
Originally Posted by
yannick35
Wow losing a lot of weight its quit amazing, and yes a lot better if you don't compete, i competed in karate and TKD when i was younger, for me competing was very stressful, each time i lost i became a wreck for a week or so, and my school sensei always had high expectation on is students that it made is feel even worst.
For me its getting in shape, i have been weight training for a year now since i injured my back 9 years ago, so i guess i can say that this time it was a successful comeback to weight training, i am squatting but mostly with dumbells, doing the Adonis workout. I also do barbell squats but never really go higher then 135 pounds, fun to see that the lower back and upper back are reacting well to the squat, on leg press i am back at around 6 plates on each side.
Now for your question about anemia, i guess i was not clear enough when i said that so i will outline what i used to take and you will quickly understand why i became anemic.
Usually 1-2 energy drinks per day, 3-4 cups of coffee, at my job we got a cappuccino machine and its free, imagine, fat burner with caffeine of course and 3-4 cups of green tea. From what i understood caffeine eliminates iron from the body, tea as theanine that also remove iron from the body and worst calcium.
With everything we have been hearing about red meat i had quit eating it, stop drinking soy milk, regular milk, and my multi vitamin complex was iron free, i stop eating spinach, so as you can see my source of iron was near zero.
I changed my diet, i now eat sirloin steak 3 times per week, black strap molasses, re-integrated soy milk no sugar because i am lactose intolerant, and something i just discovered on the recent cruise me and my GF went to last week, black bean soup, an all powerful fiber, iron and so much more.
I also eat a lot more veggies, and frozen berries. Pumpkin seed which have a lot of iron in them too.
I really doubt that if you drink a few cups of coffee each day, that you will become anemic, but if you do what i did there is a good chance that yes you will become anemic.