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New Weight Set!
I finished classes last week (yay), but have still found posting difficult, so I don't think I will be able to more than once or twice a week. For our…
Fettucine and Green Beans with Mushroom Creme!
No time to post really until after August 19th, sadly. I wanted to get this one up, though as it is a particular favorite of mine. As demonstrated…
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Vegan Weight Gainer revision, and more
As I had mentioned I've been playing around with the weight gainer shake we made up to aid in my calorie surplus. Through trial and error I have whittled away…
Chickpea and Tomato Soup
Impromptu soup for lunch: Chickpea and Tomato Soup 2 carrots, cut lengthwise and chopped 1/2 onion, chopped 2 celery stalks, chopped 1 can chickpeas, drained and rinsed 1 can low…
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Try high reps for some good lean fun
The posting seems to have come a halt as life (school exams+work) has been busy lately, but with only one more week of classes things should slow down a bit…
Several recipes after a drought
I'm woefully behind on posting recipes and workouts. What can I say - finance exam über alles... I'm actually going to list several recipes at once here to help me…
Pasta Ariabiata and Some Serious Weights
This recipe is an adaptation of a spicy Italian arabiata sauce - that originally included 1/4 cup of olive oil...You will not miss it, however; it's really flavorful - rich…
Ranting about Recipes and Some…Recipes
I should probably mention that most of the recipes I post are just modifications of things I've always made or from cookbooks or websites that may or may not even…
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Weights, Nutrition, and Beer
The past week has been rather crazy. With school winding down, finding time to post has proven difficult. The same goes for working out, so my last 'official' workout was…
2 Recipes!
So sleepy...Anyway here's 2 recipes: LUNCH: Made from the random survivors of our fridge-not-working ordeal. Stir-fries are good for those random remnants of groceries left over at the end of…
Split Pea Soup and Seitan Stir-Fry
Lunch Thanks to Derek's client who so thoughtfully brought him fresh greens, tomatoes, and peaches from a local farmer's market as a birthday present! Because of that we got to…
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Discovery: Vegan Weight Gainer!
During my recent quest to put on a couple pounds of muscle, I have found it hard to get enough calories in without eating tons of shakes or bars because…
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Hail Seitan – ultra low carb and low fat, high protein meat alternative
First off let me just say that the nutrition stats for seitan, like TVP, are great for anyone trying to get lots of protein with no fat and low sodium.…
Noodle-less Lasagna
Things are a little crazy: my next exam, on financial math and derivatives markets, is coming up in August. Preparation is of an intensity similar to an athlete (like a…
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Birthday Muscles
The strain of my birthday was such that I could not post until now. I have had a couple hurried mini workouts, but my last real one was on the…
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Fun Food Facts and a Chili Recipe
Derek's birthday put some posting on hold (what an attention hog!) but here's some catchup stuff: Lunch was leftovers with a *special* salad with hearts of palm and also edamame.…
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Moroccan Food and Relative Muscularity
For lunch we went to go to Cous Cous, and incidentally, if you live in RVA and get a Val-Pak in your mailbox every month, there will always be a…
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More big weights, and now on to something better
My final routine of this power phase is completed. I threw legs in with arms because the routine for them will remain the same until my knee feels 100%.…
Actually I’ve lost 6 lbs of fat in 3 1/2 weeks…
As a revision to an earlier post on weight lost, I've actually lost 6 lbs in 3 1/2 weeks, not 5 weeks. It's certainly felt like 5 weeks with the…
Fun in the Fan and Food
Sunday was our day-about-town; we rode our bikes around and ate and went shopping in Carytown- it was a rare and fabulous treat. For lunch and coffee we hit up…