Plant Powered Triathlete(Vegan) (Page 2)

3. Use "let's" not "lets"

 4.  Use "it's" not "its". 

Maybe, but you sure earned it. LOL

I enjoy these threads.  We were a family of 7.....now 5 since two have flown the coup (or maybe I should say we are now 10 but glad half are gone  LOL)....and we are meat eaters.  We buy a side of beef whenever we need it, and we know where the animal has been almost from the day it was born..... what it ate, what medications it got, etc.  It's actually a fabulous way to eat......you can't possibly find leaner beef than we eat.  Here's the rub......one of my twin 13 year old daughters can't stomach the texture of meat......just won't eat it and never has.  She's a vegetarian.  I can't even say it's a choice, but what difference does it make?

We are exercisers.  The kid that won't eat meat is a barrel racer, and jumper, of horses......she's on a horse every day.  The rest of us are runners, triathletes, or just workout junkies....except my wife, she is an exerciser and rider.....a freak of nature.     One of my grown daughters is a board ceritfied nutritionist....and makes her living as such.

Here's what we say.......eating is one of life's greatest pleasures (drinking is a close second.....we're Irish).....so eat what makes you happy.  Enjoy your meals!  It doesn't really matter if it's meat, vegetables, fruit, grain.....whatever.  We think we should eat as little processed food as possible......but the truth is, we don't enjoy that kind of food or drink anyway.  We like real FOOD.  And we love exercise!  And the truth, from my viewpoint, is that you can eat well, and enjoy it in a number of ways, but it's exercise that gives you those great numbers and that great feeling......don't think for a minute it isn't.

Enjoy eating!!  Really.....is there anything better than a great meal?   But keep moving....that's the real deal.

The twins?  Identical in height, weight, and health.....and both love to eat. One meat eater, one vegan, both hell on wheels............go figure.

While I find myself agreeing with a lot of what you are saying, is this type of language the best way to get your point across? 

Yeah, I would bet that once a week for meat probably is considered moderate for someone like Dr. McDougall.  We eat it much more than that....but we also eat large amounts of fruit, vegetables, nuts, and brown rice.....love brown rice. 

I don't have any doubt that I could be healthy on a vegan diet....none at all.  But as it stands, I'm nearly mid 50's, no medications whatsoever, cholesterol is crazy low, same with triglycerides, etc.  My wife is the same.  I like steak....and ribs....and burgers.....and bacon....and fish....and roasts....and shellfish.....and eggs as much as I like fruits and vegetables and nuts and butter and apple pies and cheesecake and beer.  I just enjoy good food.  I think portion control, and cooking your own food, is as big an issue as what you put in your body.....and without a doubt exercise is the great equalizer.

Like I said, I have a daughter who won't eat meat......she's healthy as well.  Though not being as educated about the subject as you are, it's been my experience that what you eat is only one component to a healthy diet and lifestyle.....and what you don't eat may be more of an answer than what you do.  No soda, no white bread, as little processed food as possible. 

Eating well is one of life's greatest pleasures....no matter which way your diet tends toward.

Yep, it's not easy to find 90 year old fat people.