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I think it will be very hard to keep a diet in which you have to eat every two hours unless you have a LOT of spare time.

 

I think eating every three hours would be a lot easier, but that's just an opinion. What I would leave out of your diet:

 

- Waffles, not health food at all.

- Maple syrup, too much sugar.

- Sandwiches unless they're full grain.

- Crackers (who even wants to eat crackers every day )

- Toasts unless they're full grain.

 

You also take a huge amount of energy from protein drinks, I would prefer eating more real food. Chick peas, black eyed peas, kidney beans, white beans, more lentils... with a lot of vegetables and rapeseed oil. If you need more calories after all that, keep eating nuts and seeds anywhere you are between meals. You can get 1000 calories per day more easily by doing that.

 

I also seriously doubt that you can really eat 2 boca burgers, a LOT of bread and 2 tofu hotdogs at the same meal. That also sounds like expensive but I'm not aware of your financial position so I don't say more about that.

 

Remember that your body weight can vary about 3 kg whether you weight yourself in the morning with empty stomach and in the evening after eating a lot. Anyway, you seem to be very dedicated and I believe you'll have great gains in no time. Please think about what I wrote and if there are things that suit your diet let us know whether they work or not if you use them.

 

At least I know what works for me, it doesn't work for all but I am eager to know if other people can gain with something I have made.

Yeah I dont think I will be able to eat anywhere near that amount of food a day. So I am just trying to eat the things that are most nutritious out of every meal.

I have been eating nuts and lentils at every oportunity between meals.

Thanks heaps for the suggestions.

If you need the gym, then Newtown gym's causal rates aren't too bad

(I'm one of those people who goes to the gym when they go away for the weekend)...

Not a bad idea!!

Thanks heaps!!

I wasn't going to have the soda or crackers, just use it as a rough guideline.

Thanks for you help.

I am playing a show in sydney tomorrow night, are there any good places to eat around newtown?

I know that Ichu (spelling?) is amazing on glebe point road and I like Green Palace Thai a fair bit aswell. My friend works at Organic Produce on Crown street so I will probably go there tomorrow for lunch.

Thanks man.

You are such a great help.

I was thinking about roughly following this diet:

Example Day 1

8AM

1 1/2c Oatmeal 8g pro 210 Cal

1 Banana 1g pro 80 Cal

Soy Protein Drink 20g pro 330 Cal

16oz water 29g pro 620 Cal

10AM

1 cup walnuts 14g pro 250 Cal

1 cup grapes 0g pro 100 Cal

1 Protein bar 12g pro 240 Cal

16oz water 26g pro 590 Cal

12PM

2 boca burgers 26g pro 180 Cal

4 slices of bread 24g pro 720 Cal

1 baked potato 5g pro 80 Cal

1 serving spinach 2g pro 70 Cal

2 tofu hotdogs 18g pro 90 Cal

24oz water 75g pro 1,140 Cal

2PM

3 serv. Crackers 6g pro 210 Cal

2 s. peanut butter 14g pro 340 Cal

1 banana 1g pro 80 Cal

8oz orange juice 1g pro 100 Cal

22g pro 630 Cal

4PM

Soy protein drink 20g pro 340 Cal

12oz water 20g pro 340 Cal

6PM

4 serv. Pasta 28g pro 480 Cal

2 s. refried beans 12g pro 140 Cal

1 cup broccoli 5g pro 150 Cal

2 serv. Baked tofu 26g pro 150 Cal

16oz orange juice 1g pro 200 Cal

72g pro 1,120 Cal

8PM

1 Orange 1g pro 80 Cal

1 serving almonds 7g pro 100 Cal

12oz natural soda 0g pro 170 Cal

8g pro 350C

10PM

Soy protein drink 20g pro 340 Cal

2 serv. Corn chips 4g pro 240 Cal

2 serv. Salsa 2g pro 140 Cal

20oz water 26g pro 720 Cal

Totals 278g protein 5,510 Calories

Example Day 2

8AM

4 Organic Waffles 16g pro 480 Cal

Maple syrup 0g pro 80 Cal

Banana 1g pro 80 Cal

Soy protein drink 20g pro 340 Cal

16oz water 37g pro 980 Cal

10AM

3 servings almonds 21g pro 300 Cal

Protein bar 12g pro 240 Cal

Banana 1g pro 80 Cal

16oz water 34g pro 620 Cal

12PM

2 Tofu Salami sandwiches 56g pro 800 Cal

2 servings spinach 1g pro 100 Cal

2 servings carrots 1g pro 70 Cal

16oz orange juice 1g pro 100 Cal

59g pro 1,070 Cal

2PM

3 serv. Crackers 6g pro 210 Cal

2 s. peanut butter 14g pro 340 Cal

1 banana 1g pro 80 Cal

8oz orange juice 1g pro 100 Cal

22g pro 630 Cal

4PM

Soy protein drink 20g pro 340 Cal

Flax oil/glutamine/B12 0g pro 35 Cal

12 oz water 20g pro 375 Cal

6PM

2 boca burgers 26g pro 180 Cal

3 servings lentil soup 27g pro 360 Cal

1 boiled potato 5g pro 80 Cal

1 cup broccoli 5g pro 100 Cal

12oz soy milk 11g pro 250 Cal

12oz water 74g pro 970 Cal

8PM

2 slices of toast 12g pro 340 Cal

2 servings peanut butter 14g pro 340 Cal

16oz water 26g pro 680 Cal

10PM

2 soy protein drinks 40g pro 680 Cal

16oz water 40g pro 680 Cal

Totals: 311 grams of protein 5,955 Calories

What do you think??

I have no idea what Clif Bars or Boca Burgers are and I am not sure where to get vegan salami.

Hello vegans, I am looking for a good bulking diet, because my diet at the moment is rubbish.

Pretty much I have just been eating a lot of food with high protein and carbs and then a fair bit of fruit. But I am pretty lazy and get stuck for ideas of what to eat. For me, I would prefer to have a diet set in stone that I can follow everyday (and mix it up a little), to know when to eat and how much, just t know that I am getting enough of everything.

I have been training hard and eating heaps. I have put on three kilos in two weeks with no noticeable fat gains (stoked!). But I am a little worried about what I am eating.

I am 19 years old and I live in Canberra in a house full of vegans (so good!!). My brothers fiancé is an amazing cook, so I get to eat the food she makes sometimes.

At the moment my diet is roughly:

Upon Waking: 400 ml of soymilk, 3 scoops of Designer Physique soy protein isolate, 1 banana, little bit of Vanilla Extract.

1st meal: Bowl of muesli with soymilk.

2nd meal: Tvp Bolognaise sauce with pasta.

3rd meal: 4 slices of toast with natural peanut butter.

Before Bed:

Upon Waking: 400 ml of soymilk, 3 scoops of Designer Physique soy protein isolate, 1 banana, little bit of Vanilla Extract.

Plus I take Flaxseed Oil Capsules (how many should I take??) and a Multi every day, and B12 once a week.

I know it sucks.

Can someone please help?!?

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a332/nasbforlife/withhayley.jpg

 

set your goals?

 

great progress dood! you seem really fit

Whoa!!

Massive change.

I hope that is Haley Williams... So cute!!

Yeah man, I ate at Au Lac last night!!

Amazing tasting food, but I am not sure about the nutritional value. But braised mock chicken and vegetables with cashew nuts cant be that bad right?!?

 

Thanks for that thread, i will suss some good Australian supplements.

xx

 

Yeah Au Lac is great, it is one of my favorite Mock meat restaurants.

I think they do some of the best Rice paper rolls (Cold rolls) that I have ever tasted, lots of mint and basil.

I think the food there is pretty healthy, some stuff is healthier than others of course. It's a good place to take omni friends as well.

There are a couple of Ethiopian Places that have some Great Vegan food as well.

If you want to add size and eat natural nutrional food, it's always good to know a good whole foods store, if you don't have one already there is one in Griffith that isn't bad.

Do you mean Mountain Creek in griffith??

Thats about a 5 minute drive from my house.

I will definitely go in and check it out.

Also, the company I work for sell health food products and I have already got a good multivitamin, but we sell flaxeed oil capsules aswell. Are they worth taking? And in what dosage?

Thanks SV, you have been a huge help

Hey,

I started a thread a while back concerning Australian supplements etc, you can find it here http://www.veganbodybuilding.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9458

 

Good Natural foods that you might want to check out, other than the normal fruits, veggies, Protein foods (Tofu, Tempeh, Seitan) nuts and pulses that we all eat are things like,

Quinoa and Amaranth - Both great sources of natural protein

Kale - One of the most nutrient dense foods you can get. A little hard to get in Australia sometimes, but you can often get the seeds so you can grow it yourself.

A few people post their diets in the Training log section of the forum, you can get a lot of good information there...

 

I lived in Canberra a couple of years ago, it has some pretty good vegan restaurants

Yeah man, I ate at Au Lac last night!!

Amazing tasting food, but I am not sure about the nutritional value. But braised mock chicken and vegetables with cashew nuts cant be that bad right?!?

Thanks for that thread, i will suss some good Australian supplements.

xx

Thanks heaps guys.

All of the information is really good.

I will look into getting some protein powder soon, but for now I am just going to dramatically increase the amount of good natural foods that i eat.

Does anyone have a simple and effective diet plan that I could have a look at?

And Sydneyvegan, thanks heaps for the help, I am keen to talk to you more about good quality products that we can get over here

I have been vegan for two years.

I used to train when i wasn't vegan and i got really good results but since then have let them slip.

I a very keen to get back into training on a vegan diet, but am a little apprehensive as to the gains that I can get on a vegan diet.

Any help or tips on if I should be on Protein powder (and what one??) and just general information about training on a vegan diet would be much appreciated.

I look forward to getting to know you all!!