Fallen_Horse

Glad it's going well!

Does anyone know if sprouted bread has a better amino acid profile than regular?

Great progress! Now I think it's time to start adding some serious calories!

Works for me?

Every purchase I have never made. "I had three pieces of limestone on my desk, but I was terrified to find that they required to be dusted daily, when the furniture of my mind was all undusted still, and threw them out the window in disgust. " - Thoreau Philosophical point aside, I do still love my Vitamix and my safety razor shaver. My phone is very useful, as is my laptop. Other than that, I think everything I own is quite dispensable!

I have heard of this as well. I wonder how long the 'readjustment' process takes for most people....

Still crazy, still motivated. Keep at it!

I think the biggest challenge to this would simply be mental. IF you can learn to eat food for fuel instead of for pleasure, then the problem is solved. But that's the real challenging part isn't it? divamom, you must live in LA to have heard of the Lassen's in Bakersfield haha. It's basically an expensive Whole Foods, and since Whole Foods is an expensive Vons, well, that means it's quite expensive. We also have Nature's Food Market, which is a nice independent store. They are the first place I have found that actually sells dried, UNsweetened cranberries, and they are delicious!

Anybody try this one? It's quite simple, just eating 'whole foods.' What does that mean? Only a food that has not been separated from any of it's components due to mechanical or chemical processes, but it doesn't matter if a food has been cooked or not. This means you would only eat: Nuts Seeds Legumes Fruits Vegetables Whole grains Spices There is still some confusion if tofu/tempeh should be included, and I think it could go either way. Anyway, I think this would be an ideal diet for health and athletic performance, but I suppose the real challenge is following it, just like the challenge posed by any other diet. Has anyone here tried or done this?

Are we appealing to our baser male desires now?

I can't help you all that much, although I have done plenty of research in order to help reduce my dependency on junk foods, but I haven't succeeded yet. One great book for me was Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life. If you aren't into any of the tenents of Buddhism then it might not be as useful though. http://www.amazon.com/Savor-Mindful-Eating-Life/dp/0061697699 There are also a few good Stoic texts on eating modestly, but again, if you aren't into the underpinnings then you might not find motivation in the ideas....

Thanks for the recipes!

Congrats!

I like this point of view, thanks!

I just found this blog. It's anti-vegan (mostly?), but it has quite well-thought articles. I don't agree with many of the author's conclusions, but it's refreshing (and disconcerting) to finally read some opinion pieces from an educated anti-vegan. For example, the most recent post discusses a challenge of anti-speciesism. "This gets tricky for those philosophers who want to maintain a consistently anti-speciesist stance. That’s because it is prima facie speciesist for vegans to say that the starving or unhealthy should be allowed to kill and eat other animals, but not kill and eat other humans, since that suggests that other animals’ lives are worth less than ours. On the other hand, allowing the starving and unhealthy to kill and eat healthy humans if other animals abound is a tough sell. So vegans who allow humans to eat flesh if their health or immediate survival depends on it, but want to maintain their claim to anti-speciesism, have two options. They can either argue that it’s not speciesist to allow the starving and unhealthy to always eat other animals before they would do the same to humans, or they can take the more consistent route and say that all sentient beings are equally fair game if you must eat sentient beings to survive or thrive." http://letthemeatmeat.com/ Perhaps someone else can check out a few of the articles on the site and start up a good discussion here. Debate is always good, I think!

That would be interesting to try with another powder, cocoa powder, and date sugar instead of dates (cheaper). Perhaps I will give that a whirl tomorrow. Thanks!

Good post, thanks for introducing that blog!

Anyone know where I can buy some in the US? I am also looking for those loose yoga-type thin cotton pants. Am I the only one that has trouble finding these things?

I am not familiar with POM company practises, what makes you say this? They were involved in some rather unpleasant animal testing a few years back, and they will pretty much make any claim in order to sell more product. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POM_Wonderful#Sponsorship_of_research

Is it impossible to find dry roasted nuts where you live?

I would argue that it is barely more nutritious than many other juices, and certainly not as healthy as eating whole fruits. Plus POM is an unpleasant company in general, so I am glad someone put a stop to their false advertising.

You can certainly gain simply by doing ANY form of exercise that causes fatigue, but I personally believe that training to failure is the quickest and most time-effective method to gain strength and mass. However, in my previous comment, I was simply pointing out that the study participants shared a commonality, due to everyone performing to failure. Also, I think that 99% of gym-goers are in fact undertraining, not overtraining. So for the general public, I don't think education about the 'dangers of overtraining' will be very useful. Just my 2c.

http://www.sheknows.com/health-and-wellness/articles/960631/should-women-lift-light-weights I think the key is is that all participants performed their sets TO FAILURE, meaning that each person moved a total weight that ended up fully fatiguing their muscles. So 20lbs with 20 reps would be the same total as 40lbs with 10 reps. Also note: "For the study, a series of experiments were conducted on nine healthy male volunteers, ages 19 to 26, to measure how their leg muscles reacted to different forms of resistance training over 10 weeks. The researchers first determined the maximum weight each subject could lift one time in a knee extension. Each subject was assigned to a different training program for each leg." So there are certainly some flaws inherent in the study as well....

That 'protein bar' is only 16% protein, by calories. Show me a recipe with 50+% of the calories from protein, then I will call it a 'protein bar'