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<blockquote data-quote="Dave B." data-source="post: 103453" data-attributes="member: 17807"><p>Blackhawk, I've experienced the same thing from time to time regarding portion size, weight gain, and trying to get enough vegetarian protein. And there's no getting around the need for a lot of protein to create growth conditions in the body. Animal protein is the easiest, and it works pretty well -- many of us (like me) can't go that route at all though due to other reasons, like my hereditary hyperlipidemia. </p><p></p><p>Lately I have sort of hit on a great solution for me, which is protein shakes (pea or other vegan protein) with soy milk. Between the milk and the protein powder it's 30-ish grams a pop. When I'm trying to bulk up I might drink 2 or 3 a day, when otherwise I'd just have one, usually in the A.M. or post workout. </p><p></p><p>My cholesterol has been a struggle my whole adulthood. When I eat dairy, eggs, and meat my cholesterol goes to the moon and my HDL drops. I know there are people out there who have genetics that might result in the opposite, but I have the numbers and the heart disease to back up my assertions. Ha. Not to mention I have prostate cancer in all my close male relatives, so yay for that.</p><p></p><p>As far as athletic performance goes, the thing that I've noticed personally is that if you are doing vegetarian/vegan stuff, and are also by definition low-carb, low or no sugar (which I am) it makes it difficult to perform endurance exercises. My legs get heavy, I cramp up easier, I'm more dehydrated when I don't eat carbs. There's a reason the old marathon runners carb-loaded all the time, and that's because it really helped in the days before gels were invented. They had to front-load all the energy intake. Nowadays you can take a shot of brown rice syrup+caffeine or other boosters while exercising and it goes straight to your muscles. </p><p></p><p>On the flipside, even if I can't run or bike all that well, I seem to lift in the gym OK and have still been able to bulk up. Especially since starting TRT, wow I have noticed my body start to change in just 4-5 weeks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave B., post: 103453, member: 17807"] Blackhawk, I've experienced the same thing from time to time regarding portion size, weight gain, and trying to get enough vegetarian protein. And there's no getting around the need for a lot of protein to create growth conditions in the body. Animal protein is the easiest, and it works pretty well -- many of us (like me) can't go that route at all though due to other reasons, like my hereditary hyperlipidemia. Lately I have sort of hit on a great solution for me, which is protein shakes (pea or other vegan protein) with soy milk. Between the milk and the protein powder it's 30-ish grams a pop. When I'm trying to bulk up I might drink 2 or 3 a day, when otherwise I'd just have one, usually in the A.M. or post workout. My cholesterol has been a struggle my whole adulthood. When I eat dairy, eggs, and meat my cholesterol goes to the moon and my HDL drops. I know there are people out there who have genetics that might result in the opposite, but I have the numbers and the heart disease to back up my assertions. Ha. Not to mention I have prostate cancer in all my close male relatives, so yay for that. As far as athletic performance goes, the thing that I've noticed personally is that if you are doing vegetarian/vegan stuff, and are also by definition low-carb, low or no sugar (which I am) it makes it difficult to perform endurance exercises. My legs get heavy, I cramp up easier, I'm more dehydrated when I don't eat carbs. There's a reason the old marathon runners carb-loaded all the time, and that's because it really helped in the days before gels were invented. They had to front-load all the energy intake. Nowadays you can take a shot of brown rice syrup+caffeine or other boosters while exercising and it goes straight to your muscles. On the flipside, even if I can't run or bike all that well, I seem to lift in the gym OK and have still been able to bulk up. Especially since starting TRT, wow I have noticed my body start to change in just 4-5 weeks. [/QUOTE]
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