Re: Tahnee : a body builder/gym instructor will be able to tell you how to use ketosis and lower your level of exercise

[Guest guest]

Thank you for all the messages Joanne,

I still need to watch a few of the clips. I'm trying to combine all of my

thoughts from everything I've just read from your posts.

What is really interesting is that my bulimia started when I was 18 (I'm 23 now)

and it was after I joined a gym and got hooked on weight training. I wanted to

be like the figure competitors that were on that bodybuilding.com link you sent

me. I got a trainer, he put me on a typical competitor diet- high protein, low

carb, low fat. but he didn't know what he was talking about and after several

months i started to purge because I couldn't stop binging and I didn't want to

disappoint him or not get results. Then I got certified as a personal trainer

and worked as a trainer all through college (my degree is in Exercise Science).

I had switched to being vegan at that point- i did that for 2 years and didn't

binge/purge once and never had cravings. Once again my goal to compete in a

figure competition came up and I found a trainer who does competitor diets for a

living. I was on that diet for about 6 months. And again, my bulimia came back.

(this was 2 years ago). Then I got pregnant which postponed the bulimia for

awhile, and unfortunately it came back last summer. So that's basically my

story. And my husband doesn't understand anything about natural healing... and

just thinks i'm crazy for eating coconut oil all the time!

I've cut down significantly on exercise over the past year and realized I will

never look like the girls on the fitness magazines unless I want to have an

eating disorder my whole life. I am only weight training a few times a week now.

My caffeine addiction was to pre-workout supplements that contain caffeine,

arginine, creatine monohydrate, and of course MSG. Thankfully I gave that up

about a week ago. Now I just have to overcome my obsession with super lean,

muscular bodies

i may be close to ketosis. currently I stick close to Bee's ratio's from the

Optimal Diet and I have 2 egg drinks a day and dinner is usually meat and some

veggies and fat. Once a month for my church we fast for approx 24 hours (no

water or food). Do you think that would also help me getting into ketosis?

You mentioned " we are hypoglycemic " ... does that mean that all people who are

carb addicted are hypoglycemic? Before I got pregnant with my first child I saw

a homeopathic doctor to help with my bulimia and from a blood test she found

that I am hypoglycemic. I tried proglyco-sp (a natural supplement) for my low

blood sugar and followed the paleo diet. At times my cravings were under

control, other times they weren't. so i have no idea if the supplement did

anything.

You mentioned that exercising increases our body's need for glucose. Is that

true for all exercise? Or just intense exercise?

I'll post more in a little bit after I look at a few more of the links. Thank

you!

Tahnee