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Any luck? I thought 40$ was pretty cheap considering it can save the nutritional info on the device itself.

I miss calculated the calories in pasta after noticing the entire package was only 16oz. I was using a measuring cup to measure the dry pasta and 2 cups is 16 oz so I thought if I put two cups of dry pasta in the measuring cup that would equal 16 ounces. On the package is says 200 calories for 2oz which makes me thrilled and excited until I just saw the package on the front said only 16 oz. Sorry for repeating myself a bit but I think I'm going to invest in a food scale like this http://www.amazon.ca/Digital-Kitchen-Nutritional-Calculates-Calories/dp/B000U67EI0/ref=sr_1_7?s=kitchen-substore&ie=UTF8&qid=1416604182&sr=1-7&keywords=nutritional+scale

Age: 21.

Height: 5"10.

Sex: M.

Location: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

BMR 1622.1.

BMI 18.7

Start Weight- 130lbs (Sun. Nov 9, 2014).

Current Weight- 134lbs (Tue. Jan 27, 2015).

Target Weight: 160lbs

Style: Body Weight Exercise.

Program: http://www.startbodyweight.com/p/start-bbodyweight-basic-routine.html.

Step 1: Find a diet plan that offers variety and meets caloric / nutritional requirements. (In progress).

Meal plan:

Breakfast-

- 2/3 cup of Oatmeal w/ handful of almonds(12-13), 4 dates(meaty, big, soft), 2/3 cup of rice milk, hemp hearts, coconut sugar (tblsp). (726 cal)

- Smoothie - 2 scoops of sunwarrior, 1 banana, handful of spinach(1 cup), cashew butter (1/2 tblsp), coconut oil (1 tblsp), hemp milk (2/3 cup). (432 cal)

Snack 1-

1 Whole Wheat Bagel with earth balance margarine (200 cal)

Lunch-

Creamy Mushroom Pasta

-2 cups of brown rice pasta, cashews, garlic, oil, vegetable cube, steamed broccoli (650 cal)

Snack 2

Smoothie-

Fruit Smoothie

-1 cup frozen berries, banana, soy milk, 2tblsp peanut butter (370)

Salad-

Greens / Lettuce, Nuts & Seeds, vinaigrette, Tomato, Cucumber, Bell peppers, 1/2 avacado (140 cal)

Dinner-

2/3 cup uncooked Brown Rice, 1 sweet potato(medium/large), steamed veggies, Gardein chicken tenders. (700 cal)

Beverages

-Water (distilled)

-Juice

-Smoothies

Supplements

-Intramax

-Sunwarrior

Calorie Taget: 2848 /3010

Step 2: Start program & Track progress

Any suggestions welcome!!

maybe this will help..

MY NAME IS AIDEN. IM 20 YEARS OLD I WEIGH 120 LBS AND IM 5"10.

I ALWAYS STRESS MYSELF OUT WHEN IT COMES TO APPEARANCE, I HAVE VERY SKINNY ARMS, NO CHEST, NOTHING. SKINNY LEGS AND I HAVE NO BUT. I FEAR NO GIRL WILL WANT TO SEE ME NAKED.

VEGAN IS OBVIOUSLY THE WAY TO GO THAT'S WHY IM HERE.

IM GOING TO CREATE A SCHEDULE, AND LEARN PROPER HEALTH AND NUTRITION AND GOING TO SPEND TIME AT THE LIBRARY. THEY HAVE LOTS OF GOOD BOOKS.

GOING TO SEE WHAT I CAN DO BUT I HAVE NO FUCKING CLUE ON WHAT TO DO.

I haven't been doing the bean shake. I just use my vegan protein shake that I bought from the store. I might try the bean shake to as it might be cheaper.

Yesterday sucked, I didn't go to they gym because I didn't know what some of the exercises were I had written down for back / ab exercises. I am going today though.

My arms kill thoughI can't even straighten them, lol.Going to research things I can do for the pain or fasten the healing process or figure out what's going on.

Breakfast- Porrige for breakfast with some fruit.

breakfast snack- Vegan protein shake

Lunch- Yam, lentil soup, salad

WORKOUT - Abs / Back

After workout snack - Vegan protein shake (probably should look into protein bars etc..)

Dinner - Can of beans, Salad.

Since I am skinny and want to gain some weight I should maybe look into deserts and more snacks to make. Also I can feel my appetite getting bigger... hopefully it does. My main problem has been my apetite. Going to see a dietician. I also told my doctor that I've been vegan for a month and he said it would be a lot harder to make "get bigger" without eating meat... lol, also he is concerned about some levels of iron and calcium and b12 so I'm getting blood taken which require a 8 hour fast, I will use a rest day for that it will suck though.

Were you skinny like that when you started this journal?

I'm using this for my diet: http://www.veganbodybuilding.com/?page=article_marcella_003 (Scroll to bottom)

and this for my exercises: http://www.veganbodybuilding.com/?page=article_beginningbodybuilding

I am on day 2 I will be working on my Back and Abs

1x12, 1x10, 1x8

Back

ChinUps

T-Bar Rows

Deadlifts

Cable Rows

Abs

Hanging Leg Raises

Rope Pull Downs

Front / Side Crunches

(It's just supposed to be a 1 week sample, so not sure

what I'm going to do after this week, I will use my rest days

to figure out an exercise routine following the basic one

Set up).

It's probably a good idea just to get used to it for a few weeks

and try to better and correct my form.

I would like to get a personal trainer to teach me but I'm not

sure if it's worth it. Thanks.

Yesterday was bicep and chest exercises. I think I was doing the

exercises wrong because today just my arms are sore and not my

chest. Because I wasn't doing the barbell exercises with correct form.

All the way down to the chest and the closer your hands together

the more definition you will get in your chest. So next time

I will keep my hands closer together and bring it all the way

down.

I'm pretty happy the way I am. It seems the more good food I eat,

the less videogames I play, the more I go out the better I feel.

(Still a bit of negative thinking).

Today was my first day at the gym and let me tell you it wasn't EASY.

Well it sort of was because I was using just low weights.

I worked my biceps and chest.

There was a friendly guy there who was giving me some pointers while doing a barbell exercise talking about width and grip.

He seemed really friendly.

I did a few exercises before doing some concentrated curls,

I couldn't even do 8 proper reps of just 10 lbs.

It felt like my arms were like a balloon and I couldn't curl all the way up...

there is also a water fountain there.

So at the end of the workout I went to go do some stretches THEN I started to feel really naucious so I had to get out of there and take my bike home.

I looked it up and it seems like I'm maybe just out of shape and my body is adjusting.

It really sucked though, I'm not sure if there's a puke bucket lol

I have zero experience in body building.

I'm 20 years old, male.

I'm self concious about my body.

I'm not fat, im just slim.

I want to have bigger arms, chest, back and legs.

I want to get bigger and gain size.

I want to feel better about myself.

My backround: Used to love sports until I found myself

smoking weed and playing videogames becoming

very lazy.

I've decided to quit videogames, quit porn, I've been off

weed now for over a year. I used all those things to mend

the pain of losing the girl I love....

Just two weeks ago I've decided to go vegan.

I don't want to just become an attractive guy, I want to

better my health, be inspiration to others one day, try

and find happiness.

I know diet is the first place to start and then the exercise...

it seems simple. Eat food, exercise, build muscle.. feel better.

Just any advice would be great if anyone has it, it sort of

is a pain not knowing where exactly to look. If anyone is interested

in helping me or offer some advice that would be cool, if not I'm

sure you're probably just in the similar shoes I am in. If so

say hi, we'll get to know eachother or something sort of like a

pen pal.

I know many experts probably aren't reading this, but I'm just sick

of the way I am. And ready to change....(I think).