Originally Posted by
ericm979
Congrats on the new health! Don't worry about being a strict vegetarian or vegan if you don't want to. Meat or animal products can be part of a healthy diet. I'm saying that as a 20 year strict vegetarian.
For a time, around a year, I was a pretty strict vegan & it did more often than not, affect my energy levels, a feeling associated with being "spaced out".
Introducing fresh fish (mainly cod, smoked cod, Alaskan salmon, sardines) & introducing more calcium via limited milk sent my energy levels higher, making me feeling new again. Never looked back. Fish is the way to go, animal meat that lies in your gut rotting for 3 days is the wrong way.
Don't kill yourself going to strict, not worth it. Ride, lose weight, you'll come good.