[quote]rxghost wrote:
fatcat wrote:
I used to look similar to you when I was in my early teens. I also come from a family that eats largely vegetarian (they are East Indian, and I assume you are from your pic). I used to eat like you. I used to do lots of cardio like you. I also used to look like shit, just like you. I know lots of East Indian males that eat a vegetarian or a low-meat diet. Guess what? They all look like shit.
Heres the truth: no matter how much you enjoy the vegetarian “lifestyle” (whatever the hell that means) you will not make nearly as much quality gains eating that rabbit food garden shit. Vegetables are good, don’t get me wrong, but animal flesh is the building block of a good solid physique.
Seriously rethink your vegetarian choice (are you just eating that way cause your parents eat that way?). Plus, I never understood how you can be vegetarian but still eat eggs. And for god’s sake, stop convincing yourself you don’t need to lift heavy ass weights yet. If I were you I’d drop the cardio and just start lifting heavy ass weights. Thats all the stimulation your body will need (will be able to handle).
I think the reason you are getting lots of shit is that you came in here with that horror of a picture asking for advice, yet you blow off anyone that gives you any good advice. I can’t believe someone told you to lift free weights and you told them you don’t need to. If you keep trying to lose weight at your size without attempting to pack on some quality muscle you are just gonna look even worse. You are 156 friggen pounds for god’s sake. Trust me, you aren’t going to get ripped before you do a clean bulk becuase you have nothing to get ripped on. You will just look like a starving refugee.
I’m a vegetarian and will always be… deal with it. You could write an entire book trying to convince me to eat meat; I won’t give two shits … building muscle is definately possible as a vegetarian. The only reason I got the fat around my stomach like this was because of bad eating habits (fast foods, etc), crash dieting, and lack of good nutritional knowledge; not because of my vegetarianism. I probably would have been 5x fatter if I was eating meat instead of vegetarian foods a few years back.
Also, why don’t people speak badly of the V-diet, yet always love to shit on vegetarians?
I’m already lifting heavy as I can for now (doing 3 sets of 8-10 at the highest weight I can)… just on machines for this week. Also, I think I’ll stick with my cardio. You obviously don’t know how effective HIIT is for fat loss while still preserving muscle.
I didn’t blow anyone off… some of you guys are the ones giving me shit about being a vegetarian. I was simply saying that weight machines would still help me lose fat…obviously free weights are superior in every form, but the machines are still effective. Anyways, I’m going to mix the two up starting next week. (currently looking through routines on this site and others).
I think this thread has been helpful more than anything.
Also, I’m not trying to get ‘ripped’…I just want to preserve the little muscle I still have while gaining maybe a few pounds of muscle, and dropping the extra fat around my stomach. I’m not going to bulk yet; it’s not my current goal… first lose the fat, then bulk… got it?
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the V-Diet is short term, vegetarian is typically a long term decision.
