Jenwins

I'm looking for the same thing!! I have been for about 2 years now! But last night I was up through a storm and found on vegsource.com that Dr. Doug Graham has a thread titled "Raw Foods and Sports Nutrition." He has two books out "80/10/10" and "Nutrition and Athletic Performance." I just ordered the former book today. I'm hopeful though. He says he's helped bodybuilders/figure competitors. Hope this helps.

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?

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.

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.

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 quinoa post 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 vegis mid afternoon: piece of fruit dinner: fish, salad, sometimes brown rice late 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!

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!