Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness

OK so week one of being absolutely vegan:
I lost 1, 8 kg ( 3.96 LBS)
But that is not most important.

Whether it is detox like another forum member pointed out or I need to monitor my food better ( which I think needs to be done) I noticed I am getting sick. My immune systym is down.
I am not alarmed.
My skin condition like I said is vanishing, I feel and am more happy... My skin is actually getting softer.
I saw a lot of vegans say they feel more connected and whole.
Well I feel scared on this journey ( but being in your stetch zone does that ...I'll be living this new lifestyle before you know it...) and excited at the same time.
The changes I feel in just a week are great!
I even saw Kathy Freston re-Tweeted me, that was pretty cool!
I do miss working out, I have not really been up to strength and even slept in the afternoon...I do not usually do that!
Again, it is my body re-adjusting.

This week I will be focussing on some more homework ( styding to be a nutrition and fyto specialist) and prepping for a big exam.

Thoughts are always welcome!

You may need to counteract the stress you are feeling with the studying and testing going on. It can wreak havoc on your immune system. Especially if you are detoxing your diet. If you feel tired, then power nap. I have to do that for my body because I put it thru so much. If it says to sleep, then I sleep. Seems only fair. I tell it to lift that heavy weight many times, and it listens and does it for me. So I reciprocate.

2 small figs, dried

Meal 1
1 cup muesli
1/2 cup almond milk
Large green tea
1 plum

Meal 2
3 rice cakes, 1 almond butter
1 apple

Meal 3
1 1/2 cup rice, kidney beans, red beet ( soon after meal 2, hungry)

40 minute brisk walk outside

Meal 4
Salted almonds hand full
Broccoli 1 1/2 cup briefly blanched

Meal 5
Vegan organic white bread ( home made nothing on it)... my guy got the melted nutella one, I stayed off that!
Green juice ( celery, cucumber, carrot)
Spirulina, vitamin D and calcium.

#notice I find it hard to get in the (raw )veggies because I do not like cold food or drinks
I need to get them out of the fridge before consumption and let them get room temperature

Day 10 of being vegan and eating clean.

2 plums

Bike ride 5 km

1 1/4 cup organic muesli
1/2 cup almond milk
2 figs dried
Large green tea

1 cup whole grains
pesto made of pine nuts, basil and sundried tomato, 2 spoons
1 cup tomato raw
lettuce

40 min brisk walk outside

chocolate mousse of
1 date, 1 banana, raw coco powder and 1/2 avocado

Oven baked potato sice of 1 cup I guess
2 cups bok choy and zucchini

Skyped with Allison aka AlliB and she is gonna kick my trash
Thanks again! .... going strong tomorrow!

Great Job, i'm soo proude if you, keep your 4 things in mind we talked about!
Remember your eating foods that burn clean!!
You can do it!! I believe in you, Today is your Tomorrow!!!
AlliB.

Meal 1
1 1/4 cup muesli
1/2 cup almond milk


The AlliB, JNL Fusion work out...as promised!
(3 sets of each, 30 sec interval)

Warm up with 5 Minutes of Speed Rope

CIRCUIT 1:
SHOULDER PRESS
JNL FUSION Burpee

CIRCUIT 2:
SIDE RAISES
Fusion Jumping Jacks

CIRCUIT 3:
UPRIGHT ROW
Basket Ball “Shoot for the Hoops” --> Did squats, when up raised hands, my back is not strong enough YET

[color=#FF0000]CIRCUIT 4:
TRICEP EXTENTION
X Push Up with a Twist ( Knee push up and crashed into the floor...jeez this is hard...but I finished strong! )

CIRCUIT 5:
TRICEP KICKBACKS
Tricep Wood Chop Squat

CIRCUIT 6:
TRICEP DIPS
FUSION SOCCER KICKS-GO FOR THE GOAL!!!

Meal 2
1 vega sachet recovery with 1 banana and a big cup of spinach blend.

Meal 3
1 cup of grains
1 cup of raw tomato
2 spoons pesto ( pine nuts, snudried tomato and basil)

Meal 4
hand of pecans/hazelnuts
2 plums

Meal 5 ( had this meal around 6 and stayed up till after 11)
Pumpking soup ( made up with 5 different veggies and herbs)
3 flaxseed breads

Dad 5 raisins at night.

So ...I believe you attract what you think of and put out there.
I just saw the list of things that are given away and boy how I like it.
I just want to say I am really interested in books, I love to educate myself ( and then share)

So Ani Phyo and Mike Mahler's book look great! ( tried the contest but that did not work yet...)
Or talking to Channa Serenity would be great.
( I am already blessed with the AWESOME AlliB.)

Vega products are more hard to come by and extremely expensive due to shipping and handeling and that darn Robert got me to love them sending me a few samples, great as he his.

Who knows if the universe will pick this up....we'll see.

Either way, I truly mean it when I say I am already gaining so much health.
My guy is not there with me ....but I got 2 movie tips lined up for us to see.
In his own time and maybe not.
I really do not want to go back.
It's almost been 2 weeks..but why go back to feeling crappy when this feels happy?

Meal 1
2 flax bread, 1 almond butter
1/2 mango

Meal 2
1 1/2 cup pumpkin soup
1 cup grains with pesto( nuts-basil-)

Meal 3
1/2 cup almond milk
1 1/3 cup musli

40 min walk outside
20 in cross trainer

Meal 4
1 cup parsnip
1 cup broccili
1/2 cup oatmeal mixture ( with vanilla/ date/ almond ... I was making a pie crust)


30 min walk outside

small hand raisins

Meal 1
Trifle made of almonds, coconut oil, blood orange, water, oatmeal, date
1 1/3 cup

Meal 2
2 flax bread, 1 almond butter
1 apple with cinnamon

Meal 3
Same as one

Meal 4
Hand raisins and 2 figs
( got and unexpected visitor and did not make time to prep food)

Meal 5
Brown rice 1/2 cup
Curry with tofu made myself and cucumber

snacked on some flavoured rice cakes, 60 grams with a movie

Meal 1
2 flaxbreads, 1 almond butter and large green tea

Meal 2
1/2 cup almond milk
1 cup muesli

40 min walk ( with jogs inbetween, building it up)
20 min Windsor pilates

Meal 3
1/2 cup grains, cucumber slices 1/2 cup with vinigar
tofu curry with mixed veggies

20 min bike ride and long walk

snack
Juice of apple, cucumber, ginger and carrot
50 grams spices rice cakes

Meal 4
2 dates, Muesli 1/2 cup... grrr hungry

Meal 1
2 flaxbreads, 1 almond butter and large green tea

Meal 2
1/2 cup almond milk
1 cup muesli

40 min walk ( with jogs inbetween, building it up)
20 min Winsor Pilates

Meal 3
1/2 cup grains, cucumber slices 1/2 cup with vinigar
tofu curry with mixed veggies

20 min bike ride and long walk

snack
Juice of apple, cucumber, ginger and carrot
50 grams spices rice cakes

Meal 4
2 dates, Muesli 1/2 cup... grrr hungry

Had a tummy ache a while after and sis not eat more...
More greens Chris, more greens!

Sunday was a day where I was away all day.
Food was so-so.
I ate some lentil soup somewhere with bread and I packed some grains with nuts and herbs.

There were 4 of us and for the 1st time in 2 weeks I ate some candy.
Tummy ache was the result.
I did not go for the chocolat or milky stuff but later I realised it might have contained gelatin and I am not sure where from.
All and all we had a great day and I had fun.

As I told my coch AlliB, my skin condition IS returning and I made an appointment for a live blood examination next week.
See what is going on on the inside and what I need to add or forget about.
Keep you posted!

So, I got a bad case of the...what the ....am I doing whrong.
1st I got the shock that I saw I did not log every day...
Then I understood I log at European time and I believed I logged 6 days every week.
Then.....I saw I gained 1 LBS since week one and in 2 weeks I had one cheat meal.
I know week 2 is always a bit harder ....but jee, not gain!

I can say it's my cycle or whatever...all I know is for the next few months I am not gonna step on the scale, it messed up my head.

So today was a "bad day" for me...
I let it get the better of me.
Still vegan.....but in my opinion bad choices.
Here goes:

Meal 1
Muelsi 1,5 cup
1/2 cup almond milk

Meal 2
Hand hazelnuts and raisins

Meal 3
Chocolate mousse made of 1 banana, 1/2 avocado, 1 date, almond milk and coco powder

Meal 4
2 big white bread
1 almond butter
2 sugar free natural fig jam

Meal 5
Bag of rice chips ( 3-4 normal servings )
Hand of wine gums

15 min cross trainer
2x12 push ups

Meal 1
2 big cups of veggies ( yellow carrot, mushroom, snow peas, onion, cabbage, spinach )
1/2 cup grains with pesto
2 spoons pepita's

Meal 2
1 cup quinoa with cinnamon raisins and a few pecans

Meal 3
1 apple
1 mug almond milk with coco powder

Meal 4
spiced rice cakes 60 grams
1, 5 cup muesli

30 in jog,20 min walk outside

Meal 5
Curry with veggies and rice ( 1/2 cup )

Is that a delicious granola yogurt dish? OM NOM NOM NOM