Today was somewhat of an oddly-timed day: woke up at 12 midday (thank goodness I didn't have work!), the feeling of which makes me slightly disorientated as suddenly half of the day has already gone! But waking up at 6am from the presence of a plastic bag wrapped around my head didn't help either... I had put Henna in the hair yesterday evening, and keep it in all night. This is now about the 10th time I have used Henna, and I love it! It is the one thing that I see really makes a difference for my hair, and not to mention colors it naturally :=) I chose a red, but as last time I used Indigo (black/blue - unfortunately didn't come out as blue as I fantasised!), my hair was quite dark, so now it just has a nice reddish tinge to it.
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So after getting up and rinsing my hair caked in mud-like gloop, I fell stone cold asleep to awake at 12, but thankfully feeling quite rested. Got ready, went to workout at the gym (benched 50kg for 5rx3 and 55kg for 3rx2, which is my recent PR, but my absolute around a year ago was 60kg, so slowly getting there again!). On the way there it was sunny and warm, and at the time I left, it was raining more than cats and dogs, complete with lightening and thunder! Everybody was waiting outside under cover for the rain to slow down, but as I had to get back quickly, I got out under the POURING (understatement!) rain to my bike, and everyone was watching as the crazy lady sped away ahah! But I actually found it really fun to bike in the summer downpour, and it was like cycling upstream as the bike lanes had the equivalent of a river gushing down them! Reminded of a few years ago when a freak hail storm hit Geneva, and I was in exactly the same place on my bike, too (except that time I actually got off and hid under a bush as the hail stones were so big!!).
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Had a very medically-orientated afternoon, with 2 doctors appointments! The first one was at La Clinique Naturelle (http://www.la-clinique-naturelle.ch/) to do an anamnesis / case history and see what treatment options are best. We came up with a bio-resonance session on the 23rd June, and a massage therapy afterwards. Then had a nice walk through Parc Des Eaux-Vives, to get to my next rendez-vous at the Clinique Beaulieu.
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Saw a gastroenterologist at La Clinique Beaulieu in Champel, and as it was a first meeting, went through the same things about my case history and Grave's disease, and she scheduled in some more tests to test inflammation, bacteria, parasites, and numerous nutrients. She also suggested a lactose intolerance test, which although obviously I'm not explicitly intolerant to raw dairy, and don't eat it much outside of doing this experiment, it would be really interesting to see what the result is to see if I should be more careful about it.
She also took my weight, which was 75kg - so around the same as when I started! I feel slightly better and less inflamed, and definitely haven't lost any muscle, but otherwise I haven't seen a huge change in body composition. Then again, I have been consuming 2800 (4L) to 4900 calories a day of raw milk! That's an average of 3'850 calories a day, and 47'200 in the past 12 days (adds up quickly!)! If my estimated energy expenditure is around 2200 (26400cals for the 12 days), that's an excess of 20800 calories! With the energy in/energy out model, theoretically, I should have gained then around 2.9kg, assuming a kilo of fat is around 7000 calories. So far, I've stayed the same (+- a pound), feel slightly better, but also haven't lost weight. It would be more accurate to get a DEXA scan to see whether there are changes in body composition (and bone density), even with no scale weight change, as a lot of people report an increase in lean body mass while on the milk diet even on bed rest (but usually, those were people who were also underweight) but alas!
The only available next meeting was the 12th of June, so I'm going to have to wait a while to get the results. I'm also a little conflicted whether I should do the tests (it's a stool test) while on the milk fast, as intuitively I think it would change the composition so much. But I will continue the milk fast at least until the 17th (my next endocrinology tests), which would be the 3 week mark, or even if I went on until the 23rd, the 1 month mark, I would still have time to then resume solid food for a few days and then do the tests.
She also took my weight, which was 75kg - so around the same as when I started! I feel slightly better and less inflamed, and definitely haven't lost any muscle, but otherwise I haven't seen a huge change in body composition. Then again, I have been consuming 2800 (4L) to 4900 calories a day of raw milk! That's an average of 3'850 calories a day, and 47'200 in the past 12 days (adds up quickly!)! If my estimated energy expenditure is around 2200 (26400cals for the 12 days), that's an excess of 20800 calories! With the energy in/energy out model, theoretically, I should have gained then around 2.9kg, assuming a kilo of fat is around 7000 calories. So far, I've stayed the same (+- a pound), feel slightly better, but also haven't lost weight. It would be more accurate to get a DEXA scan to see whether there are changes in body composition (and bone density), even with no scale weight change, as a lot of people report an increase in lean body mass while on the milk diet even on bed rest (but usually, those were people who were also underweight) but alas!
The only available next meeting was the 12th of June, so I'm going to have to wait a while to get the results. I'm also a little conflicted whether I should do the tests (it's a stool test) while on the milk fast, as intuitively I think it would change the composition so much. But I will continue the milk fast at least until the 17th (my next endocrinology tests), which would be the 3 week mark, or even if I went on until the 23rd, the 1 month mark, I would still have time to then resume solid food for a few days and then do the tests.
Other things to report: my teeth aren't sensitive in the least anymore, even when I had a teaspoon of raw honey today (it had gotten to the point where anything brought tooth pain!), and my skin and nails are looking increasingly healthy. Energy is better in general now, however, my stomach was playing up all day (well, the waking hours that were left! :P) - no more than usual, but it hasn't improved. My heart rate also hasn't seemed to regulate yet, and this morning it was 65/70bpm upon rising (tested twice).
Drank 3L of raw milk today, plus the teaspoon of raw honey, which will be the last time as my throat has cleared up now. Yay!
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