Jenwins Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Hi everyone! Been trying to post on here for a while, think I've got things figured out now! Thanks Richard for all your help! My name is Jen, I'm doing a figure show in April in the Midwest. I've competed one season 2.5 years ago but hated how felt with the diet I was on. I'm in the process of switching over to a vegan lifestyle but am struggling with how to fit it in a competition diet. Right now I eat a lot of fish and an occasional chicken breast. I have gotten away from the whey protein powders and am using rice instead. I love how i feel eating this way, but I am 13 weeks out and need to step things up a bit. Any suggestions on where to search on this site and in the forum for help will be much appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Yo, welcome to the forum. You may want to look through the training / food journals to see what some other competitive bodybuilders are eating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjohanx Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Welcome to the board! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zinzen Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Welcome, you should try to drop a line to SeaSiren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im Your Man Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Hi Jen and welcome Rice protein powder is great because it's raw, personally I prefer hemp. Pea proten is also very popular. Try Vega products, you can't go wrong with this. As well as Larabar. Fruits, greens, grains... Seeds and nuts for other proteins, or if you want lean proteins there's tofu, seitan, tvp, beans... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John V Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Welcome. Check out hemp, if I can make a suggestion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Welcome to the group! Contest prep is always a fun, interesting and challenging time no matter what the diet...I'm also about 13 weeks out, so I know how you feel, though I haven't altered my diet "too much" yet but have and will continue to do so as I get closer. My training has changed too and I look forward to more changes as time goes on. We have a handful of competitors here, male and female so seek us out and check in with us. All the best and welcome aboard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasha Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Hi WelcomeGreat to have you here, good luck with your competitions Contact SeaSiren viewtopic.php?f=24&t=16348 Or Veggie Princess viewtopic.php?f=24&t=8516 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaSiren Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Welcome! Where will you be competing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocalBrada Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Greetings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lean and Green Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 post your diet, i'll be sure to try my best to read the post and respond asap with an alternative with as similar as a macro profile as possible. WELCOME!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HCPinGviini Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 It's always nice to see that there are professionals, who get interested in going vegan. I hope you'll figure out your pre-comp diet in time. Welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenwins Posted January 19, 2009 Author Share Posted January 19, 2009 Thanks for the warm welcome everyone! Weekends are crazy for me and i typically don't get online during them. SeaSiren, I am doing or judging some shows in the NANBF. Liberty, MO on April 17th, DesMoines, IA may 9th, and my good friends show in Omaha on May 30th. I'm not sure if I will be ready by April so I am playing that one by ear. I might test judge that show and finish up my judging certification. I noticed you recently moved to MI. My home is Lansing! Will be selling our house and moving to the Chicago area this Spring! I'm excited to get back to the Great Lakes! What organizations have shows in MI? Lean and Green: Macros recommended are as follows: Friday and Sunday are my low days. I do not count my vegi's in my macros. This is different for me, but is working! All the vegi's I need! Med days: Cal 1195, fat 29, carbs 132, protein 102. Low days:Cal 955, fat 29, carbs 72, protein 102. My trainers are not vegan but open. They are also newer trainers and don't have a ton of experience yet. They are friends of mine, a married couple, who have done really well with what experience they have had. Looking at my menu I'm realizing I'm not doing a very good job of staying off animal products. I guess I was thinking I should transition to an ovo vegetarian diet first. Then start pulling out eggs post comp. I have egg whites every morning for breakfast. So, meals in general:Breakfast: piece of fruit, egg whites, sometimes oats or quinoapost w/o snack: soy protein powder (rice was wreaking havoc on my digestive system) and a banana Lunch: tuna, soy meat, or chic, with a large salad or just fresh vegismid afternoon: piece of fruitdinner: fish, salad, sometimes brown ricelate night: Little bit of raw almond butter. That's it. Oh, you might need to know, I'm 13 weeks out, 138 lbs and probably around 15% bf. The first time I competed I came in at 13% and was no where close to competitive! I hold everything in my belly, hippy girls can get away with a little more bf if you can see their abs! Not so with me. I really hope you can help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John V Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenwins Posted January 19, 2009 Author Share Posted January 19, 2009 Yeah, I realized when I typed that out that I am not even close! I've made so many small changes but I think it's time to push past the easy stuff. Gonna have to look at others menus to get ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xveganjoshx Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 An easy start would be the substitute the egg whites with scrambled tofu. You can find some great recipes online. Try that for a week, then sub something else out, and you'll be vegetarian or vegan sooner than you know it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenwins Posted January 20, 2009 Author Share Posted January 20, 2009 I will look at that. Thank you. Of course it takes me about 8 full hours to plan out a menu for one week to make sure all the macros jive. So I might be starting with next weeks menu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im Your Man Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 An easy start would be the substitute the egg whites with scrambled tofu. You can find some great recipes online. Try that for a week, then sub something else out, and you'll be vegetarian or vegan sooner than you know it. Other suggestions: -eggs=tofu, avocado-meat=seeds and nuts, avocado-lean meat=tofu, tvp, seitan, tempeh, all fake meat (sesame burgers, tofu-dogs, veggie chickn'n breasts, meatless ground beef, etc)-milk=milk of soy, rice, hemp, almond, pecan, coconut; soy yogurt...-whey=protein powder of soy, hemp, rice, pea, buckwheat, etc-protein bars, meal replacements: vega, luna bars, larabar, cliff bars, etc...-cheats= dark chocolate, chips, So Delicious soy ice cream, Tofutti, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuc Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Welcome, Jen! Hey, please post some pics of your progress while you're on your diet! There aren't too many figure athletics and you might encourage a lot of people! I'm Your Man in the previous post just told pretty much what I was planning to say. Good luck with the competition! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John V Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 An easy start would be the substitute the egg whites with scrambled tofu. You can find some great recipes online. Try that for a week, then sub something else out, and you'll be vegetarian or vegan sooner than you know it. Scrambled with a little turmeric and soy sauce and a lot of nutritional yeast is delicious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenwins Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 I'm a little concerned about too much soy. I don't mind some but it just seems with all the recommendations its a bunch. I thought too much soy is hard on the kidneys. Anyone have any research articles they can point me to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuc Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I'm a little concerned about too much soy. I don't mind some but it just seems with all the recommendations its a bunch. I thought too much soy is hard on the kidneys. Anyone have any research articles they can point me to?THE BEST article about soy! http://www.t-nation.com/article/most_recent/soy_whats_the_big_deal It's just food among others, nothing else. No miracle curing effects. No adverse effects even if you consume quite a lot of it (unless you're allergic). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeganHisPanic Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 The most important thing is that you are on the right track already and you have to goal of eliminating all animal products. We have been there, at least I was. You will see that it is not as hard s it looks, do some more research if you feel like doing so and just go for it. You will never regret of that step. Becoming vegan is the most meaningful thing I've done in my life and it was not even hard. When you go vegan you will look back and realize that it wasn't difficult, it just LOOKS difficult but it isn't. Good luck and welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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