Weights and Dr. Fuhrman Diet
dafoots0911
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Need to know if anyone is doing strength training while on the Eat to Live 6 week diet plan. Curious to know if there is any difference in strength or muscle gain since there is not as much protein as usually recommended for strength training. I can't find, or either I missed it where or if he talks about lifting weights. I know there is a mention of walking but what about weights?
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bump anybody?0
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I don't think it's going to hurt to lift weights if thats what your asking.
But any diet that has a set length, and/or doesn't involve a decent amount of protein isn't a very good diet.
diets should be long term.0 -
How much protein do you get on this diet?0
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A higher protein diet would likely yield greater strength and muscle mass gains0
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Dr, Fuhrman Diet looks like a very healthy diet, but I agree that I would increase the protein significantly. I don't know how high his protein recommendations are, but I would suspect not high enough.0
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I guess I need to go back to counting my carbs and protein but haven't had time. There are beans and nuts on this diet at least one cup of beans a day and 1 to 2 ounces of nuts. I am just so used to having my protein drink in the morning I just wanted to know if others on the Eat to Live 6 week plan are noticing any changes by not having any animal protein. In other words I don't want to lose the muscle I do have in this 6 weeks.0
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I guess I need to go back to counting my carbs and protein but haven't had time. There are beans and nuts on this diet at least one cup of beans a day and 1 to 2 ounces of nuts. I am just so used to having my protein drink in the morning I just wanted to know if others on the Eat to Live 6 week plan are noticing any changes by not having any animal protein. In other words I don't want to lose the muscle I do have in this 6 weeks.
Can you supplement with a plant based protein powder? The above will not give you much protein at all. You need protein for muscle growth/repair so if your goal is to maintain as much LBM, my advice would be to supplement.0 -
I guess I need to go back to counting my carbs and protein but haven't had time. There are beans and nuts on this diet at least one cup of beans a day and 1 to 2 ounces of nuts. I am just so used to having my protein drink in the morning I just wanted to know if others on the Eat to Live 6 week plan are noticing any changes by not having any animal protein. In other words I don't want to lose the muscle I do have in this 6 weeks.
are you a vegetarian or is that just a diet requirement?0 -
Can you supplement with a plant based protein powder? The above will not give you much protein at all. You need protein for muscle growth/repair so if your goal is to maintain as much LBM, my advice would be to supplement.
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Didn't think of that. I will check into that. Thanks:happy:0 -
I guess I need to go back to counting my carbs and protein but haven't had time. There are beans and nuts on this diet at least one cup of beans a day and 1 to 2 ounces of nuts. I am just so used to having my protein drink in the morning I just wanted to know if others on the Eat to Live 6 week plan are noticing any changes by not having any animal protein. In other words I don't want to lose the muscle I do have in this 6 weeks.
are you a vegetarian or is that just a diet requirement?0 -
I guess I need to go back to counting my carbs and protein but haven't had time. There are beans and nuts on this diet at least one cup of beans a day and 1 to 2 ounces of nuts. I am just so used to having my protein drink in the morning I just wanted to know if others on the Eat to Live 6 week plan are noticing any changes by not having any animal protein. In other words I don't want to lose the muscle I do have in this 6 weeks.
are you a vegetarian or is that just a diet requirement?
Vegetarian here, so I do not have an agenda with regard to this advice - I really would advise trying to get your protein either via a plant-based or whey protein powder or just add some lean meat into the diet. If you like to stick to a plan rather then being flexible in food choices and counting calories, just see how much you would need to get your protein levels up without adding too many calories and add that to the plan. You could always swap it out for one of the elements included in the plan. Just my 2c.0 -
I really would advise trying to get your protein either via a plant-based or whey protein powder or just add some lean meat into the diet. If you like to stick to a plan rather then being flexible in food choices and counting calories, just see how much you would need to get your protein levels up without adding too many calories and add that to the plan. You could always swap it out for one of the elements included in the plan. Just my 2c.
agreeing here.
You need more protein.
Any "diet" that tells people they can't eat meat is a pretty shady diet, IMO. (No offense to vegetarians, thats more of a moral thing)0 -
I guess I need to go back to counting my carbs and protein but haven't had time. There are beans and nuts on this diet at least one cup of beans a day and 1 to 2 ounces of nuts. I am just so used to having my protein drink in the morning I just wanted to know if others on the Eat to Live 6 week plan are noticing any changes by not having any animal protein. In other words I don't want to lose the muscle I do have in this 6 weeks.
are you a vegetarian or is that just a diet requirement?
Vegetarian here, so I do not have an agenda with regard to this advice - I really would advise trying to get your protein either via a plant-based or whey protein powder or just add some lean meat into the diet. If you like to stick to a plan rather then being flexible in food choices and counting calories, just see how much you would need to get your protein levels up without adding too many calories and add that to the plan. You could always swap it out for one of the elements included in the plan. Just my 2c.0 -
I really would advise trying to get your protein either via a plant-based or whey protein powder or just add some lean meat into the diet. If you like to stick to a plan rather then being flexible in food choices and counting calories, just see how much you would need to get your protein levels up without adding too many calories and add that to the plan. You could always swap it out for one of the elements included in the plan. Just my 2c.
agreeing here.
You need more protein.
Any "diet" that tells people they can't eat meat is a pretty shady diet, IMO. (No offense to vegetarians, thats more of a moral thing)0
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