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Re: losing fat without losing strength

Postby Devil's Plaything » Tue May 17, 2011 7:23 pm

yeah, pretty much that.

In the morning I usually have a protein shake with approx. 50 g of pea protein, 10-20 grams of coconut oil and some flax seed oil. If I'm training right away that is my post workout shake and I start off with some BCAAs. Then I have a snack of some 60-80g of almonds, after That some heavily fried tofu (in palm oil) and some broccoli and mushrooms with garlic and a big spoon of cocconut oil (very tasty). Then I snack on some lupines and olives (or i just woof down some canloa oil :lol:) after that I have 1,5 Tofu saussages, fried in vegan margarine high in saturated fats and some additional palm oil, together with more mushrooms (might use a little chili sauce on that) and about 500g of spinach. And if I feel like it, I add another Protein shake like the one in the morning before going to bed (usually on leg days :lol: ;)).

I might vary the fried tofu with scrambled tofu and eat the saussage with (unswettened) mustard instead of chili. But that's pretty much it. I had another recipie with coconut milk and lupine seeds which was fine but I'm too lazy to cook it these days :lol:

I had a more calculated plan where I exactly estimated the amounts of fatty acids etc. but this one works just as well ;)
[quote="JP"]biceps are very important in strongman! With big biceps if the competition doesnt go well, at least you will look good.[/quote]
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Re: losing fat without losing strength

Postby vegan hal » Thu May 19, 2011 1:02 am

hey DP. how do you use the coconut oil? stuff I get is in a jar and mostly solid. sort of wax-like. do you heat it up to liquify before putting in your protein shake blender?
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Re: losing fat without losing strength

Postby Devil's Plaything » Thu May 19, 2011 12:35 pm

Exactly! I use some heated water do get that stuff liquid and then add cold water and the rest of the ingredients.
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Re: losing fat without losing strength

Postby Cade » Sun Jul 10, 2011 8:22 pm

I'd check my thyroid out first. Have them look at "free" T4 and T3 as well as TSH. If your thyroid is functioning right, then work on the diet followed by exercise. I'm not a fan of lifting weights on the same day I do cardio. Your testosterone is low when you do cardio. One thing that's helped me a lot was to eliminate the crappy carbs such as rice, potatoes, bread, and pasta. I'm not saying that's going to work for you since you're doing comps but it'll shed some unwanted pounds for sure.
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