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Whole foods, plant-based eating. You'll see benefits in every area.

This^^^ Eat your normal breakfast when you like. A short ride should not produce any digestive issues and you should have plenty of "fuel" on board from dinner the night before.

Breakfast: Poi bowl with bananas, blueberries and mango (if I have it) OR oatmeal OR green smoothie Lunch: Usually salad - today's: quinoa, kale, chickpeas, cucumber, tomatoes, avo, popcorn tofu, garlic cashew dressing Dinner: Veg soup and salad OR some kind of "bowl" (variations of beans, rice, quinoa, squash, veg, salsa…

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Saturday's farmer's market visit: fresh yellowfin tuna from a local fisherman (for my hubs), basil, cauliflower, broccoli, red bell pepper, green leaf lettuce, pineapple, red/green/yellow onions, carrots, green/napa cabbage, avocado, papaya. From my or my friends' back yards: lemons, Hayden mangoes, avocados, local apple…

Why has no one said Brussels sprouts?? ...gag...

22 Days Nutrition just came out with protein powders which are amazing and vegan. You can get them at Target and Target.com

My new go-to is Tempeh. We have a local company that makes it. Not a huge fan of seitan - it always seems slimy to me.

We don't need as much protein as we think: proteinaholic.com/. That said, there are many, many endurance athletes who are vegan: Rich Roll, Brendan Brazier, Scott Jurek, Matt Frazier (of the blog). There are also vegan body builders, weightlifters, swimmers, etc. Rich Roll just came out with a meal planning website that…

This: newsweek.com/cows-who-needs-em-stop-drinking-milk-594748

Good for you and don't listen to the nay-sayers. Danny Dreyer is an excellent coach and a great source of information for new runners, especially on form. It's good to challenge yourself to work a little harder than average. And, if you get to a week where you can't complete the assigned workout, go back to the previous…

Hi! I'm newly vegan and live in Hawaii, but have family in Cody, Wyoming. Love Montana too! I'm getting back to endurance sports and a healthy weight after 2 years of injuries, surgeries, and stress from job transitions. I'm currently working for a company I love and training for my first marathon in October. Let's…

Wow - so happy to find fellow vegans! I was beginning to wonder if I would. The MFP discussion boards are rough! If you asked me 10 years ago I'd say "no way, never!" But I've found it to be easier than I thought and I feel amazing.

It's such an evolution! I was a former junk-food junkie, standard american diet person. First I stopped eating processed food and junk, then moved to strict Paleo for almost 3 years and ditched dairy and grains. I tried LCHF and added back dairy, but that didn't work well for me physically or athletically. In the search…

Actually, I chose veganism for health reasons, specifically, and I feel much better physically. The mindfulness of the welfare of animals for food came later, with research and education. People choose veganism for a wide variety of reasons including, but not exclusively for, ethical reasons.

On Amazon you can subscribe to various items and have them delivered every month. The more you have on your order, the more you save. This is great for things you use up regularly.

Keep in mind that @willnorton did not say he was currently low carb - but that he has been "low carb for years." Perhaps he has changed? It depends on a person's definition of "carb." Some define carbs as bread, pasta, etc. aka processed carbs. I, personally, lean more toward a gluten-free vegan diet: mostly plant-based…

22 Days Nutrition has great vegan bars - and now you can get them at Target! so they are easy to pick up. They are small, but fill me up (I usually have one with an apple). And they taste great.

22 Days Nutrition chunky peanut butter bar and an apple. Couldn't get out of the office.

The short answer - no. And a running store may not guide you in the proper direction unless they are trained and skilled to deal with customers with structural issues. A slight forward lean is not inherently a bad thing - check out Chi Running/Walking - but it depends how far forward. It seems that a zero-drop shoe would…

Check out Marco Borges book, the 22-day revolution. His follow up cookbook is great as well. Everything is vegan and tasty. Both books have meal plans built in. I'm enjoying the transition to vegan eating and am never bored.

Good for you! I am a long time runner/cyclist/triathlete coming back from injuries (not sports related). I am currently training for the 2017 Maui Marathon - in fact, today (5/1) starts Week 1 of six weeks base building, before I move into 16 weeks of Marathon-specific training. I've run a lot of races in the past, but…

Thanks for posting! I saw that book and was wondering about it. Doesn't look like there's many vegans on MFP...but I'm sure I'll find some things useful!

Falafel bowls with garlic cashew cheese sauce.

Maui Marathon in October, the day after my 50th birthday. It's my birthday gift to myself. I was an avid runner/cyclist/triathlete until 2015, then suffered two non-sports-related injuries (and a minor surgery) that kept me sedentary (and frustrated!) until early this year. Currently up to 3 mile runs and 10-12 miles per…