Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness

Hello!

My name is Christina and I need to change. Period.
For years I have been doing the research and after seeing Forks over knives and Food matters there was no way around it anymore.
My body is telling me to stop abusing it.
My mind wants to live on a healthier planet!
I was never one to go with a latest diet,... I did fell for the meat eating bodybuild belief.
But boy, does it make me tired.
I fell in love with Brendan Brazier's books, Ani Phyo's and I just recieved Vegan bodybuilding by Robert.
I do not want to be a skinny fat person, I want stong, sexy muscles and a healthy BF%.
So , that is what I am gonna do!
A mission, a clear goal.
I just started to become a Fyto- and Nutrition specialist and an extra course in Somatic psychology.
I just wrapped up doing the NLP practitioner and my mind is strong!
No more talk the talk ....walk the walk! #inspire others.

My biggest goals for now:
Lower BF%
No more back ache
More enegery (to study)
Be able to run 15 km
Feel confident again in my own skin
Go vegan completely
Rid my skin condition


Look forward to meeting you all!

Christina

January 1st: Day 1

Got up at 11.... this was a a bumpy start and let's keep it positive...it was all vegan and mostly clean.
I noticed it was not much so will do better tomorrow. More greens.
Water intake during the day enough! and green tea.
I had a family gathering at night and had to spend 5 hours on a cold tennis court watching my boyfriend play his finals.
My back was feeling better so slow start with riding my bike.

11:15
1 apple + cinnamon

13:00
1 cup Organic whole grain pasta with ( 2 spoons) pesto ( basil, pine nuts, sunflower seeds and lime juice)
1 Cup Organic cherry tomato

13:45
5 km bike ride outside

16:00
1 cup cooked quinoa with raisins and fresh vanilla
5 mixed nuts

18:45
5 km bike ride outside

19:10
1 cup Organic whole grain pasta with ( 2 spoons) pesto ( basil, pine nuts, sunflower seeds and lime juice)
1 Cup Organic cherry tomato

21:00
Traditional Dutch treat for New Years 2 "oliebollen".
( doughnut like thing only way less calories)

Day 2
Bit dizzy and mentally foggy later in the day.
Tomorrow: Weights!

09:15
1 Apple and cinnamon
1 Medjoul date
Large green tea

10:10
!0 km bike ride

11:10
1 cup quinoa with raisins and 10 pecan nuts
1 banana

13:30
3/4 cup kidney beans
3/4 cup raw broccoli florets, cherry tomato and parsley

15:30
2 Oliebollen

18:15
Parsnip with onion, ginger, cinnamon and plums 1/2 cup + some raw cucumber

20:30
Juice of a small apple. small red beet and 7 celery stalks

Looks tasty!

I wanted to add my measurements.
I did take before foto's on December 31rd 2011 but frankly...I am too ashamed to put them up yet.
I hope to see a difference in a month or 2 and then post before and after together.

So these are the stats:

January 1st I weighed in at: ( see picture)
78 Kg = 171.96 LBS.

Measurements today:
Calf ~ 38.5 cm
Upper leg ~ 64 cm
Hip ~ 97 cm
Widest lower body ~ 105 cm
( waist ) smallest ~ 77 cm
Chest ~ 88 cm
Upper arm ~ 31 cm

Day 3.

I noticed a great fatigue and chatted with TheAlliB tonight to get my nutrition tighter.
Had planned a workout in the afternoon but I fell asleep!
I only did 10 min of cross training and was outside a bit.
Food was all vegan ...not disirable and Allison told me more food. #sounds like a plan
I think I need to lay off the bread for a while too.

So this was my food list for today. ( All water and 3 green tea)

Meal 1
Juice of 1 lemon and water followed by
1 cup quinoa with raisins and vanilla
1 teaspoon flaxseeds and 1 spoon sunflower seeds

Meal 2
1 medjoul date
2 slices vegan bread and 1 1/2 serving almond butter

Meal 3
1 banana
1 oliebol

~insert sleep here~

Meal 4
3 rice cakes organic (DRY)
juice of 1 apple, 1 beet and celery sticks
1 spirulina

Meal 5

Soup made of bell pepper, onion and garlic 1 1/2 cup
2 Dolma's ( Ani Phyo recipe) --> collard green with sundried tomato, pine nuts, raisin, olive oil. dille

Meal 6
1 oliebol

I love that your posting pix & we had a great skype session!!! so proud of you!!!
xoxox
AlliB!

Day 4 of vegan.
Like yesterday being tired hit me later in the afternoon.
Almost fell asleep again.
More food?
I am not sure.

Meal 1
Green tea
1 cup quinoa with raisins and vanilla
1/4 cup mungbeans sprout

40 min walk

Meal 2
1 apple
hand nuts: almons, sesame, pecan

1 km cross trainer
Bench press 2x 6.5 kg 3 sets of 20 reps
Biceps 3 sets 12 reps 4, 5 kg
Step up high bench 60 each leg
Leg raise side: 3 sets of 15 reps
tricep kickback 3 sets of 10 reps 2kg
Abs 4 different 4x10 reps

Meal 3
1 sachet vanilla recover Vega
3 rice cakes, 1 almond butter
1 cup spinach
1/2 cup kale, 1 date

Meal 4
2 spoons dried blueberries
2 spoons pepita's
1 spirulina

Meal 5
1/3 cucumber
1 celery stick slices
1/3 cup hummous ( kidney beans, chickpeas, sundried tomato, lemon and parsley)

Meal 6
vegan falafal balls 6
Bok Choy with ginger and 1/4 cup cabbage

Hey great job, I still think its not enough food, please look at the menu I gave you. You are doing great & your food looks great but you need more to lean out & have energy!!
Trust me

AlliB.

Meal 1
Quinoa 1 cup with raisins
1 medjoul date, 1teaspoon flax, 1 teaspoon sesame seeds, 1 teaspoon hemp seeds

Meal 2
Juice of one pomegranate
1 1/2 cup spinach ( note to self: not a good combo to blend)

Meal 3
1 apple
3 rice cakes, 1 serving almond butter

Meal 4
1 1/2 cup of pumpkin/celey/onion/sage/grains

Meal 5
juice of 1 beet, 1/2 cucumber spirulina
1 banana ate whole

Meal 6
Chocolate mousse ( 1 banana, 1/2 avocado, raw cacao powder blended with 1 teaspoon agave)

Snacked at a movie on 65 grams of thai spices rice chips ( vegan )

No training today.
Wanted to eat more but did not.
Tomorrow's goal: eat more and train with weights.

Today was a day I was constantly working in house or walking towards places outside.
I feel better then a week ago.
I feel leaner and more clear.

1 apple

5 km bike ride

Meal 1
1 cup Chololate orange organic vegan cereal
1/2 cup almond milk
1 plum
1 spoon nutritional yeast

40 min brisk walk

Meal 2
1 cup kidney/chickpeas
1/4 zucchini, 1 celery stalk, multitude of herbs, pepper, lettuce, parsley
( was full a LONG time )

Meal 3
Hand brazil nuts/ pecans
3 small organic dried figs, 1 banana

40 min walk

Meal 4
1 1/2 cup Pumpkin, grain, sage, celery mix ( as yesterday)
1/4 cup potato
raw bell pepper 1/4 cup

Meal 5
2 small organic figs

I noticed today is hard.
I looked in the mirror and got a case of the "get there now -itis".
Why am I not SEEING results I ask myself.
I know it takes about 7 weeks of training and clean eating to SEE something.
What messes me up is I FEEL thinner on the inside since started this way of eating.
My body is not craving anything. My head is.
I want to feel comforted...it comes down to being scared.
No more false beliefs.
Sticking with this.
Sticking with me.
I am focussing on health.
I am beautifull any-way.

Remember that one of the side effects of clean eating is detoxing. And not only headaches, but fatigue also, is a sign of detox.
One way to help get over it faster is to flush it with more water by drinking water more than your NORMAL amount (and yes, you will be going to the bathroom to flush the toxins away!).

Another reason why I think it might be detox is because you said you don't feel like eating more. Sometimes the detoxing body doesn't want to deal with digesting food, and your body is telling you that.

Your body is also telling you to take it easy, by making you fatigue and actually making you take naps. it will be hard to detox and perhaps exercise to the amount you want to do.

This should only last about a month or so (depending on how much of a detox you have - toxins are stored in fat cells usually - so if you have a certain amount of fat cells, you might have a certain amount of toxins to release).

Saturday was a day I fell asleep AGAIN in the afternoon.
Eating all vegan and clean yet not ideal.

Meal 1
1 apple

Meal 2
Chocolate mousse
made of 1/2 avocado, 1 banana, 1 date, coco powder raw.

Meal 3
Beets with garlic, balsamic vinigar and rosemary from the oven
1 cup mixed brown rice and kidney beans
Nutritional yeast

40 minute walk

Meal 4
2 small vigs and 1 cup organic muesli
1/2 cup almond milk

Meal 5
2 cups organic muesli
1/2 cup almond milk

Been studying too long and was really hungy...grabbed that instead of prepping veggies...which is not my style
Really needed more veggies today.

Your food looks delicious! Good luck with everything!