RE: Ask A Vegan Anything.
January 8, 2013 at 1:05 pm
(This post was last modified: January 8, 2013 at 1:08 pm by BGChuckLee.)
(January 8, 2013 at 12:58 pm)festive1 Wrote:(January 8, 2013 at 12:52 pm)BGChuckLee Wrote: So you are saying that I have a different digestion to other humans? It's true, I can speak about what has worked for me- but there are others who eat 80/10/10- many, many professional athletes eat on a similar page to what I eat. So if it's good enough for them, it's good enough for me.
I'd just point out that professional athletes get about 10 times the exercise you do on a daily basis. They're running their bodies like finely tuned race cars. You're filling your '70's Buick with the same fuel, it won't mean you get the same results or performance.
So you shouldn't eat what professional athletes/people at the prime of health eat?
(January 8, 2013 at 1:04 pm)Annik Wrote: Looks to me like he puts a lot of work into exercising various parts of his body.
Yes, he is very strong guy, he is almost 60 and can do a 'muscle up' (youtube it if you don't know what it is). I enjoy cardio mostly.
(January 8, 2013 at 12:58 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(January 8, 2013 at 12:52 pm)BGChuckLee Wrote: So you are saying that I have a different digestion to other humans? It's true, I can speak about what has worked for me- but there are others who eat 80/10/10- many, many professional athletes eat on a similar page to what I eat. So if it's good enough for them, it's good enough for me.
So again, if you want to be an idiot and take the advice of those outside the medical profession, you can. But just because someone has the ability to jump off a cliff doesn't mean you should follow them.
Athletes are not super human and can and do have problems with body dissmorphea that can cause them to take on very unhealthy diets and to take drugs that ultimately might short term give them that burst in competition but destroy their bodies long term.
If you lost weight because you needed to, then good for you. If you lose weight simply because you want a better looking body, that is fine too. But people in doing both can take it to extremes as well, including athletes.
Listen to a doctor, that is the only rational and reasonable thing to do. Don't chase after what others want or think you should be.
You have to be extreme if you want to win.
