hello all, i am paul. i am a 46 yo vegan (i know Rita and Luz had posted a while ago back, if there were any vegans doing fast 5).
quick back story on me is 12 years ago i was 70-80 pounds heavier than i am now (i was about 225 lbs, i only stand 5' 7.5"). i was a full fledged overeater, couch potato, smoker, stoner, boozer and more. there came a point where i decided i had enough of where and who i was (having been overweight since my childhood plus my brain hurt from always being under the influence); i gave up drinking & drugs, started exercising, and eating more mindfully... through activities such as yoga, meditation, martial arts, walking, running and weights, the pounds literally melted off & have stayed off for the past decade and i rediscovered myself along the way.
anyway, new challenges have entered my life over the past 2-3 years: they are arthritis, pain & inflammation as well as cholesterol and prostate problems; guess they come with the turf of my age group and/or perhaps genetic predisposition.
regarding fast 5, i am on my 3rd month. for the most part, i follow the lifestyle 6 days a week (mon-sat per i work tues-sat) then break for a day (sunday). so far my weight has gone from 154 16%BF to 146.5 14%BF; i'm not as much concerned with the my overall weight but it;s been a dream to get my BF to single digits (even if that means 9.9%). The main reason i am fast 5'ing, in addition to getting & staying lean, the health benefits, and optimizing energy levels is because i find that the arthritis, pain & inflammation that challenge me is greatly reduced when i don't eat; of course this is a catch 22 because i can't stop eating completely...
this brings me to a question regarding supplements: i'm going to guess that taking supplements that have minimal caloric value i.e. 5 calories or less would be fine to take during the fasting period? 
if so, i am interested in taking systemic enzymes and or SAM-e again (i have used them in the past, always on an empty stomach that's how they work best supposedly) to kill the pain and inflammation. also i am interested in taking beta sito sterol for lowering cholesterol and for the prostate (it is also recommended to be taken away from food, too). any advice on this would be greatly appreciated.
last, but not least, i'd be glad to answer any questions on what i do for meals, snacks, proteins, the supplements i take (i take a bunch including b12, b complex, coq, multi, glucosamine & msm, and saw palmetto & pygeum bark), and anything else regarding my 20+ years experience as a vegan, etc...
paul
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