Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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radha_murali
radha_murali
Posts: 2
Joined: 2002/11/06
United States
2002/11/12, 09:09 PM
Hi,

I'm a new member. I'm 5'6 and weigh 157. I want to be 120. I'm trying my best. I'm a Indian vegetarian. So, I don't know what to eat for protein. I'm doing 40mts walking in my treadmill at 3mph. I want to lose atleast 10 - 15 pounds before new year. Could you please tell me what more i can do. My daily calorie intake is 1400 . Breakfast is slimfast.
Lunch - 2 flour tortilas with a cup of vegetable & nonfat youghurt. Dinner - 1.5 cup of white rice , 1/2 cup lentil & 1 cup vegetable. snack would be ( that is a mess,) granola bar and some kind of fruit.

How can I change my food habits too?

thank you

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radha
Carivan
Carivan
Posts: 8,542
Joined: 2002/01/20
Canada
2002/11/12, 09:44 PM
Hi radha_murali,
Just to let you know your goals are very real on a vegetarian lifestyle.
First though, I would get rid of the Slimfast. Not really healthy. You can get a good soy protien mix with better quality. If you like tofu, it contains good protein.
Almond butter as well as almonds are good too. Since fruits and vegetables don't contain all the amiono acids you have in meats which make up complete protien, you have to combine various vegetarian foods together.
beans and rice, tofu and quinoa.
BUT GET RID OF THE SLIMFAST!!
hope this helps.

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Ivan
bb1fit
bb1fit
Posts: 11,105
Joined: 2001/06/30
United States
2002/11/12, 10:12 PM
Is dairy against your vegetarian principles? If not, then whey protein could be of great value to you. It is the "mainstay" of most lifters as far as protein. Just watch the "blends", some of them (the better ones), have beef plasma peptides or such in them. Good luck...
Philia2
Philia2
Posts: 4,078
Joined: 2001/10/19
France
2002/11/13, 03:26 AM
You really want to look better? Then stop doing all that cardio and start lifting weights!!

Please fill in your profile so we'd know if you are female or male...... (o:

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afallingup
afallingup
Posts: 2
Joined: 2007/06/13
United States
2007/06/13, 05:02 AM
dairy is against vegan principals, most vegetarians avoid dairy but not completly.