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Transformation is rarely a straight line, and Sean A. Russell walks through his own path: a offhand comment that pushed him into running and strict fat-loss routines, a 60-pound loss, a first encounter with veganism built around performance rather than ethics, and a return to old habits once travel disrupted the system that made it work.
The difference on the second attempt wasn't willpower, it was understanding the connection between health, energy, and a plant-based lifestyle rather than chasing results alone, plus having tools like restaurant-finding apps that didn't exist for him the first time around.
The current list is simple: B12 (non-negotiable on a vegan diet), vitamin D3 (especially useful with limited sun exposure), an occasional multivitamin as a baseline when meals run light on vegetables, and black seed oil, which he takes despite the harsh taste for its supportive anti-inflammatory reputation. Zinc didn't agree with him and was dropped, a reminder that supplementation is individual and worth checking through real bloodwork rather than guesswork.