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Fasting day meal ideas needed for a vegetarian.

amandaj1966
amandaj1966 Posts: 342 Member
edited February 27 in Food and Nutrition
I had a holiday in March and another in May, the problem is that I can't get out of holiday mode and have put on half a stone which is staying put. ( because I am eating and drinking crap ) so I've decided to try the 5:2 diet. I did it a while ago but gave up as I just didn't know what to eat on my fasting days.
I'm a vegetarian so am restricted so if there's any vegetarians on here that do the 5:2 diet can you please give my meal ideas.
Ideally I would like breakfast about 250 calories and dinner about 200 calories which leaves me 50 calories of raw veg to have throughout the day.
Many thanks in advance.

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  • prism1968
    prism1968 Posts: 121 Member
    I'm not vegetarian and I'm not doing the 5:2, lol BUT I've been eating a lot of polenta w/ homemade marinara and it is super low calorie. I have added kale, etc. to it, too, but it's very filling for few calories :)
  • shezzzzz
    shezzzzz Posts: 119 Member
    I'm mostly vegetarian. I don't do 5:2, but do IF in the sense that I only eat between 2pm and 8pm.

    You can look at my diary for some of the things I eat, sometimes my "meals" are only 250-350 calories.

    Try to stay high in protein to stay satisfied longer.
  • prism1968
    prism1968 Posts: 121 Member
    Another thing I eat a lot of that would be vegetarian: bean tacos
    The ready-made shells are usually about two for 100 calories, 1/2 cup flavored beans about 100 calories, then you could even add avocado/cilantro/etc and be in your range.

    Finally, when all else fails, a pumpkin pie smoothie is good :) I just use 1/2 cup pumpkin (40 calories), 2 scoops of vanilla protein powder (90) and a cup of almond milk (40)... plus, I add pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, etc.. I prefer to EAT food over drinking, but there are times it comes in handy.
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