It's amazingly simple to follow a whole food vegan diet. For instance today I had a green smoothie for breakfast that gave me about 1000 calories to start my day. It consisted of 7 bananas, 5 dates, a few ounces of spinach and some strawberries. Too much fruit? No. Maybe not enough actually - especially for my activity level. For lunch it was another fruit smoothie - 12 bananas, 4 dates, and about a 100 calories worth of mango. Perfect. Since I am not 100% raw I have been having a bit more starch for my evening meal. Today was a large green salad with lightly sauteed (in vegan vegetable broth) peppers and asparagus followed by a baked potato topped with hummus (oil free) and a side of quinwa followed by 8oz of beet juice. The beet juice is to help raise my nitrate level to improve recovery and endurance for running. It seems to be working. And that's it for the day. Maybe 3000 calories - or close to it. I do feel that maybe I could stand a few more (hundred) calories in my diet - possibly as high as 4000. So where's my protein? In everything I just described. More than enough for an ultra runner. In my bodybuilding and heavy lifting days I took in enough to place a heavy toll on my system and I hope to do some recovery now. What I take in is plenty.
Any questions on my diet and I would be more than happy to answer...just let me know.
Thanks for reading!
Eric
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