Vegan Diet-Athlete-Trainer

Athlete and trainer Nora Tobin showed us a day in her vegan diet. The proof is i...

Athlete and Trainer Nora Tobin showed us a day in her Vegan Diet. The proof is in the pictures: Even fitness experts eat dessert! http://bit.ly/NH5MS5
A Day in My Diet: Trainer and Athlete Nora Tobin
See every nutrient-packed bite this vegan athlete ate (cookies included). read more..

Protein Intake-Protein Powder-Peanut Butter-Vegan Diet-Grams

I just have a quick question, do you make sure you get a lot of protein each day? And from what, just because I always have trouble with getting enough because I have vegan diet. If you could even give me an example of a balanced day, with meals, that would be so helpful! Thank-you :)

I pay closer attention to my protein intake when I work out but for the most part, I don’t pay super close attention. I used to pay a lot of close attention to it so now I don’t have to as much. Sometimes the little things add up. I pay more attention to iron, and making sure to consume it with vitamin C.     When I eat cereal I eat maybe 2 cups (raisin bran) and there’s 8 grams of protein there, plus the milk so 10 grams. In veggie meats, like Boca, there’s between 10-13 or so grams of protein,  beans (I don’t eat those as much because of my ibs), nuts have a lot of protein (I used to eat a lot of that), 2 tablespoons of Peanut Butter has about 8 grams, the bread that I have now has 2 grams of protein per 2 slice) but Oroweat whole grain oatnut bread has  8 grams, 3 oz of extra firm tofu has 7 grams. Quinoa has a lot of protein. I’m going through my myfitnesspal from earlier this year and 14oz of the quinoa pasta shells has 28 grams of protein (and 1,435 calories so I assume I’m the only one who eats that much haha). 5 slices of tofurkey (Turtle Island Foods, Inc.) has 13 grams of protein per 5 slices. If you’re worried about your protein intake and have $20-40 to spare, you could pick up some vegan protein powder from a health food store. I also eat Gardein veggie ‘meats’ but have none at home right now so not sure how much protein that has. I’m not sure if you’re into eating veggie ‘meats’ so that might not be much help. You might be able to find some vegan bars like that, I haven’t looked for them so I haven’t a clue what some are.     I just got all of that from stuff that I have now, stuff I’ve eaten, and stuff from my myfitnesspal. Of course there are plenty more things with lots of protein.     Let’s see… with meals (oh gosh this post is long). Let’s say you eat a tofurkey sandwich on the Oroweat, with 5 slices of tofurkey, some tomato and spinach (there’s not much protein there so let’s leave that at 0), 1/4an avocado (that’s about 1 gram because I think half was 2 grams according to myfitnesspal), that’d be about 22 grams of protein for one meal. A peanut butter sandwich with 4 table spoons of peanut butter (16) and oroweat would be 24 grams. I hope this is a bit helpful! (:Here, this might help you - Protein in the Vegan Diet on The Vegetarian Resource Group7 high protein vegetables to include in your diet on Fitday read more..

Progress Photos-Vegan Diet-Yoga

can you link your progress photos? :) also i have been on an organic vegan diet for a month or two and have been practicing yoga and working out 2-3 times a week, how long do you think it will take to start seeing results? im about 115 pounds.

I cannnnn if you message me non-anon for the link!I’m not sure what kind of results you would like to be seeing, muscle gain/get more tone or fat loss. Assuming you mean muscle, since you’re not at a high weight, it depends on how long and how hard you work out and what exactly you do when you are doing Yoga and working out. It’s all different for everyone, we all have different bodies and body types, so I couldn’t really tell you. I can say that you seem to be doing quite good! Just keep it up and be patient, you will see results. Take progress photos and compare, you will definitely see them more than you would be seeing yourself daily. (: read more..

Vegetarian Foods-Vegan Diet

Could you please try to help me? Hi, I'm Monique and I have been a vegetarian for 7 years now. I have never needed to force myself to keep away from meat or any non vegetarian foods because since I was a young child, they have never appealed to me whatsoever. I love the idea of a bold vegan diet. I even think that the idea of raw diets and all of that interesting stuff is very appealing as well! I

really like to get an idea as to how I would ease into being a Vegan?Hello Monique! (: I definitely understand. Make swaps! Switch from dairy milk to an alternative like almond, coconut, rice, hemp, or soy if you’d like but I don’t recommend soy because it’s not fermented. I drink almond and use it in cooking when milk is needed. Try Daiya vegan cheese. It melts and it tastes good! I use it in whatever foods I want cheese in, like pizza or lasagna. If you like ice cream, try coconut ice cream, soy ice cream, or just go with sorbet. I have yet to try soy yogurt but it’s on the list and you can use that if you like to eat yogurt. OH… Earth Balance butter. It’s the healthiest butter that you can buy, it’s vegan, and it tastes really good! If you like mayo, veganaise is pretty good. There is also egg substitutes that you can use for baking or just for eating. I think you can use apple sauce to replace eggs in baking as well though I haven’t tried that. There are other vegan products as well like vegan cream cheese and other things. The vegetarian site also has some more substitutes for vegans and vegetarians. Sometimes only certain stores will carry some of the items so you can try the grocery store that you shop at or the health food stores in your area. read more..