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Hi to all of you and thank you for accepting me here!

 

My name is George and I am 33 years old, married, two children, 8+4. I am from Romania, Europe.

 

I stopped eating meat more than 10 years ago and I turned vegan arround 30 moths ago. I made exceptions a few times and I eat some food that had eggs or dairy in it, mostly cookies, but only as an exception.

 

I kept a food journal for 1.5 years on a very good forum here and it helped me immensely. It's a standard diet forum and now I feel that I need to find a vegan comunity to further educate myself.

Keeping this diary was the best thing I did for my diet and health, as it helped me rotate foods and most importanly, knowing that I will write down all food I eat is preventing me from eating all sort of bad stuff, like sugar and gluten.

 

I worked out twice a week for 6-7 months with a personal trainer, once in the gym, once yoga. Mainly body weight exercises and small (2-4kg) weights. 2-3 months ago my pt left the country and I stopped going to the gym. I continue however to workout at home, once a week, a lot less intense unfortunately.

I plan on going back to a gym an workout once a week there and once a week at home. Before meeting my ex personal trainer, I never worked out in my life, never was attacted to sports. Now I am atracted to looking good and being healthy.

 

Thu, 31 OCT 2013 Coming after a 24h water fast (more like 36, last meal was on Tu evening)

 

M1 07:00 - 1 Pomelo

M2 08:30 - 3 pears

M3 10:25 - big salad: one beat, one black raddish (small apple in size), 2 hands parseley, juice from a lemon, onion.

M4 11:30 - 5 bananas

M5 11:50 - 2 apples

M6 12:35 - 2 apples

M7 13:30 - 3/4 coconut

M8 14:50 - 2 pears

M9 16:15 - 50-60g seeds crackers dehydrated, 2 pieces like in the pic

M10 19:00 - 500ml grape juice

M11 20:00 - 10 walnuts, not soaked

 

No workout today.

 

In total today I had 1kg of apples and 1kg of pears. I managed a fully raw day, I try this after a fast day. I also managed it because I knew I was going to write here

I would put imageshack hyperlinks to some meals, as I take a lot of photos, but I dont know how yet.

 

I appreciate and welcome all comments. Thank you!

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Thank you Dylan for the welcome.

I eat a lot of fruit, but I am not almost a fruitarian, as you will see soon, I also eat cooked food as well. I think I will go 100% raw in one or two years maximum, when I will be able to grow in the garden all the fruit and green leaves I want.

I am ashamed to admit that I dont know Andrei Codrescu, but I will google him.

 

Fri, 01 NOV 2013

 

M1 07:00 - rolled oats porridge, water, 1/2 frozen banana (use them to sweeten foods), 2TBSP hemp protein, 1TBSP mesquite, 1TBSP maca. Then, some rolled oats with honey and coconut butter left from the kids, mixed with mine. Yuum.

M2 09:15 - 3 apples

M3 13:45 - 800g jar full of lentil pate (lentils, garlic, tahini), 6-7 green salad leaves as bread, salad: cucumber, 2 hands parceley, 1 black raddish the size of a small apple, 10 cherry tomatoes, lemon from 1 lemon. Big meal.

M4 15:45 - 4 bananas, needed sugar

M5 16:15 - 50g roasted salted peanuts. Not good at all, but had too much sugar and had to do something about it. I get off balance when i eat too much, like it happened now at M3.

M6 17:30 - 15 walnuts soaked over night

M7 20:15 - clear soup from root parseley, root parsnitp and another one. My wife is cold and she cooked it for herself, but I had some too and it was very good. It had a lot of pepper and was very hot.

M8 21:15 - big salad: one green salad head, one big hand of baby spinach, one tomato, one capsicum, one avocado, one big hand of parsely, juice from 1/2 lemon. I chewed for 30 minutes this meal, went to bed tired

 

The time written down is the time I finish eating.

No training today.

 

I made some progress with the pictures, but still i would rather learn adding imageshack hyperliks because I might want to add more than 3 pics sometimes.

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M1 before adding kids oats

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M3

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M8 ingredients, I used only one avocado.

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What is that dish in the first picture you posted with all the purple colored fruits or vegetables in it? You should post some recipes to go with those pics.

 

That's M3 (meal 3) of the that day. All ingredients are listed there.

 

Sa, 02 NOV 2013

 

M1 07:00 - rolled oats porridge: water, 1 banana, 1TBS lucuma, 1tbs cinnamon, oats, 1TBS maca. My 4 y.o. loves this breakfast. So do I.

M2: 11:15 - 1L smoothie: 1/2 hand parseley, 7-8 spinach leaves, 1TBS chlorella powder, 1TBS camu camu, 2TBS chia seeds (added after blending), 2 small apples.

M3 12:15 - 300g beans in tomato sauce (from the store, didn't have sugar or other chemicals)

M4 14:35 - large bowl of lentils creme soup, large portion of tri-coloured quinoa with vegetables. Unfortunately I could not stop and I also ate 150-200g traditional cake (gluten+sugar) that someone gave me for a holiday here. Not good.

M5 18:00 - 2 slices quinoa apple, pear, dates cake. Had some quinoa left and my wife improvised. The kids didn't like it because it wasn't sweet enough. I loved it.

M6 20:30 - 15-20g pumpkin seeds

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M4 - tri-coloured quinoa with vegetables

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M5 18:00 - 2 slices quinoa apple, pear, dates cake

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Su, 03 NOV 2013

 

M1 07:00 - tea, jam and 2 slices bread (gluten) + small bowl of rolled oats porridge left from my daughter: banana, water, oats, 1 TBS acai powder, 1TBS mesquite

 

08:45 - 09:15 workout at home. I was craving for potatoes and I thought I should deserve it.

i did 3 sets of 15 reps pushups, 3 sets of 15 something for the legs (standing, legs parallel, hands behind neck, going up and down), 3 sets for biceps using weights 4 kg then 6 kg. Something for the shoulders, triceps as well on the hard edge of the bed + weights, 3 sets. In the end I did arround 80-100 reps for abdominals.

 

M2 11:30 - HUGE portion of steam boiled potateos with onion and parseley, red cabbage salad with dill, a little broccoli also steam boiled and carrot garlic sauce. Honstly, I eat enough not to be hungry the rest of the day.

M3 16:00 - cakes. still not hungry but visiting friends and deserts looked too good not to eat. Delicious, I will be reproducing some soon.

M4 21:00 - 150-200g pretzels, in the car on the return way home. Gluten again. Addictive shit.

M5 22:00 - 6 apples

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M3, vegan cakes that I eat while visiting friends

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Tu, 05 NOV 2013

 

M1 07:20 - 2 large bowls of rolled oats porridge: water, oats, 1 frozen banana, 1TBS Maca

M2 09:00 - 300ml honey sweetened cocnut milk, left from the kids

M3 10:15 - brown rice with steamed vegetables, indian spices, delicious

M4 12:45 - 2 bananas

M5 13:00 - 2 small apples

M6 14:00 - lentils creme soup

M7 15:50 - millet (boiled, salt + pepper)

M8 22:00 - large salad, baby spinach, parceley, 1 tomato, juice from a lemon, 1 avocado, pumpkin seeds.

M9 late - 3 apples, 60-80g crackers (home made) + some gluten free crackers (bought) + 2-3 TBS honey.

 

I eat a lot yesterday because I am preparing for my water fast.

I could have skipped M9 all together, but I stayed up late watching some documantaries and eat.

No training.

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M3 - brown rice, steamed veggies, garam masala

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M6 - lentils creme soup

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M7 - millet boiled

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Thu, 07 NOV 2013

 

M1 07:30 - 1 sharon fruit, 1 pomelo, small bowl of pudding left from the kids: almonds soaked overnight, 1 bag of frozen berries, coconut butter honey

M2 09:45 - 3 apples

M3 10:30 - 4 pears

M4 12:25 - veggie balls (oily, not good), veggie mix (jar), don't know the English word for it, 5-6 slices bread (no no)

M5 14:10 - 3 bananas

M6 15:45 - 250-300g topinabur

M7 17:00 - 3 apples

M8 19:30 - bean stew, onion

M9 22:30 - 10-15 almonds (soaked)

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M4

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Fri, 08 NOV 2013

 

M1 07:30 1/3 pomelo

M2 09:30 100g cookies sugar + gluten

M3 11:45 - bean salad, frozen steamed veggies

M4 14:15 - another 100g sugar + gluten cookies

M5 gluten free corn pasta, one big hand of parseley

M6 1/2 coconut

M7 100g dates

 

Went to bed late.

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M3

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M5

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Mo, 11 Nov 2013

 

M1 08:45 - 1.2 kg bananas

M2 09:40 - 4 apples

M3 10:10 - roots salad

M4 11:00 - 3 apples

M5 13:15 - 3/4 coconut

M6 14:30 - 1L beat juice, carrrot, apple, parseley, wheatgrass powder

M8 16:00 - 4 apples

 

19:30 - 20:10 training at home, pushups 3 x 15 reps, biceps, triceps, shoulders, abs. Right after I had a glass of water and 2TBS hemp protein.

 

M9 21:00 - 3/4 big mango.

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Tu, 12 Nov 2013

 

M1 08:45 - 1L smoothie: parsley, 1TBS Mesquite, 1TBS Maca, 1tbs Chlorella, 1/2 frozen banana, 1TBS wheatgrass powder, 2TBS Chia seeds.

M2 09:30 - salad: cherry tomatoes, zucchini, parsley, lemon juice, green onion.

M3 10:35 - 12-15 walnuts, not soaked

M4 12:45 - 4 pears and 4 apples

M5 14:45 - 4 apples

M6 15:15 - 3 bananas

M7 20:00 - salad: baby spinach, parsley, 1 avocado, 1 green pepper, green onion, lemon juice

M8 23:30 - 4 big hands hazelnuts, not soaked + 6 or 7 dates (big meal to support me during my fast)

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M2

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M7

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Thu, 14 Nov 2013

 

 

M1 07:20 - large bowl (aprox 150g flakes) porridge, water, 1/2 frozen banana, 1tbs Maca 1tbs Mesquite, cinnammon

M2 10:30 - 1L juice (with pulp) from: red beat, apple, orange, parsley, 1tbs wheatgrass powder

M3 13:00 - big salad: cauliflower, tomato, green onion, pepper, parsley, cucumber, olive oil, juice from a lemon, indian spices.

M4 15:00 - 2 apples, 2 pears

M5 18:30 - 4 bananas

M6 20:30 - 150g soaked walnuts

M7 23:30 - 50-75g cashews ,6-7 dates

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Fri, 15 Nov 2013

 

M1 07:30 - 2 bowls porridge, water, 1/2 banana, 1 tbs Maca, 1/2 tbs cinnamon

M2 12:00 - salad: 5-6 romaine leaves, 3 cherry tomatoes, 1/2 zucchini, 1 pepper, 2 radishes, 1 avocado, hemp seeds, juice from a lemon

M3 15:00 - 4 bananas

M4 16:00 - 4 pears

M5 19:30 - 12-15 walnuts, not soaked

 

Still trying to find a 60-90 min space each evening/early morning to start my P90X...

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M2

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Sat, 16 Nov 2013

 

M1 08:30 - 4 apples

M2 10:00 - 1kg grapes

M3 12:00 - 2-3 walnuts not soaked

M4 14:00 - 2 apples

M5 18:30 - 1L smoothie: spinach, 2apples, juice from 2 oranges, parsley, 1 TBS astragalus

M6 19:30 - salad: one green salad, 2 radishes, 1 zucchini, 1 pepper, 1/2 avocado, juice from a lemon, 10 kalamata, 2 walnuts

M7 20:15 - 3 topinambur

 

Su, 17 Nov 2013

 

M1 08:30 - 2 bowls of porridge, oat flakes (150-200g), water, banana, 1TBS Maca

M2 12:30 - large bowl of vegetable soup + parsley. With this meal I am making transition for cooked food. I ate raw this week and I am happy for that, but I know I lacked many nutrients and for now it would be better for me to get back to cooked food as well, where I have far more options.

M3 14:45 - 2 portions cooked cabbage with raw dill, hot peppers

M4 16:00 - 75-100g dried raisins

M5 18:45 - 4 apples

M6 19:45 - 2 portions cooked cabbage with raw dill

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16 Nov, M6

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17 Nov, M2

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17 Nov, M3

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Mo, 18 Nov 2013

 

M1 07:30 - 2 gluten free pancakes (flax powder, mango, zucchini, Mesquite), honey, 2 pieces sesame sticks (black + white sesame, sunflower seeds, walnuts, honey, raisins). Both done in dehydrator.

M2 09:15 - 2 pieces pastry, gluten yes, sugar no

M3 09:45 - way too early for M2 digestion, 8-9 raw walnut balls? (soaked, walnuts, vegetables, dried tomatoes, dill, garlic, dehydrator.

M4 14:00 5-6 slices of bread (gluten) with some veggie spreadable paste

M5 15:30 - 3 apples + 4 pears

M6 19:45 - 2 oranges

M7 20:00 100-150g sesame sticks

M8 21:00 - wild rice + steamed frozen veggies, large portion

M9 23:00 - some cake from hulled oat grains, soaked overnight, goji, hazelnuts, 1.5 banana to sweeten, camu camu, mesquite, eaten with sugar free jam (2 kinds).

 

Really enjoyed myself every evening these last 3 weeks, plenty of fun on my own after the kids go to sleep. That accounts for huge apetite and consumption of gluten + sugar. When not having fun every night, I can control the cravings and my diet gets a lot cleaner, I can even include more sports.

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Sesame sticks

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Walnut balls, M3

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M9, forgot the English word for this cookie, sorry!

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Tu, 19 Nov 2013

 

M1 07:30 - oat grain cake, same as M9 yesterday, eaten with sugarfree jam

M2 09:00 - pastry 2 pieces, arround 200g, gluten yes, sugar no

M3 14:00 - cooked cabbage + 350g hummus, homemade, 5-6 slices bread. A lot of food this meal.

 

18:45 - 09:05 sport at home, 3 x 15 pushups, byceps, triceps, shoulders, abs. Right after I had a glass of water + 2 TBS hemp protein.

 

M4 20:30 - 1.5L smoothie from: big hand of spinach leaves, parsley, 1tbs chlorella, 1tbs akai powder, 1 frozen banana

M5 23:30 - 6-7 small baked potatoes. The oven was on to sterilize some jars (for jam) and I could not resist.

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I thought the English word for cookie was biscuit?

 

I had to search the recepe book. The name I was looking for is scones, as in "Orange cranberry oatmeal scones".

 

Wed, 20 Nov 2013

 

Water fast day, had 3 liters of water and some 1 liter tea. Right now I am redescovering tastes, it's nice.

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Thu, 21 Nov 2013

 

M1 07:20 - 1 pomelo

M2 08:30 - 250ml coconut milk

M3 09:15 - 3 bananas

M4 11:15 - salad: green salad leaves, cucumber, pepper, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, hemp seeds, flax seeds, juice from 1/2 lemon, hemp oil

M5 12:25 - 1/2 coconut

M6 15:45 - cooked cabbage + pollenta, bean soup

M7 - M10... lots of apples

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M6

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