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That's just amazing. I can't imagine getting that big. I'm 6'1 and about 215 and I consider myself slightly overweight, but after seeing people like this...I realize that I'm kind of a girl about my weight. Maybe once a month, I'll have one of those "eat everything in sight" days but they don't come close to 33,000 calories and I can't imagine having one of those days EVERY day. Plus I always make up for it with diet and exercise over the next few weeks.
Whoops my bad. I missed that. I've never had a protein shake, is the protein from those enough to make up for not eating meat? How does its absobtion rate compare with meat, eggs, or dairy? I've had freinds who lift weight eat those and I never could tell if they were working since those guys would also eat a lot of other protein sources. On the subject of weight loss. I modified my diet when I came back from Asia and cut out fried foods and sweets and ate a lot more fruits and vegetables. I noticed my weight wasn't changing much for the first few weeks but this week I went back to my regular diet and have gone back to eating fried foods, not a lot, and I've lost about 6 pounds. I've been working out the same.
i'm trying to think of what i could even eat to approach 33,000 in a day. it would have to be something that packs a lot of calories w/o weighing very much, so sweets. no regular food that's bad for you. even something like pizza you'd have to eat like 12 larges to make it. my first thought was little debbie type stuff, but i think a box of swiss rolls (HoHos) only has about 1600 calories. so you'd have to eat 20 damn boxes. i could wipe out a box in a sitting no problem, and, while i've never tried, probably 2. but i wouldn't feel too good afterwards and i'd still have 18 to go the rest of the day to get to 33,000. even if someone held a gun to my head and made me eat all 20 boxes i'm thinking i would throw it all up i'd be so sick so the net would be much lower than 33,000. maybe Krispy Kreme donuts. those are like 250 a piece and i can eat them without even trying. so every dozen you'd be knocking out 3,000 calories. so a mere 11 dozen freakin' donuts. and anything that could pack even more calories than donuts or little debbie would probably be so rich you'd be done 5,000 or 6,000 calories in. i just don't get how you do it.
Actually protein shakes are a good alternative, if not the only alternative, to vegetarians who lift weights. A typical protein shake for me has about 40 grams of protein in it. I drink around 2-3 of these per day. This is pure Whey protein powder. They have some really cool flavours out there like Pina Colada which you can mix with juice or water. The powder for about one scoop has only 4 grams of sugar. Really good. It doesn't even use sugar substitutes like Splenda or anything. The general consensus amongst weight lifting nutritionists is that you need 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight. This is if you are lifting weights and want to gain muscle. I also take about 9 protein tablets each day. Each protein tablet has about 3 grams of protein per tablet. Thus I am able to keep my weight and build muscle even while doing my intensive cardio routine on off days. I also take a bunch of other herb supplements for wellness. Ginseng helps me with energy. It actually helps with my training because it wards off sluggishness. Remember if you are too tired to work, you'll end up not working out. Gingko biloba, helps me keep my mind sharp. Restoveraterol helps with endurance training. I don't take Creatine because it messes with my digestive system too much. A good natural alternative to Creatine is a supplement called Tribulus. These are all fairly common products you can buy at Vitamin Shoppe.
For fat loss, try HIIT (high interval intensity cardio training). Basically this when you excercise to alternate your heart beat from periods of normal to very high. For example, you run your fastest on a track for 30 seconds and then take a 30 second break. Then repeat. Do this 10 times. Since changing to HIIT, I've been able to cut my cardio training in half. Cardio training is no fun, but HIIT does make it more efficient. http://www.musclemedia.com/training/hiit.asp
I'm presuming that whey protein is still missing some vital amino acids. Are these made up with the other supplements? I've heard that a problem with a vegan diet is that there are certain amino acids that the human body can't synthesize from only plant sources. Not trying to criticize your diet but I'm curious about it.
