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Hi SToast

I bought a foam roller for home use a few months ago from Amazon and love it! It is 18 inches long and I manage to foam roll all parts of my body with no limitations and the shorter length definitely makes it easier to store. My boyfriend uses it a lot and claims it really helps his rehabilitation from tough calisthenic training.
I can’t comment on it’s impact on helping attain flexibility however I would recommend watching not only Veena’s lessons on foam rolling, but also researching how SMR works because I think that it will help you understand how to effectively foam roll and why.

Good luck with your foam rolling and flexibility training!!

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Hi everyone!

In reply to your first question ambience24z9338 I can agree that the Post Punk Kitchen website is great, along with Thug Kitchen (if you don’t mind swearing – there is also a TK cookbook) and Connoisseurusveg.com. I follow Vegan Bodybuilding and Nutrition on FB and although I’m not a bodybuilder I do work on my strength (as a lot of polers do) and there is a lot of knowledgeable, helpful and supportive people on there. Food is discussed, a lot!

I’ve been vegan for two years and I found it easier to transition than to cut everything out in one go. I started out by cutting out all meat, then cheese, to all dairy, then eggs. Honey was the last to go. I found this easier for me as I got used to what to cook and how to substitute non-vegan foods.
You WILL get there – keep trying. Each person’s journey is different.

As a comment to your latest post about calorie consumption I think that you could benefit from looking at higher calorie foods that are easy to get into your diet, for example nut butters. These carry good fats which is why they are higher calories. You can have nut butters with fruit (I hear almond butter and apple is supposed to be nice), or veggie sticks. Also, if you’re more likely to eat low calorie meals can you eat more of them in a day? As mentioned in an earlier post, some people benefit from having several smaller meals over the course of the day.

I hope that some of this helps you and your transition to a healthy, well balanced, manageable vegan diet 🙂