I have read so many different articles on how much D is enough, so I'm not going to even bother. Check VeganHealth.org, he's on the ball. There was even a recent story about how you don't need any at all. That is really odd and dangerous too.
I am going to order a home D test to check my levels and wanted to share this with you:
http://www.zrtlab.com/vitamindcouncil/home-mainmenu-1.html?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=4&category_id=1
This is not an affiliate link. No links on this site are affiliate links intentionally (that is I might copy it and paste it without my knowledge). I paste in links without actually linking to many sites so that I don't have a lot of outbound links causing my rank to be affected.
Ahh, so now you know why you have to copy and paste a lot of the links I share.
I personally take a lot of D since I moved from the tropics, Florida, to Northern California where it's been overcast a lot. The improvement took about 1-2 days to see a much better attitude. It was astounding how bleak life was. It's still not as good as it used to be with real sunshine. However, since I am troubleshooting diets lately I figured that my blahness might also be related to the lack of the lavash bread that I used eat in FL. I would eat kale, tofu scramble and lavash and literally drop 2-5 lbs a week! That and some Vega too. It was great and I felt really terriffic. This lavash bread in Tampa is 22 carbs, 20 fiber (net 2 carbs) and I love it. There is nothing like it here. I really like bread, so I've been eating regular low calorie egg/milk free bread. And not only have I put on weight, I am more grumpy and sleepy after a meal with some of that bread. So rather than feel that way, I ordered a lot of lavash to be shipped across country. I know it's not eco-friendly, but I'm getting chubbier by the minute and so WTF. I will learn how to make it myself. I will also bring a lot back in January when I go to FL.
One thing I forget: I lift heavy and do fast sets to get cardio and weights done at once. My consistency was amazing last year, this year it is nothing like it. But I'm improving. My weights range from 15 lb. to 25 lb. I use a barre to do chin ups using some leg support. I do regular pushups now (I was doing "girly" ones up until last week). Basically I do the recommended moves and nutrition/protein in "Lift Like a Man, Look Like a Goddess" but ignored all the stuff about meat and whey. Yep.
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