8: Miss Meatless Muscle

Brooke Sellers, AKA "Miss Meatless Muscle" started her online coaching  business in 2020, and was able to quit her 9-5 job within three months of starting! She has now helped over 400 women achieve their fitness goals since starting her business.

Brooke has been vegan for over 6 years now, and has won two 1st Place medals at her first show, and has fallen in love with the sport ever since. Her goal is to show people what vegans can do, while also not shoving it down people’s throats. Her goal is to represent veganism in a positive, uplifting way. 

In this episode, Brooke talks about navigating Prep for her shows, while staying on a vegan diet. We also talk about the health implications of bodybuilding (both mental, and physical), including hormone imbalances and gut issues such as SIBO.

Brooke:
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/missmeatlessmuscle 
YouTube: @missmeatlessmuscle 
Website: https://www.meatlessmuscle.net/ 

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00:16 Amino Asylum
00:36 Intro
01:15 How Brooke got started, and what her childhood looked like
01:55 Growing up in the South, and the bad habits she developed
06:14 What got you into competing?
07:04 Emotional stress and competition motivation
09:15 What it's like backstage
11:05 Why did you go vegan?
12:30 The disadvantages of being vegan as a bodybuilder
13:24 Finding vegan proteins with little to no carbohydrates
14:30 What Brooke's Southern diet looked like, prior to going vegan
16:11 Eating too little calories can lead to resisting fat loss
18:30 Testosterone, hormones, and Optimal Reference Ranges
20:35 Brooke's coaching
22:04 Why Danielle enjoys coaching competitors
24:23 What are some of the biggest misconceptions of a vegan diet?
27:07 Morinaga Tofu: https://morinaganutrition.com 
27:55 Navigating food allergies while being vegan
30:05 True Nutrition Pea Protein Isolate (discount with link above)
31:32 Gut issues as a bodybuilder
34:42 SIBO - Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth
36:40 Organic,