During my recent quest to put on a couple pounds of muscle, I have found it hard to get enough calories in without eating tons of shakes or bars because of my crazy schedule.I don’t like or recommend getting a…
Category: Nutrition
Fun Food Facts and a Chili Recipe
Derek’s birthday put some posting on hold (what an attention hog!) but here’s some catchup stuff: Lunch was leftovers with a *special* salad with hearts of palm and also edamame. Usually there are no leftovers when Derek’s around… Anyway, there’s…
More big weights, and now on to something better
My final routine of this power phase is completed. I threw legs in with arms because the routine for them will remain the same until my knee feels 100%. I’d like to give more thanks to Marcella for her…
Actually I’ve lost 6 lbs of fat in 3 1/2 weeks…
As a revision to an earlier post on weight lost, I’ve actually lost 6 lbs in 3 1/2 weeks, not 5 weeks. It’s certainly felt like 5 weeks with the long work days…Anyway, my pounds of muscle have remained constant,…
My Weight Loss So Far
Here’s an interesting thing: even though I can’t say I’ve really made any special effort to lose weight over the seven years that I’ve been vegan, I have lost a lot. Most of it very slowly over 5 years of…
More Great Workouts and Some Important Nutritional Observations
Two more workouts to list today. I am now in my power phase, so my workouts have been mostly me sitting around and once in a while lifting very heavy weights. It’s not very exciting, but it is…
A few notes on nutrition for my day off
I thought I’d take the time to talk a little about nutrition, seeing as I don’t have any exciting workout to report. The question I’d like to address is, What defines a ‘health food’? If you asked this of 20…
Derek’s Workout
Today was an exciting day (haha) because I was able to do a full-blown legs routine without my knee acting up. I went light on the exercises, but this is very much what one of my leg routines would normally…