Kon

thought the video was interesting so I looked and found the full video: veganessentials, I think the guy would agree with what you're saying. As long as you can keep the joints in proper alignment and not put more stress than necessary on them, then you'll decrease the chances of injury. He's basically showing that how people approach things can be misguided or not necessarily what is natural. That's how I interpreted it.

That was a great listen. The way he described it made a lot of sense and makes me really think.

I just recently heard about this zone training and other HIT stuff, and it sounds like something to try since I have became bored of the standard method, so I'm starting a similar approach now too. Should be interesting to see how your progress goes.

I'm not sure, but I know that some people can be allergic to eggs (I think a lot of food allergies relate with the body recognizing certain proteins as a threat and tries to eliminate them). You can probably find out why online. Everyone gets subjected to bad things everyday, whether it is pollution in the air or whatever, so I guess you have to gauge what you can live with.. I don't know if the body can recognize an egg from a bean or whatever else, so I think the important part is getting a variety of foods to cover all the nutrients that your body wants/needs. For me personally, my body hasn't responded well to eggs last time I tried them. I think if you're going to have any health issues, it probably won't stem from one single food source- it'd most likely be due to a variety of factors, but that's my opinion.

makes sense. that tends to be my opinion about vitamins. I was raised a vegetarian, and been a vegetarian my whole life besides vegan/fruitarian, and over the span of my life I've rarely taken vitamins- I got all my nutrients from variety of foods. I had these vitamins sitting around because they were a gift, and I hadn't used them all yet, so I decided to see if it would help. As far as the omega3s, I'm getting them from flaxseed oil. I do live in a more industrial area near chicago, so polution may be a problem. But I've also lived in areas with little industrialization and still had problems. We'll see..

I began taking some vitamins about 4 days ago, so maybe it'll help. I've tried black beans, chickpeas, red kidney beans, blackeye, and lentils. I think the lentils were the least offensive, but they still caused me to break out- when I stopped eating them, my skin improved. anyways.. I guess I'll keep an eye on things. I upped my omega3 consumption, and it seems to be helping (unless it is the vitamins).. Reason I'm using omega3s is because I've read that having your omega3 - 6 ratio unbalanced can make it difficult for your body to metabolize stuff, and it helps with the skin.

I have two brothers, and they both were raised exactly like me, eating the same things, and I'm the only one with this condition.. it doesn't make sense.

:\ ...

okay.. so since my last post, I've been eating quinoa and pineapple (to help digest proteins that may be difficult for me).. I tried eating eggs and it made my skin oily and break out, so I stopped and my skin has returned to normal. Although I also ran out of pineapple and quinoa when that happened.. I'm suspicious that quinoa and pineapple might be helping my skin.. who knows.. Why would quinoa help my skin? I still get acne, but the pimples are tiny- as if there is less inflammation occurring. I feel like there might be one thing still bothering my system, or if it's not that, perhaps it's just my body trying to balance something.. It's confusing. I'm planning to add more fruit to my diet to see if it helps..

I read about it online years ago, and at the time I would put cinnamon into all my smoothies. It seemed to help as far as I remember.

cinnamon also helps I think.. Have you increased consumption of any specific foods? Could be some sort of food intolerance caused by eating too much of it, so then your body might lack enough enzymes to digest it.

You might have an allergy to something, so your body may have trouble digesting a certain food. That's my guess anyways. I've heard that gluten can create those symptoms of bloating and pains. I'd also question legumes since those can be difficult to digest as well. I'm a little bit biased against those two things(gluten and legumes), because they give me problems as well (I use to have bloating and abdominal pains). I'd try to figure it out sooner than later though. I unfortunately didn't have the foresight to question my symptoms so I suffered for a long time without knowing why (and maybe did more damage). Try removing certain foods that are questionable and see how your body responds.

How many calories do you eat? The main thing would be to increase the calories in my opinion if you're looking to put on weight. As for nutrients, you can get them from various things, so eating various fruits and vegetables helps.

What does it mean when you get sore not the next day but the following day after that (so you workout day 1, don't get sore the 2nd, and then get sore the 3rd)..? Is that normal?

Supposedly, if you eat more frequently it puts your body into an anabolic state rather than a catabolic state. I'd do a search about these to understand their nuances.

I've been eating some quinoa for the past few days now. I haven't noticed any negative effects yet. I had realized a week ago that one of my spices included a type of garbanzo bean (chana dal was the ingredient name). Which I suspect was causing my skin to flare up. I have eliminated it and my skin seems to be improving. I won't be 100% sure until another week or two passes (these symptoms have a habit of emerging in cycles sometimes).

could try doing some neck-bridging routines.

I'd suggest looking through some of the logs/journals kept on this forum for examples of routines people have. Look up the exercises and try them out at the gym. If you haven't lifted weights before, then pretty much anything you choose to do should work. Do them for a few weeks and then reassess things. Experiment and find what works for you, then share it here.

I was going to suggest this, I noticed recently with myself when I cut out a lot of sources of carbs that my belly seems more cut. A strong core is important though, everything is attached to your center of body and having a strong core will help you prevent issues down the line.

Try swapping out the high-glycemic foods for low-glycemic foods. Have you tried sweet potatoes instead of regular potatoes?

I know this is a vegan board, but I'm willing to eat eggs whenever I start exercising more (taking break from gym currently).. I know I can't consume legumes and gluten due to the negative side effects they have on me, so if eggs help me stay healthy, then I'll eat them. So if there's a lysine problem, then that is solved. I was wondering what foods other than eggs would help build muscle (excluding legumes and gluten). So I have quinoa to try, but I need to wait a bit before I introduce it.

Plenty of plant foods have lysine. Spinach, Kale, turnip greens, potatos, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, broccoli, asparagus, cabbage, okra, mushrooms, etc.. So I'm not sure what you mean. I don't really have a choice anyways as far as legumes and gluten. It negatively effects my body- this is fact.

Won't know until you try.. They are high in calories, but also come with a lot of oils, so if your body can tolerate that, then I don't see why not. I personally can't tolerate the extra oils, but everyone is different. You can mix nut butters into smoothies to raise the calories.

Have you tried consuming smoothies and other sorts of shakes,etc between meals?

I buy flaxseed oil and mix it with my food. Flaxseed oil's content is 14% omega-6 / 57% omega-3.. Which should help push your levels to a more even plane. No matter how many nuts you eat, you won't even out your omega-3/omega-6 ratio because they all have much more omega-6s than 3s.. Not to mention, n-6 and n-3 fatty acids compete for the same conversion enzymes. This means that the quantity of n-6 in the diet directly affects the conversion of n-3 ALA, found in plant foods, to long-chain n-3 EPA and DHA. If you're eating the flax seeds/chia seeds whole, that may not guarantee that you're getting all the fatty-acids from within them. Consuming the oil makes it more bio-available. I don't really know any other foods with good omega-3 levels that are plant-based, but I did a search and found these: "Wild rice is not only a good source of omega-3, but contains only slightly more omega-6, for a ratio of about 1.25:1" according to this page: http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/legumes-and-legume-products/4297/2 kidney beans have more omega-3s than 6s.. Same with Cloves(a spice).. http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/spices-and-herbs/181/2 Oregano.. Broccoli has slightly more 3s than 6s http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2356/2 spinach seems to have a lot more 3s than 6s http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2626/2 cauliflower too.. brussel sprouts.. mustard seeds are about even.. cabbage has more 3s than 6s.. green beans have more 3s than 6s. kale has more 3s.. romaine lettuce has more 3s.. turnip greens has more 3s.. winter squash has more 3s..