7 Day Vegan Challenge

raulsgirl75

I'm vegetarian been vegan back and forth . Let's do this! I do want to go vegan again just struggling when I'm out .

rosecropper

Took a plum cherry flax seed smoothie to work, thank you ninja blender! Made red lentil & rutabaga stew with green beans en papillote- both done together in the pressure cooker for dinner. Supper will likely be some tofu & artichoke dip with crudités later. Really wanted to go out to the bar & forget dieting tonight but glad we stayed in and kept it vegan
What did you have?

rosecropper

fluffygio wrote: »

Aaaaaaaaah! these vegan food is cursed i went over my calorie limit for the first time its a lie

When I first gave up meat I gained lots of weight because no meat usually means lots of sweets & chips & pasta. Cooking from scratch has helped me to get back on track, when I actually follow through with my good intentions!

janejellyroll

BecomingBane wrote: »

I've been vegan for over a decade... can I still join? lol... j/k... sorry.

janejellyroll wrote: »

Enkprod2 wrote: »

So I totally cheated and had a cookie. Got to work and one of my bosses got me a chocolate chunk cookie from Starbucks. Starbucks cookies are my all time weakness... But i'm not out. Tomorrow is another day and in the grand scheme of things I think I did pretty well today. feel free to check out my diary. and let me know how you did.

"Vegan Cookies Take Over Your Cookie Jar" by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero is an excellent vegan cookie cookbook. When people bring treats to work, it's much easier to turn them down when I can make cookies that evening.

This is the best cookie book, I swear, but pretty much any cookbook by those two is phenomenal.

I just got "Protein Ninja" by Terry Hope Romero and I'm loving it.

DaddieCat

janejellyroll wrote: »

BecomingBane wrote: »

I've been vegan for over a decade... can I still join? lol... j/k... sorry.

janejellyroll wrote: »

Enkprod2 wrote: »

So I totally cheated and had a cookie. Got to work and one of my bosses got me a chocolate chunk cookie from Starbucks. Starbucks cookies are my all time weakness... But i'm not out. Tomorrow is another day and in the grand scheme of things I think I did pretty well today. feel free to check out my diary. and let me know how you did.

"Vegan Cookies Take Over Your Cookie Jar" by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero is an excellent vegan cookie cookbook. When people bring treats to work, it's much easier to turn them down when I can make cookies that evening.

This is the best cookie book, I swear, but pretty much any cookbook by those two is phenomenal.

I just got "Protein Ninja" by Terry Hope Romero and I'm loving it.

I haven't read that one yet. I'm still working through my copy of veganomicon. I also believe that I just uncovered/figured out the process that tofurky uses to make their sausages.... so yeah. I might be able to do it cheaper than buying them, lol.

blbarb2

Is it possible to follow a vegan diet while doing low carb high fat? I'm not a meat eater and have been struggling, but we do use heavy whipping cream and eggs. I would appreciate all ideas or information. Thanks in advance.

DaddieCat

blbarb2 wrote: »

Is it possible to follow a vegan diet while doing low carb high fat? I'm not a meat eater and have been struggling, but we do use heavy whipping cream and eggs. I would appreciate all ideas or information. Thanks in advance.

It wouldn't be impoosible, but it wouldn't be convenient. You'd have to find and eat a protein source of choice that is low carb, eat very high protein, and very high fat. Carbs tend to be my "filler" that I eat once I've hit protein and fat goals. I don't tend to worry about carbs too much, but then again, at my intake level, it's still a considerable number of carbs.

Provided you ate enough protein and fat, you could do it, but it woudn't be good for micronutrient intake, in my opinion. The total diet would be out of balance and not optimal for health... but as previously stated, that's my opinion.

janejellyroll

blbarb2 wrote: »

Is it possible to follow a vegan diet while doing low carb high fat? I'm not a meat eater and have been struggling, but we do use heavy whipping cream and eggs. I would appreciate all ideas or information. Thanks in advance.

Is this like a ketogenic diet? There are some vegan keto people, but it takes a *lot* of time and effort. I know one person who is doing it for health reasons. There is a community on reddit (veganketo). Not sure how active it is, but you can probably find some posts describing it there.

yannie100

Can I join even though I'm already vegan?

cynthia_luv2006

Although I'm joining late but I'm in. Vegan here we go