Health Nuts

[Nekrostench]

Are there any fellow Healthy(ish) people on this forum/server? I used to do a lot of weight lifting and body building/exercising, even while on a vegan diet, and was doing quite well. However, health concerns that are hereditary and not related to my diet have put me on the bench for a while when it comes to body building, and the heavy amount of exercise I was used to. But I still take an active role in caring for my diet. Or as my non-vegan friends like to say "The Rabbit diet".

Being Vegan of course means far more than just plates of salad 24/7, provided you do not mind the sodium level of a lot of processed/ready to eat Vegan meals and snacks. I find cooking vegan meals provides something filing when I want more than salad, while still keeping the sodium in safe/manageable levels, because I am the one cooking. I live on a budget, more so out of choice, being a "scots with his money" as my mother refers to it. But even on a budget I found, I was still able to buy more than what I needed to maintain a healthy weight and energy level.

With that wall of text; rambling aside, where my healthy people at? Weather you just watch what you eat like a boss, or the gym is your girlfriend (or boyfriend), lets see those hands!

p.s. I understand I am not a moderator but I want to say this, so they don't have a mess of a thread on their hands:

I am sure there might at least be one other vegan and maybe two vegetarians on here tops, you know one reason why you do it, we all know the reason regarding animals, but lets keep it civil and/or in private messages. So we can avoid the thread turning into a moral and ethical war zone, that will result in it being locked or taken down!

[mandene]

I'm not a "health nut", but I do try to eat healthy. I'm not vegetarian, but I lean towards light flextarianism.

I started out on this road when one of my husband's brothers was reading a book titled "Aggressive Health" by Mike Nash. It's an over 10 year old book and it's a good start, however there's a lot of its contents that is already "too old" information - but a lot are things nobody has even heard about. I semi-follow the science around nutrition, but avoid fads (as in - one year something is super dangerous and another it's super-healthy). Which leads towards me striving to eat varied cost (which I also jokingly call "spreading the risks"). I have a lit of "rules" and "guidelines" that I follow when choosing what to eat. Now healthy eating is something of an interest in my extended family (including one of the members switching to Raw Food and getting rid of a lot of health issues). Ill post my "list" if anyone is interested.

[nemusator]

Triathlon. Been vegetarian for a while... That burger after two years of abstinence won me over though. I do try to eat healthy. Got domestic honey, used too cook often, though must admit I neglected that lately. Always have fresh fruit and vegetables in me fridge.

[hellscream123]

I order a farm fresh food box every fortnight to cook off of. Balanced nutritional meals with easy flavor combos. Plus when im tired i can just dice up and shove an ingredient mix into a pan.

On exercise I teach swimming and engage in historical sword-skill. So both enforce a lifestyle that keeps me functioning.