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Hi everyone! So happy to have found this group. I've been vegan for almost 2 years and vegetarian for many years before that. LOVE mfp and looking to share ideas with fellow vegans. I'm vegan for ethical reasons but was hoping I would also lose weight which wasn't the case since there are soooo many great vegan foods and recipes out there! I'm cooking a lot of healthy food and tracking here and it is working. Open diary would love to see yours for ideas, send me a friend request.0
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Hello everyone,
I'm newly again vegan, or well currently making the transition. I was there and doing wonderful and felt amazing until my mother got sick.
I have a tendency to stress eat and while she was in the hospital instead of cryoor outwardly freaking out I started eating... I packed on another 20-25lbs.
I want to get back to feeling amazing and like I'm really on top of my fitness and to do this I have to dial it back in.
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Hi everyone,
I was on MFP a year ago and now I'm back. I'm blown away by how much the vegan community has grown on here! So happy to be among fellow vegans on this journey! I've been vegan for 2 years and 3 months, and have loved every minute of it. I struggle with weight management and weight loss, though. I am renewing a commitment to to treat myself kindly. It's so much easier for me to be compassionate to other living beings while treating my body poorly. I want to reverse this. Please add me if you are also looking for supportive friends
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Hello All,
I don't know what I am but I wanna be done with meat and maybe dairy. I am going to take it slow because I just recently stopped eating meat. I am striving to be a vegetarian now and once I am comfortable and ready to make that leap I will become a vegan.0 -
Hi all! Just getting started here. Went vegetarian 6 years ago and now been vegan for four years. I am vegan because it is unnecessary to use or kill a living being for sustenance, clothing, or entertainment. At least not in the Western developed world.
I'm 26 years old and I've never been all that healthy and I've never been in shape, so I want to make that happen. Building endurance and muscle tone as well as optimizing nutrition are my general goals. I've never been able to run more than a mile and even that leaves me wheezing, so I want to be able to run my first 5k by the summer.
That's it for me. Good to be here!0 -
Hi everyone, my name is Sandy and I am a 52 year old mom of two adult children. I'm getting a late start turning vegan at my age, but I have to be true to myself. I have honestly never liked the taste of meat, I've always been an animal lover, I've never looked at an animal and thought he/she looks yummy, and I have always had guilt over buying/cooking/eating/wearing animals. I've naturally leaned more toward vegetarian eating, however, cheese and dairy have a strong pull for me. Time to give it up for good and become the me I was meant to be. I look forward to getting to know you all.
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My husband & myself have started a new journey ! Veganism.0
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Hello!
I very recently made the decision to go vegan (literally 5 days ago) from being vegetarian. So far it's been really good and I'm loving all the food I'm making. I feel a lot happier and healthier already. I'm just taking one day at a time and planing my meals for the next day the night before. Be kind to me I'm a newbie haha.
I started to notice when I was vegetarian that I was relying heavily on dairy and meat substitutes (quorn) for protein. I didn't even realise that there is more than enough protein in plant based foods haha! I've pretty much always said from the beginning of when I went vegetarian (about 9 months ago) that I would eventually be vegan so it was just a matter of knowing what to eat. I wanted to eat more wholefoods instead of processed meat substitutes. Quorn isn't vegan (it contains egg) so I knew once I switched I wouldn't be able to eat it anyway.
I started getting very into veganism a few weeks ago, I found this girl on youtube called Essena O'Neill. She's the same age as me (18) and she's vegan and I loved all her videos, especially the ones that show what she eats in a day. She's very passionate and she really inspired me. Without her I don't think I would've become vegan so quickly. So from videos like hers I started to build ideas in my head of what to eat on a vegan diet, which was exactly what I needed. She also linked me to documentaries. So I watched Cowspiracy and 101 Reasons to be Vegan. After that I was sold!
Random, but has anyone got any good recipes with quinoa? I just made a batch tonight and I need some ideas!0 -
Hi there! I'm Christine. I've been a vegetarian most of my life but have spent the last 2 years successfully maintaining a completely vegan lifestyle all the way around. I am an animal activist, so once I made the connection about dairy being a byproduct of the veal industry, I was just finished with it 100%. My only regret about becoming comletely vegan was that didn't do it sooner. I missed out on some amazing food because I was too afraid to challenge myself to remove dairy and eggs. It was exciting to discover the delicious things that replace them. I encourage anyone wanting to make the switch to leap and do it. There's a reward on the other side.0
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Hi. Im Lesley. I am currently in the process of changing to a vegan diet from a huge meat and dairy lover. I got a huge wzke up call the other day when I watched Earthlings and a few other documentaries so I am hoping to be fully vegan and live the rest of my life vegan. Ive stopped having dairy, chicken, red meat, pork. So I just have seafood and eggs to go. Ideally I would like to cut out all processed and unhealthy foods which is making it hard as turns out all my favorite junk foods are vegan.0
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Hi everyone. I'm Bea. Been a vegan 10 years and the 20 year before that was a vegetarian. I gained some weight due to my work schedule, and then some grief weight. I took 15 pounds off the past 3 months and have 10 more pounds to go. MFP is good at helping me see when bad habits (eating out, not cooking, junk food, not exercising) starts to creep back in. Glad to meet y'all.0
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Hello everyone. I've been vegan for around 25 years - it's been so long I've lost track. As I transitioned to a vegan diet, I lost 50 pounds over about six months. As I've gotten older, some of the weight started coming back, so I bought a fitbit and started walking, and later running. I'm training for the Chicago Marathon (October 11) and I'm seeing a nutritionist who recommended I start logging my food on MFP. I was happy to find this vegan group. Thanks for the support! 0
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Hello! I've been vegan for about 2.5 years now. I originally went vegan when my brother gave me a book called Eating Animals by Jonathan Foer. I slowly transitioned from wanting to partake in the 75 oz steak challenge here in town to being vegan, along side with my boyfriend at the time (now husband
!) We haven't been perfect vegans, but we have learned from our mistakes. I hope to find a good community of vegans on here to help me lose the last 10 pounds or so that I have left. Im not doing Facebook because of social media, but I figure this is different because it's actually towards a goal of lifelong healthy eating ! Feel free to add me! 0 -
just started eating vegan a few days ago. looking for vegan friends to watch my diary, give advice and food ideas to keep it going0
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Hey there. Been vegan for almost 8 months and looking to connect with other vegans trying to lose weight. Just got back on MFP so figured I would reach out. Thanks!0
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Hi all,
I have been Vegan for 15 years and battling weight my entire life. I was an obese child and only started to get to a healthy weight after going vegetarian at age 14. Veganism has helped me maintain my weight for years, though I would like to lose a few pounds right now. My boyfriend is in the process of going Vegan, but has the opposite problem - he needs more calories, not fewer so he doesn't lose weight (crazy high metabolism). We live in the same home and it is super hard to make meals together - I have gained 10 pounds since we moved in together :-(
Looking for support and friends. I have been logging my food and tracking my activity for years, but I just don't seem to have the will power to stay away from all the amazing Vegan treats (sweets to cheeses) that are available today, but weren't even an option even 5 years ago.0 -
I've been transitioning to vegetarian since about a year ago and to vegan over the last 3 months, to get healthier in general. I'm still cooking for a bunch of omnivores, but even they are eating the vegan meals that I cook now, without complaining. I'm still trying to lose about 5 pounds but also to maintain healthy sustainable food and exercise habits.0
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hey everyone!
looking for more vegan weight loss friends. add me!
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Hi guys!
I'm Lisa, 30 years old and live in Sydney, Australia. I've been vegan for 8 years now (vegetarian for 9). Went vego when a community college friend talked to me about vegetarianism and planted the seed in my head. Went home and decided to plan to go veg and watched Meet Your Meat. Went vegan a year later when I realised how despicable the dairy and egg industries etc are.
Veganism led me to my passion for nutrition... I'm currently studying to become a nutritionist. Am half way through my health science degree in nutritional medicine. This is my way of helping people transition to the vegetarian and vegan diets and help save animals live in the process.
My mum is also vegan, has been for nearly 8 years too. Im very fortunate i have such a close person in my life who has the same values in life like myself.
I lost 10 kilos in 3 months after going vegan and put it back on (plus an extra 10 kilos) on within a few years.
Ive lost 8 kilos since last November and am hoping to lose another 12-13 kilos by the end of the year xx 0 -
Hello fellow vegans!
I really want supportive MFP friend requests. I would like to connect with like minded people who truly understand what Veganism is and believe that its unnecessary to enslave & kill animals for food, clothing and entertainment. I've been vegan over 3 years.
...I've been on MFP for a couple years and a lot of my current MFP friends are not active on here at all, or they never log in, (only about 3 of 35 people actually comment or click like on any of my posts). I too haven't been on here much the last while (hence the not losing weight), but its a new year, almost February, and I really want to lose this extra weight. I have about 30lbs to lose, I'm 5'7".
- I have lots of advice about veganism, as well as lots of recipes and meal ideas.
- If you are active & focused on MFP, supportive and interactive please add me! I'll be supportive back. I appreciate the push & the accountability.
Lets get healthy and lose the weight in 2017!!
xoxo
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I have been vegetarian since the age of 10, was vegan for 4 years before returning to vegetarian at 22 due to an unrelated illness that meant I didn't have the time or energy to prepare my own food. Now at 30 and back at full health I have been transitioning back to veganism since November. 6months in I am loving it and can't believe how many new products are available! Not just food products but toiletries and cosmetics too!
The change in attitude from others in just 8 years is truely amazing. Looking forward to connecting to some like minded people. 0 -
Hey vegan friends! My husband and I became vegan almost 2.5 years ago. On his 47th birthday, he went to the doctor and was told that,if he did not make a drastic lifestyle change, he would not be here to see his 48th birthday. Two weeks later, we had a Netflix marathon and watched every documentary we could find. Needless to say, we went cold turkey from omni to plant based. Within a very short amount of time, he was able to get off of ALL his meds - cholesterol, diabetes, ptsd,etc. We always say that we came here for the nutrition, but we stayed for the animals.0
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Hello I have been vegetarian for 20 years, and became vegan in January this year via the Veganuary challenge which I have kept up since then. It's definitely a lot easier than it was when I first tried (and failed) to go vegan about ten years ago. There are so many dairy-free options now - Sainsbury and Tesco have a vegan cheese alternatives that actually melt, and Swedish Glace and Almond Dream make very good vegan ice creams - cheese and ice cream previously being my dairy weaknesses.
I get most of my recipes from vegweb.com and blogs - two favourites are One Arab Vegan and The Full Helping but always on the lookout for ideas. The only thing I won't eat is mushrooms - no allergies or intolerances, thankfully!0 -
Hiya!
I've only recently embraced a plant-based lifestyle. Four weeks my daughter gave me "How Not to Die by Dr. Michael Greger to read. Shortly thereafter I watched the documentary "What the Health" on Netflix, and I my eyes were opened to the devastating impact that my animal based diet was having on my body and the environment.0 -
Hello! I am a new vegan. I was vegan for some time in high school, however I was an "unhealthy vegan" and I was pretty uneducated on how to take care of myself. Starting fresh-- hope to find new friends!0
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Hi. y'all. My name is Miranda, and I am newly vegan, and also new to really concentrating on losing weight too. I've kind gone all in with the vegan thing, so I'm just trying to fins some good resources of information on nutrition while I figure out the rest of it. But I'm happy to be here, and I would totally love it if anyone wanted to friend me, especially if you post recipes/don't mind having questions thrown your way. 1
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Hi! My name is Melissa. I am a mother and a wife. I have been eating vegan for over 3 years now. My change was pretty easy, at the time my teen aged daughter was eating vegan and as a mom I was concerned that she was eating well. I began cooking well balanced vegan meals for her to insure she was getting all she needed in her new diet. I read a lot about being vegan and a ton of recipes. After a while I decided to just cook everything vegan and cook meat as a side for the guys. Everything in my fridge over time was swapped out for vegan and most processed foods are gone.
Eating vegan I feel 100% better. My hair and skin look amazing and I am just happier.
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Hello everyone! My name is Ivelina. I'm vegetarian 11 years and i feel great. I'm happy person .I love the animals and the people
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Hello,my Name is Oliver from Germany. I lived since 9 years vegan.0
