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From:	Barbara (79.30.78.39)
Subject:	I'll start body-building soon! Diet-advice?
Date:	March 19, 2012 at 5:03 am PST

Any advice (diet or otherwise) to a beginner please?

I'll be joining a gym soon.
i don't plan to become a body-builder.
i just want to grow enough muscles on my arms and shoulders
so that i'll impress my students ( i teach vegan cooking lessons)
when they ask me where I get my protein..

I know I may do this without a gym, but i want to make sure
someone checks whether I do all exercises correctly or not.
Then i can go back and do them at home with dumbbells and not
with machines..

The good news is that in this gym they have one of those imp... scale to
measure body fat %
and then I'll be able to give definite measure.
I'm thin but I think i have more fat than most people think, all in my
buttocks and breasts, and recently, my belly !!!

Anyway, any advice on my diet regarding protein or when to eat (before or
after a workout etc) or any book on this? (i already have Dr Graham's on
Sports and Nutrition)

I'm on 811vegan (2 years) and am naturally going fully raw,
little by little, but definitely getting there. I'm raw 4 days of the week i'd say
now.

I started cutting salt most days of the week, even when i have cooked.

I gained some fat on this diet cause I started eating way more fruit
than i needed to, (or more potatoes and pasta)
and I would eat fruit even when i wasn't hungry, a mistake..
considering i'm quite sedentary.

I realize now i shouldn't have.
My body feels nauseated by sugar at times so i'll go back to my 1.800 calories
and not overdo it like i did in the past few months.

Any other advice would be welcome, thank you...

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