Living with a strict vegan

I have a super easy tip. Eat half your restaurant portion. I was going to say bring the leftovers home but that won't work.

Restaurant meals typically are about double the calories than what you need.

Couple options jump to mind:

1. Does your sister not want any meat in the house, period? Or is it perhaps the smell of meat cooking that would bother her? In this case, perhaps you could grill outside? Or do bring home half of a restaurant portion to eat later.

2. Is she a healthy vegan, by which I mean her diet revolves around foods like legumes and seitan, or is she an Oreos vegan? If she's a healthy vegan, how about you eat what she eats?

I'm an omnivore, and lived from three years in vegetarian yoga communities. The second one had several vegan cooks, and thus plenty of vegan meals. At the first place, I ate what what served, and would supplement with some hard boiled eggs and tuna from time to time. At the second place, I eventually lived someplace where I could cook, and grilled outside. I'd also go to friends' places to cook. I also dated a cook and a chef and became good friends with another chef.

It's simple. If you're gaining weight from eating out, stop eating out or make better choices when you do. Or eat at home. You won't die from not eating meat and your muscles won't fall off. Lentils, beans, tofu etc are all great plant sources of protein.

Dumb question: Do you have any friends in the area who could help you out? It might be weird to just invite yourself over but you might get them to cook together with you and share a meal if you try to explain or problem to them.

aggelikik wrote: »

Eat mostly vegan. Get things you miss, or which provide extra protein, but that are not going to dramatically increase your calories when eating out, like yoghurt, ice cream, lean meat and fish etc.

I agree about grabbing such things as a small ice cream or a pizza slice once in a while when it fits into your calorie day.

Go vegan. Problem solved.

yogicarl wrote: »

Go vegan. Problem solved.

This. You are not going to die if you don't eat your normal diet for a few months. get researching, find some vegan meals you like the sound of and try them.

If you eat everything then there shouldn't be any problem.

Yep I'd eat at home too, besides I'm guessing you're not home for every meal, so you can get your meat fix when you actually do eat out (and then pick a place that has grilled steak or something).

August isn't too far away...might be fun to try eating like your sister does some of the time and see if there are any benefits to that lifestyle! Even if you do it only 50% of the time, you might find that you like some of the principles of a plant-based food plan.