mjames

bodyartt, I'm sorry I don't have any advice for you... but this is the exact thing that has kept me away from the gym and on my low-calorie diet / cardio routine. It took me a lot of effort and time to lose the 60+ lbs that I did to get where I am, and it included a lot of cardio and eating light. I'm still running 30-60 minutes four times per week. Now I am reading that in order to gain muscle I am going to need to stop running so much and eat a lot more food. This downright scares me. Gaining back the weight that I loss would be a nightmare for me. So, I'm hoping someone more experienced can chime in here and help us. Thanks for posting MJ

Right on, thanks for the link and encouragement.

Hello everyone, I have been a vegan for 4 months now, and several months as a vegetarian previously. I have been running for a couple years now and have managed to lose 60lbs and get my BMI into the "healthy" zone, so now I am looking to tone my body. I joined a gym yesterday in hopes that I can get into shape and gain some muscle. I am still trying to figure out how to successfully eat a balanced vegan diet- something I continue to research every day. Summer is approaching and it would be so great to not feel self conscious for the first time in my life. I'm looking forward to sharing thoughts and experience with others of the same mindset, and hopefully without the "you're a sissy, if you don't eat meat you're going to turn into a girl, you'll never gain any muscle is you don't eat steak" etc. Mark