Comments on: Increasing the Calories, eating more cooked food http://sethigherstandards.com/2006/09/05/increasing-the-calories-eating-more-cooked-food/ Ramblings from a 30-something ultra-marathoning yogi with a day job. Fri, 11 May 2012 04:03:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ravisraman http://sethigherstandards.com/2006/09/05/increasing-the-calories-eating-more-cooked-food/#comment-75 Sat, 03 Feb 2007 17:30:45 +0000 http://sethigherstandards.com/?p=84#comment-75 The experiment worked. For two weeks I kept up with a 3000-3500 calorie diet, and I did gain weight. A little fat and a lot of muscle. I got stronger for sure. However, it was really tough for me to keep up! You need to really focus to eat that much! (especially as a Vegan).

After a couple of weeks, I slipped back into a more normal diet (albeit with a little more calories than I was having before the experiment).

For me, I found a great whole food meal replacement shake (called VEGA) that I used a coule times a day for an extra 5-600 calories. I also started eating a bigger breakfast (optimum nutrition brand cereal with almond milk). The cereal is all organic and mostly whole foods.

With these two changes and a bit more sacking throughout the day, I was able to get there.

If you are looking for nutrition plans (for vegan or raw-vegan athletes) check out Vegan BodyBuilding website. Tons of great info.

You may also want to join the forum on the site. It is super-active and many top vegan athletes share tips there.

Ravi

]]> By: David http://sethigherstandards.com/2006/09/05/increasing-the-calories-eating-more-cooked-food/#comment-74 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 12:43:36 +0000 http://sethigherstandards.com/?p=84#comment-74 How did the experiment go? I am 6’3″ 150lbs. I have just completed a ten day fast. I purchased the p90x fitness set. I will be attempting that in about two weeks. Although the set came with a food plan…I would prefer to use whole foods, any suggestions on a menu?

Thanks

David

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