Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness

20 minute Winsor Pilates DVD w/ Mommy

9:30- 1 pear, 1 kiwi, 1 clementine

30 minute recovery Ride (probably 9 miles or so)

12:30 - 1 apple

1:30 - Green Smoothie w/ 1/2 serving natural Vega, kale, cilantro, grapefruit, frozen bananna, soaked pumpkin seeds, pomegrate juice

4:45- Large salad w/ 2 cups spinach, 1 cup butter lettuce, radish, celery, 3/4 avacado, sunflower seeds, carrots, dulse, brocolli + a few small pieces of papaya

7:45- steamed beet greens and radish greens, millet and cauliflower "mashed potatoes","fakin bacon" tempeh onions and asparagus stir-fry all w/ tahini mustard sauce.

8;45- 1 cup kukicha tea

10:05- 1 bananna


I made quite a macro feast tonight too bad my dad was the only one that was home to share it with. At least he seemed to of really liked it and insisted that I def give some of the leftovers to my mom to taste later.

Slowly trying to get better habits on my loved ones, today made more progress than most. Got my mom to do pilates with me (she used to do it fairly often 2 years ago but now doesn't really do anything physical) and instead of her morning and afternoon coffee she agreed to have yerba mate, though she didn't like the taste that much (sorta aquired i think anyway...s mabye shell grow to love...likel...tolerate it? heeh) Also got my girlfriend to run a mile and start thinking about picking up some commited training with the intent of her racing a 5k in the spring and us doing a couples tri in the summer (though this is very very hypothetical and probably unlikley..depends on how well she likes training/racing.)

O yea I went pee half an hour ago and was like "holy moly that is some stinky pee":shock: and then rememeberd that I had asparagus for dinner.

haha

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Lifts:
250 Bench
445 Deadlift
335 Squat

9:35- 1 apple, 1 pear, 1 kiwi

12:10 - thrive diet recovery pudding

45 minutes upper body circuit training on Total Gym 1000 (yes the thing that Chuck Norris did the informercials for) + 15 minutes abs workout

1:35- Green Smoothie with kale, grapefruit, frozen bannana, pumpkin seeds, cilantro, 1/2 serving natural Vega + handful soaked almonds

6- large salad w/ 2 cups butter lettuce, 1 cup mixed greens, celery, carrots, avocado, mushrooms, sunflower seeds, dulse, brocolli, beets, radish

7:45- Acai Sorbet w/ bananna and handful of Ezekiel cereal + 1 cup herbal tea



Got my mom to drink a green smoothie today. Well it was more blue/purpleish because it had a orange, bananna, and 1/2 cup frozen blueberries to hide the taste/color of 1 leaf of kale, which probably wasn't the best green to start out with. Probably spinach because it is less bitter and more sweet in the first place.

I miss lifting weights and doing upper body stuff. I had been trying to get in a upper body workout once a week, but the few it didn't happen and I only have so much free time and needed to run. The total gym isan't nearly the same, but its the best I have at home without shelling out money for a month long gym membership that I will only use 2 weeks of.

I also had a dentist appointment this morning, ZERO CAVITIES!. The doctor just walked in and said "jee thats a great mouth" and walked out basically. The oral hygenist said it was probably attributed to my diet. I love going to the dentist, such an ego boost haha Tomorrow going to the doctors and gonna get blood work done- hopefully my iron levels are through the roof haha (pumpkin seeds don't fail me now!)

I also usually do 15 minutes or so of Viniyoga right when I wake up and/or after my workout but its usually pretty light so I don't really count it as training just part of my daily routine

9:30 - 1 bananna

10:30 - 1 date dipped in coconut butter

Training- 5k tempo run (21:10:32...slightly faster than last friday...only slightly)

11:10- thrive diet recovery drink

12:30- green smoothie w/ collard green, Acai sorbet, frozen bananna, 1/2 serving natural vega

3:45- large salad w/ 3 cups mixed greens, celery, beets, radish, cucumber, avocado, tomato, sunflower seeds

6:30 - brussell sprouts, millet and cauliflower "mashed potatoes","fakin bacon" tempeh onions and asparagus stir-fry all w/ tahini mustard sauce. (last two were leftovers) + 1 cup kukicha tea

8:45- 1 apple, 1 clementine

Got my mom to have another green smoothie today. This time with two cups of baby spinach, a bananna, and 1/2 cup frozen strawberries plus ground flax and hemp seeds. Think im gonna make her one tomorrow and then teach her how to do it afterwards.

Run was pretty good today, would of like to of gone a little faster, want to get it under 21, which shouldn't be too hard, maybe next week.

8:45- thrive diet energy bar

Training- 1 hour light intensity ride, probably about 18m

10:45- 1 apple, handful of dulse, 3 soaked almonds

12- Green Smoothie with collard greens, 1/2 serving natural vega, avocado, kiwi, pear, frozen bananna.

3:45- large salad w/ 3 cups mixed greens, celery, fennel (!!), radish, brocoli, beets, sunflower seeds, mushrooms, carrots + handful pecans

7:15- homemade Seitan meatballs and marinara on ezekiel sprouted grain pasta.

10:10- 16oz of Silk Soy Nog

In general I try to stay away from gluten but I really wanted to make this recipe for seitan meatballs that I had at a potluck a while back and also stumbled across the ezekiel pasta when in the grocery store with my mom and thought I'd suck it up and make something that hopefully the whole family would enjoy- and they did! I was glad it turned out well, this was my first time making homemade seitan and I was a little apprehesive, but gosh darn its easy! here's the recipe if anyone wants to check it out

http://vegan-vanguard.blogspot.com/2007 ... balls.html



later that night me and my friends watched one of the best christmas movies ever.... "Die Hard" and celebrated the season...hence the soy nog haha. Just got back from midnight screening of sweeny todd, which was a pretty good adaptation if i say so.

10:45 - 1 date, 1 bananna,

Training - 1 hour trail run with 8 mild hill repeats + 10 minutes of lowerbody bodyweight (3 x 30 lunges, squats, calf raises)

12:45- thrive diet recovery pudding

1:45 - Green Smoothie w/ 3 leaves collard greens, orange, frozen bananna, pumpkin seeds, 3/4 serving natural Vega

5:45- large salad w/ 3 cups mixed greens, beet, fennel, carrots and guacamole (2 avocados, tomaote, onion, lime juice, cilantro, sea salt, cayenne pepper) + 1 kiwi

8- leftover homemade seitan wheatballs and ezekiel spaghetti from last night.

felt good to do some lower body stuff, even if it was just a few bodyweight things. There's only one hill around her and its nothing, just a mild hill in a park. But I forgot about the high school stadium bleachers. Next time i wanna do a run with some hill work I think I'm gonna run to the stadium and every lap of so do a bleacher sprint as well.


I think my girlfriend has mentally committed to doing a 5k race in 13 and she is starting a 12 week training program this week which is awesome but tonight we were at a party and she was telling someone that she was gonna run it, so that means that she's acutally down.Hopefully she sticks with it because I know that sticking with regular training would just make her feel so much better, not to mention understand me more.

20 minute Winsor Pilates DVD w/ Mommy

9:30- 3 kiwi, 2 cups of papaya

12- large salad w/ 3 cups mixed greens, celery, fennel, radish, cilantro, carrots, beets,sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds,sprouts + 3 brazil nuts

3- smoothie w Acai sorbet, 1/2 serving natural vega, 2 TB carob powder, 1/4 c soaked almonds, frozen bananna

7:15- okra in spicy curry sance and skillet cooked whole wheat bread (ate at an indian restaurant)

9:10- 1 apple, 1 orange.

10:45- 1 pear + peppermint tea

11:45- thrive diet energy bar

1:00- 2 dates, 1 TB coconut butter

40m bike ride medium intensity

5:30- thrive diet recovery pudding

6:30 - 1/2 serving natural Vega in water + 2 bowls of spicy cabbage/chickpea/tempeh stew

9:30- raw blended salad soup (spinach, celery, lemon juice, cucumber, tomato) + 1 spoonful steamed kabocha squash


It was cold outside today on the ride-ack~! my little teeth we're chattering, I had on my bib shorts, top and sleeves but I think think I'll wear a jacket or get a baselayer or something for nextime. Otherwise felt good to get out on a (relativly) longish ride.

Base layers are super important. It'll make life so much better.

Today I made a pecan pie for christmas dessert tomorrow, It was my first time make a non-raw pie, so I hope it turns out good. Here was the recipe

http://vegan-vanguard.blogspot.com/2006 ... 2-pie.html

I ran out of brown rice syrup and threw in some barley malt syrup, but in post cooking should of used agave because it might give it too much of a malted taste but well find out tomorrow. speaking of which, think I'm gonna do another 5K tomorrow and try to get it under 21:00


9:45- 2 dates, 1 TB coconut butter

1 hour upper body circuit training on Total Gym + 15 minutes ab workout

11:30- recovery pudding

12:45- Green smoothie w/ 3 leaves romaine lettuce, 1/2 serving natural vega, 1 TB pumpkin seeds, orange, frozen bananna

3:30- large salad w/ 3 cups mixed greens, carrots, celery, sprouts, parsley, sunflower seeds, nutrtional yeast, cucumber, beet

6:30- 2 bowls of spicy cabbage/chickpea/tempeh stew + a buncha oven baked sweet potato wedges

7:30-8:30ish- more baked sweet potato wedges + strawberries, pineapple and a buttload of cherries.

9:30 - fruit salad (pineapple, clementime, pomegranate, apple, pear) + peppermint tea

11:45- 3 dates, 1 TB coconut butter

[b] 5K Tempo Run ( 20:30...42 seconds faster than last week!)

12:35- recovery pudding

1:35- 1/2 serving natural Vega in water

3:15- *Christmas Dinner* - Autumn latkes from veganomicon, homemade applesauce, Seitan O' Greatness (recipe someone posted on the forum while back) , green beans almondine, sherry cooked mushrooms, orange juice and maple syrup glazed baby carrots

7:15 - raw blended salad soup (spinach, celery, cucumber, sprouts, tomato) + very large slice of homemade macrobioticish pecan pie


My goal was to get my 5k under 21 and I went 30 seconds under so I was pleased with that.

I was also pleased with the pecan pie, very tasty indeed. Tasted pretty similar to regular pecan pie but not as sweet, which means I could stomach to eat a very large piece hehe.

forgot to load this up yesterday. I tired making tofu scramble for the first time yesterday and It was good but didn't turn out the way I was trying to. there's a veg cafe in austin that make the BEST tofu scramble that tastse more like popcorn chicken i guess


10:30- 2 dates, 1 TB coconut butter

30 minutes easy running (4 miles?)

11:15- bananna, dulse

12:15- green smoothie w/ 3 leave romaine, 1/2 serving vega, pumpkin seeds, orange, frozen bananna.

3:40- large salad w/ 3 cups mixed greens, radish, celery, sprouts, beet, carrot sunflower seeds + 4 brazil nuts

6:40- tofu scramble, few pieces of Seitan O' Greatness , leftover green beans almondine, sherry cooked mushrooms, orange juice and maple syrup glazed baby carrots from xmas dinner

9:00- 2 slices pecan pie (1/4 of the pie-ack!)

8:15- 2 dates, 1 TB coconut butter

1 hour run with 1 minute sprints every 10 minutes + lower body bodyweight exersizes (3 x 30 squats, lunges, calf raises)

9:30- recovery drink

10:30- Green Smoothie w/ Spinach, 1 serving vega, pineapple, frozen bananna

2:00- large salad w/ 3 cups mixed greens, sprouts, radish, celery, carrot, dulse, guacamole, hazelnuts

6:15- steamed kabocha squash + few slices of Seitan O'Greatness + bowl of homemade applesauce

9:00- 2 slices pecan pie (the last 1/4 of the pie!- ack!) + kukicha tea


jeez i went to get my passport today and was in the post office for almost exactly 3 hours! I know its because of the holiday and lots of people are off work but I didn't feel like dealing with it again and I needed to get it filled out cuz I'm going to india in may.

However the woman working there was rather amazed at my green smoothie that I brought in hehe and was suprinstly pleasant...I still wouldn't want to wait 3 hours to get that pleasantry but still.

Nice work. I like the running too! I used to LOVE running and doing sprints, splits, etc.

Great stuff and keep it up sir!

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8:50- 2 dates, 1 TB coconut butter

1 hour 15 minutes workout on total gym + Abs (v-ups + planks)

10:30- recovery pudding

11:50- 1/2 serving natural vega in water

1:05- (had lunch at thai restaurant) -vegetables and tofu in spicy curry sauce, stir fry thai basil eggplant, brown/wild rice

3:40- pineapple, 2 clementimes

6:30-bowl of homemade applesauce, handful of cashews

7:15- Salad w/ mixed greens, celery, sprouts, red pepper, beet, mushrooms, radish + "Moroccan sweet potatoes and vegetables" (sweet potatoes, butternut squash chickpeas, onion, carrots, raisans, cinammon) + 2 slices bananna bread + kukicha tea


I was pretty darn pleased with the bananna bread that I made last night. I used the recipe in Veganomicon but modified it to be way healthier, still very tasty and my family like it as well (my dad put earth balance on top of it...he said he always puts butter on bananna bread??)

My grandfather came in today looking forward to many a chess matches with him before I go back to austin, my goal is always to beat him once when he visits : )

Also looking forward to my long run on sunday - 20m!, hope its as nice outside as its been lately then!