Posts by kumi

I mean after breast feeding. Babies usually get bottled formula but I'm vegan so I don't want to used cow milk powder.

The article I read said for thyroid but also that it can cause premature puberty and possible infertility (I realize the percentage is low but still I worry).

So yes I'm sorry for the confusion, I meant after breast feeding.

@ambereva
Yes I can see it's possible, so that's why I'm asking.  I do get a bit paranoid sometimes.

okay, so I'm not a parent YET. But I have been thinking about issues that may come up when I will have children as I am Vegan and plan on raising vegan children.

Issues that will come up:

Hot lunches 
People disagreeing with your choice and possibly going behind your back
People thinking you are HURTING your children
Making sure they fit in. (besides hot lunches, you have bday parties and class events)
Bullying

How to solve some issues:

Prepare your own child's hot lunch.
Make sure you are able to ignore people's comments.
Have Vegan/vegetarian candy/treats for your child for those days

And just overall explain to your child that animals are friends and we don't eat our friends. :) I'm sure by the time they get to school, they will understand enough to know why they don't eat certain things and why other kids do.

I've been vegan for a month and finding something to eat out is so hard.  Here in Canada (and you can ask to double check) apparently BK's Veggie burger patty is now Vegan. They even cook it on a separate grill, it did say that it may go on a belt and sit in the warming area with real meat so you should ask them to put it in the microwave. Of course the sandwich has mayo, so you'd have to ask for that to go of.

I usually get a salad.

Original Post by sybil878:

To answer your question, if your goal is a specific calorie burn then it sounds like you will exceed it with your hike alone as your hike is more intense than your regular workout.

That being said, your calorie burn meter on your machine is leading you down the wrong path (unless your wearing a heart rate monitor that links into your machine). The harder YOU work, the more calories you burn. Your machine is telling you a guess based on how fit it thinks you are. It's calculating the burn the same for a 5'2" 200 lb woman as it is for a 6'3" 200 lb man - obviously they wouldn't be anywhere near the same physical ability and the woman would be working harder and burning more calories at the same pace.

Unless you enjoy your 2 hour workouts, you could look at the 'distance' you go in your 2 hours, and generally speaking as long as you get to this distance you will be burning about the same number of calories. Go faster and get it over in an hour or 90 minutes.

Or better yet, if body shape is your goal do 45 minutes of HARD cardio followed by 45 minutes of weight lifting. Or if you're really time crunched do a 45 minute intense weight circut with little or no rest keeping your heart rate high. (this is hard though so probably only twice a week would be best)

My machine has a heart rate moniter, yes. And when I go on my elliptical, I do feel as though I work really hard, after the first 45 minutes, the super hard ones become even harder and I make use of the swinging arm handles. Also since the level of the machine changes I cannot achieve as much distance as I could on my fat burner level in which I didn't burn more calories. The fat burner slowly went up and I could go 7km in a half hour, easy, but burned half the amount of calories on the one that changes in level and can only go half the distance in half an hour.

Edit: I also eat a light meal before I exercise so I don't "run on dry". And as long as there is something on TV that can keep me busy, I could probably go for more than two hours.  It's how I got first in my 6K run in school (co-ed). I had a music player and by paying attention to the music, I didn't even notice my asthma until I finished.

For, oh I guess 3 years now I've been like a yoyo.  When I was 18 I weighed 130 (5'4") and I didn't see how amazing I looked and I obsessed over losing weight. My eating habits change with my dating status, when I was single, I easily lost weight and when I'm dating, I gain weight.  I went up to 170 when I was 19 and then went down to 140 by eating LOTS AND LOTS of salad with chicken and then occasionally sushi. I kept that weight for over 6 months and then met my now fiancee where I'm at 180 and just shake my head at how crazy I was when I was 18 and looked amazing but didn't see it.

I guess if you monitor your calories well, you could maybe try to fit extra exercise to counter your binge. But don't feel guilty.  The one thing that took me the longest to learn is that it's not a DIET it's a LIFESTYLE change.  So things like ice cream aren't "BAD" foods and veggies aren't "GOOD" foods, they're "SOMETIMES" foods and "EVERYDAY" foods.

By thinking like that I was able to eat a lovely ice cream bar yesterday for 100 calories and I enjoyed it and it didn't ruin my weight loss plan.

(Also, try to have a reason to lose the weight besides "look great" because usually that's because it's how others see you, I have a wedding that doesn't have a date because I want to be healthy for it.  It's my one special day and it's worth every bit of sweat.)

-When I am a bit hungry and can't get rid of a junk food craving. I grab a tiny piece of milk chocolate and take delicious small bites and it usually goes away and I know it wont hurt me.

Original Post by neanderthin:

Move to Canada....there is no daily restriction for cholesterol.....Cheers!

 I do live in Canada.

Original Post by iamvick:

Eggs contain healthy cholesterol! It's called dietary cholesterol and it's found naturally in products such as eggs, offal and prawns.

What really has an effect on your unhealthy cholesterol is saturated fats. These can be found in products such as butter, red meat, cream, cakes, biscuits, hard cheese, pastries and many processed foods.

If you're really worried about cholesterol the first thing you should try to cut out are the foods containing saturated fats, not the foods containing dietry cholesterol.

Like you suggest, I would 'zero it out'.

 Thanks :), I do try to make sure I don't eat lots of saturated fats, for milk I have skim (and love the taste), I don't eat cheese really, my butter is usually a healthier kind, but even if it isn't I don't really use it for much, red meats I also eat rarely and now I'm trying to eat just fish for meat and I haven't had cakes or biscuits in forever.

So I guess since the eggs are A-OK, my cholesterol is probably pretty good.

Sprints/HIIT I'm looking in to but short burts really kill my lungs (I have mild asthma).I haven't experimented with my ellpitcal at all, but I don't know how much resistance I should use or if I should do it by distance covered which with less resistace steps I would be able to do (like if they stayed at 6 instead of going up to 8 for 12 minutes).  Which one would be the better workout, or if a variation of long dist/ low resistance and low dist/ high resistance would be even better.

=D I got it done, it wasn't bad at all.