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How do you if the contaminants have been removed? How do you know a good brand or shop over another? The UMM resouces mentions it helps with alergies. Anyone here want to vouch for that or have experiences either way?

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Hi Doug, I don't know if you have dietary restrictions or what, but I noticed that your go-to for increasing your calories was to add more tofu. Some people find that tofu and soy-based products have negative effects such as weight gain and depressions. If you are eating a lot of this food (TVP, tempeh, tofu, textured soy…

Lifting is great, glad you have decided to pick it up. Agree that those two link are good sources of info. You are asking a huge question and the best thing is probably for you to get an experienced trainer to show you how to do some lifts and use the equipment at your gym. I’ll try for a few tips anyway, and if you search…

I am not much of a cook, so I can’t really help you with recipes. I can tell you that a vege can get plenty of protein if they try, easier if you eat eggs. I manage an average of 80g/day, but have gotten more than that when I was lifting. Try quiches, fried eggs, boiled eggs etc. For flavor variety, you can lightly top…

I think the MPF numbers are very high, so if I run a 10 min mi pace for 60 min, I will log only 40 min or so till the calorie number seem about right. This could come around to bite me, but I would rather be conservative on how much I burn instead of luring myself into a false sense of security and eating more than I need.

I've been an ovo-lacto vege for over 13 years. I am able to average 80-110g protein/day through egg whites, whole eggs, Greek yogurt (Chobani, but I make mine a split of plain fat free and the strawberry in order to increase the protein/carb ratio), occasionally whey protein shakes (Optimum Nutrition Chocolate), cheese,…

Sounds good, thanks for sharing

I’m going to go ahead and sort of disagree with some of these others. Elisabat alluded to this, but don’t discount the “use it or lose it” reaction our bodies have. I personally think that I was at my best when I was only lifting regularly, intensely for strength gains, with minimal cardio and eating well. I think/believe…

Yes, 10 sets of 10 reps to do 100 squats or 5 sets of 20 reps... or 20 sets of 5 reps all are different ways you could get to 100 total.

Consider trying to do as many as you can of each exercise for two minutes each with light to moderate weight. Do the circuit two or three times. Rest a few days and do the workout again. See if you can increase the number of reps (a rep or repetition is one time doing a particular lift… one lunge, one squat, etc. A set is…