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Original Post by floggingsully:

Original Post by ambereva:

I'm in very good company, Brendan Brazier, Rich Roll, Scott Jurek, Tony Gonzalez, Mac Danzig, Robert Cheeke, Molly Cameron, Carl Lewis...shall I go on?

 Do you really want to compare the accomplishments of vegan athletes with non-vegans?

No, we don't want to compare the accomplishments of vegan athletes with non-vegans, but we do want to compare vegan athletes with athletes who eat animal-based diets exclusively. Isn't our discussion regarding the comparison between plant-based diets (vegan) vs. animal based (carnivorous) diets? 'Non-vegans' (including omnivores), is a larger and more general population than our sample at question (which is: individuals who eat food derived exclusively from animals). Thus, comparing accomplishments of vegan athletes and non-vegan athletes:

Original Post by floggingsully:

... will prove nothing

So how about I attempt to do just that: compare vegan athletes with athletes who eat food derived from animal sources exclusively - except, I'm stuck. I can't think of a single athlete who doesn't eat plants. 

Does anyone want to help?

Does not really matter how many grams of fat/carbs/protein you can take in per day. They all provide energy. Optimally, if you are body building a good macro ratio would be 40/40/20 (Carbs, Protein, Fat) or (50/30/20). As for your caloric needs, enter your data on calorie count, it will tell you what's a good amount, depending on your for your specific goals. 

Also, there's no such thing as spot fat removal. So if you want to lose the fat from your tummy, you're gonna have to lose the fat from all over. In the same way, if you want to gain mass on other parts of your body, you will also be gaining fat all over too.

This is essentially why certain bodybuilders would encourage you to go through cutting/bulking phases.

p.s. are those your favourite powerpuff girls? 

I have a coffee an hour before and a granola or energy bar right before. Afterwards I usually have chocolate milk or a protein shake!!

Hey Joseph,

The time it takes to build muscle will depend on a variety of factors including whether or not you strength train, how often, your protein intake, your body type etc. On average it takes an individual 1 year to gain 5 to 10 lbs of muscle mass (muscle only).

If you want to gauge and estimate of what you can expect from strength training, go here: http://scoobysworkshop.com/expectations.htm

This guy really knows what he's talking about.

Good luck Joseph!

Next time, enforce a 'don't ask, don't tell' rule. you'll be much happier not knowing your partner's past. I've slept with dozens and my partner might have too, but we don't aks, don't tell. It's going to lead to problems.

This is normal. It means you're growing up. If you feel like crap about it, I'm sure you're probably not the only one. I've studied somewhere that frequently, teen girls experience a dip in their self-esteem because inevitable changes in body composition in adolescence takes a girl away from the 'cultural ideal.' Also, our cultural ideal is not realistic. When you can come to realize that most others are also in your shoes, you should start welcoming these changes as a symbol of your transition into womanhood. Celebrate it, your boobs are symbolic of your power to nurture children.

Firstly, good job for having the incentive to burn off what you over ate!! It sounds to me like you know what you want and you are firm on your goals of how to get there. That is something remarkable.

The extra calories won't affect you at all if you burned them off, today, tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow ....

Some people have a weekly calorie target. If you go over today, make it up tomorrow. Just make sure you aren't binging, which I'm certain you aren't. You seem pretty organized about this, so thumbs up for that.

Also, I'm proud of you for working off the 400, instead of starving it off. Working off the 400 makes sure you still get enough minerals and nutrients from the other foods that you consume. When you create a deficit by cutting out foods, you're inevitably cutting out the nutrients in your diet too.

when i was your age, me and my friends frequently (maybe couple times a week) would go to McDonalds and we'd each get about 2-3 double cheeseburgers and scarf them in the middle of the night since nothing else is usually open. I don't think we ever gained an ounce of weight from it. i think at your age i would not stress out too much about cheat meals, because once your metabolism catches up to you, you'd surely regret not eating all the bad things you can when you still were able to!! i'm not saying that you should have 2-3 cheeseburgers a night like i did, everyone's different. but i'm saying that at your age i was ok with eating crap without being too hard on myself

Original Post by michachu:

 I bet the OP never even looks at this post again.

 

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