Summary: Being a vegetarian or vegan is not the general focus of Fat 2 Fit Radio. But, we still get many emails asking about losing weight and being a vegetarian. What are some good sources of vegetarian protein? Will I lose weight if I'm a vegan? We could just do the research ourselves but instead we enlisted you, the listener, to give us suggestions for someone that you'd like to hear from on the vegetarian and vegan lifestyle. We rd and asked Megan Storms from the Run Vegan Run podcast to join us for a discussion. There are a bunch of great tips in this episode whether you are just thinking that you'd like to go vegetarian or if you're all in, living a vegan lifestyle. Don't miss the feature section with this great interview. On the email and comment section of the show, Jeff answers a great question about training muscles. Jeremy wrote in about whether he should train to gain muscle first or to get cut and look like "that guy". Jeff's answer centers around nerve training. Yeah, hadn't heard of that either. It's a fascinating answer and will open your eyes to muscle training. On the web report, Russ has started using a workout journal. He's long used multiple food journals, but never took the leap and started a workout journal. A blog post spurred him on and now those workouts will be much more efficient and quantifiable. Jeff shares an article from Time magazine about the nutritional makeup of foods that are advertised to us on television. Basically, if you ate what you saw on TV, you'd have one of the worst diets in the world, period. Links Mentioned in the Show: Wasting your time in the gym/workout journal Time article on commercials pedaling poison TV, Diets & Health Run Vegan Run Podcast Country Vegan, City Vegan Podcast Fat 2 Fit Meetup in July Recipe of the Week: Hot Tamale Pie - From Compassionatecooks.com Homework: The homework this week is to try some typical vegetarian foods that you have never tried. I'm going to leave a link in the show notes to an about.com article that lists their top 7 foods that they selected for their versatility and convenience in vegetarian cooking, and they are also supposed to taste great. Here is the list: Tofu, Seitan, Egg Replacer, Nutritional Yeast, Textured Vegetable Protein, Tempeh and Soy Ice Cream. This doesn't mean that you have to become vegetarian in the future, but it is always nice to expand your healthy food alternatives. Listen here, or subscribe to automatically receive future shows.
