Geno and Veganism

[HardHatGuy#2]

Depends on whether they're vegetarians, or just don't eat meat. A lot of people who give up meat still eat lots of rice, potatoes, bread, butter, carbs, stuff like that. Been there, done that., still doing that. My significant other is more of a "vegetable vegetarian" so while I get excited about tortellini, she gets excited about the garnish. But the farther you get away from processed foods, the more you get away from weight problems...


No. That's a vegetable, not a vegetarian. Vegetarians eat vegetables.

Sometimes, the vegetable eat the vegetarians. Kind of like Audrey.

Beware the rise of the killer V's

Audrey 2, that is.

 

[reno tony]

Some of my favorite meals include vegetarians. I love brisket, steak, beef hot dogs, hamburgers and most ways you can make beef.

 

[RowdyFan]

<<<<<In my profile picture, you can see who my neighbor is....We have LOTS of working farms in SE CT.

 

[SVCBeercats]

As a farm boy I can remember no better fragrance than the smell of a fresh cut hay field.

At the age of 11 we lived across a cross country road from a dairy farm. My father would give me a well-worn bushel basket and instruct me to gather well seasoned cow "pies" for our very large vegetable garden. While executing this errand I would climb the farmer's hickory and black walnut trees to collect the tasty nuts. Some how the farmer became aware of my activites. He confronted my father. My father came to an accord with the farmer. Cow pie collection continued and I worked on the farm as payment. Two days later at Oh-dark-hundred I met the farmer at his main barn which housed his cows. I promptly began negotiating the rights to his hickory and walnuts. I guess my chutzpah tickled his funny bone. With a bellylaugh he agreed. Quickly he realized I thought I was to milk the cows. Again his belly laugh echoed in the large barn. He looked at my rubber booted feet. He said my mother knew what I was to do while he pointed to a pitch fork and shovel. I learned a new phrase, "mucking out." I did various jobs for the farmer for about 5 more years for my manure and nuts pay. Years later while sitting at my desk I would fret about how hard my business work was. Then my mind would drift back to my "farming" experience and what hard work really, really, really is. No more whining, back to business ... at least for a while.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

 

[Lobo50Fan]

I'm in the process of giving up sugar now. Congratulations on kick g the soda habit! My downfall is dessert..

There are some things that have been easy to give up, but the hardest part is the fact that sugar is in everything now!

 

[mntncougar]

I will say one thing though - I'm 55 - dropped 36 pounds, can now run 6 miles a day and I'm off all prescription meds. Not bad for an old gal..

Have a couple of steaks and run 7 or 8 miles.

 

[mntncougar]

No?

If I couldn't eat anything but that crap I'd lose weight too.

 

[mntncougar]

Seriously??!! I just had my physical. My doctor couldn't dispute the drastic change in my health. My blood results were perfect. My cholesterol was down 20 points and my ongoing troubles with bone loss has completely stopped. My breath is fine - you can ask my boyfriend..

But what do you have left to live for?

 

[Nuyoika]

I personally love animals... they are delicious. I totally respect vegitarians though. Eat it don't eat it doesn't bother me either way. I could live without meat, what I cannot live without is cheesecake.

 

[GoUconn7961]

But what do you have left to live for?

That was incredibly rude and hurtful. Wow.

 

[SVCBeercats]

Have a couple of steaks and run 7 or 8 miles.

Didn't work for Jim Fixx. DNA rules.

 

[chrissaran]

Like Geno said I don't care what you eat; just leave me alone so I can enjoy what I want to eat.

 

[CMC'72]

He spoke from experience with DT. "If I order a steak, shut up and let me enjoy it!"

Here's some ammo for Geno if DT brings it up again:

1. I was a vegetarian and vegan at intervals for 17 years.
2. One day I found that the amino acid creatine is what I was missing.
3. Creatine is what you get in red meat. 5gm of creatine is what you get for every 2-3 lbs. of red meat.
4. After 17 years, the first time I took creatine my body lit up like a light-bulb. I felt like I was buzzing. My energy level soared.
5. After that, I took it daily and my energy level was much better.
6. Later, a friend's husband was a surgeon in Monterey, Ca. Her husband told her that as soon as he cuts into a vegetarian, he knows. He said their muscle tissue shreds as it is cut, rather than gives a sharp, strong edge.

I don't eat red meat, still, since 1969. But I do take creatine, which I believe is crucial to any vegan or vegetarian. And I also eat fish or chicken for extra protein on a regular basis.

Someone arm Geno with this info, and he can take it to DT next time that comes up!

 

[CMC'72]

Most, if not all, Vegan and Vegetarian athletes do not know about this issue.

I wish there were some way to get this out there.
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