Posts Tagged ‘vegan triathlete’

Maintaining a healthy Vegan Diet on Holiday

November 2nd, 2009

Holidays can prove a challenge for anyone following a diet. I’m currently in Florida for 2 weeks on a training course. Here the Americans are big meat eaters. They don’t seem to understand the concept of vegetarianism. Therefore to be a vegan requires you to be resourceful. Finding a good supermarket with fresh vegetables, nuts and seeds. When eating out you may have to be inventive don’t be afraid to change dishes, take meat out add things on. For example, last night there was a spinach salad on the menu with raspberry’s and cheese, therefore, I asked the waiter for the salad without cheese and to replace it with Avocado and olive instead.

My diet whilst in Florida, has consisted of fruit and vegetable smoothies for breakfast, brought from the supermarket, lunch is usually avocado, hummus, tomato, cucumber, celery and for dinner I eat out and usually have a salad. I brought supplements with me, my green drinks and oil capsules.

Vegan Triathlete Diet Improved

October 25th, 2009
Drinks & supplements Food Overview
Breakfast 3/4 litre of Dr Brocs Power plants with baking soda

Supplements: Borage oil capsule & vitamin B12 capsule

Fruit & Vegetable smoothie

Snack ¾ litre of water with baking soda

Peppermint tea

Almonds, Brazil nuts, Walnuts

Dates, Raisons, Figs

Lunch Peppermint tea Salad:

Lettuce, Cucumber, Tomato

Sugar snap peas, Peppers

Onion, Mixed Sprouts (chickpea, aduki beans, lentil)

Quiona or amaranth

Olive oil, udos choice oil

Salt & pepper

Hommus, ground flax

Snack ¾ litre water with baking soda

Peppermint tea

Banana or apple or raw food bar

Another vegetable juice with a green drink if I’ve done a hard exercise.

Dinner Herbal tea

¾ litre of greens with baking soda before bed

Vege curries, stir frys, chillis, salads

Quinoa

Rice

Brown Rice noodles

Triathlon Training Log – Week 6

October 11th, 2009
Exercise Log – Week Beginning 5th October 2009
  Event Distance Time
Mon Swim 64 Lengths (pyramid session) 48mins
Tues Gym Cross trainer 15min

Treadmill  (interval training- 3min 11kph, 2min 12kph)

Spin on bike

Core Strength exercises

stretches

15min

15min

 

15min

Weds Rest    
Thurs Forced rest

 

Visit to the chiropractor  

 

Fri Forced rest    
Sat Cycle 10.6 miles 36min 06
Sun Cycle 16.5 miles

(Windy)

1 hour 10 min 

Triathlon training log – Week 4

September 29th, 2009
Exercise Log – Week Beginning September 21st 2009
  Event Distance Time
Mon Rest    
Tues Gym Cross trainer 15min

run outside

 

20min

Weds Rest    
Thurs Swim

Cycle

Floats (kicking & float between legs)

20miles

30mins

 

Fri Rest    
Sat Cycle

Swim

10 miles

54 lengths

40mins

40mins

Sun Run

Cycle

3.8miles

26miles

32mins 59

1 hour 55