Being vegan and professional athlete at the same time?

sunnysashka
sunnysashka Posts: 296
edited October 2 in Food and Nutrition
Hi! I just wanted to share with you information. I have been looking into becoming at least vegetarian for a long time, But sport is a part of my job and when I tried to cut out meat and poultry from my diet, I felt tired more quickly.
I'm still not a vegetarian. I eat chicken couple times a month and fish about once a week. But I have found an amazing book written by Brendan Breizer. He is a professional athlete and worked out a great nutrition guide

"Thrive: The Vegan Nutrition Guide to Optimal Performance in Sports and Life "

There are a lot of easy to make recipes of delicious energy bars, smoothies, soups ect.
The whole idea in the book is to nurish your body, feed it easy to digest foods, so you do not have to waste energy on digesting.
So far I have been using a lot of recipes from this book. If anyone is interested, I can share my favourite ones.

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  • lenny1976
    lenny1976 Posts: 74 Member
    Yes please, sounds great. I am vegetarian and am always looking to try new recipies. :smile:
  • Topsking2010
    Topsking2010 Posts: 2,245 Member
    Bump
  • JennLifts
    JennLifts Posts: 1,913 Member
    Hi! I just wanted to share with you information. I have been looking into becoming at least vegetarian for a long time, But sport is a part of my job and when I tried to cut out meat and poultry from my diet, I felt tired more quickly.
    I'm still not a vegetarian. I eat chicken couple times a month and fish about once a week.

    You might have not upped your carbs enough, or it could be psychological..
  • apage126
    apage126 Posts: 6
    That would be great. Thanks!
  • vegetarian218
    vegetarian218 Posts: 40 Member
    bump
  • sunnysashka
    sunnysashka Posts: 296
    Awesome, now I have to go to work but later today, I'll share the recipe of Chocolate Blueberry energy bar and Buckwheat hemp pancakes.
  • sunnysashka
    sunnysashka Posts: 296
    You might have not upped your carbs enough, or it could be psychological..
    I think it was more psychological, you are right.
  • sunnysashka
    sunnysashka Posts: 296
    Ok, guys, sorry for wait. Here is first recipe.
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/sunnysashka/view/chocolate-blueberry-energy-bars-vegan-raw-option-143597
  • martielou
    martielou Posts: 50 Member
    I've been reading his work too! Just finished Thrive Fitness and got Thrive foods. I'm not a professional at all, of course, but he has great recipes for fueling every athlete. He also has a great line of products for days I don't have time to make stuff (the Vega foods). Hope you keep sharing how it all works for you! :)
  • sunnysashka
    sunnysashka Posts: 296
    So far I have been making energy bars and pancakes which is very easy and does not take much time. Energy bars save my life when I have to work till 7 pm and work out afterwards. I do not eat passed 6 pm and after I'm done working out, it is waaay too late to eat for me. So, I eat a couple of energy bars at work around 6 pm and I'm full of energy without being stuffed:flowerforyou:
  • lisab42
    lisab42 Posts: 98 Member
    You may also find this site interesting

    nomeatathlete.com

    training tips, recipes, lots of cool stuff. And he recommend Thrive :)
  • sunnysashka
    sunnysashka Posts: 296
    Lisa, thank you for the link!:flowerforyou:

    Guys, here another recipe. I had this soup for lunch
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/sunnysashka/view/creamy-ginger-carrot-soup-thrive-diet-143828
  • calliope_music
    calliope_music Posts: 1,242 Member
    bump! sounds yummy!
  • nicothepotato
    nicothepotato Posts: 306 Member
    You may also find this site interesting

    nomeatathlete.com

    training tips, recipes, lots of cool stuff. And he recommend Thrive :)

    I was going to suggest this too. Love a lot of their recipes and the newsletter.
  • ewebber88
    ewebber88 Posts: 33
    BUMP
  • AggieCass09
    AggieCass09 Posts: 1,867 Member
    Id be interested in those recipes!
  • sunnysashka
    sunnysashka Posts: 296
    You may also find this site interesting

    nomeatathlete.com

    training tips, recipes, lots of cool stuff. And he recommend Thrive :)

    I was going to suggest this too. Love a lot of their recipes and the newsletter.

    Guys, thank you for this awesome link! I can't get off this website! Found Ultimate energy bar formula! Amazing!
    http://www.nomeatathlete.com/homemade-energy-bar-recipe/
  • DonPendergraft
    DonPendergraft Posts: 520 Member
    Scott Jurek is an amazing ultra runner and is a Vegan. I think Dave Scott, the Ironman legend, is too if I'm not mistaken.
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