Meanwhile.
As I stated before, I'm determined to finish THE CHALLENGE as a vegetarian who sucks down a LOT of Splenda and hasn't had one single enema. And I don't want to come off sounding like I'm all that
because I'm a vegetarian - it's my decision. What I'm annoyed about today is non-vegetarians or non-dieticians giving advice about vegetarian diets.My platoon leader is supposedly a vegetarian, but doesn't seem to be a very educated or adventurous one. She means well.
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Here's her suggested daily menu "tweaks" (with vegetarian options, in red):
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Breakfast: 3-4 egg whites, 1/4 cup of oatmeal
Snack: Protein shake with high protein and medium carbs
or 3.5 oz of tuna and a tomato
Lunch: 2 cups of lettuce, and 1 -5oz chicken breast or another lean meat
Snack: Protein shake with high protein and medium carbs,
or 3.5 oz of tuna and a tomato
Dinner: 6 oz lean meat and 1 cup vegetables.
Snack: Protein shake with high protein and medium carbs
or 3.5 oz of tuna and a tomato
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Ugh! Bland. Boring. Restrictive. And hey, where is my fuel? Is it just me or are there next to NO carbs this entire day, after breakfast? How am I supposed to do any cardio at all on that? Plus, if you analyze this, you'll find that it's very calorie restrictive - I'd be afraid that it would throw my body into some sort of starvation mode. And my body doesn't need any excuse to hang onto fat.
Don't pee on my skirt, as Judge Judy used to say, and tell me it's raining; don't tell me that in order to eat realistically as a vegetarian that I have to drink meal replacements all day long, because that isn't realistic or sustainable. Here's my real daily menu (sample day):
(on weekends, I have an egg beaters omelet with egg beaters, fat-free cheese, and some black beans, veggies and salsa or maybe spinach and mushrooms with fat-free cheese on my omelet. AND YES, IT'S COOKED IN A HIGHLY TOXIC, NON-STICK PAN.)
Lunch: Boca or Morningstar Farms Burger with fat-free american cheese slice on a whole-wheat bun, some fat-free dressing, and maybe some mushrooms on it. I like to dress up my veggie burgers. A cup or two of veggies, and 16 ounces of water. Other options: egg-salad sandwich, hummus sandwich, or chick-pea salad sandwich.
Snack: Protein bar from Costco + more water with crystal lite. Sometimes, I have some V8 soup too.
Dinner: Egg-beaters omelet, or seitan, or a tofu dish. Veggies or (my personal favorite) a HUGE salad of field greens, dried cranberries, almonds, and low-fat blue-cheese dressing.
Snack: Fat-free cottage cheese with a bit of fruit or just salt-and-pepper. Or yogurt. Sometimes I fall asleep and don't get my snack.
It's really, really, really cold today so I'm going to go climb stairs during my lunch hour.
That's all. Thanks for letting me rant.
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Here's her suggested daily menu "tweaks" (with vegetarian options, in red):
=======================================
Breakfast: 3-4 egg whites, 1/4 cup of oatmeal
Snack: Protein shake with high protein and medium carbs
or 3.5 oz of tuna and a tomato
Lunch: 2 cups of lettuce, and 1 -5oz chicken breast or another lean meat
Snack: Protein shake with high protein and medium carbs,
or 3.5 oz of tuna and a tomato
Dinner: 6 oz lean meat and 1 cup vegetables.
Snack: Protein shake with high protein and medium carbs
or 3.5 oz of tuna and a tomato
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Ugh! Bland. Boring. Restrictive. And hey, where is my fuel? Is it just me or are there next to NO carbs this entire day, after breakfast? How am I supposed to do any cardio at all on that? Plus, if you analyze this, you'll find that it's very calorie restrictive - I'd be afraid that it would throw my body into some sort of starvation mode. And my body doesn't need any excuse to hang onto fat.
Don't pee on my skirt, as Judge Judy used to say, and tell me it's raining; don't tell me that in order to eat realistically as a vegetarian that I have to drink meal replacements all day long, because that isn't realistic or sustainable. Here's my real daily menu (sample day):
First thing in the morning: I get up and drink 16 ounces of water.
Snack: Chocolate Protein shake with protein powder, 2 cups of soy milk, Splenda-based syrup flavoring, 2 shots of espresso, unsweetened cocoa.
Breakfast: Yoplait or Kroger Light non-fat yogurt with fruit & Kroger Active Life (high-protein, high-fiber) oatmeal stirred in dry. 16 ounces of water with peach green tea Crystal Lite.(on weekends, I have an egg beaters omelet with egg beaters, fat-free cheese, and some black beans, veggies and salsa or maybe spinach and mushrooms with fat-free cheese on my omelet. AND YES, IT'S COOKED IN A HIGHLY TOXIC, NON-STICK PAN.)
Lunch: Boca or Morningstar Farms Burger with fat-free american cheese slice on a whole-wheat bun, some fat-free dressing, and maybe some mushrooms on it. I like to dress up my veggie burgers. A cup or two of veggies, and 16 ounces of water. Other options: egg-salad sandwich, hummus sandwich, or chick-pea salad sandwich.
Snack: Protein bar from Costco + more water with crystal lite. Sometimes, I have some V8 soup too.
Dinner: Egg-beaters omelet, or seitan, or a tofu dish. Veggies or (my personal favorite) a HUGE salad of field greens, dried cranberries, almonds, and low-fat blue-cheese dressing.
Snack: Fat-free cottage cheese with a bit of fruit or just salt-and-pepper. Or yogurt. Sometimes I fall asleep and don't get my snack.
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I'm currently looking through vegetarian and vegan bodybuilding forums to get ideas for homemade protein bars. These things are rediculously expensive! even from Costco. And, they have a lot of saturated fat in them.
It's really, really, really cold today so I'm going to go climb stairs during my lunch hour.
That's all. Thanks for letting me rant.
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