Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness

Wow, you are inspiring! Love the progress pics and the detail in your blog! One day, my friend, one day... and I hope I can be in the same state!

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CHEST DAY
Right now im cheating and eating a whole wheat pasta salad with low fat vegenaise and olive oil, garlic, cherry tomatoes, balsamic vinegar and truvia. at least i didnt add anymore salt lol. will probably eat the other helping. and cereal later
5.6 Miles in the morning (seriously thinking about saying good bye to running...)

Flat Dumbbell Press: 20x16, 40lbsx10x5 (new record). Next chest day if i can bang 12 out on my first set, im going up to 45s!
Dumbbell Flyes: 25x12, 30x8x4 (new weight)
Rib Cage Pullovers: 40x15, 45x12, 50x7x3 (Fail/dropped the weight)
Dips (I felt really strong today in everything except for dips): bodyweight x 7, x8, x7x8...(failing at different spots, bad form)
Isolateral Wide Chest: 45 each side x16, 55x13, 65x10, 70x8x2
Cable Flyes: 30x20, 37.5x16, 42.5x8, 50x8x2
Pec Dec (the numbers are different from my last entry cause this pec dec machine is different from the other one, well its set up the same but its way easier): 40x20, 50x16, 60x12, 70x10, 80x8

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Congrats on loosing 50 lbs of fat! That's flippin' awesome! Sorry, I didn't mean to confuse you further! (I know it can be very confusing.) Just trying to keep you from making some of the mistakes I made my 1st go around. I never actually legitimately bulked before my figure comp but I did cut my calories too much too quick, literally overnight and never really changed it in the weeks leading up to my comp- ruining my metabolism! ( I got down to 123...yea, I'm 5'8" NOT GOOD!!). Just think about the difference in weight, would it be considered healthy to loose 20 lbs in 12 weeks? (again, not an expert so I'm not really sure). For my next comp I'm trying to weigh around 145-140 (I'm now 150)...staying within 5 to 10 lbs from my comp weight. When I cut I changed how much and what I was eating and changed my cardio up. My comp didn't go as great as I had hoped (best placing was 6th in Novice). But again, I never bulked and cut too soon too fast (it was truly unhealthy)!

with how dedicated you are, I am sure you will have no problem figuring it out! There is all kinds of good info out there- just googling 12 week cut will get you more than you ever wanted to know. Hopefully another (more experienced) figure competitor will chime in...or a bodybuilder.

Ps By "loads of calories" I mean more than is required for weight maintenance.

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OK, well thank you for the input. losing 20lbs in 12 weeks is a completely foreign idea to me.....i guess im gonna stop running for a few weeks and see what happens to my body...im just so scared of being fat again...



Did legs today
Squats 95x16, 115x 12x3, 115x8 then failed had to dump the bar on the rack lol!
Lunges: 40x12, 50x10, 60x8, 70x14x2 (reps are for each leg)
Leg Press: 90x16, 140x12, 190x10, 200x8x2 (so weak at that point).
Quad extensions: 85x10, 100x8x2, 115x8x2
Hamstring Curls: 60x8x5
Calf Extension: 70x12, 80x10, 90x8x3

oh major cheating today at spring and vine in new hope pa. reuben sandwich and chocolate mousee cake. more stuff tonight lol...

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No problem Again, sorry I wasn't more helpful. I've been finding it's all about experimenting and figuring out what works best for you. I can relate to the fear of being fat again! I'm only 13 lbs shy of my heaviest point, though I didn't have an ounce of muscle on me at that point either.

Btw, love your blog! there are some weird people out there, can't believe some of the messages you've gotten

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Drank alcohol last night and fried a vegan grilled "cheese" sandwich and ton of stacys pita chips and hummus. everything bagel this morning. lunch at my fav vegan place now. im being bad. i promise to stop tomorrow.

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nah your not being bad, just human.

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Overhead dumbbell Presses: 25x16, 30x12, 35x8, 35x8, 35x7, 35x7, 35x8
Lateral Raises: 12.5x12, 15x8, 12.5x12x3
Front Raises: 12.5x12, 15x8, 12.5x12x3
Arnold Presses: 25x10x5
Smith Upright Rows: 50x8x5
Isolateral Shoulder Press: 35x12, 40x10, 45x8x3

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No cardio for the last four days....also have not been eating clean until today. I wish I knew how many calories I'm supposed to eat when bulking!

Today was chest day
Incline Dumbbell Presses: 20lbsx16, 35x12, 40x8, 40x8, 40x8, 35x12 (I couldn't get the 40s up for the last set...once I get them up though its fairly easy, surprisingly, first time I tried it)
Flat Dumbbell Presses: 35x12, 40x8x4
Incline Flyes: 20lbsx16, 25lbsx12, 30x8x3
Superset of Decline Dumbell Presses, Flyes, and Situps
Presses: 35x8x5
Flyes: 20lbsx8x5
Situps: 25lbsx16x5

Cable Flyes: 50lbs each side x10x3, then 9, then 8
I had snuck in some planks (4x60 seconds each) throughout the day

Yesterday was back. I also did some random ab routine that i foundon the internet in the morning, nothing too difficult.

Dumbbell Rows: 45x12, 50x10, 55x8, 60x8, 60x7
T-bar Rowe: 45x16, 70x8x4
Isolateral Row: 45 each side x16, 70x10, 75x8, 80x8x2
Wide Grip Pull Downs: 70lbsx16, 80x13, 90x10, 110x8x2 (not great form, its hard for me to pull the bar all the way to my chest as I progress!!)
Smith Rows: 70lbsx8x5
Isolateral High Row: 45lbs each side x 12, 55x8x4

I should note that my forearms are feeling wrecked today from all that gripping...and i ran into a door in the dark at 5am getting up to feed my cats lol. My elbow is in some serious pain.

Feel Free to critique what I ate today (LOOKING FOR ADVICE ON NUMBER OF CALS FOR A BULKING GAL!!!! and whether or not I should still do some cardio or not....there seems to be no concensus anywhere!)

Food Calories:
2,519 (might be like 200 more if i have toast) , and ignore the breakfast, lunch, and dinner thing cause I basically eat every hour lol!
Here are my micros:Fat 43g 14.8%
Saturated Fat 3.9g
Cholesterol 0mg
Sodium 1,297mg
Carbohydrates 327.4g 50.1%
Fiber 51.5g
Sugars 68g
Protein 228.7g 35%

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Breakfast: 1011

Cereal, Hot, Oatmeal, Plain, Unenrich, Dry
1 Cup

307

Low Sodium Ezekiel Bread
2 Slices

160

Peanut Butter, Creamy
2 Tablespoons

190

Pea Protein
2 Servings

210

Soy Milk, Original
4 Fluid ounces

39

Banana, Fresh, Med, 7" To 7 7/8" Long
1 Each

105

Lunch: 615

NutriBiotic Rice Protein
60 Grams

240

thai veggie chicken
3 1/2 Ounces

140

Tomatoes, Fresh, Med
2 Each

44

Tofu, extra firm
7 Ounces

176

Ketchup
1 Tablespoon

15

Dinner: 893

Beans, Pinto, Mature, Ckd
1 Cup

245

Soy Milk, Original
4 Fluid ounces

39

Banana, Fresh, Sml, 6" To 6 7/8" Long
1 Each

90

Protein Plus Cereal
2 Cups

420

Peaches, Fresh, Med, w/o Skin, 2.66"
1 Each

59

Soy Milk, original
4 Fluid ounces

40

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I have a huge migraine and yesterday I couldn't post because the damn internet went out. Yesterday was bis, tris, and abs. 20 sets on tris, 20 on bis. Nothing really too significant. Today was legs. Lunges 70x7each legx3. I pulled my butt muscle on a warm up to the lunges, kept going, did hack squats, leg presses, ham curls, quad exts, and calf presses. I really cant deal with this migraine so im not writing details. not sure if its cause i gave up my coffe in the am, or becuase ive upped my calories or what. im definitely not dehydrated cause i drank 6 plus liters of water today. i dont know but i dont like it. i also ran 5.6 this morning. oh and my new job is taking a toll on me

Oh, and the past two days I've been eating about 3200 calories. I eat like every hour and feel fat....(I definitely have always had issues with food so this is kind of weird), but this is what they say to do when bulking!

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OK so today I weigh 137.6 and my body fat is 17.8/17.9 according to my unreliable scale and body fat monitor. If by any chance they are trust worthy, I gained weight and lost fat, despite eating like mad and decreasing my cardio. Still always feel fat and gross...

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Sorry you feel fat and gross.

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OK Some woman came up to me today and told me i should go lighter and drop set cause i have size but i need to be cut. im pissed and feeling worse about myself. i also have another migraine. my uncles took me out to dinner and the place has vegan options (vegan chef) but super salty. cut the workout short today. no cardio

Isolateral Rows (single arm) 45x16, 70x12, 80x10, 80x10, 85x8
Bosu Captains Chair Leg lifts (straight leg): bodyweightx25x5
Reverse Grip Pull Downs: 80x16, 90x13, 100x11?, 110x10, 115x8
Decline Sit ups with 25lbs weight, bench declined more than last time: 25x14x5
LongPull (this is where that woman shouted me out for being bulky and having creatine water weight and told me to take Jack3d): 80x16, 90x13, 100x10, 110x8x2 (not good form too weak lol)
Swiss Ball lower ab pull in things: 25, 25, 19, 20, 20

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My parents just came back from a two week trip. My dad just told me that my mom is concerned that I gained weight while they were gone. So now thats two people in 24 hrs telling me that im fat.

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Easy girl. You are doing great. Slow and steady wins the race.

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