Okay, here goes, I begin tracking my training because of a few reasons: obviously it will help me with keeping on track, even though I know that I will inevitably update it less and less as time goes on.
Anyway, i'll introduce myself. I am 18, I have been a vegetarian since last January. I do not eat meat and only rarely have eggs if they are in like a birthday cake or something, and I still eat cheese a little because I love the stuff. When I became vegetarian I was 209 pounds and about 5'8'' 5'9'' and 17. Now with the help of dieting and running (and maybe giving up meat) I am 163.5 and 5'11''. I have in the past few months lost 15 pounds because I have took up judo again and started a new food regime (not really a diet).
At the moment, my exercise plan has become lax as anything basically Judo on Tuesdays, a bit of swimming, and some body weight stuff. I have been losing weight by an awesome eating regimen. Basically I eat 5-6 times a day (every two hours) and try throughout the day to have 2-3 servings of fruit, vegetables, grains or nuts, and some carbohydrates. So I eat as much or more than I used to but I am just eating when I am not ravenous and also I am not filling my stomach to the brim. I guess the reasoning is 1) to keep the metabolism constantly working while eating less each meal might mean less goes to waste? All I know is that a friend recommended it to me and it works for me.
A month or two prior I was doing this but also hiking three miles 4 days a week while having judo 3 days a week. So I basically am using this to solidify my eating regimen but also to create and tweak an exercise program to build muscle and to build aerobic and anaerobic capacity (for judo randori and such).
Any judo vegans out there, feel free to help out because the prime reason is to lose my excess weight (even though my BMI is in normal weight range, I still have about 10 ish pounds of fat on me), build 10-20 pounds of muscle, improve at judo (especially randori), and I guess thats it.
I will attempt to log what I eat, to see if it is enough and to log my exercise and weight progress and hopefully get where I want.
I'll admit that when I started out, I "couldn't" give up a few things that weren't vegan... but then I realized that was bullshit. there are plenty of alternatives and substitutes out there.
