My husband and I are trying the alternate day diet. Essentially it’s alternative days of fasting. I had some reservations about this diet, and I still do. It’s definitely not for everyone and it wouldn’t be my preferred eating/weight loss method. But if I can get more veggies into Dennis then this is a good thing.
The first few fast days (500 calories alotted). I was starving. I couldn’t believe I’d ever be able to maintain this diet for any amount of time. I’ve been feeling real yang deficient, more so than usual for me. I decided to moxa my lower abdomen. Usually it’s cold. I think my husband is ready to move out I used so much moxa, over three quarters of stick between the low abdomen and the feet (all kidney and spleen points on the foot).
I don’t usually think of moxa for sleeping, but I slept better than I have in weeks. Additionally, I’m not so hungry. I have noticed that when I over work myself I tend to be hungrier, but the argument is that I’m putting out more energy and so that’s normal. However, I’ve always kind of thought it had as much to do with low blood sugar–you know getting involved in something and not eating so then I feel too hungry. This makes me think that I’ve put out more qi than what I should and so my body is doing everything it can by replacing it with food–any food and preferable as much food as possible.
Most patients who are overweight are spleen qi deficient with damp. Often there are liver issues as well (if you get beyond the spleen qi deficiency). I wonder how much of the over eating that got them to the problem of too much weight had to do with needing to replentish qi stores quickly. Because of the hunger they probably chose foods that didn’t have much qi to offer (quick and processed) and thus started a downward spiral.
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