jjrichard83 Member

I try to not eat out. I make meals for the day, and when I do, I keep it simple, and lay off the sauces.

I take a multi (alternating between 3 different kinds since it's hard to find "the best" multi. Maca powder (in my shakes) Vitamin C (I get enough through my diet, but it only stays in the body for 3-4 hours, so during "flu season" I stock up a few times a day Probiotics B12 (once every month or two if I remember - it…

Run from MLM's. I use Vega One & Genuine Health Vegan Proteins. They are more expensive, but I enjoy the taste, and they agree with my stomach the most. There are a ton of great choices out there. If anyone lives in Canada and wants 10-20% off Gold Card GNC prices, just let me know. there is a company that does bulk orders…

lol ;)

Noted. Thank you. I'll make an effort to not come across as "preachy". Sometimes it takes someone else to point out your flaws, and I do appreciate that! I am also happy the response I did receive: many PM's`- only one telling me to _______ myself with a dull spoon, but the rest were all positive. Some even afraid to reply…

Ignorance is bliss. You don't get it, and thats fine. It's lifestyle changes, not the calorie counting. I didn't say "calorie counting is stupid, and don't do it". There are many on here that talk about not being able to drop weight even though they are under their calorie goal for that day. Then you look at their diary…

If you remove all processed foods from your diet, Vega (and your taste in general) will adjust to more natural foods and flavours. Vega taste great to me, but their recovery isn't that great tasting. I do think that Genuine Health Vegan and Vega are the highest quality out there. Whey is on the low scale for quality no…

According to the Institute of Medicine, the average healthy adult requires 0.36 g of protein per pound of body weight per day. So for example, if you weigh 150 lb.., you would need 54 g of protein a day. In food terms, that would equal a 4 oz. piece of chicken, 6 oz. cup of Greek yogurt and a half-cup of skim milk. Don't…

Also - unlike others have stated - timing of nutrients is important! At least I found I recover faster when they are timed right & I'm eating less animal products.

Thats not a good argument. If someone chooses to be vegan, they are most likely not going to use steroids. Many competitive bodybuilders are roided to the gills. Also - protein is not needed in the amounts we were once told. We **** and pee the excess, and we only need .36 to .8 per lb. depending on what you're going for.…

The fat burning zone is determined on "averages" which makes all those charts wrong.... Think of an average as this: There are 40 men / women in a bar. Bill Gates walks into the bar for a drink. The AVERAGE worth per person in that bar is over $1,000,000,000.00. Even within a single elite sports team, such as Olympic…

I love salad with only 40 sprays of Italian dressing. ONLY 40 sprays of dressing?!?!? How many sprays did you use before hand? lol.

I was at Costco today. I bought a turkey sandwich (800+ calories). I didn't want to do this again, so I bought a Pizza slice too (700 calories). I overate by 775 today, and did that to make myself sick so I wont have these cravings again. I tend to do it every now and then. However I used to do it weekly, now I only binge…

Nah, it's pretty useless. Especially if you're a muscular person.

Isn't new. ECA stack has been killing people for years. Any hardcore stimulant should be avoided.

The scale will tell you 30% of what you need to know! (I pulled that number out of my...). Measuring tape is your friend. Especially if you're working out too.

Shallow Hal styles!

If you are looking for results of losing weight, you should not be using the scale nearly as much as using a measuring tape.

That is just untrue. If you wanted to lose weight and your daily intake was 2000 calories (to maintain), you dropped to 1500 - burn 500 and eat them ALL back, you are still 500 under your daily calorie intake. Anyone on here on the weight loss side is not eating their maintence calories anyway.

If you must - eat back only half. Only because you are unsure of what you really burned. Also - If you are concerned about eating up burned calories, then you should be eating useful calories only. Clean up the diet.

I mix it with spinach in my shakes, eat it with spinach in my salads, I steam the stems. Homemade Kale chips are pretty gross...

not true at all. The body doesn't need that - what it needs is to stop eating junk. Fasting like that has no benefit on cleansing or internal cleaning. It's been debunked.

I've also heard by many sources - Nike Fuelband is very inconsistent.

I take : Maca Powder Vitamine B12 & B-Complex 2 different multi-vitamines (one in the morning and one at night) Chlorella really don't know if any of them are helping b/c I changed my diet at the same time... This is the problem with many - thinking something works when it is in their head, or something else all together

:noway: I think you are missing the point of reporting. Good info btw to the OP

USE THE SEARCH FEATURE BEFORE POSTING NEW THREADS please.

People are ignorant to it until they do their research.

without making your journal public, no one can help you here.

Thats why you don't eat processed foods vegan or not. Saying you'd rather eat chicken b/c some vegan substitutes are so processed is like saying - That **** has a lot of chemicals in it - so I rather eat this that has even MORE chemicals in it! If you eat organic chicken, I take that back! You do make a great point- ALL…

yeah, isn't the goal to maintain lean muscle mass while losing the fat?