Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness

Good morning everyone

My wife turned me on to this site to convince me that I dont need meat to be a bodybuilder. My wife being 100% vegan my biggest argument with her was my high protein (150-200g) per day requirement. So I'm basically here to see what you guys eat. With some searching I found that its possible and really not that hard. I'm not saying I will go vegan tomorrow but I am defiantly going much more plant based. My next protein powder purchase will be plant based and I am starting to replace meat with other options. Red meat and chicken will be easy to replace but dairy and seafood a little harder for me. I watched many videos and recently forks over knives. As I approach 50 years old I would not mind improving my risk of heart disease and cancer before I have issues. I never was a hunter and love animals if I had to do my own killing I would have been vegan along time ago. I guess out of site out of mind but my wife has really opened my eyes to things. I have to give her credit she is a strong advocate for your causes Mostly animal cruelty.

Thanks for all the help and I admire all your dedication for Helping save animals.

Bob

hey Bob, awesome to hear that your looking into veganism, i was the biggest sceptic ever till i actually tried it and i wont ever go back now! have a look around here, everyone is friendly and willing to help! good luck with everything!

p.s earthlings is a good documentary if your into watching them

mike

Welcome! Considering your wife is already vegan, it should be a lot easier for you to transition. I look forward to reading about your progress!

Mrbear I just got done watching earthlings and all I can say is WOW. Now I have a problem I have to figure out what I'm going to do with the meat left in the fridge. I cant eat it, I dont want to through it away since an animal had to die for it and I'm unprepared for my lunch for work. I guess my protein will have to come from whey powder till I get home from work.

Welcome Bob. Your wife probably has lots of answers for you, but if you have questions she can't answer, feel free to ask here.
Converting over a bit more slowly, will probably make the transition a bit easier on your digestion system.

Welcome Bob! Have you ever painted yourself green like mrbear's pic? You have the physique for it, it looks like!

-Dylan

Welcome to VBB, great to have you here. I admire your openness and look forward to reading more of your journey into a less meaty lifestyle.

Earthlings is a tough movie to watch, I watched it with my wife and I hate to say it but it had little impact on her. She still loves her rack of lamb, oh well. Good luck with everything ~ you are in great hands here. You can definately be very strong without meat, have no fear about that. MF

Hi Bob,

First of all welcome to the forums!

After more than 26 years of eating animal products I became more and more intrigued by the vegan lifestyle. I already listened to certain vegan (straight edge) hardcore bands and thanks to Facebook I saw what humans were doing to the animals on a massive scale, daily. Also my significant other was the first to make the transition to a new lifestyle and I followed a couple of months later. I had no reason to keep eating meat, except for the taste. It just wasn't worth it anymore. Besides all the pain and suffering of the animals, I realized that is what doing my body more harm than good and is also bad for the environment. Just to be clear: I became vegan for the animals in the first place and for myself second.

So I finished all my leftover meat, eggs and whey protein shakes and after the last scoop I claimed vegan on the 30th of May 2013. In the mean time I read up on vegan bodybuilding, which is also made it easier for me to fully drop all animal products. I now knew that it WAS possible to maintain a bodybuilding lifestyle without animal products.

Here's a small list of the things I eat and drink a lot, to give you an idea. I consume 1.5gr per pound of bodyweight, so about 270gr a day.

- Soy milk
- Soy protein powder (I'm still looking for a reasonable priced hemp powder)
- Fruit
- Veggies
- Tempeh
- Tofu
- Peanut butter
- Nuts and seeds
- Hummus
- Beans
- Quinoa
- Rice
- Noodles
- Bread
- Immitation minced meat (made out of soy)
- Immitation shoarma (called "karma")
- Immitation chicken
- Potatoe chips

I hope I helped you out a bit, otherwise just ask!