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Comment by TheFruitWarrior on June 6, 2013 at 11:06pm

I am always hungry though.  I am new, so perhaps my digestion is not as good yet and I do actually need that amount in order for my body to absorb nutrients.  Lets say I only assimilating 50% of what I am eating right now.  50% of 4000 is 2000 calories.  

Who knows, but the bottom line is that I am always hungry right now.  Did anyone else experience this when they first went fruit based.  The cooked potato meal I am eating at night while my bananas ripen is the only thing that fills me and keeps me full.  Probably b/c it is hard to digest.  Butttt I would love to hear what people have to say.

Comment by The Vegan Gladiator on June 6, 2013 at 5:14pm

idk about all that massive amount of calories 4k+ unless your burning that much. because you can only put on so much muscle mass. i dont think that just because you eat more your going to put more mass on any faster. im 5'8 @ 145 so 3k-3.5k calories is good because i know im not burning that much.

Karl Ess is a low fat vegan bodybuilder and i think he said he eats around 3k-3.2k calories hes the biggest lowfat vegan bodybuilder i have seen so far.

Comment by TheFruitWarrior on June 6, 2013 at 10:47am

Oh... you guys are lower than I would have thought.  But it's working for you guys so that is great.  Once I get an ID, from the University I am visiting, and then a gym membership w/ said ID, I am starting up again.  Just got back from a trip and then had end of semester before that.  Have not had a real good routine for 2 years.  So frustrating.

But about your calories, that is encouraging to me b/c I was thinking to weight lift and put on mass I would need 5,000+.  I am only planning on weightlifting 30-40 mins a day 6 days a week.  So then I should be fine at 4,000 increasing slowly as I put on lean muscle mass.  I did not want to have to eat more b/c it gets expensive.  

Comment by Kelly on June 6, 2013 at 10:37am

Im always panicking that im not getting enough cals with my activity level. 130lb female lifting 5x week for an hour, usually heavy. Typically supersets or circuits then an hour of cardio earlier in the day. Other 2 days of the week are for one easy cardio day and stretching and one day of total rest. Im netting around 2,100-2,500 cals on lifting days and netting around 2,000 on rest day.
All 80/10/10 with maybe 1 cooked dinner per week.
Does it seem like im getting enough? Im still playing around with things but i am feeling good

Comment by Sage of Dissolution on June 6, 2013 at 9:52am

@Armando Martinez, I lift three times per week, with MetCon after two of them, and 45-60 minutes of yoga after all of them.  My sessions usually last about an hour an a half, not including walking to the gym, and stretching.  On non-lifting days, I walk and practice yoga.  My recovery time is pretty fabulous! =)  I see slow (slooowwwwwwwwww), but steady, body progress, and my lifting gains are about average.

If this helps at all, I am a woman, and average around 3000 calories on lifting days, 2800 on non-lifting days.

Comment by The Vegan Gladiator on June 6, 2013 at 8:55am

@Armando Martinez sprint are awesome to do after lifting i need start doing them again. its dose suck not having a bench i use to do my chest routine on the floor one good thing about doing barbell chest press or dumbbell chest press on the floor is that it dose not allow your elbows to pass you back and easier on the shoulders.

Comment by The Vegan Gladiator on June 6, 2013 at 8:43am

@thefruitwarrior i eat around 3k calories give or take 200 and i normally eat the same thing everyday. in the morning ill made a green smoothies around 900 calories, after my work out or lunch ill have bean and brown rice or a banana smoothie both around 1000 calories, and dinner black bean, rice, and veggies or sweet potato, rice, veggies around 1000 calories i like big meals it can take up to 40 mins to eat some time lol

Comment by Armando Martinez on June 6, 2013 at 12:52am

@Chris
That's awesome man! I just started doing some sprints on top of my regular training routine. Right now I'm only lifting twice a week, just deadlifts and rowing movements (lol can I even call that a training routine?). Until I get a new bench thats all I can do. I also started this thing where I do x number of pull ups for every time I use the restroom. On days that I'm 100% raw I have to eat like a bear just to feel satisfied, so I typically employ some cooked food for my last meal of the day.

Comment by TheFruitWarrior on June 5, 2013 at 10:39pm

Hey Chris,  

How many calories are you eating?

Comment by The Vegan Gladiator on June 5, 2013 at 5:56pm

@Armando Martinez i lift 6 days a week 3 days on 1 day off for about 2 1/2 to 3 hours a day, 40 mins cardio every other day. my recovery is really good, recovery form injury is pretty fast as well just had 2 injuries in the pass moth 1 from dropping a 45lbs on my big toe and shoulder injury lol. my gains have been good i put on about 10+ lbs of lean muscle mass in about 5 months added few inches to each body part pretty much.  im not 100% raw i have 1 to 2 cooked meals a day just on how i feel.

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