varugger Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Hey everyone!Been looking at the website for the last week and decided to join. I'm 43, live in Arlington VA. Been a rugby player since the age of 17. I've coached, ref'd, and captained a team in DC for two years. Basically went 100% vegan about 2 yrs ago. I want to kickstart some new training as a vegan and shed some fat. I'm 6' 248, 36w, 45c. My main exercise has been swimming and haven't done much lifting in about a year. That's about to change. Sunday, I start the metabolic surge from Nick Niison - though will be tough as a vegan but I'm hoping this group can help me out with some of the meal planning (the low carb/prot. only days are what I think will be tough ones). The surge is a 36 day cycle. My main workout plan is Tom Venuto's burn the fat, feed the muscle. Again, I did that as a non-vegan in 2003. Should be interesting as a vegan. Looks like a great community and looking forward to chatting with all of you.Robert, I've already sent in my order for some Vega to try at Food Fight. Pics to come. Take care all. JamesArlington,VA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Hi James, welcome to the forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varugger Posted December 18, 2007 Author Share Posted December 18, 2007 Thanks Jason! Good to be here! -James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Welcome aboard! Thanks for joining our group here and thank for the Vega order from Food Fight They are cool people. Great intro and info. We're happy to have you here. Sorry about the forum errors, we're working on fixing them. All the best and welcome aboard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offense74 Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Rugby is fun! Did you play the 15 or 7 man version?Welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varugger Posted December 18, 2007 Author Share Posted December 18, 2007 Hey Offense74! Both 15s and 7s. 15s is the main game in the Spring and Fall. 7s is used the keep the "girly backs" in shape in the off season (summer). 7s has over the years become so regulated which is good. A tornament style of playing since you're playing 7min. a side with a 1 min rest. You may play 4 games that day as opposed to 15s which is 40min a side and a 10min. half.Interestingly, we play 7s in the sand at the beach. What a great game! 20meter x 80 meter "field" on the beach. Shorts/bear feet. Lot's of kocking around. But quite exhausting trying to run in sand. -James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeVegan Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Welcome to the forums, James! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Welcome James No worries about the low carb days...its actually pretty easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beforewisdom Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 There is a great list, over 10 years old, for vegans and vegetarians in the area to network about what is cool, local, and veg*n:http://waste.org/mail/?list=veg-dc There is also this kick ass local veg*n restaurant and resource guide:http://www.vegdc.com/ COK is local and organizes a lot of volunteer activities to promote veganismhttp://www.cok.net BARC ( Balitmore Animal Rights Coalition ) also does cool stuff and is run by high energy, positive, grass roots people:http://www.baltimoreanimalrights.com/ The Vegetarian Society Of The District Of Columbia has some nice non-political events some times:http://www.vsdc.org Glut is a 100% vegetarian workers collective / natural food store:http://www.glut.org Meetup.com has a number of nice groups. Just search on your zipcode with the strings "vegan" and "animal rights" There is also a private announcement list for AR and Vegan advocacy activities in the area. PM me if you are interested in getting on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DV Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Welcome James! I've used Tom Venuto's plan and even though he says it can't be done well as a vegan, that's really a bunch of crap. Welcome to the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varugger Posted December 19, 2007 Author Share Posted December 19, 2007 veganpotter, beforewisdom, longtimevegan, DV; Thanks for the warm welcome. Beforewisdom, thanks for the links. I'm familiar with some. Spent most of my time with meetup. I'm already a member of the vegan meetup group in Northern VA.DV, would love to chat about Tom Venuto's plan.Veganpotter - Could use some input on getting through the low carb/prot. only days on Nick Niison's surge. Thanks all -James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Welcome, James! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsorlando Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubby2112 Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Welcome James! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 BEANS BEANS BEANS...I'm not familiar with the plan but if fat isn't an issue nuts are great too. You can also eat relatively low carb/amino rich veggies like broccoli. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveliberate Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Hello & Welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flanders77 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Welcome James! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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