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  • Bought some vegan powder today. It's not as horrid as I thought it would be :)
  • Calfs do die for dairy though. In order for us to have milk, cows need to have babies, the babies are taken away at birth and either culled, crated or become veal. Also baby male chicks are often ground up alive as they are no good to the industry. Female chickens grow up then produce eggs for us to eat then when not…
  • Yes definitely. He did say it may be hard for me to meet that percentage and as long as it doesn't come from loads of pasta etc. I'm finding I'm not eating enough calories as any extras I snack on just add to the carb or fat % it's a learning curve for sure. X
  • I eat a fair few beans, I love mixed bean chilli. I think it's harder for vegans to get lots of protein easily and lower carbs as most of our protein sources are carby also. Guess it will all fit into place ad the weeks go on. X
  • I will see what he says tomorrow. Hopefully he knows about vegan nutrition. There aren't many of us around in my area so not sure how much he has come across it. I want to lose 3 stone overall (loads I know :( )
  • Thank you. I need to lose a couple of stone+ and recovering from a back injury so lost a lot of fitness and put weight on. Im active but not fit at the moment so have booked a month of pt sessions to kick start recovery and fitness. My diet is pretty good but as I eat a lot of veg, my diet is fairly high carb. I cook for…
  • I have only had my initial session so will ask him tomorrow when i start properly. I asked on here as there may be fellow vegans who have more experience in vegan nutrition than he does. Never hurts to ask :)
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