I feel great!
Now that the RL is gone, things are back to normal, I managed not to quit the sugar ban and now I just have to restart the exercise routine and figure out which of the nutrients was supposedly causing this (because it's too much of a coincidence that the RL has stopped for good once I started taking multivitamin). It's supposed to be either magnesium, iron or vitamin B12 deficiency. So I will start by trying those the next time I start feeling RL... I have to analyse my diet and figure out which of these nutrients are likely to be insufficient in it. I don't think it's likely that I have a dietary iron or magnesium deficiency since I eat lots of nuts, and fish (rich in iron and magnesium). Between those 3 nutrients, I would bet more on vitamin B12 deficiency. One vitamin I'm almost positive I'm deficient in, is vitamin D, since I get little to no sun exposure and you're supposed to get between 20 to 30 minutes a day/3 days a week (on your forearms and face)but there doesn't seem to be a link between vitamin D deficiency and RL. When it comes to vitamin B12 food sources, it would not surprise me if I'm not getting enough of those. I used to have a strong feeling against artificial vitamins etc but the truth is, they appear to be very helpful in some situations such as this, when you don't seem to be able to get enough nutrition out of your diet. I will eventually have to leave this "cane" of vitamin supplements and fix my diet when I find out the culprit :P. I'll also try to be more careful with other nutrients that might be missing from now on. Despite this nutrient mishap, I feel better than ever, even my memory now seems to be considerably better and I seem to be much more focused. So many things have improved drastically since I stopped eating sweets. So many problems that I used to associate with age, or bad genes have disappeared almost overnight...
The weight is still going down despite the short break from exercise. It's true though that I've annihilated the muscles in my legs doing squats and calf raises till failure because of the RL. This must have had some impact on the calorie burning, protein synthesis etc since my leg muscles ached for like 2 or 3 days.
edit: I think this was the most caloric salad I've ever had in my life lol... edit: Now that I think of it, it was probably not since I used to "submerge" my salads in olive oil, which is pretty caloric :)
edit: I just googled "vitamin B12 in milk" and it turns out that there are 2.4 micrograms of B12 in 2 cups of milk (just 0.1 micrograms short of the daily recommended dosage which is 2.5 micrograms) which means that I should be getting enough B12 a day considering that I rarely drink less than 2 cups of milk and that I additionally eat other foods that must have B12. Puzzling ...
today I ended up not exercising because of a mixture of lack of routine/ legs still hurting a little bit from squats/ and losing track of time doing other stuff lol... Tomorrow I really should restart cycling. And I will... almost certainly lol.
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59,2 kg
Perdidos até agora: 6,2 kg .
Ainda faltam: 3,2 kg .
Dieta cumprida: Razoavelmente Bem.
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1693 kcal
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Líp: 94,76g | Prot: 66,55g | Carbs : 162,39g.
Pequeno Almoço: Whole Milk, cherry tomato, goji berries, Water, Hazelnuts or Filberts Nuts, Almonds, Dried Pumpkin and Squash Seed Kernels, Blueberries, Raisins, Dried Prune, Dried Fig, Date, Dried Apricot, Walnuts. Almoço: Mozzarella Cheese (Whole Milk), Balsamic Vinegar, Olive Oil, Queijaria Cachopas Queijo de Évora (DOP), Olives, Radishes, Red Cabbage, Bananas, Bell Peppers, Arugula Lettuce, Carrots. Snacks/Outros: Whole Milk, Queijo Serra da Estrela (DOP) Queijo da Serra (DOP), Mangos, Anona, Water (Bottled). mais...
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Make sure you are getting your vitamin c for proper iron absorption too. Also what brand are the vitamins you are taking? Why aren't you getting enough sun?
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Thanks iamachristianjesusfreak!
I didn't know that about vitamin C, but I think I should be getting enough vitamin C with the dried fruits/vegetables and fleshy fruits I'm eating at the moment :) I'm not sure so I will have to check that out too though.
I get little to sun because I spend most of my time indoors and also, when I go out, I will usually be heavily covered up with clothes (because of the cold heheh, I'm very sensitive to cold) and I will usually not be on foot. I will either be on a scooter wearing a helmet, or on a car with the windows rolled up :P I have to change these habits though because the UV rays are the ones who convert the cholesterol in the skin to vitamin D and those UV rays have a harder time passing through glass etc... :P
18 jan 14 por membro: euheide
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oops I forgot telling you which multivitamins I was taking. It's Centrum :) (the standard package)
18 jan 14 por membro: euheide
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I got distracted with the Vitamin D subject lol
18 jan 14 por membro: euheide
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I wish Fat Secret would warn you of a nutrient deficit according to your food logging ... It would mean they would have to introduce this information into the each food database but it would be such a useful tool! :P We would not only lose weight but also be healthier :)
18 jan 14 por membro: euheide
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you can have some of my Vitamin d we have summer all year round haha. try going to your gp for a bloodtest to check u for deficiencies so u know what to take (i just did that) because taking alot of supplements can be harsh on the liver that way you can take just the one/s you really need!
18 jan 14 por membro: njashka8
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ahahah Thanks Ninaj! :) I think that's really the best thing to do. Next time I start getting these symptoms, I will go get some blood tests. That makes a lot of sense! :) I didn't know that about the liver and supplements so thanks for the heads-up!
18 jan 14 por membro: euheide
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18 jan 14 por membro: euheide
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I've taken another multivitamin today. This makes it like the 3rd or 4th pill. I just wanted to make sure that the RL was disappearing because of this and not simply because of it being intermittent. I think I'm going to stop taking the multivitamins tomorrow and try to get a blood test.
18 jan 14 por membro: euheide
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take some b12 vitamins, they got some that go way up to 30,000% daily value
18 jan 14 por membro: Bunnyhall
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Most people living above a certain parallel, can't remember which one, suffer from vitamin D deficiancy. My Aunt was seriously deficiant. I agree with the B12 once I started taking that I felt a lot better.
18 jan 14 por membro: skwhite
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It's always best to check in with a doc before yoy start taking anything i think just to be sure u need it and its doing no harm.
18 jan 14 por membro: njashka8
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19 jan 14 por membro: euheide
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Wow! 30,000%!!! lol That is a lot! :)
19 jan 14 por membro: euheide
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I think I will give it a try with the Vitamin B12 Bunnyhall and Skwhite but I will first try to see if I can have detailed bloodtests and see if they tell me something :) Because it's possible that I may be getting enough B12 already. I'm living bellow that parallel Skwhite (I'm Portuguese heheh) but I get really lousy sun exposure due to my daily routines :) Vitamin D is really important. Recently, a link was found between Vitamin D deficiency and breast cancer!
19 jan 14 por membro: euheide
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I agree Ninaj! :) I'm going to do that. I would probably get no harm from excessive vitamin B12 but it's definitely better to know whether I'm deficient in it first. I just hope blood tests are detailed to that extent here :P
19 jan 14 por membro: euheide
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B12 is very important for nerve and brain function from what I heard...
19 jan 14 por membro: euheide
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19 jan 14 por membro: euheide
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Np man keep up the good work
19 jan 14 por membro: Bunnyhall
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