Primal Challenge Journal (MamaGrok) page 118

[Urban Forager]

Mamagrok I just watched the video and it was great! DH just happened to be in the room so he heard most of it, it piqued his interest. I hope he will consider eating more protein in the morning to help deal with his attachment to sweets. I just made him a batch of egg/chorizo muffins. Now to figure out how much protein is in each muffin.

[GoJenGo]

I was only able to see the first video all the way through and just a few minutes of the second. I thought the first was great, though. I didn't see anything that I would have wanted to change had I made it. Strong work, and I don't just mean on the video!

[MamaGrok]

Thanks, you guys. I really appreciate the feedback!!

I just replaced the transcript I put up yesterday with the unabridged one that I had originally written, but found too long. I'm sticking the short one here.

The transcript to the video I just posted on YouTube about conquering binge eating disorder & sugar addiction with primal & the leptin reset:

Hi. I'm a 36 year old mother to five, and I go by Mamagrok on the Optimized Living forums @ Jackkruse.com. For over a decade of my life, I battled sugar cravings and found myself bingeing several times a day. Over time, I got it down to 2-3x/month by switching to a whole foods diet, having a full serving of protein with every meal, eliminating grains, & increasing natural fats. I had lost 40lb since switching to a paleo diet, but eventually the bingeing started undoing my success, and I gained 10 back. I was becoming debilitated by chronic fatigue, puffy all over, easily agitated, just physically miserable.

At my lowest point, when I seemed totally unable to overcome the cravings & the bingeing, despite my best efforts, I came across a thread about a Leptin Reset on a popular paleo forum. I had my doubts that doubling my morning protein would help any, but I gave it a shot.

The first day, I stopped wanting to snack, and have not had a snack in the 18 months since then, nor have I had any desire for one.

I knew something was different a few weeks later when I was at Trader Joe's and they announced a pie eating contest out front. Free all-natural pie. I didn't care. I tried to care. I looked for caring. There was nothing there! I walked right past them, feeling sorry for the sore stomachs they were soon to have, and left, astonished.

Now, was it that easy?

• I had bizarre detox, with bouts of zombie fatigue, debilitating brain fog, mood roller coasters, pimples, and other weird stuff, especially in the first few weeks and months.
• I undid my success several times by having "just one bite," which, after a few weeks, turned into new binges. I started my reset all over again at least 5 times because of this.

Even while struggling with these things, the leptin reset, at its minimum protein level, had KILLED my snackiness dead, removed emotional attachment to food, and dramatically reduced my cravings. I eventually increased morning protein to 65g, and that was the death knell to the binges.

My last binge was the day before Halloween of 2011, and I started clean on the first day of the Overeating Season. I can count on one hand the number of episodes which might qualify as binges in the 14 months since.

Without irrational food cravings, I can finally eliminate the foods I don't tolerate well, like wheat, and am finally making headway on the chronic fatigue. The weight loss started up again, and I have lost 30lb since, for a total of 50 since going paleo 3 years ago! I haven't exercised, gone hungry, or counted a single calorie. I have only changed what, and when, I eat.



I encourage ANYone who finds himself plagued with sugar cravings, with binges, emotional attachment to food, inability to go 5-6 hours without eating or thinking often of food, or simply struggles with continually eating stuff you would prefer not to eat, to try the big protein breakfast. That one step makes the rest of the leptin reset principles easily doable. It makes all the "overeating" behavioral tips & tricks you've ever heard either finally successful, or irrelevant.

Try it for 30 days. There's nothing to lose, and the results may surprise you.

If you're interested in following my story, you can find me on the Optimized Living forums and click on the link to my journal in my signature, where I've been posting my trials & successes nearly every day for the last three years. Thank you to Dr. Kruse for helping me win the battle against sugar cravings & binge eating disorder, and the chance possibly to help others who are where I once was.


--
Nothing is more destined to create deep-seated anxieties in people than the false assumption
that life should be free from anxieties.--Fulton J. Sheen

[phigment]

watched the second one first. it was very inspirational. thanls for posting.

[RMS123]

MG - they are both very good!! I enjoyed them. If I had to pick, I liked the first one better, but either would be awesome. Very inspiring.

[MamaGrok]

135. Still swelling from that BBQ sauce. Thigh is up 1/4" still.
BBT - 97.6 (CD7)
2 months binge-free!

Leptin Resistance goals:
- Breakfast w/ 50gm of protein, w/i 30m of rising: yes.60m
- 5+ hrs between B/L & L/D: <8hrs between B/D, dinner from 5 to 7 b/c I kept needing more food and taking a while to find it
- finished dinner by 7:30, 3.5hrs between dinner & bed: yes.3+
- no snacking, <50g carb/day, 100% epi-paleo:yes.yes.yes
- morning temp & sun; dark house @ sunset:yes, 34F.@9
- no PUFA's other than fish:yes

Morning
D5K, Bcmplx50: 16k.yes
HCl, DigEnz, Bitters, OxBile: 1AM.no.out.2AM
CO, Probx: no.yes
Feverfew, Curcumin, Thyroid: yes.yes.6.5grains TG + NT
Organs, broth, ferments, seafood: yes.yes.no.yes

Midday
15m sun, Cold: yes.20m@34F outside, 30m@52Fbath(followed by 10m@100F - kept bad shivering to the time between bath & bed, which was 3 minutes)
Se200, Seaweed: yes.no
Green tea, VitC, ACV: 2C+.no.
Glutathione, Zinc: no.no
Mg, Liver support: 1AM,1PM.(can't remember what the latter meant)

Suspect foods (FODMAPs, nightshades, coconut flesh): trace sugar & pepper in ssg.

B - soup of beef broth, salmon, raw liver, sausage. pork chop.
L -
D - pork chop, ssg, ribeye


Results
- Energy: 6. Mood: 6
- Bloating: 3m AM. 4.5PM.
- Skin: almost smooth. no pitting. Pink nose. Less dark circles.
- Sleep: 10:50-7:50 solid. Sleeping hard when alarm went off, but woke right up and felt pretty decent. 1gr TG 1.8hr before wakeup.


Thyroid still feels hard. I actually think it's becoming prominent right on the front of my windpipe. Not good, but I'm not sure why this is happening.

Bloat culprits: BBQ sauce (could have had corn syrup in it?), fermented chow chow. Interesting that while two weeks ago, one slip-up was erased by morning, this one is still here 24hrs later. Is it corn syrup? Am I really that reactive to corn? I should really know the answer to this by now, given the last time my gut was totally flat was Sept 2011 & I blew it with corn chips.

[MamaGrok]

Anyone know how to calculate Pg:E2 ratio with disparate units?

[MamaGrok]

135. Still swelling from that BBQ sauce. Thigh is up 1/4" still. 60hrs later. !!
BBT - 97.6? (CD8,br-spot despite no bl since CD2 or 3. CT induced?)
2 months binge-free!

Leptin Resistance goals:
- Breakfast w/ 50gm of protein, w/i 30m of rising: yes.90m
- 5+ hrs between B/L & L/D: 6.5hrs between B/D
- finished dinner by 7:30, 3.5hrs between dinner & bed: by 5!.5.5 musta been just a bit under on the protein in AM
- no snacking, <50g carb/day, 100% epi-paleo:yes.yes.yes
- morning temp & sun; dark house @ sunset:no(couldn't face overcast+cold, feel chill & a little shaky this morning. will lower NDT a bit today).no
- no PUFA's other than fish:yes

Morning
D5K, Bcmplx50: 16k.no
HCl, DigEnz, Bitters, OxBile: 1AM.no.out.2AM
CO, Probx: no.yes
Feverfew, Curcumin, Thyroid: yes.yes.6grains TG + NT
Organs, broth, ferments, seafood: yes.yes.yes(SKJ).yes

Midday
15m sun, Cold: no.spot ice belly
Se200, Seaweed: yes.no
Green tea, VitC, ACV: 2C+.no.yes
Glutathione, Zinc: no.no
Mg, Liver support: 1AM,.(can't remember what the latter meant)

Suspect foods (FODMAPs, nightshades, coconut flesh): trace sugar & pepper in ssg.

B - soup of beef broth, sablefish, raw liver, sausage. pork chop, bacon grease.
L -
D - leftover pork chops, ribeye


Results
- Energy: 5. Mood: 6
- Bloating: <3m AM. 4m?
- Skin: almost smooth. no pitting. pinker nose. Less dark circles.
- Sleep: 10:50-7:50 solid. Sleeping hard when alarm went off, but woke right up and felt pretty decent, albeit slight headache. 1gr TG 1.5hr before wakeup. Sleepy at 8:30pm.


Thyroid still feels hard& slightly prominent on front.

[MamaGrok]

I've had a chill all day and wondered if something was going wrong with me ... and I just realized dh turned the thermostat down two degrees to help the whole family get cold adapted. LOL. At least it's not just me going nuts!

[MamaGrok]

Dying laughing here. Dr. Kruse just put my video on the front page of his website and I clicked through to it on YouTube and saw they now have a "transcript" feature. Am I really hard to understand? B/c I checked a few other videos and their transcripts were pretty spot on, but this is what mine came up with:

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Oh my, I"m dying. It's like DYAC, I can't breathe. Gotta help those muslim homeowners! What will he do without a sexual 18 months in prison!

At least it got "leptin" right.