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I need to find some good vegan hot chocolate. It was -12C when I woke up this morning.

I usually eat the same thing every day for lunch. It just makes things easier. :-) 8 oz of seitan 1/2 green pepper 4 or 5 mushrooms (chopped up) veggie stock 4 cups of rice spices This ends up being a giant bowl of soup, but it tastes really good and the meal has at least 76g of protein.

Do you know what your daily calorie expenditure is right now? To lose a pound a week, you would have to drop about 500 cals a day once you know your baseline. Exercise will help, depending on how much you do. If you burn 300 cals on exercise, then you would only have to drop 200 cals for...

Here is a pic from the room we created this year. It was an abandoned gas station. Now we have to wait till next year to do it all over again. :-( If any of you are from WI, I recommend checking out the Dominion of Terror in Sheboygan.

I live in WI as well, so welcome aboard. I haven't found a great cheese substitute yet. I guess they do exist, but I haven't seen them in the store. I've tried a slice of vegan cheese on a vegan burrito or sandwich, and it is ok. But I don't know if they would ever have a substitute for...

I've written a few things on this forum as a competitive powerlifter. For a clean bulk I would look to gain maybe 1# per week. This means you have to add 500 cals per day above your maintenance for 200#. If you don't know what that is, try tracking it for a couple of days to get a baseline...

I ended up getting a squat video too! My fiancee's 5 year old son was with me today at the gym and filmed it. The first rep was a tad high, but then I hit my groove for the other two.

Hey everyone! Just an update. I am about 3 months into being vegan now. So far everything has been going pretty well. I've been maintaining weight (@348 right now), which is a must for powerlifting and being 6'6" tall. :-) I have also been trying new protein sources like seitan. I am...

Best of luck on your journey. I would take a break, and like others said, slowly transition yourself back to the vegan lifestyle. Do some research about things you can eat, and note what items didn't work well for you in the past.

Here is a pic from last year. I'm 6'6", so I make a good killer type. I've been beefing up lately on the vegan diet, so hopefully this year will be better. Here was a pic from 2 weeks ago. Two more hours till I head out to get my make-up done! :-)

Our bodies crave salt and fat for sure, and something like a ribeye steak would meet those requirements. I used to eat 1.5-2# of meat per day, but I honestly haven't had too many cravings for it. I have really been digging Upton's Seitan. It actually has more protein per oz than meat. It...

I love Halloween! I actually volunteer at a local haunted house (Dominion of Terror) in Sheboygan, WI. We start tonight! Fall is my favorite time of year too.

Thanks for the info. For your goals, I don't think you would have to run keto. Bodybuilders use keto for the last leg of their diets to hit 5-6% BF. Being 12% with abs and looking good wouldn't require such an extreme diet. It will be more about trying to recomp and slowly lose weight (like...

Good question! :-) I've been able to make a vegan diet work for muscle building and strength gains (I am a competitive powerlifter). If you have questions with that I can help for sure. For the final cutting stages before a bodybuilding show would probably be the only time you need full keto...

I had pizza too! I can't find any non-dairy cheese around here, so it was veggies, some seitan sausage I bought at Vegan Mania the other week, and peppers (sweet and green), mushrooms and pickles. I did eat the whole thing. :-)

I have the 900W Ninja and it can chop up frozen fruit pretty easily. It is also simple to clean. I think I got if for $80 US, so if it is priced the same way in the UK that is less than your limit.

Welcome aboard!

I don't know about unsupportive, but my family is definitely not going vegan. They respect what I want to do, but I don't see them changing any time soon. My girlfriend has been eating less meat, but she still eats a little every day (along with dairy and eggs). She plans on trying to slowly...

There aren't really any vegans in the Plymouth area either. I can get soy milk and some boca fake meats, but if I want non dairy cheese or some of the fancier stuff, I need to drive to Sheboygan. We have 4 cheese factories in town, so I don't think they want any fake cheese cutting into their...

Nice! I hope to see you there. I will do the one in Milwaukee next year too. You can't miss me, I am 6'6" tall and have a large frame. Come say hi if you want. My name is Les.