Raw foodist body building and Juicer Switch
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 at 10:36 am
(above is my favorite high-protein snack: equal parts hemp seed and bee pollen, add in spirulina, Celtic sea salt and gojis and mix!)
I’ve decided to start a serious workout routine to build muscle. I bought a couple e-books online on weight training and I’m going for it! I’ve always been into exercising but I’m kind of ADD when it comes adapting a regular, consistent workout routine for visible results.
I usually either workout 1) to take a break from my computer or from intense thinking, 2) to get another burst of energy, or 3) because I like the form of exercise. It’s usually not to build muscle or get stronger. I used to be really into weight training in college and was in awesome shape back then on the outside, but probably not as great of shape as I am right now on the inside with all the raw food and detoxing.
I’m in shape from doing this, but this month I’ve really launched a rocket of desire to be trimmer and stronger than I’ve ever been before–not bulky though, of course. Have you seen Madonna’s arms lately? Yikes!
As I’m reading these workout e-books, it’s so interesting to read the nutrition and diet section. I totally remember eating like that! Eggs and extra egg whites for breakfast with an apple, protein shakes with chocolate milk, tuna fish sandwiches, string cheese snacks—an extremely low carb, low fat, absurdly high protein diet. Not to mention eating all the time (5-7 meals a day).
I don’t see too many raw foodists being able to adapt this type of macronutrient profile. So it’s a bit of a challenge to switch the muscle building/fat loss diet into a 100% raw food diet that will work for me but I’m doing it. I don’t think I can do 20% fat (I function best on 30%-40% fat, honestly), but I can do higher protein (I just bought Sun Warrior Protein Powder and that’s a whopping 16 grams of protein per serving!), and I can do 5 meals a day (3 meals and 2 snacks really). I don’t know what to do about the low carb thing though. I guess fruit for breakfast only and no dried fruit? I don’t usually eat sprouted grains and legumes unless I’m out at a raw food restaurant.
Also, these ebooks recommend logging in my calories into a website such as www.fitday.com but 1) calorie counting drives me crazy and I just don’t want to go there and 2) I’d like to see the website allow me to select “flax cracker” or “1 tablespoon spirulina” or “1 cacao brownie” on there! Haha.
If I’m successful at putting just a couple pounds of muscle (and I will be), it would be awesome to write a small e-book myself on weight training and losing weight especially for raw foodists, don’t you think? And maybe not this year but next year, I’ll celebrate by going to the Raw Games in Hawaii ?
A bit of a side note on the protein supplementation: I was turned onto Sun Warrior protein after reading Mike Adam’s article on Sun Warrior Protein and hearing it also being endorsed by David Wolfe. I used to use hemp seed protein but didn’t like the graininess of it. Also, I had to put a lot of it in there just to get 12 grams of protein. I know that I don’t really need extra protein to keep my muscle mass. I know that protein is simply made up of amino acids and that I get enough variety of food in my diet meaning I get enough protein. However–to build more muscle, I need more protein, therefore I need more aminos, and therefore I need more food. Each serving of this stuff gives me extra 16 grams of protein (it’s a completely raw vegan product by the way) BUT it only gives me 70 extra calories. That’s the kind of leverage you need when you’re trying to transform your body without putting on extra fat. I mean, I wonder how much more food I would need to eat to get 16 more grams of protein? I’m sure a lot more than 70 and I’m sure I would feel pretty uncomfortable with eating that much more. So that’s my two cents on adding this into my diet…I feel pretty good about it :)
Another big change this week: I decided to sell my Green Star Juicer for a Breville juicer. After my 3-day juice fast last week, I decided that I really can’t stand using that juicer anymore, even if it is the top-of-the line. Then Mike Adam’s article on Breville juicers came out and my mind was made up! I took pics of the Green Star, posted it on craigs list, and within 6 hours, sold it to a local raw food restaurant ? I ordered my new Breville on Amazon and it should be arriving today! (Amazon had the best price around plus free shipping.) I’m so excited! I’ll let you all know how it goes but I just know I’ll be juicing so much more again since this juicer will be a breeze to use and clean up.
Here are the last two of the youtube videos I did the other weekend in my “Superfood Kitchen.” I’m having a superfood party at my place this Saturday and I’m pretty excited about that. I think a lot of non-raw foodists just interested in how “Superfood Nutrition” sounds will be coming and I’m planning on really knocking their socks off with a green smoothie and a cacao smoothie. Yummm!
Superfood Kitchen – Creamy Superfood Dressing
Superfood Kitchen – Superfood Chocolate Fudge Bars
Happy Halloween everyone!
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