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  1. Hi, Quick question. I need to drop BF%. Ultimate goal is to compete in fitness model contest. Since I'm new to weight training should I be using supplements that help build/repair muscle now or weight till I have less body fat? I currently only use raw protein powder as recovery after weights/cardio. About 35 grams per shake.
  2. Hey all. Question regarding protein shakes. I use one protein shake as recovery after my workout daily. 1 banana 1 scoop powder (25 grams) soy milk (1 1/2 cup: 12 grams). I only have one daily. I weigh 150 currently and actually am trying to reduce body fat %. I weight train daily and do HIIT training after. I eat about 5-6 times daily but was wondering if I should supplement my evening meal with another shake. And just eat regurlarly the other protein enriched foods or is all the protein going to overwhelm my system and not be processed and getting out of my body as waste? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!
  3. Ok. So I would like to respond to the blatant argument that has become this thread. It's foolish and petty and totally off topic. Unless you are responding to my original post, please refrain from continueing this argument. I'd greatly appreciate that. Thank you.
  4. Yes, agreed. I met Giacomo and he is pretty massive. His fiancee does it with him, though I haven't met her. I think it is awesome, and eventually I think that will be where I go. Maybe after I move somewhere warm, or if I had someone as a mentor to share/ask questions then I can possibly do it now. But that would require for me to give up my warm soups and stews...as a blizzard currently reigns down here upon New York and New England. :/
  5. beansnbroccoli, just as a heads up I never implied that women tend to hold fat more so then men. I was advising how my body holds onto fat, and that is definitively related to genetics since my family is all obese or overweight. I have the same exact shape as my mother did when she was young, so genetics play a crucial part in body form. I was stating a fact about raw vegan bodybuilders, that they can build and eat all raw and still get amazing results.
  6. So how about raw vegan body builders? I can imagine they are using other food sources that don't rely on tofu or seitan. When looking at the chart, I think the 30% female figure is the best: since she is te most curvy. I personally am quite similar to her shape just thinner. Luckily for me I won't lose my shape but just reduce the body fat. Some women just are very curvy and that's genetics and I have my mom to thank for that.
  7. I actually do have a journal or more preferably a workout book I use to write out all my exercises down in. But it looks like after I wrote back to my trainer with my new concern to drop fat and still tone he decided to have me do giant sets. Today we did full body workout and I completed my workout session with a bodyrock combo that was incredibly cardio intensive. 15 minutes 2 1/2 rounds. He advised that my cardio is fine and I can stick with it. I think just from my overall body soreness/fatigue that this will give me good results for this next month.
  8. jamesxvx, I am looking to bodybuild so that I can eventually model. So that's my ultimate goal. But I just sent an email to my trainer to advise that after today's workout I reassessed things, and really want to focus on dropping weight rather then build at this point. Either way I will lean out, but if I drop the fat quicker then I will feel much better I think about my progress since I will actually see more of the underlying muscle.
  9. If I followed the BMI calculator then I would be considered overweight which I'm not, since this measure does not account for muscle. I don't want to hold onto fat in my thighs and butt, I just do. This is my problem zone. I don't look at all, but my body composition according to the analyzer says my body is 1/3 fat- again this I don't believe it's accurate. The only real measure is water submerging and I don't have the availability of this in my area so I have to go with what I have. For my routine, yes I do squats and lunges, in fact today was legs and I did various lower end exercise. It seems to me that many vegans that decide to be bodybuilders are on the other end of the spectrum: thin and want to gain mass, not trying to reduce body fat and gain muscle.
  10. I've been doing a mix of bodyrock and Turbofire prior to adding weight training over the last 4 or so months. During this time I was over eating still (just figured this out recently) along with still a lot of sugar. Since the beginning of January I really cleaned up my act with regards to eating clean. I've gained a lot of strength with BR and did in fact lose a lot of fat with TF. I stick currently with about 5-6 meals throughout the day and really listen to when my body is hungry. I do drink water as well to supplement but sometimes the hunger pangs don't go away so I know it's hunger. Since I've cleaned up my diet, over the last month I have seen really great results. I'm thinning out a lot, bones are showing (hip, ribs and collar if that matters) and I'm a size 6-8 from a size 8-10. My body is very curvy with a desire to hold my weight in my butt and thighs. It's been a painstakingly long process but I really believe it has to do with diet. I want quicker fat burning results I guess at this point for the amount of time I commit to this I don't want a 'normal' body. I want my body to reflect the dedication and hardwork I give to it. I only take 1 active rest day. I do bootcamp on one day, and run on the weekends. So in total my exercise regime is sound. I just don't know if I should use the BMI metrics to figure out how many calories I should be eating. It's such a delicate balance I think. :/
  11. Hi all, I just started training with weights this week at the gym. I took the body fat analyzer and I am pretty high fat % at 33. (I don't exactly agree with this since I have reduced overall fat in the last 4 months or so) but for argument sake lets say that I am this amount. I am currently 150 lbs. In order to be fitness model/competitor I would have to drop 25 lbs of pure fat off my body which is doable. The issue though is my trainer is advising that I will need to reduce my carb intake, and increase my protein. He suggests I eat from 1000-1600 daily. 1000, seems super low, but 1600 more doable. Maybe he wrote the first figure erroneously, but again that's neither here nor there. I cut out wheat. I eat some sugar, but am still eating too much. (2 1/2 teaspoon in my coffee, BUT this is the only added sugar I have. I did find out a way to drink my coffee without the additional sugar if I just buy a sweetened milk) I eat as a pre workout 2 fruits, and a small cup of all natural non sweetened juice. I do weights with my trainer, and then do a bodyrock as a cardio. Whatever the round is I add an additional one. Each day I have been doing this I have been toast by the time I am finished: totally spent. When I get home I was eating a couple fruit, but now I am going to a recovery shake. (mix of 1 scoop protein powder, 1/2 scoop Shakeology and banana with unsweetened almond milk). I am not a huge fan of tofu or tempeh, and for the cutting out of the wheat I do not eat seitan. I do love beans, and eat these daily in different concoctions I make. I know quinoa is a great source of adding more protein, but again here is the carb issue...as well as for the beans. I love vegetables most, and because I live in the Northeast I love warm foods. I figure I would be a raw foodist if I lived in a climate that was nicer. (Just additional background since I eat a lot of raw veggies as well daily) I want to continue my progress and I guess need more help with regards to food options, so that I can get to where I need to be. Unless having protein is a huge myth (which I believe is somewhat true) any suggestions for what I should/could be eating? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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