How do I maintain as a vegan.

this isn't going to help, but when i glanced at this, i definitely read "how do i maintain a vagina" and i was like wtf

Same as an omnivore (or any other way of eating): by eating at maintenance calories.

Is your veganism a recent thing?

I'd probably gain weight as a vegan. PB&J, French fries, spaghetti, and falafel...lol

I would try getting a raw foods cookbook. We ate that way entirely one summer and really enjoyed it. You'll need a food processor, but it's absolutely delicious and very calorie dense. I had no idea what you could do with cashew cream - which you make from just raw cashews.

It's completely Vegan. I think the one we used was called - wait for it - The Raw Foods Cookbook.

Tofu, cook your veggies in a delicious peanut butter sauce, raw coconut meat to snack on. Nuts, trail mix...falafel...I could go on and on...I'm hungry now...I will have a big bowl of fried tofu with chinese noodles and veggies for lunch...trust me, this thing as enough calories for two meals

I can tell you how to gain weight as a vegan lol :-) but on maintaining. Make some veggie chili with beans and chickoeas, eat tofu, try some of the better vegan meat replacements tofurky beer brats and the other flavors are great. I would say with fake meat watch your salt. It is often loaded with it. If you are going to make smoothies try making them directky vs the poweders. Vega is great and I really like it but try a spinach, alomond milk, banana, blueberry, flax seed. It is really good. If you have a Costco thta you shop at they are great for guant packs of boca burger, big bags of frozen fruit for smoothies, big bags of spinach and tofu.
Also get yourself a couple of cookbooks pr look up some vegan meals online.

Did you used to like chicken wings? If so I will go find the link to the best vegan chicken wings. The ones that all the resturants who serve vegan wings use. They are made in NYC by an asian company called mihn wah. They are 150 calories a piece. To make they you steam the wings first then toss in sauce and bake.
I am lucky my coop sells them but you can order them directly. It is a large food service pack but they would last for a long time. Also these guys make vegan fake meat you can't find elsewhere.
http://www.maywahnyc.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=C007L

pinkteapot3 wrote: »

Nuts!

Yup! Nuts and seeds are high in calories and protein and good fats.

Think of adding loads of yummy things like macadamia nuts, coconut, avocado, tahini, full fat hummus, vegan pestos etc to get your calories up in a healthy way. Sprinkle nuts or seeds on everything and make lovely full-fat dressings for your salads. . Jealous here as I'm trying to lose atm and can't eat quite as much of these as I'd like to!

You could as the above poster suggests drink some calories too- have fruit smoothies, and have soya lattes and cappuccinos instead of drinking your coffee black if you're a coffee drinker. I've actually set up my diary with a setting "drinks with calories" as it's all too easy to drink a load of calories and I try noot to unless it's for a treat.

Vegan smart shakes, Sunwarrior or similar like Vega mentioned above (not tried that one yet!) are great for upping your calories as well as getting a load of nutrients in. I actually use them as occasional meal replacement for loss atm but if you're trying to maintain or gain they can also be used as a snack. HTH x

If you're going to go that way, be CERTAIN to get all the nutrients you need. My son eats vegan and is now going bald at 21. (Just Google Vegan+hair loss)

cheeseless pizza (I make the dough in a breadmaker so I know it's vegan) or you could even add cheez to it, bread with oil and balsamic and italian seasonings, a panini sandwich (okay can you tell I really miss eating lots of carbs?!) Peanut butter, clif builder bars, desserts made with tofu (tofu cheesecakes!) dark chocolate almonds (OMG so yum) or just chocolate in general (I find the nicer chocolate bars have no milk or honey, or sometimes I'll just have a serving of semi sweet chocolate chips from costco, no milk!), almond milk ice cream,

I take 60g of a protein shake every day to hit 1g of LBM each day - it's an easy way to help me hit my protein goal and I don't think twice about it. Good meal replacement. you could get some down right sugary ones if you wanted.

agave/maple syrup all the things!

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