turbo

Nice, thanks for the interest. I'm 5'6", right now about 22.5% body fat and weigh in about 142 (and losing). I have a lot of muscle already, but I think I could add more lean muscle mass (I'm not as strong as I have been in the past) while cutting fat. I lift four days a week, hitting each muscle group once per week. Lifting focused on strength rather than reps. My minimal cardio is 20 mins on the stairs, 3 times per week, intense, working at probably 85% of my max HR. Most days I eat between 1400-2000 cals, I'm liberal with portions, but what I eat is very strictly controlled, mostly raw fruits and veggies. My goals, number one, to get as lean as possible in the next 10.5 weeks (there is a deadline for something, hence the time frame). The priority here is shedding as much fat as possible by the end date, 11/26. I started this plan about two and a half weeks ago, and seem to be doing well, losing almost entirely fat according to a body composition scale I keep track with at my house. (My initial weigh-in was 151.8 pounds and 27.4 percent body fat, that was 8/26). I'm just wondering, realistically, how lean I can get by this deadline, what should my LBM be at, etc. There's just not a wealth of info available for female raw vegan athletes, so I'm kind of trying to piece together based on what seems to work for different people. What do you think realistically, I could accomplish in the next 10.5 weeks, and beyond that? I would like to be in figure competition shape eventually, just don't know a whole lot about that realm of fitness, and (particularly for vegans), it's hard to get info I can utilize! Thanks a lot!

So I'm looking to get as lean as possible by Thanksgiving, and just want to hear from all the lean, muscular vegan babes, what's worked best to get you in top shape? If you can post pictures to show nutrition and exercise tips in combo with your results, that'd be super helpful! Thanks!

I really only get sick when A) I eat garbage, and B) Allergies attack and I don't take something If it seems like sort of a standard cold, I'd say diet is key. Was there something you'd been eating and then just randomly skipped for a few days? I've gotten sick from doing that before, and literally the day after putting the right food back in my system, cold is gone. I don't think any supplement can substitute the benefits from eating natural, fresh, whole foods.

You look totally great! Awesome job. At this point, though, i would say what you need to think about is not so much losing weight, but changing your body composition. Stepping on a scale isn't going to tell you anything. You've got to increase your lean mass and cut down body fat. The single best way to cut your body fat is to cut your fat intake in your diet. if you don't eat fat (or food that easily converts to fat), your body will shed fat, it's inevitable. But it takes a lot of willpower to eat that way, so you've got to be motivated! (I think you look fabulous now, but I know we all see areas of ourselves we want to improve. Kudos to you for making this much progress tho, you really look great!)