Timothy Bradley's Vegan Diet and Morning Smoothie

[New England]

Haha. Not man enough for ****es?

You could always cover it in maple syrup and cranberries, satisfy your little sweetie tooth. Or crack open a lobster and slap it in the soup, I know how you New Englanders like to do.

They're surprisingly good. Though granted, consistency wise maybe your not far off!

lobsters don't go in the blender.

[Earl-Hickey]

if you drink that **** you gonna be featherfisted

[Beavis_5000]

Hey guys, just wanted to jump in on this thread.

Up until about 2 months ago I drank a crap load of caffeine everyday (energy drinks and coffee). I did this for 2 years at least.

I cut out caffeine 100% and I cut sugar intake way down.

For about the past 2 weeks I have been drinking fruit smoothies everyday. Bananna's, apples, kiwi, strawberries, oranges and etc. Nothing to exotic just grabbing some regular fruit from the store.

The energy difference is very noticable. I feel like I actually have real energy. Twice as much energy as an energy drink would give me but I have the energy all the time.

Best thing I've ever discovered.

[bbos]

You're welcome.

One of the things that can be a stumbling block is convenience food. Thankfully though, most vegan food will freeze for up to 3 months so I make large batches and freeze the surplus. That way I don't have to cook every day other than putting veg in the steamer.

I didn't cook much beforehand but I've found that recipe wise once you get 3 or 4 meals down as a staple then it becomes pretty simple. You can always fall back on them if you're reluctant to hunt out and learn new recipes.

This one's nice and simple to get you started.

Sweet Potato, Spinach & Lentil Dahl (serves 2)

Ingredients:

100g red lentils
450ml vegetable stock
1 small onion , grated or finely chopped
2 tomatoes , chopped
½ tsp turmeric
1 tsp garam masala
1 red chilli , finely chopped
1 large sweet potato , cut into small pieces
2 handfuls young leaf spinach , shredded


Cooking:

Put all the ingredients except the sweet potato and spinach in a pan, bring to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes. Add the sweet potato and cook until tender, another 10-12 minutes. Stir in the spinach and cook for a minute until wilted.

I usually triple the quan****** with this one for freezing. I add cooked beans and sometimes substitute the sweet potato for butternut squash. It's pretty versatile so you could swap the garam masala & tumeric for jerk seasoning to change it up.

This one is also nice and easy.

****ed Carrot & Lentil Soup (serves 4)

Ingredients:

2 tsp cumin seeds
pinch chilli flakes
600g carrots, washed and coarsely grated (no need to peel)
140g split red lentils
1l hot vegetable stock (from a cube is fine)
125ml coconut milk

Cooking:

Heat a large saucepan and dry-fry the cumin seeds and chilli flakes for 1 min, or until they start to jump around the pan and release their aromas. Scoop out about half of the seeds with a spoon and set aside. Add the carrot, lentils, stock and coconut milk to the pan and bring to the boil. Simmer for 15 mins until the lentils have swollen and softened.

Whizz the soup with a stick blender or in a food processor until smooth (or leave it chunky if you prefer). Finish with a sprinkling of the reserved toasted ****es.

I normally double the ingredients with this one

awesome recipes, will this be enough to cover all of my nutritional needs?

[Spray_resistant]

Haha. Not man enough for ****es?

You could always cover it in maple syrup and cranberries, satisfy your little sweetie tooth. Or crack open a lobster and slap it in the soup, I know how you New Englanders like to do.

They're surprisingly good. Though granted, consistency wise maybe your not far off!

If you are trying to build mass could a diet like that work? I mean it would take maybe 10 small meals I would think to create the necessary calorie surplus but I bet it helps you poop better which is what I have a problem with eating what I do to see the gains I want to see.

[- Ram Raid -]

If you are trying to build mass could a diet like that work? I mean it would take maybe 10 small meals I would think to create the necessary calorie surplus but I bet it helps you poop better which is what I have a problem with eating what I do to see the gains I want to see.

I don't eat that on it's own at one meal. I also have a huge bowl of steamed and raw veg with seeds. Sometimes I'll add a bowl of grains if I feel I need it.

I personally wouldn't look forward to the challenge of building large amounts of muscle mass on a vegan diet, because it's a lot easier to eat poultry and fish. I'm about to start lifting weights again though, so I'll let you know in a few months how that pans out. That said there a quite a few vegan body-builders out there who get good results. Jim Morris was 75 when this picture was taken!



The UFC fighter Mac Danzig is also a full on vegan as opposed to Bradley who eats that diet only before fights. There's and article here where he talks about his diet: http://www.ufc.com/news/Mac-Danzig-D...th-About-Vegan

[- Ram Raid -]

awesome recipes, will this be enough to cover all of my nutritional needs?

Off the top of my head those meals don't provide omega 3, which eating vegan you can get your daily needs from a tablespoon of milled flaxseed (linseed), and they don't provide vit B12. I take a vitamin supplement for that but a lot of vegan 'milks' are fortified with it and it can be gained from eating Marmite.

[New England]

the taste of animal flesh.

yum.

[New England]

I tried having a pure fruit smoothie before my workout today.

RESULT: SUCCESS

It was a pomegranates, blueberries and acai smoothie i bought from a major supermarket chain in UK.

Recently, I have been feeling burnt out and lethargic and I have tried being well-rested, taking week breaks and carb loading before a workout. Nothing helped me. But I could feel the difference with a fruit smoothie. I had it roughly half an hour before my workout.

what's the difference between eating a bunch of fruit before you work out / lift weights, and "carbo loading?" you know what's in fruit, correct?

[TRUEPINOY]

I'll have what JMM's having!