What to Eat: One-Hundred Percent Fit!

When getting fit, diet is just as important as the exercises you do. We've heard it time and time again.

Whether you're body building, or just trying to get definition, we're told that our diet should consist of three major parts:

You want to focus on eating about six meals a day, again with attention to 40% protein, 30% carbohydrates, and 30% fats, each day. Your interest should be more on getting adequate amounts of all essential and non-essential amino acids, vitamins and minerals, rather than massive quantities of protein and total Calories.
-Robert Cheeke, via VeganBodyBuilding.com

40% Protein
Nuts, legumes, beans, etc.

30% Carbohydrates
Whole grains, legumes, etc.

30% Fats
Avocados, peanuts, nuts, olive oil, etc.

I've been eating a lot of nuts, as well as peanut butter sandwiches. I also eat pasta for carbs. You need carbohydrates for energy, so I figure it's fine, especially when I seek out healthier pastas (and rice), eat them in moderation, and complement them with healthy ingredients (vegetables and whatnot).

Carbs are better to eat before you work out (not right before, mind you. Maybe about 45 minutes before) in order to give you the energy you need for the workout. Protein is great immediately after the workout in order to build up muscle.

Like our friend Chris tells us, though, it's important to remember to not just focus on protein, carbs, and fats. All the nutrients are important, so eat a (very) varied diet! Stick to unprocessed foods, and when you cook, anything is better than frying (I fry a lot; whatever).

Vegan Fitness

It's difficult being a vegan and trying to get fit. Not really, but also really. A lot of the information out there is catered to meat eaters. Also, in my personal case, what makes matters worse is that I often fall back into the vegetative state similar to that of my primary food source.

If everything goes right, I won't spend a lot of time updating this blog, because I'll be super busy getting super fit. I do want to write in it, though, because it's mainly a place where I can make notes about things that might or might not work for me (and maybe for you! But note that I'm not making any promises, results are not guaranteed, information may not be accurate, that you take responsibility for any exercises or diet changes you implement, and you do everything at your own risk. Consult your doctor before doing anything at all, even breathing, because I'm not going to be responsible for that shit... especially when everything we learn together takes your breath away! :D

Campy.

Let's get fit.

About Me
I think all of that was about me, but I'll tell you some more. I'm vegetarian, but I prefer veganism, and this blog will focus on veganism. I want to have a more than presentable body by October 31, 2011, because I want to be sexy stripper Aladdin for Halloween. I'm going to be 22 years old this month. I'm male, but I don't want to look like that Michelin Tire fellow. I will probably do everything wrong, but in the end everything works out... right? :P