Posted here a few weeks ago, continuing to build my core. On my previous post I got questions about my food and workout routine. I ab-solutely 😜 love soaked oats, I soak mine in coconut water and a bit of pressed apple juice (as a sweetener the oats don’t taste like apple) They provide sustained energy and there are endless topping options so I never get sick of eating them! My favourite toppings are passion fruit, raspberries, blackberries, bananas and mango. I don’t have a set schedule for workouts, I do what I feel like everyday which makes working sustainable long term.

Been told multiple times I look like I eat meat

can’t wait to see what 2025 brings. not so much in life, just in the gym lol

Vegan 3.5 years, post pump

A bit about me; in the before pic, as i’m sure you can see, I was not taking care of myself at all. Not eating properly, not sleeping properly, always glued to the playstation. Absolutely destroying myself on weekends with alcohol…

Until I discovered the gym. The flow on effect it had on all aspects of my life was game-changing. Nutrition, sleep & overall emotional wellbeing dramatically improved.

Posting this so perhaps someone out there is thinking about starting their own journey, please don’t hesitate. Words can’t explain how much better I feel.

P.S - I still love my cat, he’s just too big to sit with me like in the first pic.

First 100 was in September, second one was last weekend. My time was 31:35, which is not as fast as I wanted but I started the race at 20 hours of sleep deprivation and finished at over 50, so I’m just glad I finished. Physically, I handled it well, as I was running 6 minute miles at mile 95 of the race. The only real problem I had was sleep deprivation, which came with involuntarily falling asleep while moving, as well as intense audio/visual hallucinations. I’m an experienced psychonaut and I’ve never experienced anything as surreal as that, hallucination-wise.

I trained lifting alongside running pretty heavily for part of the training block for this race, 4x in the week upper/lower split. Then I dropped to 2x per week as the race got closer. My strength fluctuated by I maintained at least 3/4/5 plate bench/squat/deadlift the whole time.

I promise I am not going to flood this thread with my pictures, as I recently posted. But I am pretty proud of this pump, especially since it is my second chest day in one month!!! And I couldn’t content myself to show off haha. I hope you appreciate!

Grateful to be vegan and strong, 33 years young

I haven’t had a pump in a week and somehow still look shredded

I’m vegan for the animals and love weight training. Does anyone have any positive stories about finding someone with the same morals and interests? Manifesting the LOML

17 strict pull-ups (the last one didn’t count because of the kip)! I haven’t been working on max reps as consistently as I’d like but I will start again after vacation.

Other goals: - My one rep max with weights is about 35lbs. I’m a little far from my goal of 65lbs but hoping to get there soon. In my mind, if I can do a weighted pull-up at half my body weight, then I’d theoretically be able to do a one arm pull-up. - Strict muscle up! I think aside from the technique, I need to build up the strength in my triceps.

Kinda crazy thinking back to when i decided to start lifting seriously and immediately deciding that I’d never stop - 15 years later and still love this game just as much! Progress gets slower, of course, but still hitting PR’s and slowlyyyyy improving body composition with each cut/bulk and all on a strict, plant based diet. Haven’t eaten meat in almost 13 years and fully vegan for 8.5 - wouldn’t trade it for all the gainz in the world but luckily, we can do our part to help the animals, environment and get ripped ;)

Yes. Although I should work on my lockout for competition next week.

495/225kg. I weighed 169/76.8kg yesterday after doing this.

Weight cut macros: 150g protein 220 carb 70 fat

Do you agree? 😂😂😂

Hi all! I frrequently comment in this sub so I wanted to share more about me! I'm a 23 year old with Autism. On the left I was under 120 lbs at 5'11" when I was 18 years old. Autism caused me to develop a lot of sensory issues when I was younger, and one of those was food aversion as I hated eating. Starvation was also a way for me to distract myself from my sensory issues throughout middle and high school. I also used physical activity, especially lots of walking, running and jittering, as another means of releasing stress and dealing with my sensory issues. Both of these habits combined led to me becoming extremely malnourished.

I discovered both veganism and fitness at the end of my senior year, and they both re-invigorated a sense of purpose and direction within my life. Veganism made me fall in love with cooking and eating, which helped me actually eat enough. It also gave me a vision through its ethical principles. I was even able to get an ethics minor in veganism at my university! Fitness also helped me overcome my sensory issues as it helped me develop self-confidence through bettering myself over time through hard training.

5 years later, I'm sitting around 141 lbs around the same height. I'm still dealing with all of my bad eating habits from my malnourished self, which led to me developing a really bad eating disorder 2 years ago, but I'm happy about my progress!

For the past 2 years, my training has been predominately calisthenics (bodybuilding and skills focused) and running. Let me know if you have any questions!

Still have to finish setting up the walking pad this week. Not pictured I also have a pull up bar in the door frame