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Every day I learn a new nightmare detail about Final Fantasy XIV 1.0
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full bmc broadway cast recording thoughts:
-more than survive thoughts have not changed but at least i know now that it’s stephanie for sure (also idk if i mentioned it but the “christine~” parts are REALLY really good)
-play rehearsal is fun!! the added acting definitely reflects show-christine a lot better than the original did
-squip song is a bit different but not necessarily Worse, except for that they cut out the verse with the horns!! that was my Favorite part >:0
-there’s so much less energy in TPG, which i really expected because that seems to be a theme, but basically the saving grace of that song was that the two of them were unabashedly into everything they were saying and it’s so much harder to sink into when they don’t sound excited about it
-YOU LOOK LIKE KEANU REEVES IN RECORDING
-I Cannot Insult This Version Of The Squip Because The Actor Seemed Really Happy When I Told Him I Liked His Interpretation And I Can’t Take That Back
-but you know? even though i like the old squip better, the new ver of bmc part 1 is REALLY cool! and the new intro actually caught me off guard, that’s one of the big surprises to me since they didn’t have it in the off-broadway ver!! it also helps lead you away from expecting the squip to be as cold and calculating as before. i’m a fan
-the “terrible?” “TERRIBLE” in that song is really good too
-”LOOKIIIIING. PRETTYYYYY. SEXYYYYY. BROOK-E”
-big into the way Ride kicks up so much in the second verse, it’s very funky (also arr-e-vwar in recording!!)
-”everything about me makes me wanna die” is almost better than the original, “going to be wonderful” JUST falls short of the impact the original had, will’s “BE MORE CHILL!!! hehe” is So much better than it was live. overall the reprise felt a little smaller than before? maybe it’s just because a lot of the pieces here seem bigger
-ANOTHER new song????
-Sync Up is nice and simple and works well as a transition!! lets you see the squip a bit more before the upgrade. i can’t decide if the dialogue is a little heavy-handed, but i love the instrumentation a LOT (and the drama teacher’s line skfjfgdf) and jeremy + brooke’s part was fun!!
-the WHOLE time while listening i was terrified they’d get rid of ‘all in all a not too heinous day~’, there’s definitely some irony in that they added the “now it’s time to be bold” for off-broadway then got rid of it so quickly
-stephanie’s vocals are definitely a little more mature? which is interesting given most of the rest of the cast sounds much more nasal (or maybe that’s just me noting the difference b/w will “jeremy 1.0″ connoly and roland)
-THAT BEING SAID, i Don’t really get the direction they went in for kinda be into?? christine’s character has just gotten more and more dramatic with each new production, it doesn’t make a lot of sense to me that her song is so much more chill. i like listening to it a lot, it reminds me of if it was a song by a band and not in a musical, but it feels like a weird change to make (no surprise on the ending though since it was like that on off broadway)
-i always really liked how Squip Lurks comes in like a fire alarm right after the end of kinda be into, this new inst just doesn’t have the same effect :/ very intimidating in its own right but just not the same as WARNING, WARNING, WARNING
-i really like this motif of brooke trying to speak french it’s really good ksjdgf
-i’m NOT SURE how i feel about the changes to Upgrade but i feel like i can’t even judge them against each other because it’s an ENTIRELY different song at this point. on one hand it’s nice to see them dive into that sorta serious ground BMC tends to avoid, it’s nice to see them delve into side characters’ plots, but...Upgrade was one of my absolute favorites from the original, and i don’t know how i feel about the soundtrack without that song. there were so many good impactful parts that are just gone now. when the squip joins in with brooke, “which means the house is empty so that’s fun!!”, the squip’s big solo (which musically might’ve been my favorite part of the whole musical)...i like the new version in its own right but i’m very (VERY) sad to see the old one go
-i kept waiting for the old song to come in lmao
-i was legitimately shocked that LGW was different when they JUST put out the first recording of that a few months ago...and..hm........it doesn’t feel Big enough. i really saw LGW as one of the best songs in the show bc of how superficially happy it seemed while jeremy sounded like he was gonna cry the whole time. the slow down part doesn’t have as much of an impact if the whole song keeps stopping itself before it can accelerate.
-oh also michael’s not in the new upgrade track ?? uh. i feel like that’s important
-the outtro to halloween is SO good!! i don’t really like that the song starts Slower but if i had to say any of the new versions were better than the original i’d probably choose this one
-i’d type out something about Hang but...i have no emotional attachment to that one...new dialogue is good for fleshing out chloe? i suppose
-okay i just started the new MITB and i don’t hate it so far i don’t hate it
-i don’t hate it...but i don’t love it...i mean it’s MICHAEL in the BATHROOM it’s gonna be good no matter what
-very glad that they got the MTS and Kinda Be Into reprises this time !! i kinda liked the boldness in the older ver of the KBI reprise but i guess it’s more jeremy-ish for him to be timid
-Tiffany Mann’s Vocals Are So God Tier That I Am Hesitating To Say Anything Else About Smartphone Hour
-WAIT WHAT THE FUCK
-”BURNED DOWN JAKE’S HOUSE”??????
-trust me i am noticing + reacting to every changed lyric + bit of dialogue but sometimes it’s not worth commenting on, the pants song is still fun and unimpactful even with the good Say It Like You’re In The Army dialogue
-i’m at the point where i’m curious about who in the cast enjoys being in the show and who just wanted to go to broadway, not because of anyone’s performance, just because it’s been like what 4 years? i love this musical but it must be tiring especially w how badly critics are panning bmc
-Now Put Those Pills In That Beaker And Fill It With Mountain Dew
-i already said everything i need to say about Pitiful Children after i saw the show, no major changes (in the song or my feelings) since then (i like how campy the Everything About Us part is in the new ver though)
-literally all i have to say about The Play is...Kung Fu Fists Activate
-that’s a lie, i really like the Glitch Voice Jeremy thing, and it’s SO good how they extended the “jeremy~” to the same length as his standard “christine~”, and LGW in the background during the Mountain Dew Red thing was good
-so was “AH” “oh god” “AH!!!!” “OH GOD”
-”私は日本から来ました”.........
-i have tried to decipher. the squip’s meltdown jpn speech. so many times. and he was saying “i came from japan” this WHOLE time?? mr joe iconis i want a refund
-THE MARACAS IN VOICES. THEY’RE SO GOOD.
-actually i’m really into the new arrange!!! the new lyrics i’ll have to think about...i do like how it seems like they really tried to flesh out the characters and the theme of Everyone’s Going Through It but putting in the morals in the girls’ seemed a liiiitle forced...man now i really wanna see the show again just to know how much effort they really put into turning the characters into Not just stereotypes so!! curious there
-anyway the new voices is def a bop, probably the most pleasantly surprise in the whole thing!!
-okay 4 final words: bowling. alley. performance. art.
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Skyrim SE mod list
I was asked if I could put together a list of the mods I’m currently using for Skyrim Special Edition. It turned out to be pretty long, so I thought I would post it up here (sorry the list is pretty out of order). List is under the link- Mods marked with a + I currently have installed, mods marked with a - are sitting inactive in my mod organizer. I included some of the armor/clothing mods I use but due to there being so many I left out like maybe over 100 something. (I did not mark them, but I do have a decent amount of mods merged.)
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Silent Voice -Designs of the Nords -Comfy Dwemer Beds +aMidianBorn stormcloak officer armour +aMidianBorn imperial light and studded +aMidianBorn Book of Silence - Creatures +Everec Outfit (converted for SE) +Ulags Legacy (converted for SE) +WitchWood Guardian SE armor +Wraiths- Mihail Monsters and Animals (SSE) (mihail immersive add-ons- oblivion undead- ghost) +Wild Penguins +Squirrels- Mihail Monsters and Animals (SSE) (mihail immersive add-ons- rodents - ESO) +Seals and Sea Lions- Mihail Monsters and Animals (SSE)(mihail immersive add-ons) +Peacocks- Mihail Monsters and Animals (SSE) (mihail immersive add-ons- animals- birds) +Old Gods of the Hunt- Mihail Monsters and Animals (SSE)(Mihail immersive add-ons- Forsworn- Wild Hunt- Witcher) +Nix-Creatures- Mihail Monsters and Animals (SSE)(mihail immersive add-ons - morrowind- ESO) +Musk Ox- Mihail Monsters and Animals(SSE) (mihail immersive add-ons- megafauna) +Mournful Aegis - Mihail Monsters and Animals (SSE) (mihail immersive add-ons - hammerfell - ESO) +Mammoth Expansion - Elements of Skyrim pt.2 (SSE) (Mihail immersive add-ons) +Leather Backpack - Special Edition +Iron Golem -Mihail Monsters and Animals (SSE) (mihail immersive add-ons- arena atronach- dark souls) +Ice Titans- Mihail Monsters and Animals (SSE)(mihail immersive add-ons- giant- witcher) +Ice Golem- Mihail Monsters and Animals (SSE)(mihail immersive add-ons- atronach- arena) +Hummingbirds- Mihail Monsters and Animals (SSE)(mihail immersive add-ons - animals) +House Cats- Mihail Monsters and Animals (SSE)(mihail immersive add-ons - pets- witcher) +Giant Snakes - Mihail Monsters and Animals (SSE) (mihail immersive add-ons -eso -reptiles) +Farm Animals - Hearthfire Edition SE -Dust Effects by HHaleyy +Dugongs and Manatees - Mihail Monsters and Animals (sse) (mihail immersive add-ons - megafauna - sealife) +Ducks and Swans for Skyrim SE +Cyrodilic Minotaurs - Mihail Monsters and Animals (SSE) (mihail immersive add-ons -cyrodiil -oblivion) +Crystal Golems -Mihail Monsters and Animals (SSE) (mihail immersive add-ons -blackreach- dark souls) +Coral Atronachs- Mihail Monsters and Animals (SSE) (mihail immersive add-ons- golem- nereid) +Classic Ghosts - 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SE +Howitzer's Hair for Men SSE +Hidden Treasures SSE +Hashire - A Truly Unique Horse +Geralt Wolf Armor v1.0 (SkyrimSE) +Geralt Ursine Armor v1.0 (SkyrimSE) +Gallery of Armor +Freshly Ground SSE +Eyes of Aber By Aberin Converted to SSE +Equippable_Pipes_v1.3_17072017 +El Men's Underwear +Dolmen Ruins - ESO Dark Anchors +deadly trio armor +Dizona Body Wolf Armor SE v1 +dark messiah armor pack (converted for SE) +Common Clothes (by FranklinZunge for SSE) +Cherry's Eyes +Budy wolf companion +Beware of the Swamp - Poisonblooms +Bandolier - Bags and Pouches Classic +Zenithar Workshop SE +Witcher Armour and Shields SSE port +Vlindrel Hall TNF SSE Port +Verdant (grass) 1.5 SSE Edition +Ultimate Assortment by FavoredSoul-SSE +The Honey Spirit - Liquor Shop in Solitude SSE +The Golden Hen Restaurant SSE +TDN Equipable Horns SE -Summerset Isle +STWardrobeSEv.1 (a personal mod of refitted misc stuff) +STFollowers -Sounds of Skyrim Complete SE +Snakestone follower SE v2 +Sky Haven Temple - Gardens +saLa Hair +RE6 Chris Redfield follower- (converted for SE) +Proudspire Manor TNF SE +Pierced Ears - 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with Legacy support +Oblivion Artifact Pack SE +Artifacts - The Tournament of the Ten Bloods [SSE] +Royal Armory V2.2 +Heavy Armory - New Weapons +Thane Weapons Reborn +pit fight dlc SE +pit fighter SE +Skyrim Underground SSE +Snazzy Furniture and Clutter Overhaul +VIGILANT SE +Wyrmstooth +Unslaad SE +Moon and Star +Qaxe's Questorium for SSE +Dark Brotherhood for Good Guys +Thieves Guild For Good Guys - Taking Care of Business Redux +Amulets of Skyrim SSE +BadGremlins Hunt Collection +Cloaks of Skyrim SSE +Artifacts of Skyrim +Morrowloot Special Edition +The Wheels of Lull +Helgen Reborn SSE Version 106 With bsa file +Falskaar +The Forgotten City +The Gray Cowl of Nocturnal SE +The Gray Cowl of Nocturnal SSE - HD pack +Skyrims Unique Treasures +Moonpath to Elsweyr SSE +Legacy of the Dragonborn SSE patches new 415 +Legacy of the Dragonborn SSE +Relic Hunter (Legacy and ASLAL addon) +Legacy of the Dragonborn Patch - Immersive College of Winterhold +Forgotten Dungeons (SSE) +Hammet's Dungeon Packs for SE +The Paarthurnax Dilemma +Carriage Stops of Skyrim +Tavern Games - Mini Games in Skyrim +Missives 4.0 SSE +The Ruins +Skyrim Reborn - Whiterun Hold +Provincial Courier Service +Whiterun Valley +Riften - Thief Edition v1_31(converted for SE) +Beyond Skyrim Bruma SE 1.3.3 +Beyond Skyrim - Bruma SE +Immersive College of Winterhold +Immersive Laundry +Realistic Water Two +JK's Skyrim SE Realistic Water Two Patch +JK's Skyrim - Dawn of Skyrim - Patch +Alpine Forest of Whiterun Valley +The Autumn of Whiterun v1.3.1 - NO LANTERNS +T'Skyrim - Riverwood (Addon for JK's Skyrim) +DoS Director's Cut SSE v1.2 +JK's Skyrim +JK's Skyrim SE Thunderchild Patch +Palaces and Castles Enhanced SSE Patches +Palaces and Castles Enhanced SSE +Distinct Interiors SE v3 +Solitude Expansion +Books of Skyrim SE +T'Skyrim - True Weapons +Immersive Armors +Immersive Weapons +Eli's Breezehome Overhaul BETA 1.6 +EEKs Whiterun Interiors SSE v1.3 +Vivid Weathers - Definitive Edition +Vivid Weathers - TrueStorms Patch +True Storms Special Edition - Thunder Rain and Weather Redone +Lightning During Storms +Obsidian Mountain Fogs +Realistic Needs and Diseases All-In-One for USSEP +Realistic Needs and Diseases (USSEP) for Beyond Skyrim +Tentapalooza for Campfire +Campfire 1.11SE Release +Jaxonz Positioner Converted (With almost full functionality) +More Growable Plants SE +Flora Respawn Fix +Flora Respawn Fix SE for Beyond Skyrim +QUASIPC - Qwinn's Unified Automated Self Installing Patch Compendium +Quick Light SE +Ani-Merge v3 +Skyrim Immersive Creatures Special Edition +Animallica - Skyrim Wildlife Overhaul +Splendor - Dragon Variants SE +Diverse Dragons Collection SE +Better Vampires 8.2 SE +Moonlight Tales Special Edition - Werewolf and Werebear Overhaul +Moonlight Tales MCM +AddItemMenuSE 150 SKSE210 +Thunderchild - Epic Shouts and Immersion +Summermyst +Forgotten Magic Redone SE +Forgotten Magic Redone - Ordinator Compatibility Patch +Phenderix Magic Evolved +Apocalypse - Magic of Skyrim +Apocalypse - Ordinator Compatibility Patch +Ordinator - Perks of Skyrim +Ordinator Beyond Skyrim Patch +Alternate Start - Live Another Life +Music Mods Merged Non Replacer Version +aMidianBorn Book of Silence - Weapons +aMidianBorn Book of Silence - Dragonborn DLC +aMidianBorn Book of Silence - Armors +aMidianBorn Book of Silence Blades Armor HOTFIX +Forgotten Retex Project +Remove Screen Blood +NobleSkyrimMod HD-2K textures- FULL PACK v.5.3.0 - For Skyrim Special Edition +Whiterun market's Stall re-texture LE +Whiterun HD Alternative Grass and Stone Roads +Fluffy Snow Windhelm Bridge and Street Fix +CC's Fort Dawnguard Reborn +CC's Castle Volkihar Reborn +Bellyaches HD Dragon Replacer Pack (SE) +Organic Riften Leaves +Cutie Foxes SE +Troll.by.Kajuan +Dark Brotherhood HD armor retexture +HD Better Instruments +Giant.by.Kajuan +Mammoth.by.Kajuan +ELECTRIFY SEv4 x1024 +CC's HQ Barset +Enhanced Lights and FX v 2 +High Poly Project +Ren's HD Shrines by Rengel +Static Mesh Improvement Mod +SAM SE - updated Armor +SFCOMerge2 +Stunning Statues of Skyrim +Transparent and refracting Icicle and Frost Atronach +Fluffy Snow - 2K +Veydosebrom - Grasses and Groundcover +Skyrim 3D High Hrothgar Steps +Skyrim 3D Icefloes +Skyrim 3D StoneWalls +Skyrim 3D Landscapes Groundcovers 2k +Skyrim 3D Landscapes 1.0.6 +Skyrim 3D Gildergreen +Fluffy Snow 3D Trees Patch +Skyrim 3D Trees and Plants 3.4.0 +Skyrim 3D Rocks +Skyrim 3D Misc +HD LODs Textures SE +Skyrim 3D Trees and Plants BILLBOARDS 3.2.0 +CC's Enhanced Ore Veins SSE - 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Hi, im 16 and 17 in August living in Ireland, and i'm thinking of buying either a Honda Civic 1999-2001 or a Honda integra 1998-2001 aswell, i'm a guy and i'm wondering how much it'll cost to insure either one of them, and also what car is better""
The General Insurance?
Is this a legitimate insurance company? Has anyone used them?
Cheap health insurance? Im a middle 30's single male. Is there a place I can compare quickly like car insuran?
I filled out one thing but it turned out to be almost a phishing scam. Im about to do COBRA, but I think I can get something cheaper. Im also in SC if that matters. Any guesses?""
What is the cheapest car insurance in nj for teens?
What is the cheapest car insurance in nj for teens?
""What is good, affordable health insurance in Arizona?
My job is no accepting aps for insurance till October but I need some now. Any good suggestions?
Cheap Car Insurance for a 17 Year old in the UK?
Im a male, i dont want no comparison sites as they are useless i can find sites that will give me good quotes, and please dont tell me to insure a 1.0 - 1.2 litre engine as i have figured out i can insure a 1.9 diesel engine for like 200 more. However i want to know if you know anymore than my current listen i have tried: Tesco llyods Tsb Direct line Virgin Vauxhall Citreon Peugoet If you know anymore can you please tell me thank you""
How much does health insurance cost in the States - on average?
How much does health insurance cost in the States - on average?
When you buy a used car do you need a proof of insurance to get license plate and registration?
Can I take the new title to DMV and get the license plates? or do I first need to get insurance and bring the proof to DMV to get license plate? Another question If i buy a car from a private person and that person takes off the plates how am i gonna drive it back? without plate? what do i have to do?
""Minor fender benders, insurance, and suspended license?""
if there is minor fender bender, both parties have insurance and exchange info. what could happen if no police report was made, and driver A reports to their insurance company. diver A insurance company then try to contact you, driver B avoids them (even though Driver B was not in the wrong) by avoiding the insurance company can driver B license be suspended, without proof of accident or proof of who was in the wrong. Its been a month since accident, what should Driver B do""
Car insurance for a 17 year old?
what is the cheapest car insurance company for a 17 year old. (people with recent experience would be very help full) also what car would be cheapest to insure. (would an old car e.g 1980s early 90s be cheaper than a newer car) i am looking at third party insurance and not comprehensive
""I am 16 and want a 2003 BMW m5, how much would that cost to insure?""
I live in San Diego, California and have not gotten any tickets.""
How long does it take to recieve a settlement from an insurance company?
my husband was in a car accident jan of 07 he hurt is back and hasnt been able to work as much as he used to. we filed a suit against the other drivers insurance company and we just now in sept of 08 got a settlement offer of 7,000! not to sound greedy but that seems like it's just enough to pay his medical costs?! it's been a long time i no that the insurance company wants us to settle for the least amount possible, but i feel like if we don't settle for this amoung were going to be waiting another two years! i'd like to hear from anyone who knows anything about this any advice on what we should do settle or wait? and if we do settle how long before we get a check? thank you..""
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Belmar New Jersey Cheap car insurance quotes zip 7719
Insurance adjusters... how much can I expect to get for my car?
My car was stolen and I don't expect it will be recovered. I was curious about how much I can expect to get from my insurer. The loan is paid off, so I will receive 100% of the total offered by my insurer. Please see the car details below: 2002 Dodge Intrepid SE, 4 door 104,000 miles V6 automatic power doors, windows, driver seat cd player a/c I know I won't get the retail value. I feel a fair private seller price is about $4500. My research shows the trade in value is about $3600. I feel I should get something close to the private seller value as I know I won't get the retail value but should get more than trade in value. Is this a reasonable expectation? Input from actual insurance adjusters is appreciated. Given the car and miles, how much do you think I'll be offered?""
Will my auto insurance go up?
I am a California San Diego resident. Four days ago, it was raining very heavily and I was driving a carpool lane on the freeway at about 60-65mph. All of a sudden my car hydroplaned and spinned 360 degrees about 3times and then it finally stopped when my car's rear crashed into the concrete median. FORTUNATELY, it was 4am and this accident did not involve anyone else. I had to leave the place like nothing had happened, because I was on my way to the airport. When I arrived at the airport I looked at my car's rear and the bumper and trunk was heavily damaged. Now, I am in a foreign country enjoying my vacation. My questions are following: (1) Will my insurance go up if I report this accident to my auto insurance? I have a full coverage. (2) Will I be in problem if I report this accident when it has been 4days? I really had no time until now because I had to fly and then settle a problem over here in Asia. Any thoughts/opinions are very welcome! Thank yoU!""
How much would minimum insurance be for a 18 year old?
The insurance should be just enough to allow the person to drive a car.
How much would insurance cost for an 18 year-old college student on a used 2000 honda CBR 600?
How much would insurance cost for an 18 year-old college student on a used 2000 honda CBR 600?
How much money would it cost for car insurance for...?
I am 17, I got my G2 license recently.. How much would I be looking at if i were to buy insurance for a jeep 04 rubicon? Also, if you know, how much did you or your friends pay or ur kids for car insurance and where do u live...""
How much would my motorcycle insurance cost?
I am 18 I live in Northern Virginia. I have car insurance with Geico for a 2005 Honda Accord EX. I start college as a freshman in less then 2 weeks. I have no records (accidents, speeding, thefts, etc..) I have a part time job (18 hours a week) I understand that they're are a lot of factors in this but i would just like a rough estimate.""
If a person has previous damage from nicks on a car door and try to say you did it will insurance pay?
My next door neighbor is trying to say my car door nicked hers when I got out of the car. I saw nicks on her door before I even opened mine. Now she wants to turn this into the insurance and file a claim. This was on private property, so I am not sure about it. My insurance company says an adjuster will be able to tell how long she had damage. I do not have any paint transfer on my car at all. Just unsure if this will affect my rates.""
Approximate insurance costs on cars?
I'm 16 and get a's and B's in school. I'm looking for approximates on the following models. they're all auto transmissions as well. Thanks! 2003 hundai Santa fe 2000 BMW 328i 2004 Mazda 6 2004 Honda civic 2003 vw jetta 2001 Mercedes c240 2002 vw passat
Is auto insurance less expensive in Colorado Springs than California?
I am looking to relocate from Los Angeles to Colorado Springs and just wondering if insurance over in Colorado Springs are less expensive. I mean for liability or full coverage..
Car insurance?
Is insurance cheaper on older cars?
What will happen to my insurance?
My brother was in a car accident in my car - he's not on the insurance. My car was pretty damaged, the other car only scratched and drove away. He gave my auto insurance info to the other driver but there was no police report. Can the other driver make a claim without a police report? I only have liability, can I make a claim against their insurance? I live in NY State. How does this work?""
""Where can I get the best, most comprehensive earthquake coverage for a condo in san francisco, california?""
i have already seen what the california earthquake authority (CEA) offers, which is not a whole lot. what are my other options for greater coverage?""
What is a car insurance raise depend on? ?
Hello, I come here because everyone I ask just tells me not to worry about it and I JUST WANT TO KNOW! Sorry if this is way too long. I don't want to miss anything. Anyways, I got into a minor accident recently. When I say minor, I mean minor. I bumped them at a red light because I scooted up without looking. Didn't even touch the gas. This is my first accident. I'm twenty years old. When I went to look at our cars my car was a little scuffed, nothing that a little buffing couldn't take off. Their car, was even less. One of the passengers (there were 5 adults total, two children sitting on laps) claimed his back hurt. I was in panic mode as the driver told me that we could handle this without contacting insurance. Later I came to my senses when I realized that this guy with the back injuries was going to keep coming back to me asking for more money, so I told them to call my insurance agency. My question is, does anyone know in the state of Florida what determines how much your car insurance goes up? His injuries (not positive but almost positive) are not bad enough to go into my bodily injury. His PIP should cover it. For example, will your insurance go up based on the damages you have to pay for ? Since I made very VERY minimal damage, will my insurance only go up a little ? Thanks for reading my giant ramble and thanks for responses. Sara""
How to get cheaper insurance? ?
So, I'm buying a new car. And have been getting lots of insurance quotes. They all ask what is the main use for this vehicle? and the choices are pleasure commute business and a couple other choices. My question is, which one gets the cheaper insurance? I work 3 days a week, and have 4 days off a week, so no, my main use isn't work, because I have more days off then I do work. Anyone have any ideas?""
Insurance for a teenager?
I just got my license but my parents dont want to put my name under insurance because they dont want their insurance price to go up. I recently heard from a friend that you can put your name under your parents insurance and say you're only using the car 10% of the time and they dont raise your insurance? Is this true? If not, what can i do to not increase the insurance price for my parents. I really want to drive their car.""
Car insurance lapse payments?
My car was towed because I had a lapse of payments on my insurance. The cop told me i could get my car back in a day. My question is will i be able to get on a new insurance plan bring it to the DMV and re-register my car? Anymore information on this topic will be great. fyi i live in CT, USA.""
What kind of car would cost around 2000 yearly to insure for a young person?
just looking around for insurance quotes, yet all i seem to find cost around 5000 a year -.- any ideas on what cars are cheaper?""
How high are insurance rates for a 2009 Mitsubishi Lancer GT?
Its a car with the whole package; mags, sunroof, skirt, spoiler, sound etc. It's a 4 door 2.0L 4 cylinder. I'm wondering how much insurance I'll be paying in comparison to a Hyundai Elantra GL to which I was quote 1300 a year for - yikes! Anyone own this vehicle in Canada? Btw I'm 20, clean record, been driving for 2-3 years (dont even remember honestly).""
How much would insurance cost for my moped?
So I'm going to be 16 soon and I'm going to get a 50cc moped. Could someone tell me what the average cost of insurance would cost please? Thanks
How much is commercial car insurance?
I am doing a project for school and need to know a ball park range of the annual cost of car insurance for a courier service. here's some info: -2 cars -6 drivers -cars will not travel more than 20 miles per trip -liability limit $500,000 -uninsured/underinsured motorist limit $500,000 -General liability coverage: 1,000,000 **these do not have to be exact but the rate you give me is for other limits, just tell me those limits. I have no idea so any info you have and can back up would be awesome! THANKS!""
Can I get one day car insurance?
Hello, I have a car that has a problem and need to take it to my mechanic but I got a new car so have no insurance on it anymore. I have State Farm and was wondering if I can get a one day insurance to drive it to the mechanic and about how much that would be, it's an oldie '91 but I will not risk driving it without insurance....thank you.....""
Home Owner's Insurance?
I asked this a while ago, but I didn't word it right... If I stepped off a rafter and accidentally fell through the ceiling at my house, would my home owner's insurance cover the hole in the ceiling?""
What company in maryland has affordable health isurance?
What company in maryland has affordable health isurance?
Can i get insurance now?
I recently had my wisdom teeth taken out, and they said i needed to come back and get my teeth cleaned, and they said I'm gonna need some fillings or something, but there wasn't another appointment until June.. well i don't have dental insurance, so i had to pay for this all on credit cards, which is do-able i guess, since we dint use those cards for anything else, but i was wondering could i get dental insurance between now and then? or would it not cover the appointment thats already scheduled? where can i find affordable isurance?""
How much would car insurance be for an 18 year old in Ontario?
I am an 18 year old living in the Windsor area in Ontario, Canada. I was wondering approximately how much car insurance for me would be. I've been driving for 2 years, never had an accident, speeding ticket, etc. I've also taken drivers ed.""
Belmar New Jersey Cheap car insurance quotes zip 7719
Belmar New Jersey Cheap car insurance quotes zip 7719
How Much Would My Car Insurance Be?
I'm 17 years old, I'm a guy, it's my first car and it's most likely going to be a 2004 Impala or a 2000 Lincoln Navigator. I'd most likely be on my mom's insurance. Could you guys give me like a general estimate of what I could expect to pay a month. Thanks in advance.""
Why do women get cheaper car insurance?
Ive noticed all my guy friends pay a lot more for car insurance then i do why is that?
Insurance on a '98 Mustang?
16yr old girl in Ohio, just wondering the cost before i try and sell the idea to my dad lol. Yellow w/ body kit. Help? :)""
Insurance companies that insure homes?
Do not have change&a was wondering insurance companies that will insure my home in Alabama
Private Health Insurance options for 62 plus individual?
My aunt (in California) is 63 years old and she has asked me to find a private health insurance for her. I was informed that anyone that's over 62 can't have a private insurance and MUST only use Medi-cal or Medicaid. Is that true? She asked me to check with Aetna, Blueshields, UHC, etc. Any thoughts whether she can get a private insurance from these companies?""
How much is insurance on a jeep wrangler for a male beginning driver?
Is anyone a male driver around 16 who drives a jeep wrangler and knows how much on average the insurance will be?
Has any one used Insurance.Comparisons.org?
I saw one of those 'sidebar' ad's that seems too good to be true about discounted car insurance rates. I did not find any info about the company via Google, so have any of you guys heard or know anything about this company? I have a feeling it is one of those 'you get what you pay for' type of schemes, with vague answers to access your personal info. Thanks""
Getting a car insurance even if you don't have a car?
I am 17 years old and turning 18 in 2 months. I have a permit in the state of New Jersey. Last Sunday, I made a small car accident. It was just few scratches on the other person's rear bumper. Anyway, the guy from an insurance company told my parents that I have to get an insurance as soon as i get my license even if I don't get a car. My parents can't afford to buy me a car anyway so I was planning to drive their car since I wouldn't have to get an insurance if I drive their cars. But the guy is telling me that I HAVE to get an insurance whether I'm getting my car or not. I have never heard of these things before. Can anybody explain to me why I have to get an insurance even if i am not getting car? And also, is there any other way I can solve this problem other than not getting a license? Because they're saying that the only way is not to get a license 'till I turn 21. And It would cost my parents way too much if i get my license. I mean I'm not even getting a car! Why do I need to get an insurance?""
Is there an oversight body for Insurance Companies?
My insurance company made a ( medical) payment decision that I don't think is fair. I'd like to know if there is any board that regulates them. Polite, constructive answers only please.""
How Insurance Companies Calculate Food & Hotel Expenses?
I have renters insurance, there was a fire, and I cannot live in the apartment while it is being repaired. The insurance company - State Farm, said they will pay for my and food expenses. How do they calculate these numbers, maximums, etc. Thanks!""
How much is automobile commercial insurance?
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How much will my car insurance go up after my first ticket?
I'm 19 and live in VA and got my first speeding ticket tonight (77 in a 60). I've never been in an accident or anything before, but I was just wondering if anyone had any idea about how much my insurance rate will go up? and will going to court/driving school affect what happens with the insurance rate, because otherwise i was just going to pay it online.. thaaaanks!""
What is the diffrence between an 2007 Mustang and a 2007 Mustang Premium?
Another question is how much will insurance cost for a 16 year old with a license and driving certificate
Creditable coverage for health insurance?
Heres my situation. I live in California. I get my health insurance through the company that my father works at (Im on my fathers health insurance plan). I Am turning 26 in October, so I wont have health insurance starting November 1st. I have been on my fathers health insurance plan since November 2011. I also have 2 preexisting conditions- OCD and ADHD (psychological conditions), and I have been seeing a psychiatrist and taking medications for those conditions for many years. I want to sign up for a new health insurance so I can get health insurance starting November 1st. I am thinking of getting on blue shield of California. Will I not be able to sign up for their health insurance because of my preexisting conditions? Or can I sign up for the health insurance and use creditable coverage to get my preexisting conditions covered? How does it work? What should I do right now and what should I ask the insurance companies?""
Why did my car insurance premium increase?
This seems to happen every six months for no rhyme or reason. NO tickets, NO accidents, NO claims, same location, same number of miles driven, etc, etc. Yet, my premium increases from $370 per six months to $420, which forces me to switch to a different insurance company that offers a quote inline with the previous insurer's rate. However, after six months with the new insurer, the premium increases again and I'm forced to switch insurers yet again. What gives?""
Father is looking for medical insurance. Any suggestions on which company?
My father is looking for medical insurance that covers stuff like x-rays, perscription, doctor visits, etc. Does anyone have a good medical inssurance company that covers that stuff ...show more""
Car Insurance question?
I got a ticket 3 years ago. I just got one recently around February. My car insurance will get renewed around August. When they renew my insurance and they estimate the new amount for my car insurance, will they find out about my recent ticket? I know the past one from 3 years ago will get dropped off since car insurance companies dont count tickets from 3 years ago, but will the one that I had from this year get counted into the new estimate this year?""
Car Insurance Question?
I am looking to buy a used car, but I am unsure as to what models/manufacturers will be set at a premium insurance fee. For instance, would a used BMW 3-series ($2000) cost more in insurance than a used Honda Accord ($2500)?""
Young drivers car insurance?
Okay i know this has probably been asked alot but here here it is, im 19 and passed my test last month, ive been searching round on some sites but cant find anything for under 5000. Does anybody know what car is cheapest and through which insurer?""
Should I buy a 600cc or a 1000cc super sport motorcycle?
I am a fairly experienced rider, I have been riding dirt bikes since I can remember; I also have had my motorcycle licenses at age 15 and now I am now 17 years old. I have put over 10,000 on my kawasaki ninja 250r so this isn't for my first bike it is a step up because me and my dad both believe it is time. I have been looking at ZX6r's and r6's a lot but my real question is if I buy a 600cc bike will I regret it and wish I would have bought a ZX10r or a r10? Will I eventually feel like the 600 bike it's enough? Oh and I am looking to get a bike and keep it so that it will last me though senior year of high school and all of collage. I have looked at all different types of Motorcycles and the super sports have been my favorite by far. Any other information about the 600cc or 1000cc bikes and y'all's opinions on them and which ones you all personally like will be greatly appreciated! Thank you so much for your time for answering!""
Which auto cost more for auto insurance sienna or rava 4?
Which auto cost more for auto insurance sienna or rava 4?
How much more would insurance cost if I bought a used 2005 VW beetle with a convertible top versus a hardtop?
Thanks!
Getting a license increases car insurance?
When applying for a drivers license for the first time, i was wondering if it increases a person's car insurance; even if the person that is getting the license doesnt have a car, and is under the age of 18.""
Can anyone tell me about affordable life ins. after age 80?
I have a term policy that will expire in two months, and would like to find an insurance co. that has some ins. that is not priced so high that I can't pay the premiums. Thanks for not sending any SPAM !!""
Auto Insurance Is Prohibitively Expensive. What To Do?
I'm 23 years old. I rent a flat and have held a steady management job for 4 years. I don't drink or smoke. I am looking to purchase a 1993 Nissan Altima and I was looking for insurance. I was blown away when I got the quotes. Mind you, I live in Detroit and I understand that insurance is expensive, but this is ridiculous. Every quote I got was for at least $400 a month, liability only. Esurance was the most expensive at $582 a month. Allstate was the lowest at $396 a month. Any advice? I really need this car, but there is no way I can afford those insane rates.""
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Belmar New Jersey Cheap car insurance quotes zip 7719
My insurance say I have to pay for the other parties repair costs and hire costs?
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I love expensive sports cars, but I don`t need to have it, I can just watch those at museum, stores, and photos. I think buying cars is waste of money. It costs money to buy cars, car insurance, gasoline, and parking ticket. Also cars get stolen lot , it can break easily by car crash, some bad kids will scratch it, and high risk of death. Using train is way cheaper. If I really need car, I would stick with least cheapest car. Because when my car got stolen, or broke, I have less things to lose.""
How much will my insurance go up?
I got in a fender bender and my car is now totaled, this is because my car is supposedly not worth as much as a hood and a radiator, but I plan on getting my 02 xg350l fixed. But about the wreck is was completely my fault but I was only cited no ticket, how much more will I have to pay considering no ticket was issued? I am 17 this is my first wreck and I live in Washington if that helps. Thank you.""
What ways can you make your car insurance cheaper when your a young driver?
what ways can you make your car insurance cheaper when your a young driver?
""Cheapest car for insurance, and also cheapest insurance company in uk?""
hi, I have just passed my driving test, so I am looking to buy a car. As I am a new driver, I would like to get some tips and help about choosing a car that is cheap to insure and also a cheap insurance company. to give u an idea I have around 2000 to 2500 pounds to spare for a car and insurance. do u think it would be possible with my budget Please help.... thanks.""
Help i had a car accident driving a company car with no insurance?
i hit a car, unsafe start, i find out theres no insurance. I called my boss and he is furious and tells me i should put my insurance from my other cars to it and that i should pay for the accident. i dont know what to do i need help and advice""
Why are pickup trucks so cheap to insure?
i went to go look at a truck that is 10 years newer than my ford explorer. it was a ford f150 even with full coverage its still lower. the insurance for the explorer is nearly $2,000 a year. and the f150 is $1800 a year even with a big powerful V8""
Nissan skyline insurance and price?
ok im 16 and wondering how much a 1990's nissan skyline cost and how much the insurance cost. im 16 a male and has never been in trouble with the police actually my dad was an officer. this is my first car...
What is the cheapest car insurer for a 17 year old WITHOUT a black box?
What is the cheapest insurance company without a black box or device to monitor you're driving for a 17 year old...?
""When your 18 and still in high school, does the car insurance company still check your grades for a discount?
My younger sister recently turned 18 and got her license. She's in dying need of insurance but she's a D average student and ashamed to show her grades. Does the car insurance discount still apply to students who are 18?
""What would be the best insurance group to go in, if I am a first time car owner/driver?""
Hi, I am going to turn 17 in the autumn and I am looking for a first (used) car. But I am unsure about which insurance group is the best to go in? Someone told me I could get insured fairly cheaply on Group 5? I would like a reliable car, at the moment I am looking at Ford Focus, Volkswagen Polo, and Fiat Punto. I want it to be fairly new, and look good. I can spend up to 2000. Hope you can help
Buying Car Insurance?
Looking to buy a car next week, but i have not owned a car before and have no insurance. Is there something i can do before i go to the dealership that will allow me to drive the car off the lot? Ie. can i somehow buy insurance before buying the car (even if i do not know make or model? (I should also mention that i will want to register the car in CT and purchase in NJ, if that's possible.)""
""If someone is driving your car and they get a ticket, does it affect your insurance rates?
Will it make your insurance higher?
Health Insurance for i130 documents?
Can I used Health Insurance that I have added to my wife to my policy as a support document. She is out of status on the Visa. She has also been on my insurance for 4 months now.
Which car would cost the least for insurance for a 16 year old male driver?
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Do you have to have insurance to register your vehicle in California?
I called the DMV to ask this, but I have been on hold for about 40 min.""
Cheapest car to insure for new driver aged 17?
I looked for a quote on a 1994 renault clio 1.4 RT, which came up as 1059 per year, and also for one of the older eary 90's golfs, which was even higher at over 2000, for a 17yr old driver. I then looked at a 1.4l vauxhall corsa, 1993, which was still at least 1000 to insure. yet my friend managed to get insurance on her own policy for the same 1.4l corsa, at around 700 a year, and she had only been driving an additional 2 months more than me. and thats on the same insurance company too. Whats one of the cheapest cars possible to insure (within reason, preferably a half decent car haha) now, so i can see what my cheapest quote could be?""
""What is classic car insurance, what cars are eligable and how much would it cost?""
basically i was told that classic car insurance is dead cheap and im a first time driver at the age of 18 and was wounderung how mcuh it would cost?, what cars are eligable ? and is this a cheaper option also my favorite car is vw golf mk 2 gti would this car be eligable for this insurance seen as tho it is quite an old car""
""Is anyone with Endsleigh for their car insurance, and has done pass plus?""
How much did you save? I am 18 and am about to buy my first car after using my mums. I did pass plus but on confused.com quote it doesn't ask if i have it. Well anyway, endsleigh is the cheapest quote but i was wondering how much i will save when they know i have pass plus?""
Is insurance cheaper if you have had experience on the road?
I am 16 driving a moped I'm looking to get a car when I'm 17, will insurance be cheaper for me because I drive a moped?""
Why is it a better idea to chose a higher deductible health insurance plan?
How do you feel about the rising costs of healthcare?
Best car insurance price for financed cars?
I'm only 19, and I'm getting a financed car VERY soon. I know I can't look at the big name guys, cause I've already done that and they want $450 a month just for a car with no power and isn't even sport. I plan on either getting a 2009-10 Dodge Avenger or 2009-10 Nissan Altima/Sentra. I have had car insurance without a gap for almost 2 years now on my current car, so I won't have any problems having anyone cover me or anything. I live in FL, so if anyone knows of any small insurance companies that are good with financed cars and teens, PLEASE list it below. Thanks.""
How to get car insurance on a Toyota Yaris 1 litre?
It's quite an old car, I estimate about 20 years. Still works well though. How can I get insurance through Direct line? How much would it cost? greenxfox x x x""
Used Car insurance cost?
If i buy a 2010 ford escape used will insurance be any cheaper than if i buy it new, considering im 25 and have a clean driving record""
Can we get health insurance with just part A only in medicare?
looking for supplemental insurance with just Part A on my social security medicare who would be good to contact?
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Belmar New Jersey Cheap car insurance quotes zip 7719
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Car Insurance estimate for a 17 year old.?
How much do you think insurance will be for me (a 17 year old male) driving a Vauxhall Corsa 1.2L 2004? I have looked on websites for quotes but I am not yet 17 and you have to be in order to get a quote and I think they will check the household to make sure you are the right age. So any guesses on how much it should cost?
Will a sports car make my insurance more expenisive?
Im 18 years old and my parents just bought me a sports car. No, I'm not spoiled. They got it for me because its miles were under 100k, it was only 2000 dollars, and it wasn't ...show more""
How can we get or is it possible to put a freeze for one or two years on health insurance cost?
I see BCBS is going up over 7% for 2011. Is there no stopping these rising costs? my poor pension.
How can i get my car insurance down ?
I am 18, male, and just past my driving test, yeah the odds are against me already for insurance. I have Pass Plus, no convictions etc. I can't go under anyone's name because none of my parents drive. I work as a supervisor in retail. I live in Edinburgh and will be parking on a private driveway. No matter what car i choose, wheather it be a 1.6 Honda CRX Del DOL, the car I wanted (more chance of winning the lottery than getting insurance for it) or a crap 80's Fiat Panda 1.0 each quote is between 2,000 - 7,000, so should i just snap my Licence or is there something to bring it down ?""
What would insurance roughly cost for a 17 year old as a second driver to some one who has no tickets/fines?
im looking to buy a 1994 nissan skyline gts-t for my 1st car and am wondering roughly it would cost im also looking a 1992 dodge stealth
Motorcyle insurance ?
I just wanted to see what riders ages 17 between 21 pay for a year and for what kind of coverage with what kind of bike, and what insurance company people go with. also if you have taken an msf course or not.""
""How is it my insurance coverage costs go down, but not my yearly fees?""
I've only had my license a few years, so only had to pay this a few times, but the first time my car was insured for $15,500. The second time it dropped to $13,500. Yet both times I'm expected to pay $460 for the year. Cheap because I'm going through someone else's name 'cause it would cost me about $1,800. Why do the coverage costs go down but not the fees?""
How to choose a Life Insurance?
All the insurance companies sound like they're trying to sell us on the product. We're married in our thirties with two babies. Thanks!
Health Insurance should be illegal?
Why not? Hospital fees would fall drastically! Funny how no body really knows what the hospitals charge... And funny how socialist countries are ranked above U.S. Oh yeah and I love how doctors in U.S. are pill salesmen.... Pathetic. Eliminate Health Insurance and guess what!!! Healthcare will be affordable! what you think?!
""Just found out I'm pregnant, I need health insurance but...?
What are the best plans for me (Im 23 and live in CA) I want to save as much as I can. I've looked at Kaiser Permanente and Anthem Blue Cross but Im lost.
Insurance question HELP PLZ?
On the insurance to get a quote, it says to list all the violations within the last 3 years. I have got one speeding ticket but was cleared because i took the Stop Class. So do i have to put this down as one of the penalities""
Do you pay Car Insurance in USA even if you don't have a car?
Is it true that when you turn 16 in USA you have to pay for Car insurance, even when you don't have a car. A friend of mine is told me this and is having trouble, maybe I can help out with the truth about USA car insurance policy.""
Liability insurance for massage therapist?
I will be getting my massage therapy license in about two weeks...if I work for a spa, will I need liability insurance? Or will my employer cover me?""
Where can I get my physical done for cheap? No insurance?
I'm going to be a wrestling captain & I need it for school on Monday. I live in florida
Will my monthly premium for car insurance go up?
i have a brand new car 89 mi only which i damaged when i backed out of the garage. body shop and insurance co.said amount is $4300 to repair. i definitely cant afford to pay out of the pocket .i am a first time car owner and a new driver. how much do you think will my mo. premium go?i live in california by the way
What is the average insurance cost for Mopeds/Scooters?
Im 18 and im looking to buy a moped or scooter and im just wondering what I should expect to pay on insurance. 50cc/125cc - 3rd Party. If I was to pay monthly, would 20/month be a reasonable estimate?""
I want to start baby sitting do i need insurance?
im going to take a baby sitting course and use it to make a little extra money, i plan to go to the child's home to look after them in the evenings and i was wondering if i needed to get any sort of insurance. i like in the uk if that makes any difference.""
Where can i buy public liablilty insurance?
hi, ive brought a small 20p sweet vending machine, which i would like to place in the local kids 'wacky warehouse' type place, i wanted to get public liability insurance to cover me, say for example, if the machine falls and hurts someone or something? i have had publlic liability before for trading on a market stall and im sure it only cost 35-45, does anyone know of any good providers around a similar price? Thanks :)""
Best car and insurance for 18 year old?
Hey, just looking for some advice for the cheapest possible way to get a car and insurance (not necessarily together) for less than 4,000 a year? I knows there's schemes like Young Marmalade, but I'd rather know what's going to happen with my insurance after the 1st year, but at the moment they do seem like the best option. Any help appreciated! :-)""
Liberals: How many of you actually pay for insurance and have seen your rates skyrocket?
Due to Obamcare? How many of you or your employeers plan on dropping coverage....and paying the fine ($500) because its cheaper....and then once you get sick (pre-existing condition) buying insurance. Do you morons not see this is the EXACT same thing Fannie/Freddie did to the housing market? And that the ENTIRE healthcare industry is going to collapse?
Beaverdale Pennsylvania Cheap car insurance quotes zip 15921
Beaverdale Pennsylvania Cheap car insurance quotes zip 15921
How could the health insurance mandate not be constitutional?
Excerpt from: http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/102620/individual-mandate-history-affordable-care-act?wpisrc=nl_wonk The founding fathers, it turns out, passed several mandates ...show more""
Unpaid insurance in trouble or not?
Can i be incarnated for not having proper insurance? Who can i ask for help?
Car accident without insurance?
My 16 year old son had an accident in his 2013 Lexus ES350 a few weeks ago. I have been insured with Geico, however 2 days before the accident my coverage lapsed (I had to switch ...show more""
How much is insurance for a 2004 Nissan Maxima?
I'm 16 and this is my first car. I'm going to get liability and was wondering how much it's going to cost every month ? Thanks
Does anyone know how to find someone who wants to have their car driven somewhere for them for a fee?
I am interested in making extra money and would be willing to drive someone's car for them. Does anyone know how to get started in this as a side business--how to find clients, how much fee to charge, insurance issues etc.""
Car insurance for 19 year old?
I currently drive a 2005 Mazda6 (4cyl, 140 hp sedan) and I am under my dads policy. I want to buy a 2008-09 VW GTI which is a 4cyl 200 hp turbo hatch, I want a 2 door, but will opt for the 5 door if it saves a good amount of money. How much more should I expect to pay for insurance with the GTI if on my dad's policy? Will it be cheaper to get my own? Also would waiting until I am 20 to buy the car save more money? I have never had a speeding ticket, I had one minor accident when I was 17, I have had a traffic violation last year, but I wasn't even the driver of the vehicle for the offense, also no points were added to my license for this as I did a traffic course and paid a fine instead. (florida)""
Is there affordable insurance that covers pre-existing pregnancy?
My friend lost suddenly in a car wreck a couple weeks ago. Days later she found out that she is expecting. Cobra coverage through his insurance company is over $600 monthly. She is having a hard time finding insurance with her pre-existing condition. Does anyone know of an insurance company with reasonable rates that would be willing to cover her?
Why Do I Pay More For Health Insurance Now?
I'm a recent graduate, female, non-smoker with a healthy weight and eating/fitness habits. I'm not rich by any means, but my health insurance rates have gone up a lot since ...show more""
Im Looking for cheap auto insurance in NJ?
Any suggestions? Anything except Cure,Esurance,Metlife and travelers. been there done that. Cure is just awful and unprofessional!""
A question regarding health insurance for couples?
me and my girlfriend have been dating for two years now. i plan on proposing to her this spring, but we can't afford a wedding yet. i was wondering if me and her could get an affordable health insurance, or would we need to get married to do that? i was also thinking, that if we would have to prove marital status, that we could marry at a court house, then eventually i'd propose and have a formal wedding in the future. what do most couples do in this situation, when finding good health insurance? we're healthy, no illnesses and the only prescription my girlfriend has is for her birth control. i also plan to start my own business, so getting our own insurance would be essential. thanks!""
Which is best insurance scheme Home loan insurance or Life Term Insurance to protech Home loan?
I am having Home loan 20 lacs and would like to protect the risk. Could you suggest which is best insurance scheme Home loan insurance (Protecting home loan alone) and Lime Term Insurance (protecting like not home loan). I want to know the premium which one is lower and benefit one?
Anyone have experience with ASDA car insurance?
Asda car insurance seems to be the cheapest by far in the comparison websites but are they reliable?
What doctors or insurance that accepts MEDI-CAL CARE IN CALIFORNIA?
I LIVE IN SF IN THE BAY AREA, ANY DOCTORS OR INSURANCE THAT CAN TAKE THIS?""
Can i sign up 2 cars with the same policy? for car insurance or it has to be separate?
i have 2 cars and i have 4 years no bonus claim, and it was fine and everything, today the insurance company phoned me and said i can only use my 4 years claim on one car only and if i try insuring the other car it would be like no claim so it's like you just received your license with no experience. do you think i could sign one car with an insurance company and the other car with another insurance company?""
What's affordable about obamacare?
or the Affordable Care Act that so many want us to call it so that Obama hopefully isn't yoked with this monstrous failed program for the rest of time.
Auto Insurance Is Prohibitively Expensive. What To Do?
I'm 23 years old. I rent a flat and have held a steady management job for 4 years. I don't drink or smoke. I am looking to purchase a 1993 Nissan Altima and I was looking for insurance. I was blown away when I got the quotes. Mind you, I live in Detroit and I understand that insurance is expensive, but this is ridiculous. Every quote I got was for at least $400 a month, liability only. Esurance was the most expensive at $582 a month. Allstate was the lowest at $396 a month. Any advice? I really need this car, but there is no way I can afford those insane rates.""
""I have just passed my driving test, I am 17 years old and I need help on car insurance?""
I know it is very hard to get cheap car insurance for 17 years old and a new driver, but surely out there is a good deal for young drivers and isn't too expensive.""
""I don't have car insurance, is it illegal to drive someone else's cars which has car insurance?""
My dad lets my use his car which has car insurance, i just want to know if its illegal to drive without insurance in california because i don't have insurance.""
Do I need car insurance to drive someone elses car?
I got my license about a month ago..I'm 16 years old, going on 17 soon. I was wondering if I need to have my own car insurance in order to drive someone elses car? Their car is insured, however, I don't have my own insurance yet. Thank you!""
California parent trying to decide whether to purchase/register car in California vs. Arizona?
I live in California and my child goes to college in Arizona. I am trying to decide if I should buy / register the car in California (and have her under my policy - lower policy cost) OR buy/ register the car in Arizona (under her own name - to minimize my liability. We've been checking Craigslist and within our price range, the cars in California have much higher mileage and more expensive than cars in Arizona. What are the pros and cons of both options?""
How Much is insurance for a mini cab diver?
Hi i am 21 years of age and live in london. I was hoping to take up mini cab driving but need to know on average how much insurance will be for me on a Vauhxall astra 03 plate. please let me know and if theres any good websites with instant quotes do let me know many thanks,.""
Do i still pay the monthly payment (car insurance) after a accident?
I got into an accident on 12/ 15. since then i havnt drove my car bc its not fix or its just waiting for it to be junked. and my monthly payment goes out on about the last week of each month. (my payment goes electronically from my bank ) so on 12/29 they took the monthly payment of december. and then in jan 28, it took another payment even though i wasnt driving the car. my insurance expires this coming march. so do i continue to pay till march even though the car is not used?""
How much does a car cost for a 17 year old?
The cheapest thing the moves from A to B reliably. I already know about gas and insurance, how much would the car itself cost, used whatever. I live in washington state.""
""I'm 16 , how much with motor cycle insurance be?""
As it says above, I'm curious on how much it will be? cheaper than car insurance , or more? im from phoenix arizona. good grades , clean record . so if anyone knows how to help?""
UK ONLY: Cheap car insurance for 17 years old male?
I passed my 1 and half months ago, and insurance seems to be no less than 3000 on every sites i look. I havent bought a car but the car im looking to insure is 00-02reg VW Polo 1.0ltr or 00-06reg Vauxhall Corsa 1.0-1.2ltr Both of them are manufacture standards without any modification or accidental repaired. I dont think i will be buying a car before i find a cheap and affordable insurace, happy to pay under 2000 Cannot have an additional driver as my parents do not drive. So can anybody please help me out or recommend me a company? Thank you in advance.""
Beaverdale Pennsylvania Cheap car insurance quotes zip 15921
Beaverdale Pennsylvania Cheap car insurance quotes zip 15921
Unemployment Insurance for Teenagers?
The business I have worked at for 3 years has just announced they are shutting their doors at the end of the month. I am only 17 but have been told that I am still able to apply for unemployment benefits...which I know next to nothing about. Basically, I've only worked 10-20 hours a week for a wage slightly above minimum. It's just been a part time job for me since I'm a student and involved in several sports and challenging classes. However, I'm still trying to save money for college, so...what do I actually get when I file for unemployment and am hunting for a job? Anything? Sorry if this question sounds ditzy...I don't know much about the workforce.""
Please tell me what you think about Infinity Auto Insurance?
Please tell me what you think about Infinity Auto Insurance?
Is there insurance for?
is there insurance for rabbits or is it just for cats and dogs? my rabbit is about 3 years old and want to get some insurance for her if i can.
Car insurance rates for teens?
can u tell me how high are the rates to insure a car for a teen for a 2008 acura tsx? would this vehicle cost a lot to insure. Are their discounts for students? thanks
Cheap car & insurance for young male driver?
Cheap car & insurance for young male driver? My brother is 23. He has passed his licence 2 years ago and his pass plus 1 1/2 years ago. He's still struggling to find a car & insurance that he can afford. He's not fussy about the type of car so long as it's not a girls car (ie chiqichenco). The insurance can be third party etc. He has a budget of 400 for the car, what should he buy? The insurance quotes so far for various 1.0l-1.3l cars have all been over 1000 which is out of his price range. Any help would be greatly appreciated. xxx""
Can I get free health and car insurance or any kind of insurance if my parent doesn't want to help pay?
My mom died and since im 18, i decided to continue to live with my grandma like i originally was with my mom and when im suppose to live with my dad he isnt responsible for me anymore. emancipated me. but im not living alone im with my grandma. so im wondering if there was a way to get health and car insurance. can i get it for free? is there a plan?""
How can I get my own auto insurance and still be decently affordable?
So im 20 years old almost 21 living at home and ready to get my own auto insurance. My daily driver is a 1999 s-10 Blazer and for my playtime car im looking into a 2005 GTO. I know instantly thats a red flag cause im young, but thats why I want my own insurance. But the thing is....I talked to the insurance writer and they told me that even if im on my own insurance, if something serious happens to me in a auto related accident, they can still come after my parents assets and insurance since I live at home still. Is this true? also any tips for a young guy looking for independence with his own insurance?""
What is the insurance on a Yamaha R1?
I am thinking about buying a 2001 Yamaha R1. I am 18 years old. I have a clean driving record and have never been pulled over. (Knock on wood) I have a car already, if that matters. I would like to get it insured if possible. How much do you think the insurance will be a month/year? Also, what would be a good company? *Before you answer please I don't want your opinion on if it's a good idea to get the bike because I've seen a lot of answered on opinion of bikes and not what the insurance will be.""
Who is the cheapest car insurance in USA ?
Ihave finicial problem right now ipay for six month liability $ 300 it us too much for me is there any body knows less than that price iget please let me know?
Home Mortgage Insurance question?
Okay I need some info on mortgage insurance.i am currently living in my parents home which was built on their property, we don't live with my parents. My husband and I pay the mortgage, taxes, and the insurance. We are going to refinance everything into our name but in the mean time we are saving money for any down payments on the refinance(if any).Since we have not refinanced yet, what type of insurance do we buy, home owners or renters insurance?""
Will my insurance rates go up because of this?
I cancelled my Esurance policy and went to State Farm. I received a cancellation email afterward. My policy with Esurance is set to cancel completely on the 8th but I got an email today saying my policy had lapsed. Will my insurance rates with State Farm go up because of this?
Car insurance question?
Would my car insurance be any higher if i got a ford escape rather than a car? My parents wont let me get a Chevy Tahoe for my graduation because they said SUVs make the car insurance go up really high, so would my insurance go up alot if i got a Ford Escape, since its not as big as a Tahoe.""
Will my car insurance rate go up?
so yesterday, I rear end into someone car but damage at all. His car still look new and my car still remain the same. But he said he will go check up his car, if there are some damage inside. He will claim my insurance. Suppose he claim my insurance, how much will my car insurance rate go up?""
Ideal cheap car for beginners?
I'm looking for a used car with a cheaper insurance that would be ideal for a new driver. Any suggestions?
How much would insurance be for me if i have kawasaki zx10r and im a newbie?
How much would insurance be for me if i have kawasaki zx10r and im a newbie?
Insurance rates with a paid speeding ticket?
I got my first speeding ticket ever yesterday and it was a $120 citation . Since I was nervous, I agreed to pay the $120 right there and then. What will happen to my insurance rates? Since I'm 18 and its my first offense will they stay the same? Also, I live in Illinois and got the cotation in Marengo if that helps. Please help! Thank you""
Does anyone know a cheap car insurance company?
Im About to Turn 17 and am Male,, I need to know if anyone knows of a cheap car insurance company, I have a 2002 Citroen Saxo VTR, I live in Dudley,UK Preferably i would like to pay less than 3000 (i am only a student) Preferably i would like to go in my name but i do also have the option to go in my 44year old dads name. If anyone could get back to me on this i would be very greateful p.s -- I have tried all of the comparison sites and have only found 1insurance company cheaper than 3k Gett Back to me please Thank You xx""
Can a life insurance sole beneficiary claim be disputed in Arizona?
The mother of my 4.5 yr old son recently passed with no will. Her 25 yr old son (half-bro) being oldest blood relative, locked my son out of his home and proceeded to stake claim to everything his deceased mother had, car, cash, final paycheck, $3800.00 income tax refund check (probably less than $30,000. total assets) but no real telling. Come to find out she had a employee life insurance policy which she named the 25 yr old as sole beneficiary. does' my son have any rights to claim anything?""
Obama used to be critical of insurance companies. But his health care plan seems like it will benefit them.?
Obama used to be critical of the health insurance companies, but his health care plan seems like it was designed to benefit the insurance companies more than anyone else. Why is that?""
Is it a law in New Hampshire that you must have car insurance?
I recently bought a car that i know own 100% (i am not leasing). Is it a NH state law that i HAVE to have car insurance? Any sources would be very helpful.
""Before Obamacare, my health insurance premiums were stable...?""
...this year they went up 17%. How can this be, if Obamacare was supposed to make everything more affordable?""
1967 mustang insurance?
I am 20 years of age me never been involve in car accident and never gotten pulled over have had my driver license since 2008-2009 around there I was thinking of buying a 1967 mustang does anyone know how much insurance will cost for that I currently have farmers insurance. Also does anyone know how much it will cost me to change its license plate tags from Oklahoma to California tags Its coming from Oklahoma thank you
Best insurance company for a 16 year old driving a v6 or v8 camaro?
best insurance company for a 16 year old driving a v6 or v8 camaro? my thought is that while a v6 camaro might be reasonable to insure a 16 year old driver with, the v8 wouldbe some unuearthly figure in the 8 digits. i know its based on SO many things, but im just asking if anyone has a HUNCH about what insurance company is the best/cheapest for a teen driving a camaro? assume its a v8, ad it cant get any worse if it ended up being a v6, if you know what i mean. btw dont say american faimily. they wont even insure a person with less than 5 years driving experience driving a v8 camaro AT ALL, let alone at a huge rate. finally, do you think there is any way on earth for insurance for a 16year old driving a (2000 lets just say for example) camaro v8? including all the little bonuses like good grades, clean record, etc. all of which i have. thanks so much for your answers! they REALLY help!""
I dont want to pay for car insurance... is there any way around it? LOL?
I know it sounds crazy and I need insurance but is there anyway to avoid paying it... at least for just a month? I have the cheapest plan possible but its still killing me financially every month! Do you think allstate has a low income program? Do ANY of the insurance companies....?
What are the best health care companies?
I'm in my early 20's, have no real health issues, and take no meds. I can not get affordable insurance through my job, and i just can't go without it anymore. I'm trying to find not just the most affordable plan, but the best company who wont try to screw me over at every turn (which i know is hard to find). I did some searching on my own, but the only list i could find of top rated companies were all state specific.""
Beaverdale Pennsylvania Cheap car insurance quotes zip 15921
Beaverdale Pennsylvania Cheap car insurance quotes zip 15921
How much would my insurance cost?
hi i am 18 and looking for a vauxhall corsa the old one or a ka the old version i wanted to know from my age and the car on average how much would my insurance cost a month i am from england so could you tell me in pounds please p.s. i know it depends on a lot more things but it will be my 1st car could anyone please give me an average thank you
How much would the average cost of car insurance for a 16 year old male in ohio be?
How much would the average cost of car insurance for a 16 year old male in ohio be?
Business Insurance?
I have a customer who wants to require that we have the following insurance: (View link to see exactly what they want) http://fatteds.net/insurance.jpg How do I go about getting this? Who do I call? How much will it cost? estimate is ok... Darn government contract!!!! Thanks in advanced
How do I find out my neighbors homeowners insurance company?
My daughter was bitten by my neighbors dog. He refuses to pay. I want to file a claim on his homeowners insurance, but he won't tell me.""
How does the affordable care act apply to me?
Right now, I live with my Mom and she earns about $120000 per year. I work and earn about $22000 per year.""
""If you have or had a ninja 250 at 16-18, how much did your insurance cost and who where you with ?
Does the bundle up insurance on some companies actually save you money ?
'95 Acura Integra insurance price?
I live in Texas and I amndering, what would the insurance cost a month for a Black Acura Integra. I am 17. Not exact price just a close estimate.""
How much is car insurance?
we are moving to newmarket, ontario. we are wanting to get rough ideas about the cost of car insurance. i hear it is quite expensive but was wondering if someone could illustrate in some way or give an example of how it is worked out. also could someone reccommend a trustful dealer?""
How much would car insurance cost for a 17 year old boy for a Ford Focus RS 2003?
I am the 'boy racer' type of a boy. I have the cash to buy a ford focus rs on an 03 registration plate. i was wondering how much car insurance would cost for it? i wish to learn to drive in the car. Ford Focus RS is obviously a very fast car having been used for WRC. It is my favourite car, i can afford it but it would be a massive let down if i couldnt afford insurance on it? please help. any answers are greatly appreciated. thanks""
What are some health insurance that is affordable?
I am a 17 year old female and i want to know what are some affordable insurance that include dental, eyes, and a regular doctor.""
What auto insurance companies DON'T use a credit score when deciding rates?
I'm against the practice of using credit scores (i.e. insurance scores) to decide auto insurance rates. Does anyone know of a company in the U.S. that doesn't use the practice?
Low cost liability car insurance in Conroe tx?
What are some places, How many people do you have on your liability insurance and how much do you pay and who do you have? I have two people and atm using AIG. they are going to up my bill over 65 a month. Wondering if anyone else is getting better?""
Car insurance? Insurethebox?
Can someone help me please? Im trying to get insurance quotes on a couple of cars, I tried with a Fiat Punto, and coudnt get any AT ALL. I then tried a Citroen C2, that came back at 4grand - 5 grand Fully comp. I then tried to get insured on a Peugeot 206 This also came back at 4-5 grand, fully comp. Insurethebox coudnt even give me a quote? Someone explain this to me? No years bonus, and 18, but still the insurance shoudnt be 4 grand? I would get a corsa, but to many of my friends have them, and i dont want one. I do want a peugeot 206, but i cant get insured.. am i doing something wrong? help!""
""Which car would you prefer? 2006 Volkswagen rabbit, 2006 toyota corolla, or a 2006 honda civic?
which do u think would be a suitable car for a university student and cheap on insurance and gas.
Cars And Insurance?
OK im turning 18 in a month and im getting a car but what is a good cheap car and a good cheap insurance
What is the cheapest car insurance for a teenager and how much does it cost?
What is the cheapest car insurance for a teenager and how much does it cost?
Were is the best place to get cheap car insurance- new driver!?
please dont say money supermarket! The cheapest i found is 900, third party fire and theft. I'm a 24 year old femaile just passed my test!""
How long does it take for a speeding ticket to affect my insurance rate?
I got a speeding ticket this week, and it says I have to wait 3-4 weeks for the courtesy notice with the bail info. I'm just wondering how soon this might affect my insurance rate (i.e. after the citation is processed?). P.S. Can you request traffic school to remove a point for speeding?""
Does anyone know of any kind of affordable health insurance?
My husband works independantly and needs health insurance in the Atlanta area.
How much does the insurance company raise your rates if you use your car for work?
I'm talking about reading meters where I had to use it everyday, often driving from house to house or business to business all day. And I still have a lien on my car. I currently pay about $60 a month.""
State auto insurance vs. state of registration?
I am currently working a temporary job away from home in another state not my permanent residence (I am living there for the term of the employment). While there I bought another vehicle and registered it in that state and when insuring it moved my other car to the policy not realizing this could cause a problem. Now on my first vehicle, which was registered in my home state, the home state has refused to renew the registration because it carries out of state insurance. However, I also don't own the first vehicle, it is owned by my parents who are a resident of my home state, I just use it and pay the insurance. So unless I am missing anything, It looks like I am basically going to be forced to register that vehicle in a state where I do not have residence or cancel my insurance policy and get insurance for only that vehicle through a provider in my home state. Is this it or are there other options? I'm confused because they let me renew last year even though I had the out of state insurance, but I had switched during that year so maybe they considered me part-time or something. I would like to avoid changing any state registrations for the time being, because this process is expensive and complicated between the two states in question. Someone told me the cheapest option might be to get a minimum liability policy on the car in my home state so they will give me registration, but I have never heard of that and I'm not sure if that is ok (having two insurance policies on the same vehicle)? I am not trying to play tricks or loophole anything here, I just want to figure out my options and get this done without costing me a lot of money or time.""
Will pre-existing conditions be covered by healthcare insurance offered by another employer?
I'm currently covered through my employer-sponsored healthcare insurance provided by Anthem Blue Shield/Blue Cross of California. If I decide to accept a job with another employer and a different healthcare insurance company, will my pre-existing conditions be covered? One of those conditions was surgery to remove neuroendocrine tumors.""
Typically whats the cheapest insurance company?
my rates are pritty high.. im thinkin about changin
Driving someones car without insurance?
If you drive someone elses car and that person has insurance but not you, and you get ticketed. do you also get ticketed for driving without insurance. is it possible to drive someones car without you yourslef buying car insurance? btw this is in dallas, texas""
Cheapest car insurance for 18 year old in NYC.?
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How to Build Muscle on a Vegetarian Diet
Figuring out what buttons to push to meet your own nutrition needs can be difficult and stressful. With so many food choices, claims, and hype — not to mention specific eating preferences, allergies, and food sensitivities — it’s no surprise that consistently eating well is a big hurdle.
Following a vegetarian diet is a common approach for most people looking to follow a healthier lifestyle. The catch? It can feel difficult to fill the gaps on a meatless diet, especially when it comes to protein, which is a key to building muscle and losing fat.
So we turned to Eric Helms, Ph.D. Not only does Dr. Helms have a master’s in sports nutrition and a doctorate in exercise science, but he’s also been following a plant-based diet since 2011. Here is his advice on following a plant-based diet, and how to build muscle on a vegetarian diet.
[Editor’s Note: We’re launching “The Born Fitness Lab,” where our coaches give you behind-the-scenes access to workouts, diets, and techniques we’re testing before we ever try them with clients. Access the lab by entering your email below (it’s free!)
Ok, you reflected on what you want to follow a vegetarian lifestyle. But you’re also interested in building muscle (or making sure you don’t lose the muscle you’ve already earned). How do you do it?
You might be surprised that building muscle on a vegetarian diet isn’t that different from a meat-filled plan. In fact, no matter what eating style you follow, if you want to build muscle then you need to eat slightly more calories than you burn in a day (called a “caloric surplus”), and make sure you emphasize protein. All that changes is the source of protein you need when following a vegetarian diet. Do that while training consistently and voila! You will add muscle.
Vegetarian Diet Muscle: Start with Calories
Your first step is to figure out your “maintenance level,” or the number of calories you must eat to keep your weight consistent. To do that:
Identify your goal weight. Think “where you want to be,” not “where you are.”
Use that figure to calculate an estimate of your daily intake using this equation: goal weight x (workout hours per week + 9.5) = daily number of calories
Track how much you eat. Online logs like MyFitnessPal can be helpful.
Monitor your intake and your scale weight for a couple of weeks. (Weigh yourself first thing in the morning, after you’ve went to the bathroom but before you eat or drink anything.)
If your body weight holds steady, you’ll know that you’ve accurately hit your maintenance number.
If you’re losing weight, you can bump up calories. Add about 100 per day across a week — so, if you were eating 2000 calories per day last week, you’d bump up to 2100 calories per day this week.
If you find you’re gaining weight, do the opposite. Drop a hundred calories per day.
When you reach a number that keeps your weight consistent, voila! You’re at the maintenance level.
But if your goal is to add muscle, you can’t just stop there. To gain muscle, you need to eat more calories than you burn. How many more?
Let’s say you are an intermediate level lifter, meaning that you have been training for a few years.
If you are a woman or a smaller guy, you’re probably going to want to eat an extra 100 to 200 calories above your maintenance amount.
If you are a larger, taller guy, you’ll want to focus on an extra 200 to 300 calories.
This should result in you gaining one to two pounds per month. It’s a rough guideline, but one that will cover most people (although not everybody).
[Ed. note: Could you gain more muscle than this? Sure. But this is a realistic rate of growth. Don’t buy into promises that sound great on paper but will only leave you frustrated and want to quit.]
From there, you’ll want to monitor your weight and ask yourself: Am I gaining at the rate of weight that I want? If the answer is “yes,” then great. But if “no,” then continue to bump up your intake incrementally.
How Much Protein, Fat, and Carbs Do Vegetarians Need?
Let’s imagine that you’ve determined how many calories you need to gain muscle. For the sake of keeping the math easy, let’s say you need 3,000 calories per day.
From there you can budget your macronutrients, or how many grams of protein, fat, and carbs you should aim for in a day. Do it in this order:
1. Start with protein. Note that your protein intake will not actually be based on your total energy intake. Your target protein number should be based on how much lean body mass you have. [Ed. note: “Lean body mass” is the weight of everything in your body that isn’t fat — muscle tissue, bone, etc.]
Most people don’t have an easy way to calculate that accurately. So, instead, a good surrogate number to use for calculating protein is your goal body weight (If you are 180 pounds and want to weigh 200 pounds, then that is your goal weight). Multiply that weight by .8 to 1.0, and you’ll have your target protein intake in grams.
You can eat more than that, but you don’t need to. The times when you might want to consume more protein would be if you are gaining weight too quickly because you are hungry all the time. Protein is pretty filling, and going above your bodyweight-based target may help you feel fuller longer.
2. Next up, calculate fat. Let’s go back to the example of 3,000 calories per day with a goal weight of 200 pounds. That means you want 200 grams of protein per day. That equals 800 calories from protein (since protein is 4 calories per gram). You have 2,200 calories remaining for fat and carbohydrates.
A good range for fat in your diet is anywhere between 20% and 40% of total calories from fat (Note: exceptions do exist, such as if you choose to follow a ketogenic diet.). For the 3,000 calories-per-day example, here’s what it would look like:
Goal weight: 200 pounds
Protein: 200 grams
Fat calculation: 20-40%
If 20% of 3,000 calories = 600 calories from fat (or 600/9* = 67 grams of fat/day)
If 40% of 3,000 calories = 1,200 calories from fat (or 1,200/9 = 133 grams of fat/day)
[*Ed. note: fat is 9 calories per gram]
3. Carbohydrates take up whatever calories are remaining. Divide that remainder by four and you’ll find the number of carbohydrates you want to eat in grams. So for each of our examples above:
20% Fat 40% Fat Total calories: 3,000 3,000 Total protein: 200 grams (800 calories) 200 grams (800 calories) Total fat: 67 grams (600 calories) 133 grams (1200 calories)
Remaining calories for carbs:
3,000 – 800 (protein) – 600 (fat) = 1,600 calories remaining 3,000 – 800 (protein) – 1200 (fat) = 1,000 calories remaining
Total carbs:
1,600 calories/4 calories per gram = 400 grams of carbs 1,000 calories/4 calories per gram = 250 grams of carbs
In this sample, you would eat:
200 grams of protein 67 grams of fat 400 grams of carbs
200 grams of protein 133 grams of fat 250 grams of carbs
What Are the Best Protein Sources for Vegetarians?
When you go on a vegetarian diet, it’s hard to find many foods that are pure protein. That’s because many vegetarian protein sources have a lot of crossover – i.e. a grain like quinoa will be high in protein but also high in carbs, or nuts will have protein but also a lot of fat.
That’s especially true as you move toward a strict vegan diet. Picture all plant-based diet on a spectrum, with flexitarians or pescatarians (people who’ll eat fish, eggs and dairy) on the left and strict vegans on the right. The closer you go to veganism, the more difficult things will be.
If you are a lacto-ovo vegetarian, eggs and dairy alone provide you with ample opportunity to get sufficient protein. If you have a few protein servings from one of those sources at each meal, you should be set.
For a lacto-vegetarian, again, it’s not hard to keep your protein up. You can consume whey protein or non-fat Greek yogurt, and both are high in protein while being low in carbs and fat. They might as well be meat in terms of their macronutrient breakdowns (although with some extra carbs in there).
For an ovo-vegetarian, egg whites provide basically the same thing: a food that’s high in protein and low in everything else. You could stick with just those if you were trying to control calories. Or you could mix in as many yolks as you want to hit your fat target for the day.
Best of all: In both cases (lacto and ovo), you’re getting a high-quality protein source. What I mean by that, from the perspective of someone who wants to gain muscle, is that they are high in essential amino-acids like leucine, which is one of the triggers for muscle protein synthesis (the process of building of new muscle).
If you’re a vegan, you have to worry to some degree about complementary proteins. Basically, many plant-based protein sources don’t have all nine essential amino acids. [Ed. note: if you don’t have all the essential aminos, then you can’t put those aminos to use for building muscle.] So you’ll have to mix different sources of plant-based protein together in order to get a complete set of amino acids.
A common example is rice and beans. Together, those two foods provide a complete protein source.
You don’t need to worry about complementary proteins on a meal-to-meal basis. You just want to look globally at your diet. Are you consuming multiple sources of proteins — rice, beans, quinoa, tofu to some degree — that are complementary in nature? Eating a variety of protein sources as a vegan ensures that you’re getting all of the essential amino acids.
Here are some of the vegetarian diet protein sources:
High Protein
Edamame (1 cup, cooked) = 16g of protein
Tempeh (3 oz.) = 16g
Seitan (6 oz.) = 15g
Textured Vegetable Protein (¼ cup, dry) = 12g
Hemp Hearts (3 tbsp.) = 10g
Spelt (1 cup) = 10g
Moderate Protein
Red lentils (½ cup) = 9g
Peas (1 cup) = 8g
Red Beans (½ cup) = 8g
Kidney Beans (½ cup) = 8g
Quinoa (1 cup) = 8g
Tofu (3 oz.) = 8g
Black Beans (½ cup) = 7g
Great Northern Beans (½ cup) = 7g
Almonds (1 oz.) = 6g
Garbanzo Beans (½ cup) = 6g
Pumpkin seeds (1oz.) = 5g
Collard greens (1 cup, raw) = 5 g
Hubbard Squash (1 cup, cooked) = 5g
Lower Protein
Asparagus (1 cup) = 4 g per cup
Spinach (1 cup) = 4g per cup
Sweet potatoes (1 cup, roasted with skins)= 4g
Beet Greens (1 cup) = 4g
Brussel sprouts (1 cup) = 3.9g
Mushrooms (1 cup) = 3g
Broccoli (1 cup) = 3g
Broccoli Rabe (1 cup, cooked) = 3g
Mung Bean Sprouts (1 cup, cooked) = 2.5g
Kale (1 cup, raw) = 2.5g
Zucchini (1 cup, sliced) = 2g
Cauliflower (1 cup, chopped) = 2g
Vegetarian Diet Protein Powder: A Primer
If you are a vegan, it’s likely that you’ll want to invest in a pea protein (or pea protein blend).
Why pea and not soy, the most common one?
There’s some research showing that soy protein, in large amounts, could potentially affect sperm quality and quantity in men. There’s other research indicating that soy could potentially affect estrogen levels, but that’s less consistent. Some studies show it, some don’t.
Women probably don’t have to worry about this stuff because even if estrogen changes, you’d still be within normal, acceptable ranges compared to how much estrogen you’re normally producing. But, I’m not comfortable enough with the ambivalence of the research, and the potential consequences, to advise having soy as a large part of your diet, as a vegan or a vegetarian.
Notice I said “large part.” Having a serving of soy per day is not a big deal. So if you want to have tofu once a day, that’s all good. If you have a scoop of soy protein once a day, that’s totally fine. You just wouldn’t want to have 40-50% of your protein intake come from soy. That’s probably not a good idea.
Instead, you probably want to invest in a protein blend that is high quality, complete, and doesn’t have those issues. Pea protein or a rice-pea blend is what you want.
In fact, pea protein performs really well in research. It’s comparable to whey protein in terms of its leucine content. A term that I’ve seen thrown around is “vegan’s whey,” which is roughly a 70/30 blend of pea protein and rice protein. You actually get a very similar essential amino acid profile to whey.
Outside of just the amino acid profile, we’ve actually seen studies where people perform just as well in terms of body competition change (ratio of muscle to body fat) and performance when they eat pea protein after a workout, compared to whey.
The one thing to note about pea/rice blends is that they bulk up a lot. No matter how much water you add to it, it will have an earthy flavor. The mix is pretty filling, I’ve found, but drinking it can feel a little bit tiresome due to that mouthfeel. If you are accustomed to whey protein, which is very thin, this will be different than what you are used to.
A way to work around that is to mix small amounts of vegan protein powder into things like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. You can’t put a huge amount in there or it can start to get a little gritty and weird, but sneaking in a little bit will help you up the protein count of your meals – and save you from having to drink shake after shake.
How to Tell if a Vegetarian Diet is Working for You
When your goal is building muscle, start by tracking your weight. You’ll also want to track your workout performance. Whether or not the weights you are using, or the reps you can perform, are going upward or downward can tell you a lot about how well your lifestyle is supporting your goals.
But remember: external goals aren’t the only thing that matters. You also have to live in the body you’re building every day. So create a rating scale for yourself, say, from 1 to 5. Each day, rate how you feel on the qualitative aspects of your life. This includes:
sleep
energy
hunger
mood
mental clarity
workout quality or enjoyment
Those subjective ratings are important. Also, while it’s a little bit uncomfortable to talk about, you may even want to monitor whether it’s easier or harder to use the toilet. If you’re eating appropriately and drinking sufficient water, it should get easier.
While we’re on the subject, here’s another thing to note: When you increase your vegetable consumption, you may experience an increase in gas. Really, that’s true whenever you make a large-scale change to your diet. Two things to note:
Try Gas-X (it’s a lifesaver).
Typically, things should start to normalize as your gut microbiome gets more accustomed to what you’re taking in. You’ll likely notice an improvement over a few weeks to a month.
Your energy levels shouldn’t fluctuate that much if you’re doing it right. If you feel really off, even though your macronutrients and your total calories are the same, that can indicate some type of micronutrient problem. That’s not always the case, but it’s worth watching. If the issue is persistent, try a blood test.
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How to Build Muscle on a Vegetarian Diet
Figuring out what buttons to push to meet your own nutrition needs can be difficult and stressful. With so many food choices, claims, and hype — not to mention specific eating preferences, allergies, and food sensitivities — it’s no surprise that consistently eating well is a big hurdle.
Following a vegetarian diet is a common approach for most people looking to follow a healthier lifestyle. The catch? It can feel difficult to fill the gaps on a meatless diet, especially when it comes to protein, which is a key to building muscle and losing fat.
So we turned to Eric Helms, Ph.D. Not only does Dr. Helms have a master’s in sports nutrition and a doctorate in exercise science, but he’s also been following a plant-based diet since 2011. Here is his advice on following a plant-based diet, and how to build muscle on a vegetarian diet.
[Editor’s Note: We’re launching “The Born Fitness Lab,” where our coaches give you behind-the-scenes access to workouts, diets, and techniques we’re testing before we ever try them with clients. Access the lab by entering your email below (it’s free!)
Ok, you reflected on what you want to follow a vegetarian lifestyle. But you’re also interested in building muscle (or making sure you don’t lose the muscle you’ve already earned). How do you do it?
You might be surprised that building muscle on a vegetarian diet isn’t that different from a meat-filled plan. In fact, no matter what eating style you follow, if you want to build muscle then you need to eat slightly more calories than you burn in a day (called a “caloric surplus”), and make sure you emphasize protein. All that changes is the source of protein you need when following a vegetarian diet. Do that while training consistently and voila! You will add muscle.
Vegetarian Diet Muscle: Start with Calories
Your first step is to figure out your “maintenance level,” or the number of calories you must eat to keep your weight consistent. To do that:
Identify your goal weight. Think “where you want to be,” not “where you are.”
Use that figure to calculate an estimate of your daily intake using this equation: goal weight x (workout hours per week + 9.5) = daily number of calories
Track how much you eat. Online logs like MyFitnessPal can be helpful.
Monitor your intake and your scale weight for a couple of weeks. (Weigh yourself first thing in the morning, after you’ve went to the bathroom but before you eat or drink anything.)
If your body weight holds steady, you’ll know that you’ve accurately hit your maintenance number.
If you’re losing weight, you can bump up calories. Add about 100 per day across a week — so, if you were eating 2000 calories per day last week, you’d bump up to 2100 calories per day this week.
If you find you’re gaining weight, do the opposite. Drop a hundred calories per day.
When you reach a number that keeps your weight consistent, voila! You’re at the maintenance level.
But if your goal is to add muscle, you can’t just stop there. To gain muscle, you need to eat more calories than you burn. How many more?
Let’s say you are an intermediate level lifter, meaning that you have been training for a few years.
If you are a woman or a smaller guy, you’re probably going to want to eat an extra 100 to 200 calories above your maintenance amount.
If you are a larger, taller guy, you’ll want to focus on an extra 200 to 300 calories.
This should result in you gaining one to two pounds per month. It’s a rough guideline, but one that will cover most people (although not everybody).
[Ed. note: Could you gain more muscle than this? Sure. But this is a realistic rate of growth. Don’t buy into promises that sound great on paper but will only leave you frustrated and want to quit.]
From there, you’ll want to monitor your weight and ask yourself: Am I gaining at the rate of weight that I want? If the answer is “yes,” then great. But if “no,” then continue to bump up your intake incrementally.
How Much Protein, Fat, and Carbs Do Vegetarians Need?
Let’s imagine that you’ve determined how many calories you need to gain muscle. For the sake of keeping the math easy, let’s say you need 3,000 calories per day.
From there you can budget your macronutrients, or how many grams of protein, fat, and carbs you should aim for in a day. Do it in this order:
1. Start with protein. Note that your protein intake will not actually be based on your total energy intake. Your target protein number should be based on how much lean body mass you have. [Ed. note: “Lean body mass” is the weight of everything in your body that isn’t fat — muscle tissue, bone, etc.]
Most people don’t have an easy way to calculate that accurately. So, instead, a good surrogate number to use for calculating protein is your goal body weight (If you are 180 pounds and want to weigh 200 pounds, then that is your goal weight). Multiply that weight by .8 to 1.0, and you’ll have your target protein intake in grams.
You can eat more than that, but you don’t need to. The times when you might want to consume more protein would be if you are gaining weight too quickly because you are hungry all the time. Protein is pretty filling, and going above your bodyweight-based target may help you feel fuller longer.
2. Next up, calculate fat. Let’s go back to the example of 3,000 calories per day with a goal weight of 200 pounds. That means you want 200 grams of protein per day. That equals 800 calories from protein (since protein is 4 calories per gram). You have 2,200 calories remaining for fat and carbohydrates.
A good range for fat in your diet is anywhere between 20% and 40% of total calories from fat (Note: exceptions do exist, such as if you choose to follow a ketogenic diet.). For the 3,000 calories-per-day example, here’s what it would look like:
Goal weight: 200 pounds
Protein: 200 grams
Fat calculation: 20-40%
If 20% of 3,000 calories = 600 calories from fat (or 600/9* = 67 grams of fat/day)
If 40% of 3,000 calories = 1,200 calories from fat (or 1,200/9 = 133 grams of fat/day)
[*Ed. note: fat is 9 calories per gram]
3. Carbohydrates take up whatever calories are remaining. Divide that remainder by four and you’ll find the number of carbohydrates you want to eat in grams. So for each of our examples above:
20% Fat 40% Fat Total calories: 3,000 3,000 Total protein: 200 grams (800 calories) 200 grams (800 calories) Total fat: 67 grams (600 calories) 133 grams (1200 calories)
Remaining calories for carbs:
3,000 – 800 (protein) – 600 (fat) = 1,600 calories remaining 3,000 – 800 (protein) – 1200 (fat) = 1,000 calories remaining
Total carbs:
1,600 calories/4 calories per gram = 400 grams of carbs 1,000 calories/4 calories per gram = 250 grams of carbs
In this sample, you would eat:
200 grams of protein 67 grams of fat 400 grams of carbs
200 grams of protein 133 grams of fat 250 grams of carbs
What Are the Best Protein Sources for Vegetarians?
When you go on a vegetarian diet, it’s hard to find many foods that are pure protein. That’s because many vegetarian protein sources have a lot of crossover – i.e. a grain like quinoa will be high in protein but also high in carbs, or nuts will have protein but also a lot of fat.
That’s especially true as you move toward a strict vegan diet. Picture all plant-based diet on a spectrum, with flexitarians or pescatarians (people who’ll eat fish, eggs and dairy) on the left and strict vegans on the right. The closer you go to veganism, the more difficult things will be.
If you are a lacto-ovo vegetarian, eggs and dairy alone provide you with ample opportunity to get sufficient protein. If you have a few protein servings from one of those sources at each meal, you should be set.
For a lacto-vegetarian, again, it’s not hard to keep your protein up. You can consume whey protein or non-fat Greek yogurt, and both are high in protein while being low in carbs and fat. They might as well be meat in terms of their macronutrient breakdowns (although with some extra carbs in there).
For an ovo-vegetarian, egg whites provide basically the same thing: a food that’s high in protein and low in everything else. You could stick with just those if you were trying to control calories. Or you could mix in as many yolks as you want to hit your fat target for the day.
Best of all: In both cases (lacto and ovo), you’re getting a high-quality protein source. What I mean by that, from the perspective of someone who wants to gain muscle, is that they are high in essential amino-acids like leucine, which is one of the triggers for muscle protein synthesis (the process of building of new muscle).
If you’re a vegan, you have to worry to some degree about complementary proteins. Basically, many plant-based protein sources don’t have all nine essential amino acids. [Ed. note: if you don’t have all the essential aminos, then you can’t put those aminos to use for building muscle.] So you’ll have to mix different sources of plant-based protein together in order to get a complete set of amino acids.
A common example is rice and beans. Together, those two foods provide a complete protein source.
You don’t need to worry about complementary proteins on a meal-to-meal basis. You just want to look globally at your diet. Are you consuming multiple sources of proteins — rice, beans, quinoa, tofu to some degree — that are complementary in nature? Eating a variety of protein sources as a vegan ensures that you’re getting all of the essential amino acids.
Here are some of the vegetarian diet protein sources:
High Protein
Edamame (1 cup, cooked) = 16g of protein
Tempeh (3 oz.) = 16g
Seitan (6 oz.) = 15g
Textured Vegetable Protein (¼ cup, dry) = 12g
Hemp Hearts (3 tbsp.) = 10g
Spelt (1 cup) = 10g
Moderate Protein
Red lentils (½ cup) = 9g
Peas (1 cup) = 8g
Red Beans (½ cup) = 8g
Kidney Beans (½ cup) = 8g
Quinoa (1 cup) = 8g
Tofu (3 oz.) = 8g
Black Beans (½ cup) = 7g
Great Northern Beans (½ cup) = 7g
Almonds (1 oz.) = 6g
Garbanzo Beans (½ cup) = 6g
Pumpkin seeds (1oz.) = 5g
Collard greens (1 cup, raw) = 5 g
Hubbard Squash (1 cup, cooked) = 5g
Lower Protein
Asparagus (1 cup) = 4 g per cup
Spinach (1 cup) = 4g per cup
Sweet potatoes (1 cup, roasted with skins)= 4g
Beet Greens (1 cup) = 4g
Brussel sprouts (1 cup) = 3.9g
Mushrooms (1 cup) = 3g
Broccoli (1 cup) = 3g
Broccoli Rabe (1 cup, cooked) = 3g
Mung Bean Sprouts (1 cup, cooked) = 2.5g
Kale (1 cup, raw) = 2.5g
Zucchini (1 cup, sliced) = 2g
Cauliflower (1 cup, chopped) = 2g
Vegetarian Diet Protein Powder: A Primer
If you are a vegan, it’s likely that you’ll want to invest in a pea protein (or pea protein blend).
Why pea and not soy, the most common one?
There’s some research showing that soy protein, in large amounts, could potentially affect sperm quality and quantity in men. There’s other research indicating that soy could potentially affect estrogen levels, but that’s less consistent. Some studies show it, some don’t.
Women probably don’t have to worry about this stuff because even if estrogen changes, you’d still be within normal, acceptable ranges compared to how much estrogen you’re normally producing. But, I’m not comfortable enough with the ambivalence of the research, and the potential consequences, to advise having soy as a large part of your diet, as a vegan or a vegetarian.
Notice I said “large part.” Having a serving of soy per day is not a big deal. So if you want to have tofu once a day, that’s all good. If you have a scoop of soy protein once a day, that’s totally fine. You just wouldn’t want to have 40-50% of your protein intake come from soy. That’s probably not a good idea.
Instead, you probably want to invest in a protein blend that is high quality, complete, and doesn’t have those issues. Pea protein or a rice-pea blend is what you want.
In fact, pea protein performs really well in research. It’s comparable to whey protein in terms of its leucine content. A term that I’ve seen thrown around is “vegan’s whey,” which is roughly a 70/30 blend of pea protein and rice protein. You actually get a very similar essential amino acid profile to whey.
Outside of just the amino acid profile, we’ve actually seen studies where people perform just as well in terms of body competition change (ratio of muscle to body fat) and performance when they eat pea protein after a workout, compared to whey.
The one thing to note about pea/rice blends is that they bulk up a lot. No matter how much water you add to it, it will have an earthy flavor. The mix is pretty filling, I’ve found, but drinking it can feel a little bit tiresome due to that mouthfeel. If you are accustomed to whey protein, which is very thin, this will be different than what you are used to.
A way to work around that is to mix small amounts of vegan protein powder into things like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. You can’t put a huge amount in there or it can start to get a little gritty and weird, but sneaking in a little bit will help you up the protein count of your meals – and save you from having to drink shake after shake.
How to Tell if a Vegetarian Diet is Working for You
When your goal is building muscle, start by tracking your weight. You’ll also want to track your workout performance. Whether or not the weights you are using, or the reps you can perform, are going upward or downward can tell you a lot about how well your lifestyle is supporting your goals.
But remember: external goals aren’t the only thing that matters. You also have to live in the body you’re building every day. So create a rating scale for yourself, say, from 1 to 5. Each day, rate how you feel on the qualitative aspects of your life. This includes:
sleep
energy
hunger
mood
mental clarity
workout quality or enjoyment
Those subjective ratings are important. Also, while it’s a little bit uncomfortable to talk about, you may even want to monitor whether it’s easier or harder to use the toilet. If you’re eating appropriately and drinking sufficient water, it should get easier.
While we’re on the subject, here’s another thing to note: When you increase your vegetable consumption, you may experience an increase in gas. Really, that’s true whenever you make a large-scale change to your diet. Two things to note:
Try Gas-X (it’s a lifesaver).
Typically, things should start to normalize as your gut microbiome gets more accustomed to what you’re taking in. You’ll likely notice an improvement over a few weeks to a month.
Your energy levels shouldn’t fluctuate that much if you’re doing it right. If you feel really off, even though your macronutrients and your total calories are the same, that can indicate some type of micronutrient problem. That’s not always the case, but it’s worth watching. If the issue is persistent, try a blood test.
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How to Build Muscle on a Vegetarian Diet
Figuring out what buttons to push to meet your own nutrition needs can be difficult and stressful. With so many food choices, claims, and hype — not to mention specific eating preferences, allergies, and food sensitivities — it’s no surprise that consistently eating well is a big hurdle.
Following a vegetarian diet is a common approach for most people looking to follow a healthier lifestyle. The catch? It can feel difficult to fill the gaps on a meatless diet, especially when it comes to protein, which is a key to building muscle and losing fat.
So we turned to Eric Helms, Ph.D. Not only does Dr. Helms have a master’s in sports nutrition and a doctorate in exercise science, but he’s also been following a plant-based diet since 2011. Here is his advice on following a plant-based diet, and how to build muscle on a vegetarian diet.
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Ok, you reflected on what you want to follow a vegetarian lifestyle. But you’re also interested in building muscle (or making sure you don’t lose the muscle you’ve already earned). How do you do it?
You might be surprised that building muscle on a vegetarian diet isn’t that different from a meat-filled plan. In fact, no matter what eating style you follow, if you want to build muscle then you need to eat slightly more calories than you burn in a day (called a “caloric surplus”), and make sure you emphasize protein. All that changes is the source of protein you need when following a vegetarian diet. Do that while training consistently and voila! You will add muscle.
Vegetarian Diet Muscle: Start with Calories
Your first step is to figure out your “maintenance level,” or the number of calories you must eat to keep your weight consistent. To do that:
Identify your goal weight. Think “where you want to be,” not “where you are.”
Use that figure to calculate an estimate of your daily intake using this equation: goal weight x (workout hours per week + 9.5) = daily number of calories
Track how much you eat. Online logs like MyFitnessPal can be helpful.
Monitor your intake and your scale weight for a couple of weeks. (Weigh yourself first thing in the morning, after you’ve went to the bathroom but before you eat or drink anything.)
If your body weight holds steady, you’ll know that you’ve accurately hit your maintenance number.
If you’re losing weight, you can bump up calories. Add about 100 per day across a week — so, if you were eating 2000 calories per day last week, you’d bump up to 2100 calories per day this week.
If you find you’re gaining weight, do the opposite. Drop a hundred calories per day.
When you reach a number that keeps your weight consistent, voila! You’re at the maintenance level.
But if your goal is to add muscle, you can’t just stop there. To gain muscle, you need to eat more calories than you burn. How many more?
Let’s say you are an intermediate level lifter, meaning that you have been training for a few years.
If you are a woman or a smaller guy, you’re probably going to want to eat an extra 100 to 200 calories above your maintenance amount.
If you are a larger, taller guy, you’ll want to focus on an extra 200 to 300 calories.
This should result in you gaining one to two pounds per month. It’s a rough guideline, but one that will cover most people (although not everybody).
[Ed. note: Could you gain more muscle than this? Sure. But this is a realistic rate of growth. Don’t buy into promises that sound great on paper but will only leave you frustrated and want to quit.]
From there, you’ll want to monitor your weight and ask yourself: Am I gaining at the rate of weight that I want? If the answer is “yes,” then great. But if “no,” then continue to bump up your intake incrementally.
How Much Protein, Fat, and Carbs Do Vegetarians Need?
Let’s imagine that you’ve determined how many calories you need to gain muscle. For the sake of keeping the math easy, let’s say you need 3,000 calories per day.
From there you can budget your macronutrients, or how many grams of protein, fat, and carbs you should aim for in a day. Do it in this order:
1. Start with protein. Note that your protein intake will not actually be based on your total energy intake. Your target protein number should be based on how much lean body mass you have. [Ed. note: “Lean body mass” is the weight of everything in your body that isn’t fat — muscle tissue, bone, etc.]
Most people don’t have an easy way to calculate that accurately. So, instead, a good surrogate number to use for calculating protein is your goal body weight (If you are 180 pounds and want to weigh 200 pounds, then that is your goal weight). Multiply that weight by .8 to 1.0, and you’ll have your target protein intake in grams.
You can eat more than that, but you don’t need to. The times when you might want to consume more protein would be if you are gaining weight too quickly because you are hungry all the time. Protein is pretty filling, and going above your bodyweight-based target may help you feel fuller longer.
2. Next up, calculate fat. Let’s go back to the example of 3,000 calories per day with a goal weight of 200 pounds. That means you want 200 grams of protein per day. That equals 800 calories from protein (since protein is 4 calories per gram). You have 2,200 calories remaining for fat and carbohydrates.
A good range for fat in your diet is anywhere between 20% and 40% of total calories from fat (Note: exceptions do exist, such as if you choose to follow a ketogenic diet.). For the 3,000 calories-per-day example, here’s what it would look like:
Goal weight: 200 pounds
Protein: 200 grams
Fat calculation: 20-40%
If 20% of 3,000 calories = 600 calories from fat (or 600/9* = 67 grams of fat/day)
If 40% of 3,000 calories = 1,200 calories from fat (or 1,200/9 = 133 grams of fat/day)
[*Ed. note: fat is 9 calories per gram]
3. Carbohydrates take up whatever calories are remaining. Divide that remainder by four and you’ll find the number of carbohydrates you want to eat in grams. So for each of our examples above:
20% Fat 40% Fat Total calories: 3,000 3,000 Total protein: 200 grams (800 calories) 200 grams (800 calories) Total fat: 67 grams (600 calories) 133 grams (1200 calories)
Remaining calories for carbs:
3,000 – 800 (protein) – 600 (fat) = 1,600 calories remaining 3,000 – 800 (protein) – 1200 (fat) = 1,000 calories remaining
Total carbs:
1,600 calories/4 calories per gram = 400 grams of carbs 1,000 calories/4 calories per gram = 250 grams of carbs
In this sample, you would eat:
200 grams of protein 67 grams of fat 400 grams of carbs
200 grams of protein 133 grams of fat 250 grams of carbs
What Are the Best Protein Sources for Vegetarians?
When you go on a vegetarian diet, it’s hard to find many foods that are pure protein. That’s because many vegetarian protein sources have a lot of crossover – i.e. a grain like quinoa will be high in protein but also high in carbs, or nuts will have protein but also a lot of fat.
That’s especially true as you move toward a strict vegan diet. Picture all plant-based diet on a spectrum, with flexitarians or pescatarians (people who’ll eat fish, eggs and dairy) on the left and strict vegans on the right. The closer you go to veganism, the more difficult things will be.
If you are a lacto-ovo vegetarian, eggs and dairy alone provide you with ample opportunity to get sufficient protein. If you have a few protein servings from one of those sources at each meal, you should be set.
For a lacto-vegetarian, again, it’s not hard to keep your protein up. You can consume whey protein or non-fat Greek yogurt, and both are high in protein while being low in carbs and fat. They might as well be meat in terms of their macronutrient breakdowns (although with some extra carbs in there).
For an ovo-vegetarian, egg whites provide basically the same thing: a food that’s high in protein and low in everything else. You could stick with just those if you were trying to control calories. Or you could mix in as many yolks as you want to hit your fat target for the day.
Best of all: In both cases (lacto and ovo), you’re getting a high-quality protein source. What I mean by that, from the perspective of someone who wants to gain muscle, is that they are high in essential amino-acids like leucine, which is one of the triggers for muscle protein synthesis (the process of building of new muscle).
If you’re a vegan, you have to worry to some degree about complementary proteins. Basically, many plant-based protein sources don’t have all nine essential amino acids. [Ed. note: if you don’t have all the essential aminos, then you can’t put those aminos to use for building muscle.] So you’ll have to mix different sources of plant-based protein together in order to get a complete set of amino acids.
A common example is rice and beans. Together, those two foods provide a complete protein source.
You don’t need to worry about complementary proteins on a meal-to-meal basis. You just want to look globally at your diet. Are you consuming multiple sources of proteins — rice, beans, quinoa, tofu to some degree — that are complementary in nature? Eating a variety of protein sources as a vegan ensures that you’re getting all of the essential amino acids.
Here are some of the vegetarian diet protein sources:
High Protein
Edamame (1 cup, cooked) = 16g of protein
Tempeh (3 oz.) = 16g
Seitan (6 oz.) = 15g
Textured Vegetable Protein (¼ cup, dry) = 12g
Hemp Hearts (3 tbsp.) = 10g
Spelt (1 cup) = 10g
Moderate Protein
Red lentils (½ cup) = 9g
Peas (1 cup) = 8g
Red Beans (½ cup) = 8g
Kidney Beans (½ cup) = 8g
Quinoa (1 cup) = 8g
Tofu (3 oz.) = 8g
Black Beans (½ cup) = 7g
Great Northern Beans (½ cup) = 7g
Almonds (1 oz.) = 6g
Garbanzo Beans (½ cup) = 6g
Pumpkin seeds (1oz.) = 5g
Collard greens (1 cup, raw) = 5 g
Hubbard Squash (1 cup, cooked) = 5g
Lower Protein
Asparagus (1 cup) = 4 g per cup
Spinach (1 cup) = 4g per cup
Sweet potatoes (1 cup, roasted with skins)= 4g
Beet Greens (1 cup) = 4g
Brussel sprouts (1 cup) = 3.9g
Mushrooms (1 cup) = 3g
Broccoli (1 cup) = 3g
Broccoli Rabe (1 cup, cooked) = 3g
Mung Bean Sprouts (1 cup, cooked) = 2.5g
Kale (1 cup, raw) = 2.5g
Zucchini (1 cup, sliced) = 2g
Cauliflower (1 cup, chopped) = 2g
Vegetarian Diet Protein Powder: A Primer
If you are a vegan, it’s likely that you’ll want to invest in a pea protein (or pea protein blend).
Why pea and not soy, the most common one?
There’s some research showing that soy protein, in large amounts, could potentially affect sperm quality and quantity in men. There’s other research indicating that soy could potentially affect estrogen levels, but that’s less consistent. Some studies show it, some don’t.
Women probably don’t have to worry about this stuff because even if estrogen changes, you’d still be within normal, acceptable ranges compared to how much estrogen you’re normally producing. But, I’m not comfortable enough with the ambivalence of the research, and the potential consequences, to advise having soy as a large part of your diet, as a vegan or a vegetarian.
Notice I said “large part.” Having a serving of soy per day is not a big deal. So if you want to have tofu once a day, that’s all good. If you have a scoop of soy protein once a day, that’s totally fine. You just wouldn’t want to have 40-50% of your protein intake come from soy. That’s probably not a good idea.
Instead, you probably want to invest in a protein blend that is high quality, complete, and doesn’t have those issues. Pea protein or a rice-pea blend is what you want.
In fact, pea protein performs really well in research. It’s comparable to whey protein in terms of its leucine content. A term that I’ve seen thrown around is “vegan’s whey,” which is roughly a 70/30 blend of pea protein and rice protein. You actually get a very similar essential amino acid profile to whey.
Outside of just the amino acid profile, we’ve actually seen studies where people perform just as well in terms of body competition change (ratio of muscle to body fat) and performance when they eat pea protein after a workout, compared to whey.
The one thing to note about pea/rice blends is that they bulk up a lot. No matter how much water you add to it, it will have an earthy flavor. The mix is pretty filling, I’ve found, but drinking it can feel a little bit tiresome due to that mouthfeel. If you are accustomed to whey protein, which is very thin, this will be different than what you are used to.
A way to work around that is to mix small amounts of vegan protein powder into things like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. You can’t put a huge amount in there or it can start to get a little gritty and weird, but sneaking in a little bit will help you up the protein count of your meals – and save you from having to drink shake after shake.
How to Tell if a Vegetarian Diet is Working for You
When your goal is building muscle, start by tracking your weight. You’ll also want to track your workout performance. Whether or not the weights you are using, or the reps you can perform, are going upward or downward can tell you a lot about how well your lifestyle is supporting your goals.
But remember: external goals aren’t the only thing that matters. You also have to live in the body you’re building every day. So create a rating scale for yourself, say, from 1 to 5. Each day, rate how you feel on the qualitative aspects of your life. This includes:
sleep
energy
hunger
mood
mental clarity
workout quality or enjoyment
Those subjective ratings are important. Also, while it’s a little bit uncomfortable to talk about, you may even want to monitor whether it’s easier or harder to use the toilet. If you’re eating appropriately and drinking sufficient water, it should get easier.
While we’re on the subject, here’s another thing to note: When you increase your vegetable consumption, you may experience an increase in gas. Really, that’s true whenever you make a large-scale change to your diet. Two things to note:
Try Gas-X (it’s a lifesaver).
Typically, things should start to normalize as your gut microbiome gets more accustomed to what you’re taking in. You’ll likely notice an improvement over a few weeks to a month.
Your energy levels shouldn’t fluctuate that much if you’re doing it right. If you feel really off, even though your macronutrients and your total calories are the same, that can indicate some type of micronutrient problem. That’s not always the case, but it’s worth watching. If the issue is persistent, try a blood test.
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Image Depth Maps Tutorial for iOS: Getting Started
Let’s be honest. We, the human race, will eventually create robots that will take over the world, right? One thing that will be super important to our eventual robot masters will be good depth perception. Without it, how will they know if it’s really a human or just a cardboard cutout of a human that they have imprisoned? One way in which they can possibly do this, is by using depth maps.
But before robots can do this, they will first need to be programmed that way, and that’s where you come in! In this tutorial, you will learn about the APIs Apple provides for image depth maps. You will:
Learn how the iPhone generates depth information.
Read depth data from images.
Combine this depth data with filters to create neat effects.
So what are you waiting for? Your iPhone wants to start seeing in 3D!
Getting Started
Before you begin, you need to make sure you are running Xcode 9 or later. Additionally, I highly recommend running this tutorial on a device directly. This means you need an iPhone running iOS 11 or later. As of this writing, the simulator is excruciatingly slow.
Download and explore the starter project. The bundled images include depth information to use with the tutorial.
If you prefer and you have a dual camera iPhone, you can take your own images to use with this tutorial. To take pictures that include depth data, the iPhone needs to be running iOS 11 or later. And don’t forget to use Portrait mode in the Camera app.
You will see three warnings in the starter project. Don’t worry about them as you will fix them during the course of the tutorial.
Build and run the project. You should see this:
Tapping on the image cycles to the next one. If you add your own pictures, you need to follow the naming convention test##.jpg. The numbers start at 00 and increment sequentially.
In this tutorial, you will fill in the functionality of the Depth, Mask, and Filtered segments.
If you look through the starter project, you will also see some code that only runs in the simulator. It turns out, when it comes to depth data, the device and the simulator behave differently. This is to handle that situation. Just ignore it.
Reading Depth Data
The most important class for depth data is AVDepthData.
Different image formats store the depth data slightly differently. In HEICs, it’s stored as metadata. But in JPGs, it’s stored as a second image within the JPG.
You generally use AVDepthData to extract this auxiliary data from an image, so that’s the first step. Open DepthReader.swift and add the following method to DepthReader:
func depthDataMap() -> CVPixelBuffer? { // 1 guard let fileURL = Bundle.main.url(forResource: name, withExtension: ext) as CFURL? else { return nil } // 2 guard let source = CGImageSourceCreateWithURL(fileURL, nil) else { return nil } // 3 guard let auxDataInfo = CGImageSourceCopyAuxiliaryDataInfoAtIndex(source, 0, kCGImageAuxiliaryDataTypeDisparity) as? [AnyHashable : Any] else { return nil } // 4 var depthData: AVDepthData do { // 5 depthData = try AVDepthData(fromDictionaryRepresentation: auxDataInfo) } catch { return nil } // 6 if depthData.depthDataType != kCVPixelFormatType_DisparityFloat32 { depthData = depthData.converting(toDepthDataType: kCVPixelFormatType_DisparityFloat32) } // 7 return depthData.depthDataMap }
OK, that was quite a bit of code, but here’s what you did:
First, you get a URL for an image file and safely type cast it to a CFURL.
You then create a CGImageSource from this file.
From the image source at index 0, you copy the disparity data (more on what that means later, but you can think of it as depth data for now) from its auxiliary data. The index is 0 because there is only one image in the image source. iOS knows how to extract the data from JPGs and HEIC files alike, but unfortunately this doesn’t work in the simulator.
You prepare a property for the depth data. As previously mentioned, you use AVDepthData to extract the auxiliary data from an image.
You create an AVDepthData entity from the auxiliary data you read in.
You ensure the depth data is the the format you need: 32-bit floating point disparity information.
Finally, you return this depth data map.
Now before you can run this, you need to update DepthImageViewController.swift.
Find loadCurrent(image:withExtension:) and add the follow lines of code to the beginning:
// 1 let depthReader = DepthReader(name: name, ext: ext) // 2 let depthDataMap = depthReader.depthDataMap() // 3 depthDataMap?.normalize() // 4 let ciImage = CIImage(cvPixelBuffer: depthDataMap) depthDataMapImage = UIImage(ciImage: ciImage)
With this code:
You create a DepthReader entity using the current image.
Using your new depthDataMap method, you read the depth data into a CVPixelBuffer.
You then normalize the depth data using a provided extension to CVPixelBuffer. This makes sure all the pixels are between 0.0 and 1.0, where 0.0 are the furthest pixels and 1.0 are the nearest pixels.
You then convert the depth data to a CIImage and then a UIImage and save it to a property.
If you’re interested in how the normalize method works, take a look in CVPixelBufferExtension.swift. It loops through every value in the 2D array and keeps track of the minimum and maximum values seen. It then loops through all the values again and uses the min and max values to calculate a new value that is between 0.0 and 1.0.
Build and run the project and tap on the Depth segment of the segmented control at the bottom.
Awesome! Remember when you normalized the depth data? This is the visual representation of that. The whiter the pixel, the closer it is, the darker the pixel, the further away it is.
Great job!
How Does the iPhone Do This?
In a nutshell, the iPhone’s dual cameras are imitating stereoscopic vision.
Try this. Hold your index finger closely in front of your nose and pointing upward. Close your left eye. Without moving your finger or head, simultaneously open your left eye and close your right eye.
Now quickly switch back and forth closing one eye and opening the other. Pay attention to the relative location of your finger to objects in the background. See how your finger seems to make large jumps left and right compared to objects further away?
The closer an object is to your eyes, the larger the change in its relative position compared to the background. Does this sound familiar? It’s a parallax effect!
The iPhone’s dual cameras are like its eyes, looking at two images taken at a slight offset from one another. It corresponds features in the two images and calculates how many pixels they have moved. This change in pixels is called disparity.
Depth vs Disparity
So far, we’ve mostly used the term depth data, but in your code, you requested kCGImageAuxiliaryDataTypeDisparity data. What gives? Depth and disparity are essentially inversely proportional.
The further away an object is, the larger the depth. But distance between the pixels of these objects get closer and approach zero. If you played around with the starter project you might have noticed a slider at the bottom of the screen that is visible when selecting the Mask and Filter segments.
You’re going to use this slider, along with the depth data, to make a mask for the image at a certain depth. Then you’ll use this mask to filter the original image and create some neat effects!
Creating a Mask
Open up DepthImageFilters.swift and find createMask(for:withFocus:andScale:). Then add the following code to the top of it:
let s1 = MaskParams.slope let s2 = -MaskParams.slope let filterWidth = 2 / MaskParams.slope + MaskParams.width let b1 = -s1 * (focus - filterWidth / 2) let b2 = -s2 * (focus + filterWidth / 2)
These constants are going to define how we want to convert the depth data into an image mask.
Think of the depth data map as the following function:
The pixel value of your depth map image is equal to the normalized disparity. Remember, that a pixel value of 1.0 is white and a disparity value of 1.0 is the closest to the camera. On the other side of the scale, a pixel value of 0.0 is black and a disparity value of 0.0 is furthest from the camera.
When you create a mask from the depth data, you’re going to change this function to be something much more interesting.
Using a slope of 4.0, a width of 0.1, and 0.75 as the focal point, createMask(for:withFocus:andScale:) will use the following function when you’re done with it:
This means that the whitest pixels (value 1.0) will be those with a disparity of 0.75 ± 0.05 (focal point ± width / 2). The pixels will then quickly fade to black for disparity values above and below this range. The larger the slope, the faster they will fade to black.
After the constants add this line:
let mask0 = depthImage .applyingFilter("CIColorMatrix", parameters: [ "inputRVector": CIVector(x: s1, y: 0, z: 0, w: 0), "inputGVector": CIVector(x: 0, y: s1, z: 0, w: 0), "inputBVector": CIVector(x: 0, y: 0, z: s1, w: 0), "inputBiasVector": CIVector(x: b1, y: b1, z: b1, w: 0)]) .applyingFilter("CIColorClamp")
This filter multiplies all the pixels by the slope s1. Since the mask is greyscale, you need to make sure that all color channels have the same value. After using CIColorClamp to clamp the values to be between 0.0 and 1.0, this filter will apply the following function:
The larger s1 is, the steeper the slope of the line will be. The constant b1 moves the line left or right.
To take care of the other side of the mask function, add the following:
let mask1 = depthImage .applyingFilter("CIColorMatrix", parameters: [ "inputRVector": CIVector(x: s2, y: 0, z: 0, w: 0), "inputGVector": CIVector(x: 0, y: s2, z: 0, w: 0), "inputBVector": CIVector(x: 0, y: 0, z: s2, w: 0), "inputBiasVector": CIVector(x: b2, y: b2, z: b2, w: 0)]) .applyingFilter("CIColorClamp")
Since the slope s2 is negative, the filter applies the following function:
Now, put the two masks together:
let combinedMask = mask0.applyingFilter("CIDarkenBlendMode", parameters: ["inputBackgroundImage" : mask1]) let mask = combinedMask.applyingFilter("CIBicubicScaleTransform", parameters: ["inputScale": scale])
You combine the masks by using the CIDarkenBlendMode filter, which chooses the lower of the two values of the input masks.
Then you scale the mask to match the image size.
Finally, replace the return line with:
return mask
Build and run your project. Tap on the Mask segment and play with the slider.
WARNING: If you’re running in the simulator, this will be unbearably slow. If you would like to see this improved, please duplicate this open radar on bugreport.apple.com.
You should see something like this:
Your First Depth-Inspired Filter
Next, you’re going to create a filter that somewhat mimics a spotlight. The “spotlight” will shine on objects at a chosen depth and fade to black from there.
And because you already put in the hard work reading in the depth data and creating the mask, it’s going to be super simple.
Open DepthImageFilters.swift and add the following:
func spotlightHighlight(image: CIImage, mask: CIImage, orientation: UIImageOrientation = .up) -> UIImage? { // 1 let output = image.applyingFilter("CIBlendWithMask", parameters: ["inputMaskImage": mask]) // 2 guard let cgImage = context.createCGImage(output, from: output.extent) else { return nil } // 3 return UIImage(cgImage: cgImage, scale: 1.0, orientation: orientation) }
Here’s what you did in these three lines:
You used the CIBlendWithMask filter and passed in the mask you created in the previous section. The filter essentially sets the alpha value of a pixel to the corresponding mask pixel value. So when the mask pixel value is 1.0, the image pixel is completely opaque and when the mask pixel value is 0.0, the image pixel is completely transparent. Since the UIView behind the UIImageView has a black color, black is what you see coming from behind the image.
You create a CGImage using the CIContext for efficiency
You then create a UIImage and return it.
To see this filter in action, you first need to tell DepthImageViewController to call this method when appropriate.
Open DepthImageViewController.swift and go to updateImageView. Inside the .filtered case of the main switch statement, you’ll find a nested switch statement for the selectedFilter.
Replace the code for the .spotlight case to be:
finalImage = depthFilters?.spotlightHighlight(image: filterImage, mask: mask, orientation: orientation)
Build and run your project! Tap the Filtered segment and ensure that you select Spotlight at the top. Play with the slider. You should see something like this:
Congratulations! You’ve written your first depth-inspired image filter.
But you’re just getting warmed up. You want to write another one, right? I thought so!
Color Highlight Filter
Open DepthImageFilters.swift and below spotlightHighlight(image:mask:orientation:) you just wrote, add the following new method:
func colorHighlight(image: CIImage, mask: CIImage, orientation: UIImageOrientation = .up) -> UIImage? { let greyscale = image.applyingFilter("CIPhotoEffectMono") let output = image.applyingFilter("CIBlendWithMask", parameters: ["inputBackgroundImage" : greyscale, "inputMaskImage": mask]) guard let cgImage = context.createCGImage(output, from: output.extent) else { return nil } return UIImage(cgImage: cgImage, scale: 1.0, orientation: orientation) }
This should look familiar. It’s almost exactly the same as the spotlightHighlight(image:mask:orientation:) filter you just wrote. The one difference is that this time you set the background image to be a greyscale version of the original image.
This filter will show full color at the focal point based on the slider position and fade to grey from there.
Open DepthImageViewController.swift and in the same switch statement for selectedFilter, replace the code for the .color case to with:
finalImage = depthFilters?.colorHighlight(image: filterImage, mask: mask, orientation: orientation)
This calls your new filter method and displays the result.
Build and run to see the magic:
Don’t you hate it when you take a picture only to discover later that the camera focused on the wrong object? What if you could change the focus after the fact?
That’s exactly the depth-inspired filter you’ll be writing next!
Change the Focal Length
Under your colorHightlight(image:mask:orientation:) method in DepthImageFilters.swift, add:
func blur(image: CIImage, mask: CIImage, orientation: UIImageOrientation = .up) -> UIImage? { // 1 let invertedMask = mask.applyingFilter("CIColorInvert") // 2 let output = image.applyingFilter("CIMaskedVariableBlur", parameters: ["inputMask" : invertedMask, "inputRadius": 15.0]) // 3 guard let cgImage = context.createCGImage(output, from: output.extent) else { return nil } // 4 return UIImage(cgImage: cgImage, scale: 1.0, orientation: orientation) }
This filter is a little different than the other two.
First, you invert the mask.
Then you apply the CIMaskedVariableBlur filter, which is new with iOS 11. This filter will blur using a radius equal to the inputRadius * mask pixel value. So when the mask pixel value is 1.0, the blur is at its max, which is why you needed to invert the mask first.
Once again, you generate a CGImage using the CIContext for efficiency…
…and use it to create a UIImage and return it.
Note: If you have performance issues, you can try to decrease the inputRadius. Gaussian blurs are computationally expensive and the bigger the blur radius, the more computations need to occur.
Before you can run, you need to once again update the selectedFilter switch statement. To use your shiny new method, change the code under the .blur case to be:
finalImage = depthFilters?.blur(image: filterImage, mask: mask, orientation: orientation)
Build and run:
It’s… so… beautiful!
More About AVDepthData
You remember how you had to scale the mask in createMask(for:withFocus:andScale:)? The reason is that the depth data captured by the iPhone is a lower resolution than the sensor resolution. It’s closer to 0.5 megapixels vs the 12 megapixels the camera can take.
Another important thing to know is the data can be filtered or unfiltered. Unfiltered data may have holes represented by NaN (Not a Number — a possible value in floating point data types). If the phone can’t correlate two pixels or if something obscures just one of the cameras, it will result in these NaN values for disparity.
Pixels with a value of NaN will be displayed as black. Since multiplying by NaN is always going to be NaN, these black pixels will propagate to your final image. They will literally look like holes in the image.
As this can be a pain to deal with, Apple gives you filtered data, when available, to fill in these gaps and smooth out the data.
If you’re unsure, you should always check the isDepthDataFiltered property to find out if you’re dealing with filtered or unfiltered data.
Where to Go From Here?
You can download the final project from this tutorial here.
There are tons more Core Image filters available. Check here for a complete list. Many of these filters could create interesting effects when combined with depth data.
Additionally, you can capture depth data with video, too! Think of the possibilities.
I hope you had fun building some of these image filters. If you have any questions or comments, please join the forum discussion below!
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Grant Park Chicago is one of the popular attractions in The Windy City. In fact, out of almost 700 things to do in Chicago, it ranks #41. That’s pretty good for being at the top of the pack in a city of that size. It is located on East Randolph Street, and it is known for many things, including the Buckingham Fountain. Have you heard of this fountain? Evidently, it is one of the must see spots when it comes to Grant Park in Chicago. People say that the Buckingham Fountain is huge and also very beautiful. It would be a sight to see for sure, and reviews mention all the other nearby sculptures in the park, too. People talk about more than just the fountain and the sculptures though. They also talk about events being held there, like music festivals and the Taste of Chicago. If you think about it, that’s the best time to visit Chicago, when an event is being held. Have you heard of The Taste of Chicago? It sounds quite tasty! In all seriousness, hundreds of reviews have been left about Grant Park Chicago, and many people talk about the great events that you can enjoy there as mentioned, Taste of Chicago being one of the favorites according to the highlights on a top travel site. 2814 W Warren Blvd Chicago, IL 60612 Get on I-290 E from N California Ave 3 min (0.9 mi) Merge onto I-290 E 4 min (2.7 mi) Continue on W Congress Pkwy. Drive to E Balbo Ave 4 min (0.8 mi) Grant Park 337 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601 It’s also a favorite spot of the locals when it comes to running and jogging in the park. Much of that is credited to the fact that Lake Michigan us quite the view. Yes, Lake Michigan is along the side, and so that to me sounds like a great place to get some exercise. I like walking down the beach where I live, and if in Chicago, this is a spot to do just that. It’s interesting how many people talk about one of the highlights about Grant Park being the fact that it’s a green space in Chicago. People do say that there are other green spaces, but it just makes you think about the fact that grass is not often seen in big cities. Isn’t that weird to think of it like that? Anyway, Grant Park Chicago is a place where you can enjoy plenty of green grass in Chicago. And, there is also a nearby museum that people talk about going to as well. There is quite a lot going on in Grant Park, isn’t there? As you make your way through the park, you will see all kinds of artwork according to the reviews, too. The sculptures were already mentioned. And, one reviewer talks about the fact that Millennium Park is more crowded. Millennium Park is another top attraction in Chicago, and it actually ranks […]
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Image Depth Maps Tutorial for iOS: Getting Started
Let’s be honest. We, the human race, will eventually create robots that will take over the world, right? One thing that will be super important to our eventual robot masters will be good depth perception. Without it, how will they know if it’s really a human or just a cardboard cutout of a human that they have imprisoned? One way in which they can possibly do this, is by using depth maps.
But before robots can do this, they will first need to be programmed that way, and that’s where you come in! In this tutorial, you will learn about the APIs Apple provides for image depth maps. You will:
Learn how the iPhone generates depth information.
Read depth data from images.
Combine this depth data with filters to create neat effects.
So what are you waiting for? Your iPhone wants to start seeing in 3D!
Getting Started
Before you begin, you need to make sure you are running Xcode 9 or later. Additionally, I highly recommend running this tutorial on a device directly. This means you need an iPhone running iOS 11 or later. As of this writing, the simulator is excruciatingly slow.
Download and explore the starter project. The bundled images include depth information to use with the tutorial.
If you prefer and you have a dual camera iPhone, you can take your own images to use with this tutorial. To take pictures that include depth data, the iPhone needs to be running iOS 11 or later. And don’t forget to use Portrait mode in the Camera app.
You will see three warnings in the starter project. Don’t worry about them as you will fix them during the course of the tutorial.
Build and run the project. You should see this:
Tapping on the image cycles to the next one. If you add your own pictures, you need to follow the naming convention test##.jpg. The numbers start at 00 and increment sequentially.
In this tutorial, you will fill in the functionality of the Depth, Mask, and Filtered segments.
If you look through the starter project, you will also see some code that only runs in the simulator. It turns out, when it comes to depth data, the device and the simulator behave differently. This is to handle that situation. Just ignore it.
Reading Depth Data
The most important class for depth data is AVDepthData.
Different image formats store the depth data slightly differently. In HEICs, it’s stored as metadata. But in JPGs, it’s stored as a second image within the JPG.
You generally use AVDepthData to extract this auxiliary data from an image, so that’s the first step. Open DepthReader.swift and add the following method to DepthReader:
func depthDataMap() -> CVPixelBuffer? { // 1 guard let fileURL = Bundle.main.url(forResource: name, withExtension: ext) as CFURL? else { return nil } // 2 guard let source = CGImageSourceCreateWithURL(fileURL, nil) else { return nil } // 3 guard let auxDataInfo = CGImageSourceCopyAuxiliaryDataInfoAtIndex(source, 0, kCGImageAuxiliaryDataTypeDisparity) as? [AnyHashable : Any] else { return nil } // 4 var depthData: AVDepthData do { // 5 depthData = try AVDepthData(fromDictionaryRepresentation: auxDataInfo) } catch { return nil } // 6 if depthData.depthDataType != kCVPixelFormatType_DisparityFloat32 { depthData = depthData.converting(toDepthDataType: kCVPixelFormatType_DisparityFloat32) } // 7 return depthData.depthDataMap }
OK, that was quite a bit of code, but here’s what you did:
First, you get a URL for an image file and safely type cast it to a CFURL.
You then create a CGImageSource from this file.
From the image source at index 0, you copy the disparity data (more on what that means later, but you can think of it as depth data for now) from its auxiliary data. The index is 0 because there is only one image in the image source. iOS knows how to extract the data from JPGs and HEIC files alike, but unfortunately this doesn’t work in the simulator.
You prepare a property for the depth data. As previously mentioned, you use AVDepthData to extract the auxiliary data from an image.
You create an AVDepthData entity from the auxiliary data you read in.
You ensure the depth data is the the format you need: 32-bit floating point disparity information.
Finally, you return this depth data map.
Now before you can run this, you need to update DepthImageViewController.swift.
Find loadCurrent(image:withExtension:) and add the follow lines of code to the beginning:
// 1 let depthReader = DepthReader(name: name, ext: ext) // 2 let depthDataMap = depthReader.depthDataMap() // 3 depthDataMap?.normalize() // 4 let ciImage = CIImage(cvPixelBuffer: depthDataMap) depthDataMapImage = UIImage(ciImage: ciImage)
With this code:
You create a DepthReader entity using the current image.
Using your new depthDataMap method, you read the depth data into a CVPixelBuffer.
You then normalize the depth data using a provided extension to CVPixelBuffer. This makes sure all the pixels are between 0.0 and 1.0, where 0.0 are the furthest pixels and 1.0 are the nearest pixels.
You then convert the depth data to a CIImage and then a UIImage and save it to a property.
If you’re interested in how the normalize method works, take a look in CVPixelBufferExtension.swift. It loops through every value in the 2D array and keeps track of the minimum and maximum values seen. It then loops through all the values again and uses the min and max values to calculate a new value that is between 0.0 and 1.0.
Build and run the project and tap on the Depth segment of the segmented control at the bottom.
Awesome! Remember when you normalized the depth data? This is the visual representation of that. The whiter the pixel, the closer it is, the darker the pixel, the further away it is.
Great job!
How Does the iPhone Do This?
In a nutshell, the iPhone’s dual cameras are imitating stereoscopic vision.
Try this. Hold your index finger closely in front of your nose and pointing upward. Close your left eye. Without moving your finger or head, simultaneously open your left eye and close your right eye.
Now quickly switch back and forth closing one eye and opening the other. Pay attention to the relative location of your finger to objects in the background. See how your finger seems to make large jumps left and right compared to objects further away?
The closer an object is to your eyes, the larger the change in its relative position compared to the background. Does this sound familiar? It’s a parallax effect!
The iPhone’s dual cameras are like its eyes, looking at two images taken at a slight offset from one another. It corresponds features in the two images and calculates how many pixels they have moved. This change in pixels is called disparity.
Depth vs Disparity
So far, we’ve mostly used the term depth data, but in your code, you requested kCGImageAuxiliaryDataTypeDisparity data. What gives? Depth and disparity are essentially inversely proportional.
The further away an object is, the larger the depth. But distance between the pixels of these objects get closer and approach zero. If you played around with the starter project you might have noticed a slider at the bottom of the screen that is visible when selecting the Mask and Filter segments.
You’re going to use this slider, along with the depth data, to make a mask for the image at a certain depth. Then you’ll use this mask to filter the original image and create some neat effects!
Creating a Mask
Open up DepthImageFilters.swift and find createMask(for:withFocus:andScale:). Then add the following code to the top of it:
let s1 = MaskParams.slope let s2 = -MaskParams.slope let filterWidth = 2 / MaskParams.slope + MaskParams.width let b1 = -s1 * (focus - filterWidth / 2) let b2 = -s2 * (focus + filterWidth / 2)
These constants are going to define how we want to convert the depth data into an image mask.
Think of the depth data map as the following function:
The pixel value of your depth map image is equal to the normalized disparity. Remember, that a pixel value of 1.0 is white and a disparity value of 1.0 is the closest to the camera. On the other side of the scale, a pixel value of 0.0 is black and a disparity value of 0.0 is furthest from the camera.
When you create a mask from the depth data, you’re going to change this function to be something much more interesting.
Using a slope of 4.0, a width of 0.1, and 0.75 as the focal point, createMask(for:withFocus:andScale:) will use the following function when you’re done with it:
This means that the whitest pixels (value 1.0) will be those with a disparity of 0.75 ± 0.05 (focal point ± width / 2). The pixels will then quickly fade to black for disparity values above and below this range. The larger the slope, the faster they will fade to black.
After the constants add this line:
let mask0 = depthImage .applyingFilter("CIColorMatrix", parameters: [ "inputRVector": CIVector(x: s1, y: 0, z: 0, w: 0), "inputGVector": CIVector(x: 0, y: s1, z: 0, w: 0), "inputBVector": CIVector(x: 0, y: 0, z: s1, w: 0), "inputBiasVector": CIVector(x: b1, y: b1, z: b1, w: 0)]) .applyingFilter("CIColorClamp")
This filter multiplies all the pixels by the slope s1. Since the mask is greyscale, you need to make sure that all color channels have the same value. After using CIColorClamp to clamp the values to be between 0.0 and 1.0, this filter will apply the following function:
The larger s1 is, the steeper the slope of the line will be. The constant b1 moves the line left or right.
To take care of the other side of the mask function, add the following:
let mask1 = depthImage .applyingFilter("CIColorMatrix", parameters: [ "inputRVector": CIVector(x: s2, y: 0, z: 0, w: 0), "inputGVector": CIVector(x: 0, y: s2, z: 0, w: 0), "inputBVector": CIVector(x: 0, y: 0, z: s2, w: 0), "inputBiasVector": CIVector(x: b2, y: b2, z: b2, w: 0)]) .applyingFilter("CIColorClamp")
Since the slope s2 is negative, the filter applies the following function:
Now, put the two masks together:
let combinedMask = mask0.applyingFilter("CIDarkenBlendMode", parameters: ["inputBackgroundImage" : mask1]) let mask = combinedMask.applyingFilter("CIBicubicScaleTransform", parameters: ["inputScale": scale])
You combine the masks by using the CIDarkenBlendMode filter, which chooses the lower of the two values of the input masks.
Then you scale the mask to match the image size.
Finally, replace the return line with:
return mask
Build and run your project. Tap on the Mask segment and play with the slider.
WARNING: If you’re running in the simulator, this will be unbearably slow. If you would like to see this improved, please duplicate this open radar on bugreport.apple.com.
You should see something like this:
Your First Depth-Inspired Filter
Next, you’re going to create a filter that somewhat mimics a spotlight. The “spotlight” will shine on objects at a chosen depth and fade to black from there.
And because you already put in the hard work reading in the depth data and creating the mask, it’s going to be super simple.
Open DepthImageFilters.swift and add the following:
func spotlightHighlight(image: CIImage, mask: CIImage, orientation: UIImageOrientation = .up) -> UIImage? { // 1 let output = image.applyingFilter("CIBlendWithMask", parameters: ["inputMaskImage": mask]) // 2 guard let cgImage = context.createCGImage(output, from: output.extent) else { return nil } // 3 return UIImage(cgImage: cgImage, scale: 1.0, orientation: orientation) }
Here’s what you did in these three lines:
You used the CIBlendWithMask filter and passed in the mask you created in the previous section. The filter essentially sets the alpha value of a pixel to the corresponding mask pixel value. So when the mask pixel value is 1.0, the image pixel is completely opaque and when the mask pixel value is 0.0, the image pixel is completely transparent. Since the UIView behind the UIImageView has a black color, black is what you see coming from behind the image.
You create a CGImage using the CIContext for efficiency
You then create a UIImage and return it.
To see this filter in action, you first need to tell DepthImageViewController to call this method when appropriate.
Open DepthImageViewController.swift and go to updateImageView. Inside the .filtered case of the main switch statement, you’ll find a nested switch statement for the selectedFilter.
Replace the code for the .spotlight case to be:
finalImage = depthFilters?.spotlightHighlight(image: filterImage, mask: mask, orientation: orientation)
Build and run your project! Tap the Filtered segment and ensure that you select Spotlight at the top. Play with the slider. You should see something like this:
Congratulations! You’ve written your first depth-inspired image filter.
But you’re just getting warmed up. You want to write another one, right? I thought so!
Color Highlight Filter
Open DepthImageFilters.swift and below spotlightHighlight(image:mask:orientation:) you just wrote, add the following new method:
func colorHighlight(image: CIImage, mask: CIImage, orientation: UIImageOrientation = .up) -> UIImage? { let greyscale = image.applyingFilter("CIPhotoEffectMono") let output = image.applyingFilter("CIBlendWithMask", parameters: ["inputBackgroundImage" : greyscale, "inputMaskImage": mask]) guard let cgImage = context.createCGImage(output, from: output.extent) else { return nil } return UIImage(cgImage: cgImage, scale: 1.0, orientation: orientation) }
This should look familiar. It’s almost exactly the same as the spotlightHighlight(image:mask:orientation:) filter you just wrote. The one difference is that this time you set the background image to be a greyscale version of the original image.
This filter will show full color at the focal point based on the slider position and fade to grey from there.
Open DepthImageViewController.swift and in the same switch statement for selectedFilter, replace the code for the .color case to with:
finalImage = depthFilters?.colorHighlight(image: filterImage, mask: mask, orientation: orientation)
This calls your new filter method and displays the result.
Build and run to see the magic:
Don’t you hate it when you take a picture only to discover later that the camera focused on the wrong object? What if you could change the focus after the fact?
That’s exactly the depth-inspired filter you’ll be writing next!
Change the Focal Length
Under your colorHightlight(image:mask:orientation:) method in DepthImageFilters.swift, add:
func blur(image: CIImage, mask: CIImage, orientation: UIImageOrientation = .up) -> UIImage? { // 1 let invertedMask = mask.applyingFilter("CIColorInvert") // 2 let output = image.applyingFilter("CIMaskedVariableBlur", parameters: ["inputMask" : invertedMask, "inputRadius": 15.0]) // 3 guard let cgImage = context.createCGImage(output, from: output.extent) else { return nil } // 4 return UIImage(cgImage: cgImage, scale: 1.0, orientation: orientation) }
This filter is a little different than the other two.
First, you invert the mask.
Then you apply the CIMaskedVariableBlur filter, which is new with iOS 11. This filter will blur using a radius equal to the inputRadius * mask pixel value. So when the mask pixel value is 1.0, the blur is at its max, which is why you needed to invert the mask first.
Once again, you generate a CGImage using the CIContext for efficiency…
…and use it to create a UIImage and return it.
Note: If you have performance issues, you can try to decrease the inputRadius. Gaussian blurs are computationally expensive and the bigger the blur radius, the more computations need to occur.
Before you can run, you need to once again update the selectedFilter switch statement. To use your shiny new method, change the code under the .blur case to be:
finalImage = depthFilters?.blur(image: filterImage, mask: mask, orientation: orientation)
Build and run:
It’s… so… beautiful!
More About AVDepthData
You remember how you had to scale the mask in createMask(for:withFocus:andScale:)? The reason is that the depth data captured by the iPhone is a lower resolution than the sensor resolution. It’s closer to 0.5 megapixels vs the 12 megapixels the camera can take.
Another important thing to know is the data can be filtered or unfiltered. Unfiltered data may have holes represented by NaN (Not a Number — a possible value in floating point data types). If the phone can’t correlate two pixels or if something obscures just one of the cameras, it will result in these NaN values for disparity.
Pixels with a value of NaN will be displayed as black. Since multiplying by NaN is always going to be NaN, these black pixels will propagate to your final image. They will literally look like holes in the image.
As this can be a pain to deal with, Apple gives you filtered data, when available, to fill in these gaps and smooth out the data.
If you’re unsure, you should always check the isDepthDataFiltered property to find out if you’re dealing with filtered or unfiltered data.
Where to Go From Here?
You can download the final project from this tutorial here.
There are tons more Core Image filters available. Check here for a complete list. Many of these filters could create interesting effects when combined with depth data.
Additionally, you can capture depth data with video, too! Think of the possibilities.
I hope you had fun building some of these image filters. If you have any questions or comments, please join the forum discussion below!
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