Monthly Archives: February 2011

Vegan Virgin: Day 7: Last day of a fun week

This post is / was written throughout the day (Sunday, Feb. 27).  So here we are…the last day of my Vegan Diet week…and it’s been a great experiment…so I thought that today, I’d just have a ‘normal’ vegan diet day, without so … Continue reading

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Vegan Virgin: Day 6: Date Night / exercise ramping up

This post is / was written throughout the day (Saturday, Feb. 26).  Today is Saturday…Date Night…every Saturday…for well over a decade now…14th Anniversary coming up on March 1st…so longer than that…is it still searingly romantic?…not always…sometimes though…other times, it’s just time to catch … Continue reading

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Vegan Virgin: Day 5: Getting into a routine

This post is / was written throughout the day (Friday, Feb. 25).  …I’ve written a lot about protein this week…and continue today…of course, for some…like my friend in today’s picture…caring about protein, balance of nutrition and all that stuff truly isn’t important…other priorities clearly…however, if … Continue reading

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Vegan Virgin: Day 4: Vegan Virgin Diet Guideline forming

Be sure to check out Iron Daughter’s Paleo update if you didn’t see it yet 🙂 http://www.irondaughterirondad.com/hows-iron-daughter-doing-on-her-paleo-diet/ This post is / was written throughout the day (Thursday, Feb. 24).  Today will be close to yesterday….largely because I took half my dinner home … Continue reading

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How’s Iron Daughter doing on her Paleo Diet?

Inquiring readers have wondered how Iron Daughter is doing on her Paleo Diet this week…I did talk with her a couple of days ago, and other than getting ‘dinged’ on the cholesterol numbers every day in her food diary, and trying to find Paleo … Continue reading

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Vegan Virgin: Day 3

This post is/was written throughout the day (Wednesday Feb. 23)…Day 3 will have a bit more calorie burn in it, than day 1 or 2, so I’m still looking at the 2,500 calorie budget ceiling….and that elusive 100 grams of protein.  … Continue reading

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Vegan Virgin: Day 2

Day 2 was another light exercise day…so a similar 2,500 calorie budget for the day…although I was thinking of shooting closer to 2,000…the final totals on the link…text in the post for more details…PDF format: click here for the details of … Continue reading

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If it kills you, it kills you

Over a lifetime I’ve been stricken with a drive for forward movement…it seems that once I accomplish one goal or a challenge …or not 🙂 …it simply provides a new foundation for the next thing. On the exercise and training side, it … Continue reading

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Vegan Virgin: Day 1

Well, first Vegan Diet day…you’re only a Vegan Virgin once, and today was Day 1…I was referring back to the Vegan Food Guide noted by Iron Daughter in an earlier post, so saved it here for general guidance…so let’s see how … Continue reading

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Me eat Paleo.

Paleo Diet To-Do List: – Buy Paleo Diet for Athletes book – DONE – Go grocery shopping – DONE – Figure out what this Paleo diet is all about – ERRRR… WORKING ON IT! I am not going to pretend … Continue reading

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Protein & Amino Acids: My Vegan Plan

Further to my post: http://www.irondaughterirondad.com/show-me-the-protein/ …although other elements come into play in going vegan, like B12, iron, and other nutrients, for time and space I’m going to leave that for another day… so protein…well, there are literally billions of words written … Continue reading

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Charleston is going ‘hegan’

Tri Buddy David Quick wrote an interesting article for his column in the Post and Courier a few days ago about the “Rise of the ‘hegans’” http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2011/feb/15/rise-of-the-hegans/ I presume that he declined a mention of Pamela Anderson on his notable vegan list … Continue reading

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show me the protein

One of the challenges that I see with the Vegan diet is getting enough, and the right types of, protein…or more properly getting it efficiently. One thing that I like about the “Paleo Diet for Athlete’s” by Loren Cordain and Joe Friel is that a large … Continue reading

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ethical vs dietary vegans

Further to my earlier post this morning…I was just going to edit that one, but since it’s been up there a while: …the correct ‘technical’ terms for ‘diet’ vs ‘animal rights activism’ vegans: Ethical vegans reject the commodity status of … Continue reading

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My Thoughts on a Vegan “Diet”

Although I’ve never been on a Vegan diet, I’ve been _around_ it for years, as 2 out of 3 of my kids are/were on a strictly Vegan diet for over/almost 10 years…including of course, Iron Daughter as eloquently summarized in … Continue reading

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