some minority voices on the RPF talking about how CICO is dumb and that people should eating lots of calories to raise the metabolism or some shit. I always thought that was dumb, and I'm not sure where they got that idea because it didn't come from Ray.
Long story short, bring your caloric intake down. Focus on higher protein and higher calcium, both are thermogenic. Noting how important carbohydrate is, it would probably be best to cut the vast majority of your calories from fats. And a little exercise would help too. Not breathless exercise, but long slow walks, or lifting weights. Don't do the chronic cardio bullshit.
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I lost about 50 pounds over the past few years. I stopped eating much sugar and started eating well cooked white rice, masa harina…and easily lost so much fat it isn’t even funny. I feel fantastic. I do not drink orange juice much. I put sugar in my coffee, and eat some sweets that I enjoy, but most of my calories are from starch. That made all the difference.
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@Ecstatic_Hamster > I lost 50lbs too in about 7 months eating mostly potatoes and milk for carbs. maybe a quarter of my carbs from honey and juice.
I initially gained like 70 lbs from taking Trazadone, a serotonin antagonist that was helping me sleep but making me ravenous. This was before I found Ray Peat.
Then finally the hunger wore off and then weight came off with minimal exertion. Just light exercise, sunlight, and potatoes.
Goes to show how complicated this is. I feel for anyone struggling with their health.
Now I'm getting fat again from Peating lol
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@skywxlker are there any other safe starches you recommend, already eat rice and potatoes/ pumpkin but is short grain or long better (any idea)? Masa harina is high in phosphorous which is why I avoid it.
