Weights and Dr. Fuhrman Diet

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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  • dafoots0911
    dafoots0911 Posts: 347 Member
    bump anybody?
  • ilovedeadlifts
    ilovedeadlifts Posts: 2,923 Member
    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.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    How much protein do you get on this diet?
  • Chief_Rocka
    Chief_Rocka Posts: 4,710 Member
    A higher protein diet would likely yield greater strength and muscle mass gains
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    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.
  • dafoots0911
    dafoots0911 Posts: 347 Member
    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.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    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.
  • ilovedeadlifts
    ilovedeadlifts Posts: 2,923 Member
    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?
  • dafoots0911
    dafoots0911 Posts: 347 Member
    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:
  • dafoots0911
    dafoots0911 Posts: 347 Member
    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?
    It's the 6 week plan. Don't think I can be total vegetarian for life. Could cut meat to a couple days a week though.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    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?
    It's the 6 week plan. Don't think I can be total vegetarian for life. Could cut meat to a couple days a week though.

    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.
  • ilovedeadlifts
    ilovedeadlifts Posts: 2,923 Member
    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)
  • dafoots0911
    dafoots0911 Posts: 347 Member
    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?
    It's the 6 week plan. Don't think I can be total vegetarian for life. Could cut meat to a couple days a week though.

    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.
    And your 2c is appreciated, thank you very much. I think I will continue to do my whey protein on weight lifting days.
  • dafoots0911
    dafoots0911 Posts: 347 Member
    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)
    Thanks. As I posted above I think I will continue to do my whey protein on weightlifting days and add fish also. Thanks for your input.