Vegetarian Meals And Lifting Weights :
One out of two or three of my meals lately have been technically vegetarian. A few days ago I had a vegetarian day, zero meat consumption, this has been happening once every ten days give or take.
My body has been utilizing beans far more effectively than what I consider normal, I’ve been craving them with grain fairly often, my body’s demand for cheese is way up (my dairy consumption is normally quite high), and I’ve less frequent cravings for meat.
So I’ve decided to talk about how I’d eat to be strong if I was to be vegetarian.
Though I don’t fully feel massive amounts of dairy is true to the spirit of the thing, it is technically vegetarian so it’s a huge part as you’ll see below.
My 4 Main Vegetarian Muscle Building Meals :
- Garbanzo Beans w/Spanish Rice or Top Ramen, Extra Extra Cheese, Butter
- Mac And Cheese, Extra Extra Cheese w/Pinto Beans
- Grilled Cheese Sandwich x2 w/Hot Sauce
- Beans (mix of ~4 types) w/Cheese, and (Optional) White Rice
I drink on average 2-4 gallons whole milk a week, the consumption is highest with the grilled cheese meals. This is normal or slightly less than normal milk consumption for me.
Dairy is the #1 thing :
Taking a que from Hindu wrestlers is good for the vegetarian. Lots of milk, lots of butter, and my opinion? Garbanzo beans are the best legume for the purpose of awesomeness.
Garbanzo Beans :
Used by Hindu wrestlers as affordable anabolic eating, believed by the Romans to increase fertility, and to be an aphrodisiac…to which I agree with the Romans. They also cause far less gas for me.
Of course you also use a lot of cheese. One could live off of cheese alone. My vegetarian meals all have a good amount of cheese added to them.
There’s also nuts and trail mix. Good stuff, good to include. Just not what I’m eating currently. However I generally live off of trail mix on road trips.
Eggs if you include them, I generally only like them when I drink them raw mixed into shakes or orange juice. Though I’m not too fond of eating eggs you could live off of them alone. They’re the primo anabolic food other than milk, a superfood.
It seems when people think of eating vegetarian they think vegetables and soy products.
That’s the wrong way to go about it. For robustness sake alone peasant meals of beans and rice/corn is superior. I advocate what I’ve written which is like my style of the Bill March version of vegetarian.
In Summary :
Vegetarianism can make one awesome if they go about it right… taking ques from Hindu wrestlers, Bill March, and peasant foods not the limp wristed fruitcakes at your local Trader Joe’s/Whole Foods/local organic grocer.
Of course I still advocate eating meat as often as your body demands it. Cravings are there for a reason.
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