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I'm curious how much (if at all) practicing MA influences your dietary choices. Do you eat to gain/lose mass? Load your carbs? High protein? We're very gently encouraged to eat lots of vegetal foods, with some fish thrown in if we need an animal protein. Being a veghead is supposed to help you have a clearer mind and a lighter spirit. I've heard of some MA practitioners going macrobiotic, others following a "Buddhist" diet, and still others trying the "fit for life" program.
I'm taking a nutrition class based on traditional chinese medicine (I'm an acupuncture student) and have recently cut waaaay back on the amount of meat that I eat. I'm only eating about 6 oz or less of animal protein a day and eating a lot more whole grains. If nothing else, it's a hellovalot cheaper then my former diet of MEAT at every meal. Although I refuse to give up dark chocolate, I dont care if it does "create dampness".
Is your diet something that you think about while training?
I'm taking a nutrition class based on traditional chinese medicine (I'm an acupuncture student) and have recently cut waaaay back on the amount of meat that I eat. I'm only eating about 6 oz or less of animal protein a day and eating a lot more whole grains. If nothing else, it's a hellovalot cheaper then my former diet of MEAT at every meal. Although I refuse to give up dark chocolate, I dont care if it does "create dampness".
Is your diet something that you think about while training?
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Re: What's for dinner?
Tue, February 26, 2008 - 2:17 PMNope.
I've been eating sensibly for a long time, but I'm more concerend about how my body looks , since I'm a nude model. -
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Re: What's for dinner?
Tue, February 26, 2008 - 3:55 PMOMG, that's so cool! How long have you been modeling? Is that your profession? -
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Re: What's for dinner?
Tue, February 26, 2008 - 4:14 PMIts one of my professions! I work for art classes all over the place, been doing it about 12 years. I think my dojo holds the record for the most nude models as members ever-there were 3 of us training there at the same time! -
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Re: What's for dinner?
Tue, February 26, 2008 - 4:53 PMBwa ha ha! How great is that? Ok, so I'm assuming (always dangerous, I know) that nude models would make great training partners. I occasionally run into people with a 3 foot wide force field around them. They dont really want to be touched, they dont trust anybody to do anything to them. So are people who are drawn to nude modeling more confident about physical contact? Or is this just a generalized assumption that might prove me to be an ass? -
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Re: What's for dinner?
Tue, February 26, 2008 - 5:35 PMWell, nobody is allowed to touch us without permission. There's other kinds of modeling
i do where I have to allow my partner not only to touch me but place me in positions of extreme physical danger, oh, wait that's tango dancing. no, its aikido.Oh yeah, its all the same thing to me...
But really, there's nothing creepier than a photographer who tries to "get into the scene"..
Strippers, now, they get touched.Grossed me out the first & only time I tried that!
And I know exactly what you mean by that 3 foot force field. -
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Re: What's for dinner?
Wed, February 27, 2008 - 6:20 AMI can see how a photographer trying to "get into the scene" could turn it into a bad scene right quick. I was more thinking about the amount of confidence one would have to be a nude model. I know that when I'm unclothed around others, I feel quite vulnerable. It's not all that different when I'm facing a training partner and I know I'm going to get my clock cleaned.. And your comment "Oh yeah, its all the same thing to me" solidifies my idea that if you gain confidence with your body in one situation (dance, modeling whatever) then it would give you a leg up in other areas like MA.
So many people are uncomfortable in their own skin. Their insecurities can make it difficult to work with them, but it's so cool when they can work themselves past it and inhabit their bodies. -
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Re: What's for dinner?
Wed, February 27, 2008 - 8:06 AM"Itsa all the same to me"
yeah, not only do all these activities involve touch but actually giving up control of my body to another person.it can be really scary, it can be exhilarating, it can be a perfect fit, its all about Connecting.
Are we still talking about food?
V-Ron, do you mind if Ipost a link to this thread in budobabes? I'd like to expand this discussion.... -
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Re: What's for dinner?
Wed, February 27, 2008 - 12:17 PMFeel free - this is not a private tribe, so anyone can read it. :)
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Re: What's for dinner?
Wed, February 27, 2008 - 12:50 PMoops! I think I hijacked my own thread... -
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Re: What's for dinner?
Wed, February 27, 2008 - 3:31 PMNo, I did it.
Thanks,V-Ron -
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Re: What's for dinner?
Fri, February 29, 2008 - 11:03 AMFoodstuffs and diet
I probably eat about 6 oz of meat a week now. yes *a week*. Mostly in teh way of flavorings, or occassionally when theres soemhting I just have ot have a taste of. I found this diet (Eat for Life Dr Joel Furhman) just after my diagnosis- it has mad elife much easier- and not just becuase I lost 30 pounds. I FEEL better, I look better, my skin looks better(and its never looked Bad)...
I can tell how much better it doe sme, becuase I went back to not really following it(kinda 1/3 teh way) just after my surgery in Nov.. and Ive had a hell of a time getting my cravings back under control. Energy level kinda sucked also.. but soem of that is becuase I have been cathing every virus within 10 feet of me since Nov. (My mucus memberane sarent growing back teh way they shoudl, so far fewer defenses)
Basically I eat 1 pound of raw +a pound of cooked(tahts teh hardest) veggies a day, at leats 4 fruits, 1 cup of beans (or sub. liek tofu, soymilk) and a fixed amount of nut setc.... I am still not as strict as I SHOUDL be, but Im 85% probably.
I think its allowed me to remain upright, really. Otherwise I think I'd be on my back or in teh ground.
Q!, I didnt know you were a nude model! How cool- I wish I were that self assured! yay you!
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