Vegetarians in the house, can I see your food diary?

optimisticShark
optimisticShark Posts: 136 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hello,

I am looking to increase my iron intake. Sometimes its way low then my take in limit. I would like to see what food I can have to increase the intake.

And also, would like to look for some other vegetarian food options, as I am now bored of eating my regular food. ;-)

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  • grimendale
    grimendale Posts: 2,153 Member
    Knock yourself out. My diary is open. I get the vast majority of my iron in a day from spinach and from soy milk.
  • lemonmon1
    lemonmon1 Posts: 134 Member
    My diary is open! I get plenty of iron every day even without my multi vitamin. I stopped logging it since it has zero calories and I like to see how I'm doing without it. I usually post my recipes in the food notes section on the first day I use it, so usually early in the week, as I tend to make dinners to last Monday-Friday.

    I took a look at your diary for this week and my reccomendation is to eat some leafy greens from time to time. Maybe you've got some in those Indian dishes, but leafy greens have a lot of iron, so the more the better.
  • nikilis
    nikilis Posts: 2,305 Member
    im pescatarian, but yeh... have a look.
  • Cait_Sidhe
    Cait_Sidhe Posts: 3,150 Member
    Also a pescetarian. But if curious, my diary's always open. Some days I eat all vegetarian.
  • LadyAsrai
    LadyAsrai Posts: 32 Member
    Vegetarian here, have been since I was 5, but hardly a shining example of a healthy food intake. Today, for example, I ate almost nothing but ice cream. I promise that doesn't usually happen. My logging is a little sporadic, but most days are there.
  • AlteredSkates
    AlteredSkates Posts: 123 Member
    I'm vegan You can have a look if you like :)
  • moonbaby12
    moonbaby12 Posts: 89 Member
    friend me and take a peek I am vegan!
  • Mrsallypants
    Mrsallypants Posts: 887 Member
    You don't want to see mine. mine looks like a graveyard for farm animals.
  • caffeinekandie
    caffeinekandie Posts: 40
    You can friend me and see mine as well. I eat a primarily vegan diet/always vegetarian. I've never had to worry about my iron intake.
  • javajunco
    javajunco Posts: 81
    Feel free to browse mine. I was just looking at yours and it looks delicious! (Although, just curious, do you really survive on 800 calories a day, or are you not logging all of your food?)
  • thefithuntress
    thefithuntress Posts: 19
    Feel free to add me! I'm a vegetarian 'bulking' so I eat a LOT of protein. :)
  • lovesretirement
    lovesretirement Posts: 2,661 Member
    Sure, friend me and check it out!
  • Meg_Shirley_86
    Meg_Shirley_86 Posts: 275 Member
    Have at it, buddy! Add me if you'd like to be able to view it regularly!
    ETA: Vegan
  • JeanMarieJ
    JeanMarieJ Posts: 53 Member
    I'm game. Check it out.
  • Kpablo
    Kpablo Posts: 355 Member
    Yep my diary is open.
  • Erica262
    Erica262 Posts: 226 Member
    My diary is open and you can friend request if you'd like. I'm technically a pescatarian though. And I do take a multivitamin (most days when I remember) for iron.
  • babydiego87
    babydiego87 Posts: 905 Member
    Go for it, open.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    I am a vegetarian.

    This is a great link to foods high in iron. http://www.healthaliciousness.com/articles/food-sources-of-iron.php

    Note that non heme iron (non meat) also needs Vitamin C to be absorbed.
  • escort9580
    escort9580 Posts: 23 Member
    Try Lentils and don't forget to take your vitamins!
  • bronnyd
    bronnyd Posts: 278 Member
    Hey there. I am a vegetarian and my diary is open to friends, feel free to add me. I also track my iron in my diary so you will be able to see that too. I manage to be over 100% in iron every day so it should give you some good ideas.

    :smile:
  • LovelyVeggies
    LovelyVeggies Posts: 21
    You can look at mine too.

    Has anyone tried Trader Joe's tofu veggie burgers? According to the package, one patty has 60% of the DV for iron. This has to be a mistake, right?! They are made of tofu and tofu is a good source of iron, but it doesn't have THAT much. There is no extra iron source listed in the ingredients. Anyway, those always put my iron over the top, but I'm very skeptical that it's accurate.
  • optimisticShark
    optimisticShark Posts: 136 Member
    Knock yourself out. My diary is open. I get the vast majority of my iron in a day from spinach and from soy milk.

    Sorry your diary is closed. I couldn't see it :)
  • optimisticShark
    optimisticShark Posts: 136 Member
    Go for it! I'm kind of off and on with my logging, so you'll have to skip through a few empty days. I think my iron intake is low too, I don't really pay much attention to it.

    Thanks for sharing your diary with me. I got some good natural protein sources from it. Will note it down.

    BTW you fan of Indian food? :smile:
  • optimisticShark
    optimisticShark Posts: 136 Member
    My diary is open! I get plenty of iron every day even without my multi vitamin. I stopped logging it since it has zero calories and I like to see how I'm doing without it. I usually post my recipes in the food notes section on the first day I use it, so usually early in the week, as I tend to make dinners to last Monday-Friday.

    I took a look at your diary for this week and my reccomendation is to eat some leafy greens from time to time. Maybe you've got some in those Indian dishes, but leafy greens have a lot of iron, so the more the better.

    I liked your food diary a lot. I see you get lots of iron from nutiva protein powder, pasta and soup. I will give it a try. Even I have to change present protein powder and also have to add more green leafy veggies in my diet.

    Thanks for sharing it with me!! :smile:
  • optimisticShark
    optimisticShark Posts: 136 Member
    im pescatarian, but yeh... have a look.

    Thanks for sharing!! Lots of healthy food.
  • optimisticShark
    optimisticShark Posts: 136 Member
    Also a pescetarian. But if curious, my diary's always open. Some days I eat all vegetarian.

    Yummyyyyy chocolaty and high in protein diet!! Thanks for sharing!! :smile:
  • optimisticShark
    optimisticShark Posts: 136 Member
    Vegetarian here, have been since I was 5, but hardly a shining example of a healthy food intake. Today, for example, I ate almost nothing but ice cream. I promise that doesn't usually happen. My logging is a little sporadic, but most days are there.

    That's fine. Even I eat ice-cream a lot atleast once in 2 weeks i.e. Usually on weekend my dinner is ice-cream shake.

    And your diary is not open. :(
  • optimisticShark
    optimisticShark Posts: 136 Member
    Feel free to browse mine. I was just looking at yours and it looks delicious! (Although, just curious, do you really survive on 800 calories a day, or are you not logging all of your food?)

    I log all my food. But since I mostly eat homemade food, I don't have the exact measure for the amount of food I eat, but I am pretty sure that the amount is more than whats measured here. So I am actually taking in more calories. :smile:

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