Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness

Day one of taking it serious

As already stated in my introduction, I try to lose some weight, from 85kg and now ~76kg, to 70 or less (I'm not sure how I feel when I reached 70kg, but if I still feel as strong as now, or hopefully stronger, I might try the 65 )
My goal besides losing weight is to become a well trained cyclist, maybe one day I even join some team, to compete in races where you are allowed to race, without having a license.

I started the day at something like 10:00h, having a nice soup plate full of oat flakes with soy milk, corn flakes and a banana cut into it.

Then went out for a ride with my bike:
1:48h - 45.25km - Tried do do some kind of interval training uphill, which, in fact, was rather disappointing, because i could not do any interval for longer than 1.5 minutes

Actually I planned to go out for another ride, with a friend of mine, after having lunch, but he canceled the ride because he had to work for uni. So I had some asparagus and salad plus potatoes and a nice sauce with tofu for lunch and then went out for another ride at 15:00h
2:25h - 61.03km - Simply enjoyed the sun and scenery


The weather was great, although it was quite windy.. still it was nice and warm

After this ride i felt too hungry, so I ate another soup plate of cereals + banana + soy milk
And of course i drink a lot of fizzy water with apple juice =)

Nice journal, interesting stuff .
Hope you share more of your training / food routine soon.

Ah, and beautiful pictures.

Thanks Ping ^^
No training today, just a short ride into town, to get some bananas

Breakfast: The same as yesterday
Lunch: Also the same, just pasta instead of potatoes.
In between: 300g of biscuits
Dinner: 3 Slices of wholemeal bread and a few olives

Yesterday I did some kind of workout with weights and sit-ups, but I need to ask google for some more exercises, to be able to fill 45 to 60 minutes
Today I'll train my head for my last exam (politics) on wednesday.

edit: did 40 minutes of workout with weights and sit-ups

Again no training today, just two rides into town to get a new frontwheel for my 'commuter'

Breakfast: The same as everyday
Lunch: Roasted pasta + paprika, tofu, onion and lots of curry
In between: A banana, buiscuits :/
Dinner: Again a few slices of bread

I had a wonderful day today

Breakfast
Oral exam in school, which was shit
Met an arrogant lady
Lunch (Had no motivation to cook anything, so i ate cereals + banana + soy milk)

afterwards i went out to ride my bike and get rid of my 'wonderful' mood
3:29h - 88.44km

Tell us more about the arrogant lady.

no :p
short version: she didn't like to discuss, what proper interaction between human beings, who respect each other, should be like, but rather picked up the phone to talk to someone else, without saying good bye to me.

Yesterday:
Breakfast
A ride into town
Lunch
2:44h - 71.88km on my bike
Evening: Healthy stuff like drinking and smoking

Today:
Breakfast
Lunch
3:41h - 86,05km bike ride
Dinner (too much :@)

I haven't been training since my last post, so i guess tomorrow is a good day to go on >.<

But i used my rest days to figure out how to make salad (very hard, right? xD) and hummus

You'll be back in action making it happen soon. Great to have you here and awesome to know you have a training journal going.

Did you get back to it? How are the workouts coming along?

Man I love the pics! Must be a beautiful ride on a nice day!

thanks you two

Today i did nothing than a short ride into town to get something to eat for the next few days.

Yesterday i was out on a ride:
4:08h - 104.98km - great weather, a bit windy (how come, there is always head wind, no matter what direction i ride?) and my legs felt terribly afterwards



My 'workout' is still quite crappy. I don't count the repetitions and for the few things i do with dumbbells, i don't even know the weights.. I focus on things like push ups and sit ups to gain some muscles around my back, abs, arms etc and just do the exercises until my muscles deny to go on

Another great day:
Breakfast: Cereals etc as usual

then another bike ride =)
3:38h - 89.91km - and nice weather as always

Lunch/Dinner: A huge bowl of salad and hummus from yesterday

dude these pics are unreal. Had I not known they were taken by you, i'd of thought they were made up by some graphics designer. You must have the best scenery on your rides, I envy it!

Reading your journal makes me want to get back on my butt even more and continue on cycling. I've been slacking in that department lately and focusing more on weights.

I'm excited to continue to hear of your progress in regards to your cycling ventures.

thanks for your nice response Lean and Green =)
actually i take all pictures with my mobile and then try to edit them as best as i can with irfan view or the gimp (enhance colours, resharpen the pics etc..)

today:

1:58h - 50.54km - I rode with another guy today and had to struggle to keep up until we passed the hills on our route, but on the way back home, the man with the hammer hit him, thus he struggled hard to keep up (which was sad for him, but pushed my ego, because he did mountain biking for three years and now switched to road cycling, while i just started cycling last august )

edit: oh, and my legs told me not to go cycling tomorrow they feel absolutely heavy :S