heartgoeshere Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 hello! i'm ashley, i just happened randomly across this site and i'm kind of excited that something like this actually exists. i've been vegan since the beginning of this year, vegetarian for 11 years before that.i just moved up to portland, oregon so of course i have my pick of vegan restaurants and the like, but i'm on a very tight budget and i've decided i want to gain some muscle and get rid of this extra body fat (especially in my belly, surprise surprise). i do yoga 2-3 times a week, i run usually 3-4 times a week (between a half mile to a mile, i've been trying to up it slowly), and do some mild cardio/weight lifting in between. the only thing i'm NOT able to do, though i've been trying to incorporate them into my routine for about a year now, is push ups. for some reason i am just not building the upper body strength required for them and i don't know why! so anyway i'd just like some advice on how to get off on the right foot for this: if and how i should change my routine, how much protein i need to be getting per day, etc. i hope i can meet some like minded people here, too. surprisingly, i've met only one other vegan in portland in the six months i've been here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Welcome Ashley! Wow, one other vegan so far in Portland! I usually see 10 a day and I rarely leave my house You should come to Vita Cafe on Wed night to meet up with me, my girlfriend Julia, my sister, and some other forum members. We do Wednesday night meet-ups at Vita Cafe on NE 30th and Alberta 7:30PM. There are tons of other places to meet up with Vegans around here: www.nwveg.org www.foodfightgrocery.com www.vegportland.com You can see 1000-5000 vegans in less than 2 weeks at Portland VegFest! I'll be there and we'll have a Vegan Bodybuilding booth! www.portlandvegfest.org Come check it out! Welcome aboard and check out the Portland section of this forum and throughout the forum you'll see many from PDX. -Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 I'll be there and we'll have a Vegan Bodybuilding booth! Sweet. I'll have to come by and get a pic of the gun show with ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRoberts Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Hey there! I just joined in here too and am also from Portland (well technically I am in Vancouver, but same dif lol). Your situation sounds similar to mine: Tight budget, want to gain muscle mass, and get cut and lower my fat content. I tried doing the gain mass AND the get cut thing at the same time... kinda worked but not really. So now I'm trying to bulk a little, then cut - hopefully that'll be better. O, on the push up thing. Try using a deck of cards (maybe not a full deck in the beginning): Pick two exercises (ie push ups, and crunches), and assign each to a color (so say, push ups are all the red cards, and crunches are all the black cards). Then shuffle the cards, flip 'em over and start drawing. So a may draw a 3 of hearts; you do 3 push ups. Then you draw a 9 of spades; 9 crunches... etc. I usually have face cards as worth '10' and aces are '1' - but you can obviously do whatever. Hope that helps some. Well I'm always down to meet local Veg'ns . So if it if your interested, look me up on face book @ http://www.facebook.com/mitch31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dropSoul Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Welcome! Lucky to live in such a vegan friendly town with the nicest guy, Robert Cheeke, who has a new book out! http://www.veganbodybuildingbook.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im Your Man Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Welcome to the forum ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Hey! You made it to VegFest right? What did you think of it? We had a lot of fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartgoeshere Posted September 23, 2009 Author Share Posted September 23, 2009 i did make it to vegfest! it was amazing. i always feel overwhelmed when there's so much food around and i don't have to read ingredients before i eat anything, it's so nice for a change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octopussoir Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Hey. Welcome to our community Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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