Looking for raw vegan and vegetarian friends

laurenbrooke79

Hi!


I have been vegan for almost 4 years now and when I take my vitamens and eat well, I feel great. This past year in college I gained 20 pounds (alcohol, bread and nuts were my way of diet most the time! awful) I have now decided to be raw vegan until haloween, as kind of a detox and beginning to my 30 pound weight loss goal.

Any one else a raw vegan and struggle on the 80/10/10? I go over on my fat everyday, I think I am addicted to avocados. I am getting sick of berry/green smoothies and salads. Any recomendations for dinners that are low in fat And taste good?

Aloha

smashyourtvdinner

Hello and welcome!

I am vegetarian, making the transition to vegan.. Feel free to add me!

cultivateyourcurves

Hello! I've been vegetarian for two years and avoid dairy (though I'm not completely vegan)! Add me! I'm new on here!

thenewmoni

i've been a vegetarian for 4 months now...lol
Not very long but interested in learning more recipes because i've gained 7lbs substituting meat for junk food as fillers.
I need help!

rosebuds_78

I'm a week into being Vegan! I would love some like-minded friends!

kayei

Hi, I've been vegan for about 7 years now, and would love to make some veggie friends on this site.

kayei

I'd like some pointers on the 80/10/10 as well...I only lasted on the 80/10/10 diet for a couple weeks. I was irritable all the time, with a constant headache. The entire time I physically felt like I wasn't getting enough nutrition somehow. But I was only on it for a couple weeks, so maybe I was doing it wrong.

Yaritza83

With the 80/10/10 you need to consume tons of calories. You should be eating 3000-3500 ideally.

VeganHippieLady

Vegan for over 10 yrs. and looking to go raw

daffodilsoup

Vegan for three years and vegetarian for 10+.

shannllew

Hi! I'm vegan for 6+ years and dairy free/red meat free just over 7 years. I'm interested as well in making friends with other vegetarian minded people. I love MFP and need a few new friends to support and reach out to in return also!

cheshirequeen

feel free to add ne, vegan for almost 9 years and anybody is free to add me.

JenniTheVeggie

Vegetarian since 1999 but I'm not vegan. I love my cheese.

keem88

they are not necessarily bad, they just lose some nutritional value when cooked.
a raw vegan diet can do wonders to detox all the bad stuff from your body.
when i get my finances and can afford a trip or several to a nutritionist, i plan on doing a raw vegan diet of fruit veg nuts and seeds to get rid of toxins to repair my damaged bladder and esophagus.
i am also in recovery so my diary can be kind of crazy, but feel free to add if you would like just include a message or i will prolly ignore it.
have been vegetarian the past 11 years, trying to work on more raw food intake

Hauntinglyfit

Why? Do you plan on eating your friends?

surrealistique

Ive been a Vegetarian for about 8 years, and I go on spurts of Veganism

keem88

forks over knives is a great documentary if you would like to watch it, talks about raw diet/vegan/vegetarian diets and how they can cure or undo diseases like type 2 diabetes and some cancers, as well as heart problems (mind you these are usually because of ****ty diets to begin with so it's a no brainer eating raw and clean will undo these conditions). but it's a really cool documentary if you haven't seen it already

Flabulousss

I was vegan for about 5 years and am now vegetarian... I still only eat cheese and occasionally eggs though, no milk or ice cream. I started taking fish oil recently too because I have depression which worsened while vegan, and it can help stave off all of my family's major hereditary diseases so I personally didn't want to take the risk on plant sources. This probably makes me pescatarian to many, but I don't eat fish so there's no reason for me to identify as that imo. To me labels are just there for convenience...and I do whatever I want. lol I'm trying to eat more raw veg, and having a FL helps keep me on my toes!

TeaAddictedGeek

Lifestyle vegan here, past 7.5 years. I love raw but I do best with raw when I'm super active. Otherwise I tend to vary anywhere between 30-90% raw on any given day.

nyr22kloucek

I just started the vegan lifestyle a week ago. I have tried going vegetarian in the past but didn't see the results I wanted over time. I have a feeling the dairy was part of my issue. I am loving the process of finding fun recipes and have been really enjoying my sprouted bean/seed salads. I look forward to exploring the varieties I can introduce into my new (semi raw) vegan lifestyle.

sloth3toes

All the friends you want, in this group, here....

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/2078-eating-to-live

sunnshhiine

I don't have a fat fluffy cat as my picture, but I do have a tiny white dog...

I have attempted the vegan lifestyle (last summer), but I liked cheese too much -- so it didn't work out.

Then I became a vegetarian and lived that way for about 6+ months. In the end, with my schedule and everything going on in my life, I wasn't getting enough protein, so at the advice of many people I added fish and chicken back into my diet. I try to only eat the free-range/cruelty-free/organic chicken though. Therefore, I believe you would call me a Pesco-Pollitarian...or something like that.

Also, I eat 95% gluten free!

With all that said -- I still eat A LOT of vegan and vegetarian dishes even though I am neither.

Feel free to add me if you'd like!

liapr

Feel free to add me! I'm a veggie with vegan leanings as well.

DaveneGfit

I am vegan!! I am not fully raw, but probably at least 80% raw! Feel free to add me. I am always looking for friends who are like minded

ablazeoflife

I'm a lacto-ovo vegetarian if any of you want to add me. I make crazy recipes...

Veganmafia

vegan here! feel free to add, always looking for new veg heads too:flowerforyou:

hollyglanville0912

Hello! I'm vegetarian, have been for about 15 years now... Feel free to add me anyone that wants support!

A question for all you veggie lovers... How do you get your protein intake? I am trying to increase protein and lower carbs but I am struggling to find a veggie source of protein that doesn't whack the carbs up too... Any suggestions greatly appreciated!! ????

1LoveChips

Would love to try vegan-ism on ethical grounds... love animals, but also love my meat diet

Vegan-ism I find very HARD to understand and meal choices seem so limited. As a former KFC lover I can at least say I do not eat there anymore due to horrendous stories on how the chickens are slaughtered.

I'd like to add some vegan friends, just so I can have a peak at their meal choices.

RoBalance

Hey, I used to be raw vegan. I managed an entire year (although I planned for life). I eat anything now (apart from sugar and haggis, lols). So if you have any questions then feel free to ask.

CassieReannan

Hey guys, fellow vegetarian here! I would love new friends