I've been doing the ketogenic diet very strictly for 5 1/2 months. I've lost 60 pounds. I feel like crap.
I have SO many symptoms that all point back to high estrogen. I could be wrong but here's the symptoms.
1: Lack of energy/motivation
2: PMS symptoms (worsened asthma, irritability, acne, tender/sore breasts, partial insanity, etc.
) all went from bad, to UNBEARABLE, as in I can't function as a human during that time. I literally just want to die during PMS. It's unreal. So, #2 PMS symptoms worsened.
3: I've never had allergy trouble in my life and suddenly I have horrible allergies.
4: I've been sick the majority of the time I've been dieting (5 1/2 months.) I'm so happy right now bc I've gone almost 3 weeks without getting sick!
5: My skin looks terrible always now (my face) but almost too bad to go out in public when PMS
6: I often feel light headed/dizzy/blurry eyes. Especially when working hard. (like stacking wood, racking leaves quickly etc.) This is a problem I had before too sometimes, but it's worse now. I don't know that this one can be linked to high estrogen.
7. Feminine Itching (not sure if that's due to estrogen, but I could see it being that!)
8: EXTREME hair loss. I'm talking half of my hair totally gone since I've been on this diet. Comes out in chunks.
9: Edema at times
10: Something just feels "off"
I look and feel much worse than before I started dieting OTHER THAN I've lost a significant amount of weight! I had good energy levels and NEVER sat around unable to motivate myself to move like I do now. It's miserable. I have to keep doing it because nothing else works for weight loss for me. I still need to lose about 70 pounds. I can't imagine feeling like this the whole time. :/ I know about and take electrolytes and that's not the problem.I also take good whole foods vitamins etc. Apparently you have estrogen stored in fat cells and it, along with toxins are released as you burn fat. I'm assuming this is what's going on with me. But has anyone else found a way to "fix" this and continue the diet without feeling like crap all the time. (And losing precious hair!!) I'm so tied of feeling so bad. On a rare occasion I'll have one really good high energy day, but then the next day it's back to dragging around barely getting anything done (and I have lots to do!) Advice please?!