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  1. The best meal I've had is the Fish Tacos I made with some fake fish fillets I bought. I hadn't had fish tacos in so long and it was actually amazing full of guac, salsa, cabbage and fake sour cream. The fake fish wasn't too fishy and was just right.
  2. you know those old cartoons are the in thing now. My 7 yr old loves old cartoons, and the shops seem to be full of kid stuff with nostalgic cartoon characters!
  3. I've been in Vegas since 98' except for an 8 month move to Eugene OR which was absolute Heaven! I loved it there, but before that I was like you always moving around, couldn't stay longer than a year anywhere! I lived in an RV for about a year camping at all the state parks along the Calif and Oregon coast. Then i lived on a boat for about a year living at harbors. Sometimes I'd just get in my car and go! But now I live in a big house that needs constant attention, landscaping and cleaning.....funny how things change! I hope I can catch you when your in Vegas, I've been trying to get my husband interested in body building as he's kinda skinny. He recently went full blown vegan after seeing the video for the Veg News Men's Vegan in Vegas event. http://vegansinvegas.com/ Now he's like the Vegan Police LOL! After 10 years struggling with being vegan and having a non vegan family I was thrilled to say the least. As funny as this may sound I'd also like to get my sons interested in body building too. I have 3 boys and one girl, my boys seem to be getting kinda chunky lately. My youngest son (7yrs) was born vegan, the older one (22yrs) struggles but leans toward vegan food, and the oldest boy (25yrs) dabbles with vegan food but I think he wants to go vegan too. I guess it's wishful motherly thinking that if they got to meet someone like you they might be inspired to commit to being vegan and get in shape. Anyway have fun on your travels and your always welcome to crash here we have lots of room
  4. I showed their video to my husband and he's way excited, but I don't think we could make it in 2 months. I think he'll want to do the next one for sure! Have fun on this cruise
  5. Everyone should live in Las Vegas at least once in their life! it's quite an experience! I told you before Vegas is booming with vegans recently, and we have a lot of festivals here because of the nice weather. I live in the west by Red Rock and I love it here. Steve Wynn went vegan and the Wynn Casino has vegan options at every restaurant. Lots of Vegan restaurants too. You should consider it on your way to Austin TX! Let me know if you want any help
  6. In a nutshell, doing a lot of reps with light weights will make you strong-ish and lean. Doing few reps with very heavy weights will make you very strong but not as bulky as a bodybuilder. Doing a mid-range number of reps with weights about 50-75% of what you can lift comfortably will increase the size of your muscles. This is a general rule only and varies from person to person, body to body. The number of reps will vary from person to person as well within the three weight lifting types above. Because you have an original body type, it's best to experiment rather than just do what they say "women" should do. Think of your muscles as muscles, not female or male. That's one of the bigger payoffs of weight training: it trains you to pay attention to what your body is telling you. Well, if you're listening. Not all do. But you will have a much richer experience, happier and easier, if you move forward at your own pace, check in with your body at all times, and practice taking pleasure from the activity, not the results. The results will come, anyway. But if you're enjoying the whole experience, your mood won't be tied to the scale or the mirror, you'll just be looking forward to the next time you get to go to the gym because it feels so good. My experience has been that taking on one or two things at a time until they are habit is the best way to go. Don't worry about overhauling your entire diet, exercise regimen, and attitude overnight. Pick a few things you can do now without strain and do them until they feel natural, then add some more things. For instance, learn half a dozen moves you can do with your 3# weights and get a little program going that you can do in fifteen minutes. Practice doing it in such a way that it feels good so you don't dread doing it. Maybe add a half hour walk or hike on the end of it. Treat yourself afterwards with a vegan protein smoothie, maybe a slightly different recipe each week. Top it all off with some visualization exercises, like imagining the clothes you are looking forward to wearing or seeing yourself doing a sport you've always wanted to try or pretending that a whole bunch of people who haven't seen you in a while are coming up and complimenting you and asking what you've been doing to look so good. That's a five-minute exercise you can do standing in line at Safeway. Better for the soul than perusing the covers of those tabloids, anyway. Your son is a cutie. I'll bet he gives awesome hugs. All the lovable big guys give awesome hugs. Baby Herc Thanks! this helps a lot and I'm going to do that, and Yes my boy's a hugger! Such a momma's boy too LOL
  7. As I'm trying to make sense of all this info I still am very confused....to get leaner muscles in my arms instead of bulky I should do more reps with light weights or less with heavy? Sorry I'm really new to all of this, I've only done aerobic type exercises and just recently bought some 3 lbs weights wondering if that would help. Thanks for your help! It's a dream of mine to eventually post an "after" picture, I can't tell you how much it would mean to me. Just as an interesting side note my 7 year old son seems to have the same build as me if not more pronounced. This is him last week with santa, no santa is not a small man my son is huge! He is 4'3" and 83 pounds. I have to buy teen pants and cut a foot off the bottom because I can't find pants to fit him. He has huge thigh muscles, even pecks and is super solid. When I bring him to the doctor they like to joke that he's going to be a football player for sure. He's much bigger than all the children in his class and I am grateful that he is a gentle giant because when he gets to rough playing I think he will hurt the other children. Lucky for him he's a boy and won't feel odd like me. http://i53.tinypic.com/wbew0p.jpg also I forgot to mention he was born vegan and is vegan now. That pretty much blows the scrawny vegan theory doesn't it!!
  8. Yes I love being out with the plants, I also zone out when I'm doing art it's like the whole world disappears. I'm very conscious of deep breathing because I use it often when I feel anxious or stressed. It really works! Yoga and meditation have really helped me a lot.
  9. Thank you, nice to meet ya
  10. Wow thank you for everyone for your input! I will have to read through this again to take it all in. I don't know what to think about testosterone, I don't think I have more than I should, I mean I'm not growing a beard or anything, I'm not even that hairy at all lol, but I can tell you my arms, pecks and thigh muscles get massive if I do anything at all, I'm not sure about the science behind it but it's there. In the spring when I start working in the backyard with the plants I notice right away my forearms grow and those muscles that connect your neck to your shoulders are so predominate I try to hide it with my hair. The ironic part to me is I don't eat meat, even when I was a kid my mother said I hated meat. I never was much of a milk drinker either or eggs for that matter. I always thought eating a lot of protein bulked you up. Unfortunately I eat too many carbs, then I eat lots of veggies, not as much fruit as I should.... I will re-read what everyone wrote, thanks again
  11. Okay I know that sounds really weird but my body type is naturally husky and muscular, I've been that way all my life even when I was thin. Guys always wanted to arm wrestle me and they would joke that I could beat them up. I have big man hands, my wrist bones are so big I can't wear women's braclets or watches and am very barrel chested. I always envied slender petite women. After my last surgery I put on about 50 pounds and I'm wanting to work out. I want to lose weight but whenever I have worked out in the past my muscles get huge right away http://i56.tinypic.com/2wp599j.jpg So my question is what should I eat or do to possibly achieve being slender without bulking up? I eat a vegan diet, Thanks for your help
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