I saw you on Rachel Ray & am excited at the prospect of having a libido again! Haven't ordered the "exercise equipment" yet ; ).. as I'm just focused on raising my libido for now.
I'm afraid of overdosing.. can you give me your opinion on what I'm taking.. I'm 5'8" and 130 lbs. I've been on this for 2 weeks now.. haven't felt anything yet : (
1. ZoneLabs Omega -- 6 pills a day. With my weight could I increase to 8 pills a day?
2. You mention Carlson's DHA pills - would I be overdoing it to order these and add a couple of these to my pill regimen?
3. With my combined multi-vitamin & calcium pill I i get the 1,000 calcium but only 250 mg. of magnesium - is that enough?? I have a diff. calcium supp. that would supply me with 500 mg. of magnesium -- would that be too much magnesium???
4. I have a cup of coffe in the a.m. and occasoinally another mid-morning. Could this be why I'm not feeling anything after 2 weeks?

Thanks so much for your book!!!!! I'm crossing my fingers that this will give me my libido back!
Girliegirl

The RDA for magnesium is 400 mg, so you could take the 500 mg amount and be fine.

If you are taking the ZoneLabs OmegaRx pills, I think you already are taking more than I recommend for your weight if you are taking six a day. If you want you could take four of those a day and one Super-DHA then you would be right where I recommend.

Hopefully you didn't start taking the full dose of fish oil right away and gradually ramped up instead. How long have you been on the full dose? I generally recommend women stay a month on the full dose to rule out libido fluctuations due to the menstrual cycle (men generally respond much faster). I pushed the women on the show because I only had three weeks, so I started them off basically on the full dose, and even there one of the women was just starting to feel the effects at the end of the period.

However, if after a month there is no change in libido, please let me know. You might have low total testosterone.

Oftentimes the first change coffee-drinkers notice is an increase in erotic dreams.

Marenna -
Thanks so much for your reply! I am going to do as you suggest and start taking 4 of the ZoneLab and 1 Carlsons. I'll give it a good month and then let you know. If it's my testosterone level, I'd love to know what to do about a low testosterone level!!!
I did start out on the 8 pills a day. I did that for about a week & got nervous when I read different dosages for weight, etc. Then went down to 6 for my 2nd week. Could this be impacting my progress negatively?? You seemed concerned that I started out full dosage???
Thanks again for your wonderful book -- you're a blessing to women everywhere! ; )
girliegirl

Why were you taking 8 a day? That's double what I recommend for your weight. Maybe you have a different brand--what's the EPA and DHA per capsule?

Taking too much won't impact progress, but over time it can be unhealthy. I'm already telling women to take a high dose, I don't want them to go too high.

If your testosterone is abnormally low you can get testosterone replacement therapy. That you need to go to a doctor to do.

But first give the diet a chance to work.

Gosh, I don't know why I decided 8 was the magic number. That's what it says on the bottle, or maybe because I read that's your dosage and I figured tha twould work for me.. until I saw that dosages were based upon height/weight.
I ordered from Dr. Sears website ZoneLabs. Omega/RX. 8 tablets provide 4000 mg of Fish Oil concentrate. EPA - 1600mg and DHA - 800mg.
But as you suggested for my height & weight Im' going to take only 4 a day and take 1 of the Carlson's DHA tabs.
girliegirl

How big are the capsules? That's usually the dose for four of his capsules. Did you get one-gram capsules? If that is the dosage, then you do need to take 8 of those a day, and you can take one of the Carlson's Super-DHA in addition.

I went to his website and finally figured this out. I bought the Omega/RX "micro-capsules"... as opposed to the regular sized capsules. The micro-capsules it says 8 pills deliver the 1600 mg of EPA and 800 mg of DHA. As opposed to the regular capsules, which deliver all of that with 4 capsules. I guess I need to figure out which one is more econimical. But for reference is this correct....
If i'm buying the micro-capsules I take 8 of the tablets (getting 1600 EPA and 800 DHA) and 1 Carlson.
If i'm buying the reg. capsules I take 4 which also gives me 1600 EPA and 800 DHA -- also, adding 1 Carlson Super DHA to that???
Also, I noticed another on there called EicoRX, which delivers the same amount -- do you have any idea if this one is better than Omega/RX or what the difference is??
thanks for all your help!
girliegirl

I have no idea! Basically with the fish oil, as long as it's a concentrated brand (at least EPA + DHA > 500 mg per one one-gram capsule) then the brand shouldn't matter. Some are easier on the tummy than others.

okay, let me just clarify and then i'll leave you alone! i've seen where people have doubled the dosage, andyou have recommended lower amounts for others, and then you're confusion with the pills I have.
Basically, at 5'8" and 130 lbs. i should be taking 1600 mg of EPA and 800 mg. of DHA -- plus I could throw in 1 capsule of the Carlson's Super DHA.
With all the other posts I've been reading, my heads been buzzing trying to get the right dosage for myself.....
thanks again!

yes, that's right.