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  1. Hey there guys, this is my first time posting, but I've known about this site and wanted to be a member for quite some time, I just only got around to it now is all. I'm a hopeful vegan athlete, I've been vegan for a couple of years and am now looking to better myself physically as well as morally. I'd really appreciate some answers to these questions I have. I'm 17, and 18 in a couple of months. I've been overweight for many years now (currently about 210 lbs) and have tried and failed to lose weight so many times over the years. Now I have a gym membership and am recovering from compulsive overeating, so I'm hopeful this will be the time I succeed. However now I'm not just looking to lose fat, I'm looking to build muscle too. So with this in mind I've been to a local protein store only to see very little other than whey as far as the eye can see and a clerk who seemed to not know much of what he was talking about telling me that vegan proteins aren't very dependable or viable, so I left kind of disgruntled. So now I've come to you guys. I've seen a lot about the Vega range of products and now have my eye on the Vega Sport post-workout recovery protein as well as the other product listed at the bottom of its page saying that they should be used in conjunction for better recovery and absorption (sorry I forgot the other products name), but this is just an idea, I could go for any product really whenever I have the money, and it could be more or less different products together, I really am not sure yet. How would the two I've mentioned used in conjunction after a workout compare against something like whey isolate? I hear from many people that any plant protein powder is inferior in absorption or bio-availability or something. Is this true? And if it is, how much would this actually affect my progress? Like, I'm not some competitive-level bodybuilder so of course it's not all that important to squeeze every tiny bit of optimal muscle gain out of everything I can, as long as I can get tone and increase my strength I'm happy. All of this said, do you have also any suggestions on how I could go about losing weight at the same time as trying to build muscle? Dietary wise I mean. At the gym I'm going to start doing both daily cardio and free weights in the form of squats, dead lifts, bench press, etc., rather than the strictly cardio routine I've been currently doing for a little while. How much protein should I be getting per day? How many calories? What foods should I eat lots of and what should I stay away from? Are there any particular exercises I should do? Sorry for the barrage of questions, but I'd really appreciate help from you guys. Thanks in advance.
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