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Hi all. My focus has been lacking (and it shows in my physique). I've changed gyms to a Virgin Active which is right outside my work so makes it easier to go.
I want to also refocus my training and diet. Online research has made me feel overwhelmed with varying advice.
Does anyone have a great all round vegan fitness book they could recommend? Perhaps something with diet plans? Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
Cheers,
Jay
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Hi there. I joined this forum way back in 2015. I posted a bit of detail in my introduction topic.
Then I didn't use the forum.
I'm still floundering with consistency and proper diet but I do consider that exercise is now an ongoing part of my life. A vegan goes without saying. I've belonged to Jetts Northcote for a number of years and I really enjoy the community feel of the place. My workout plans include HIIT training (such as MetaFIt) and weights training.
Now, I want to work on my consistency so I'm turning back to this forum. This post is to see if there is anyone in Melbourne interested in meeting up for training? A training partner, exercise buddy, group whatever who is vegan would be fantastic. I find explaining the diet to fitness people quite annoying - ha ha.
Also happy to chat on here as well to help build an on online support network for myself.
In the meantime,
Cheers,
Jay
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Rabbit, thanks for the Welcome.
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Hi there, Jay here. I've been vegan now for around two years. I can't remember exactly when the change in my diet happened, but I had been vegetarian for over 10 years and just started to feel ethnically uncomfortable eating all those eggs and dairy products. Around the same time I looked down at myself one day and realised, as I approached 40, that my cute slender physique was no longer slender and not very cute.
In the past, during my 20s, I hated my skinny body and would punish myself in the gym with no success. Now, being older and wiser, I knew I couldn't repeat that cycle. What I had to concentrate on was just making exercise part of my daily life. I had to forget any motives based on a low self image and just concentrate on feeling healthy.
Armed with my new diet and the worldwide interweb for home exercise routines, after a year I felt that I had achieved making exercise part of my life. I was enjoying the exercise and my motivation generally stayed pretty good. Then I joined the gym with the aim of building up my body. I started doing more intense strength based routines and ramped up my diet. That was a year ago. I think I've had mild success. I've put on a little bit of size, and I do stress the little bit.
It has been a little frustrating as I flounder with my diet (sometimes I think I've put on more fat around my belly than muscle )and consistency with the gym comes and goes. I work hard for two months and then something will happen where I'm distracted from the gym for a month and then I feel like I have to start all over again. I'm really looking forward to these forums, as I hope they are a place for motivation, inspiration and hopefully consistency.
Plus, I have no idea how to write a short message ha ha
Strength Training for Muscle
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Just the type of information to re-motivate me. Cheers.