Vegan Protein?!

Hi, I'm Erica and I've been a vegetarian for 25 years (2+ of which were vegan). I am raising 2 children who have never had meat (girl, 14 years old - vegetarian / boy, 11 y.o. - vegan). We have to be super careful that we get enough protein and pay attention to the sources it comes from as well. My first goal with my son who went vegan 2 years ago was to swap Rice for Quinoa and then I recommend just eating plenty of dried beans, lentils, nuts like almonds or pistachios, seeds, and tofu. I do eat the processed vegetarian meat alternatives, but I just can't resist and it can keep the meals a little more interesting for my kids. I would look into what the vegan athletes and body builders eat because there are a ton of them! You don't want to hit their calorie goals I'm sure (lol!) but you can get an idea of how the mainly source their proteins since you're doing strength training. I usually go over my protein goals that MFP gives me, but since reducing my calories I'm not eating quite the same things at nowhere near the same quantities as before...so I'm afraid my diary won't help too much! I'm just trying to lose and survive! haha. I don't know f you do eggs or are straight vegan but you can get 6g protein from 1. I eat one literally every day for breakfast.
Feel free to friend me! I'm new here.

Erica

ericadcruz32 wrote: »

Hi, I'm Erica and I've been a vegetarian for 25 years (2+ of which were vegan). I am raising 2 children who have never had meat (girl, 14 years old - vegetarian / boy, 11 y.o. - vegan). We have to be super careful that we get enough protein and pay attention to the sources it comes from as well. My first goal with my son who went vegan 2 years ago was to swap Rice for Quinoa and then I recommend just eating plenty of dried beans, lentils, nuts like almonds or pistachios, seeds, and tofu. I do eat the processed vegetarian meat alternatives, but I just can't resist and it can keep the meals a little more interesting for my kids. I would look into what the vegan athletes and body builders eat because there are a ton of them! You don't want to hit their calorie goals I'm sure (lol!) but you can get an idea of how the mainly source their proteins since you're doing strength training. I usually go over my protein goals that MFP gives me, but since reducing my calories I'm not eating quite the same things at nowhere near the same quantities as before...so I'm afraid my diary won't help too much! I'm just trying to lose and survive! haha. I don't know f you do eggs or are straight vegan but you can get 6g protein from 1. I eat one literally every day for breakfast.
Feel free to friend me! I'm new here.

Erica

OP has been vegan for two years, which means eggs aren't an option.