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From:	D (98.236.191.163)
Subject:	Re: symptoms of not enough greens?
Date:	October 29, 2012 at 5:51 am PST

In Reply to: Re: symptoms of not enough greens? posted by Dr. Doug Graham on October 27, 2012 at 3:35 am:

Thanks Dr G!
I am 5'2 by the way and was much healthier and stronger at 95 lbs. I do want to gain at least 15 pounds or more, yes. I look completely anorexic except my stomach which is usually full of undigested food and water/tea.

My average calories for the past month has been 2000-2500 for awhile according to Fitday, however I rarely record 4000-5000 calorie days when I've eaten lots of bananas etc. So my average is likely a lot higher. I am never hungry because I am always eating and not moving. Do I really need more calories considering my weight, activity level, etc? A nutritionist once before said I must not be absorbing my food because I should be gaining quickly. Its been common for me to eat 1000-2000 grams of tomatoes. I believe I may have adrenal issues/low cortisol due to many years of excess stimulants like coffee/tea. I used to put on weight easily. Now it seems the more I eat, the more I lose and I know I don't have a fast metabolism sitting in a chair all day and I can't even do a pushup anymore.

I've been sedentary, sitting in a small apartment, quite isolated, with 2 days per week driving one hour each way for school. I had cut out all yoga, walking, and exercise in the past two months. I was rather active prior to that. Last year I could jog, kickbox, walk 10,000 + steps per day, advanced yoga was quite easy, and I did some basic gymnastics. I am very sad to be where I am now. I can't even do things I did a few months ago. Just doing a few jumping jacks is hard.

To have dropped from 85 at the beginning of August when things were a lot better to 77 lbs mid Oct and have gotten so weak could I have lost muscle that fast or would a lot of it be dehydration? I got tremendously weaker in Sept/Oct than June/July/Aug. I couldn't do a one-hand cartwheel or even a where I've done one my whole life. I couldn't even do a backhandspring on an extremely bouncy trampoline where they are normally very easy. I am worried. I haven't been getting enough sleep at all either, then things are so much worse :/ I do need strength training, I agree. I have a hard time pushing myself to use proper form and exercise alone. I like to be in classes only.

I know I've been living wrong the past few months and I'm only barely trying to figure out some of it now, but I really do want to get better. I hate not being able to do the things I love and looking so terrible. At least I am addressing it now.

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