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henrymiller1981

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So I'm at the stage where, while standing, I feel like I look okay. But sitting, as you can see here, I still look... not so okay. Sticking to my regimen, I am confident I can lose the additional few pounds, but what do people recommend to keep up the motivation? It's a little demoralizing to be like, "Man, I've lost fifteen pounds, and I still look soft and chubby!"
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Hey, I'm pretty excited that my vegetarian-swim/run/bike-higher ruffage, lower fat diet has been working out well. See my before and afters below. Good luck to everyone, and enjoy your summers!
 
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Not always, always. I was a veggie from middle school through most of college, then stopped. Then re-started about eight months ago. In both cases, I chose mainly to force myself to eat more fresh vegetables. If I couldn't just go with chicken, turkey, etc at every meal, it forced me to get proteins from low fat high fiber sources like chickpeas, black beans, etc.
 
yes! Actually, that was a worry of mine, and I started getting sores in my mouth (gross, sorry) which I was told could be from the b12 deficiency, but then I heard that B12 stay sin your body for years. What should I believe?
 
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yes! Actually, that was a worry of mine, and I started getting sores in my mouth (gross, sorry) which I was told could be from the b12 deficiency, but then I heard that B12 stay sin your body for years. What should I believe?
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Vitamin B12 is essential to helping the body convert carbohydrates, fats and proteins into energy. So your body actually uses B12 rather fast. If you're getting it from a water-soluable supplement, it's generally fully absorbed within 36 hours, and your body naturally excretes and remainder through your normal bowels.

Believe it or not, but B12 is one of the active ingredients in energy drinks, as well as a huge benefit to your body. If you're deficient you'll notice some of the symptoms, not necessarily all, but quite a few;

Sore mouth, fatigue, or weakness, numbness, sore joints, jaundice, lack of appetite, depression, constipation and quite a few more.

Noticing even one of these symptoms should cause a red flag to go up.

You should be taking a dosage of B12 everyday if you've had a deficiency in the past :)
 
*smiles* b12 is naturally a water soluble vitamin. (whether supplemented or not) So it's def. not going to stay in your system for years.

Now from a veterinary technician (I had to go through a lot of nutrition based classes) I know guinea pigs and hamsters need to be supplemented with b12s and can get sore mouths and jaundice (like the user above me posted). So I would say def. get a good vitamin.

In my special topics class we learned about the shapes of our teeth (I know, so elementary) and if you really think about it we're supposed to be omnivores and we benefit from the protein that meat gives us. (Thats why the Biologically Appropriate Raw Food diet is so popular among pet owners. It's pressure cooked whole chickens and bones and stuff that provides the pet a more appropriate diet for their bodies) So I mean i'm no expert but if you're going to choose an alternative lifestyle you should most definitely look into the little things. I know that most vegetarians always suffer from b12 deficiencies and fortunately you don't have to go to protein sources to get it.

Nonetheless a solid multivitamin never hurt anyone :D
 
need some more motivation...

Even after losing fifteen pounds, I still look chubby when sitting down. I get discouraged from continuing my more intense regimen of working out, because I feel like these last few pounds (how many, btw, does it look like I should lose to be really cut?) are never going away.

What do people use for motivating factors?
 
Are you doing any weightlifiting? If not, that's what you need to be doing! Doing strengthening exercises will change your body composition.
 
New pictures! I am maintaining at around 170 now. I'm starting grad school in a week, so planning ahead to make sure I fit in my fitness into my schedule. To be honest, I'm happy with my weight loss, but the competitor in me wants to lose another 10 just to look really f***ing ripped. I was reading something that pointed out why sprinters always look cut, while long distance runners have a variety of body shapes-- it underlined something I've heard before which is that short, intense workouts where you "trick" your body into always burning calories are better for losing fat than long endurance ones. Obvs, running 10 miles per day is still best for your cardiovascular, etc! But for my own vanity's sake, I am going to go the sprinter's route for a clean couple of months while staying away from empty carbs and fats. It's hard because when the fiancee and I make dinner for us, she generally likes cheesy, carby things and since she is very thin, she doesn't worry the way I do (well, she worries, but she shouldn't! ;-)) I have to incorporate more salads into our diet!
 
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