[quote]jehovasfitness wrote:
[quote]wannabebig250 wrote:
[quote]jehovasfitness wrote:
[quote]wannabebig250 wrote:
[quote]cueball wrote:
[quote]wannabebig250 wrote:
BUMP!
been “animal protein” free for 1 week now. lost about 8lbs. numbers in the gym are going up after a 6 week layoff.
just sayin’, you wont shrivel up and die on 50g of plant protein per day.
EDIT: i do plan on upping the protein to ~100g with a vegan protein powder[/quote]
Out of curiosity, did you compensate the reduction in calories from animal protein with other calorie sources? If not, the losing 8 lbs is from the reduction in calories more so than “no animal protein”.
Also, I know for sure if I took 6 weeks off and then went back, my numbers would be increasing as well, regardless of how I was eating. This would simply be because my numbers had dropped from where they were before the break and were climbing back up.
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if anything im eating more food now than i was before. probably 400g of carbs a day. under 40g of fat and around 50-60g of protein. lots of rice, beans, lentils, nuts, etc. to compensate for missing calories from animal protein.
understood numbers would go up after a 6 week layoff. im saying they ARE going up even though there is a “lack of” animal protein to repair and rebuild muscle tissue after hard workouts.
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That sounds awful, good luck I guess.
How much do you weigh btw? 40g of fat is way way low[/quote]
about 220 right now. for a long time i followed certain members’ advice about bulking. you know, eat a ton of food cause “nobody got big eating salad”. lots, and lots of meat and fat and carbs. lots of cheeseburgers.
want to get back down to 190-200. i dont know how much fat the body truly needs to be healthy, but i feel fine on 40g. maybe ill up it a bit higher. but from the “forks over knives” video the real message is FAT GON KILL YOU! lol.[/quote]
Ha, and I hear ya on the bulking. I did that several years ago, went a little overboard. It was a learning experience though and glad I did it. Taught me that I really didn’t have an idea of how much I really had to eat to grow.
As for eating a lot of meat, fat and carbs, I would suggest in the future limiting at least one of those either fat or carbs, both together could be problematic. Of course I tend to prefer limiting carbs, and upping the fat.
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whenever i limit carbs, i lose weight quick indeed, but my mood drops dramatically, and i look really pale, like im sick, and start to break out on my face. once i add back in whole grains like brown rice, quinoa, barley, limit wheat, i start to get my complexion and mood back. i dont know if im lacking a nutrient present in whole grains, or the carbohydrates themselves.