#onlyyoucanhelpyourself

[dixibell143-blog]

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself. #smile #loveunconditionally #fightforyourdreams #fightforyourself #stopthebullying #onlyyoucanhelpyourself #beyourself #loveyourself #coolshades

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btw I never noticed you were into anime! and EDM <3 and hoops :D I hope I get to come visit you sometime soon~

I worked sac-anime for two years, and Fanime for 2009. I am on the Electric Kittenz but we never get booked, and I make hoops (in the near future, LED hoops!) and I REALLY hope you come visit soon too! ;D

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wooooooah I had no idea! I just figure cause I become extremely unfocused when I smoke it wouldnt mesh with something that is supposed to focus me. Learning things! Ill try it out :)

<3 <3 let me know love.

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I love all your hoops! I'm a Norcal hooper too ^_^!

Awwww thank you!! I sell custom hoops if you're close to Sacramento. ^_^

[miniar]

also, from a nutritional stand point, do you know how much protein you need in a day and how much you are consuming? I'm just curious because most people do not seem to know specifically when they argue that point of eating meat for protein~ It's common that many people assume meat is their source of protein when actually it provides too much protein.

There is no scientific consensus on how much protein a human being needs exactly. The most common calculations are based off of "ideal weight" which again is based off of BMI.Now, BMI is a flawed premise as it doesn't take into account proportions of weight as divided into muscle mass, bone density as opposed to fat percentage and weight. It was never intended as a means of measuring "ideal weight" nor as a measure of health. Nearly every professional athlete in the world is considered "obese" if one consults BMI.

Secondly, it's demonstrable that there's no one size fits all in these matters. People who for example are more active, since I mentioned athletes to begin with, require a higher intake of protein than those who are sedentary. There are other factors, such as illnesses, body damage, etc, to take into account.

Third, there's the issue of the fact that protein and protein aren't the same thing. The human body requires 9 essential amino acids to survive. These amino acids are all found in meat and other animal products but in order to get all these amino acids from a vegan diet one has to have multiple protein sources to obtain them all.

Taking all that into account, there's no one simple answer as to exactly how much protein I require but as a 6'2 man, using the inaccurate BMI standard and working off of the assumption that I'm "healthy" I require an intake of 39-69 grams of pure protein daily. Beef has a protein content of 17-40% (wide range). This means that to get 39 grams of protein from the highest quality beef (if we consider that the sole source) that translates to 100 grams of beef or 3.5 ounces. 1 "serving" of beef is approximately 3 ounces.

Now, if we take into account that I am currently very thin for my height if we look at my measurements and not the numbers on a scale and the fact that I live with fibromyalgia, we can assume two things.One that my BMI score of "overweight" is incorrect, and two that I'm largely sedentary due to excessive pain. This means I do not require as much protein as an athlete but also that I do not need to reign in my intake as the body converts considerable amounts of excess protein into fat. I may personally feel I could use shaving a little off the hips, but I also know I look "skinny" to most folk and I haven't gained weight in several years.I also happen to be hypermobile, which means that along with the gentle Fibro oriented exercises I am prescribed a regiment of strength building exercises (in the hopes of increasing joint stability.) When one does strength building exercises one purposely causes small amounts of damage to the muscles of the body to encourage the body to repair it and make it stronger. This means that I may yet need more protein than a person that is entirely sedentary but healthy.

We can also take into account the cultural background of ancestry as well as individual differences.As a part of my fibro-shit I've also had to keep a food journal, listing everything I eat and my physical and mental wellbeing. This is to keep track of how food affects my symptoms, something that was quite the eye-opener for me.I found that when I reduced the intake of meat (which was on the list of things that could help fibro) I had far worse flare-ups of symptoms far more often. (Other things that everyone tells you to cut back on or cut out entirely like coffee, yeast and gluten had the same effect.) I am in less pain when I eat a fatty, meat-protein heavy diet.

Now, "too much protein" is mentioned, so I'm gonna address that specifically.Too much protein is considered to be in the range of 2-2.5 grams per kilo of "ideal weight". This means I'd have to eat a total of 178-222 grams of pure protein. If we do the math with the 40% protein beef again, this would mean 445-555 grams of beef or 16-20 ounces. I don't need to tell you that I'm not scarfing down a 16 ounce high quality steak a day because, seriously, who could be able to do that for long?Still, if that were even feasible, there's no evidence that excess protein consumption is dangerous. There's evidence linking it to renal disease, yes, but it's inconclusive as to whether it can be attributed to the protein or whether the protein exacerbates a pre-existing condition. The only thing that has been conclusively shown is that in a perfectly healthy body, it can increase the risk of kidney-stones by "up to" 250%.

How much animal protein I'm consuming is variable, but on an ordinary day I go through about 1-2 glasses of milk and less than 3 ounces of "affordable" meat. Along with what fruit and veg I'm able to get, this amounts to an approximate of maybe 30 grams of protein a day, meat being the primary source.(And now that I've actually checked my math I may see if I can't add something high-protein to my diet to boost that up as I'm clearly not eating enough.) 

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And I'm actually really interested in learning about how to build solar panels. I know it's not immediate but I'm going for sustainability in my learning process. It's a slow going process but believe me I am so aware of how everything on the Earth connects. From the sewage that runs off from factory farms into our water, to the chemical laced manure that ends up as soil growing our crops. Everything and everyone affects each other with every action. I'm doing my best, how are you doing? :)

I walk practically everywhere though my body does not quite allow it.I use very little power and all of our power is hydroelectric and renewable. I heat my home with geothermal water. I do not use a lot of heat nor water. I pick my purchases carefully, opting for second hand whenever possible. I only purchase free-range and stick to as much locally grown and locally produced as possible to avoid the carbon emissions of shipping. (I don't really eat a lot in general, arguably not enough.)I sort and recycle, even if that means lugging heavy reusable bags of things through the snow and dark when I'm really truly not up for it.

I do what I believe is right by me, by my family, by my daughter, and by my planet as well as I am able. 

[miniar]

I'd like to keep this civil because you seem capable of that. I do my best to take the bus when I can, and it's not safe for me to walk to work. Being vegan is not about being perfect, but doing everything I can, and to many vegans it feels like no one is trying. No I have not been in an airplane since becoming vegan. I shop at the farmers market every chance I get. I'm well aware of every action and it's impact, and it pains me intensely when my impact is harmful in even the slightest.

Then you see why I pointed out that your "refusal" to have a harmful effect on the environment caused my response. The meat industry in USA (particularily the factory farm set-up) is horrid, inefficient and highly pollutive and I can quite well understand refusing to participate in that shit, but that doesn't mean that not participating in that means a refusal to have any harmful effect on the environment.