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Recently started living the vegan lifestyle and have to say I feel great. The first week was a little hard but ok. But after that it becomes normal.
I'm never hungry because in volume I eat much more than I ate before.
Do you include wheat germ,chia, flax, and nutritional yeast (I think they call it savory yeast here) in your diet?
I'm not vegan, but considering adding them to my diet, to boost nutrients...
Recently started living the vegan lifestyle and have to say I feel great. The first week was a little hard but ok. But after that it becomes normal.
I'm never hungry because in volume I eat much more than I ate before.
Do you include wheat germ,chia, flax, and nutritional yeast (I think they call it savory yeast here) in your diet?
Chia and flax yes. The other two no because I'm also trying to be gluten free.
I have actually been vegan for some time now but not 100%, which means in social gatherings I would make an exception. I also get a blood check etc once a year and the doc says I'm super healthy. He doesn't know I'm vegan and gluten free. I've gone for periods of 6 months without any meat at all and my results were good. But I would consider taking b12 supps if my results show I'm b12 deficient.The reason nutritional yeast is popular with vegans as that it's usually fortified with B12, a nutrient very difficult for vegans to obtain. B12 can only be obtained naturally from animal products, so make sure you're either eating enough food fortified with B12 (many soy products are, for instance) or you're supplementing.
I recommend this book; catching fire by Richard wrangham.
The reason nutritional yeast is popular with vegans as that it's usually fortified with B12, a nutrient very difficult for vegans to obtain. B12 can only be obtained naturally from animal products, so make sure you're either eating enough food fortified with B12 (many soy products are, for instance) or you're supplementing.
What about Vegemite?
I have actually been vegan for some time now but not 100%, which means in social gatherings I would make an exception. I also get a blood check etc once a year and the doc says I'm super healthy. He doesn't know I'm vegan and gluten free. I've gone for periods of 6 months without any meat at all and my results were good. But I would consider taking b12 supps if my results show I'm b12 deficient.
B12 deficiency affects non-vegetarians too due to impaired absorption (lack of intrinsic factor or ileal malabsorption). There are actually six main causes of vitamin B12 deficiency and only one of them is diet. I've never been tested but I get very grumpy if I don't supplement daily. It only takes about 2 weeks of not taking daily supplements for grumpiness to set in, so I assume I have one or two of the issues in the list of sixB12 stores take years to deplete so generally B12 deficiency won't show up for a few years. B12 is more of a long term concern. Deficiency in long term vegans is high.
I've switched between vegetarianism, veganism and pescatarianism for 15+ years and my B12 levels are on the very low end of normal (I never supplemented). I don't doubt had I been vegan for all of that time I would have been deficient (I was only a vegan for 2+ years).
No workout but I did my first running workout of the year. I added it up in my head and got the maths wrong so I set the wrong workout in my running watch. Consequently, it was a lot more difficult to finish than expected by I got there, so
I seem to have lost basically all my running fitness, so I found this difficult too complete: 5 minute warm up, 1:30 jogging + 60 sec walking (repeat 8 times), 5 minute cool down. Still good to get the first one over.
What about Vegemite?
Yep! I have been checking that out and was planning to participate last year. Claisebrook Cove is my closest. I had a few minor medical issues which stopped me getting up to 5k but I should be there by about 1st of June this year.Perthguy, when you want to try a 5K run check out www.Parkrun.com.au there are all levels of runners there
* Claisebrook Cove
OMG...have you ever tasted that stuff !!!!
Hot toast with real (and melty) butter and vegemite is what they serve for breakfast in heaven.
Ok. So I did a workout. It was a lot more difficult and boring than I remember (it's been a while) and now I feel sore
I wish I could outsource my exercise. I would pay someone to do it
I wonder how long before I don't find it so unpleasant?