Any Vegans in the house?

fieldfare

In the UK and eat a vegan diet too, veggie for eight years until five months ago, and although there's masses of pro/con stuff written about various foods I think as long as you're eating a generally healthy, varied diet with reasonable portion control you can't go wrong - problems often seem to arise over a food if someone consumes too much of it, so everything in moderation is a good rule to live by, I think. Love soya milk, tofu, Alpro soya yoghurts and desserts but don't much like processed vegan substitutes e.g. Cheezly.

Here's what I ate yesterday if anyone's interested ...

Breakfast - Oatmeal with soya milk, a spoonful of Linwoods flaxseed and a few sultanas

Lunch - Home-made veg soup with a slice of Kingsmill wholemeal bread, an apple, a ginger snap biscuit and a cuppa tea

Dinner - A Linda McCartney sausage roll, a serving of quinoa pilaf home-made with lemon juice/zest and rapeseed oil, some carrots, sweetcorn and green beans with a spoonful of Baxters Victorian Chutney

Snacks - 200ml soya milk allowed for teas/coffees through the day, a home-made mini sultana wholemeal scone with Vitalite and strawberry jam, 100g Alpro plain yoghurt after cardio workout, a few almonds, dried apricots and apple rings

Total 1391 cals

vegangirl88

I'm vegan! Have been for a few years now, and never looking back! I would suggest using meat replacers until you get used to the vegan lifestyle and then try to cut back on them and increase your pure plant intake. Fruits and veggies contain amino acids, which is what your body has to work hard to turn protein into, so don't get too het up when people are like "ARGH PROTEIN!!!" at you lol. Saying that, I do still enjoy the odd meat replacement, Linda McCartney and Frys have some good stuff. Look online for vegan recipes, there is an absolute mine of information out there. Apply for information packs from places like Animal Aid and the vegan society, they will give you info on what the lifestyle entails, the benefits for you, the animals and the planet, as well as recipes.

Any vegans not already on my friends list -add me! Always happy to get more vegan support

cmhickey616

I just started eating a vegan diet for the health benefits after watching Forks Over Knives and I am loving it so so much. I am using the Happy Herbivore Cookbook and the same girl's blog site, the Happy Herbivore. Everything she makes is low-fat, uses whole grains/minimally processed ingredients, and is vegan annnnd it's delicious!!

lisasays

vegan here!

agree about watching your soy intake. I developed a severe allergy and ended up in the ER twice! Allergy was caused by consuming too much processed soy and stress.
My son, who is now vegan, but grew up vegetarian, developed Hypothyroid at 11 yrs. old - VERY rare for a young boy! His immunologist believe soy may have triggered it. He will be on meds for life

My family eats lots of vegetables, brown rice, quinoa, beans, lentils, seitan, etc.