My diary - Vegan

[sisisisi]

Hi! I am a vegan student from Norway, studying abroad. I don't own a scale, but I am going to keep a food diary and see what I am weighing when I get home for christmas. Aiming to loose around 15,4 lbs.

My breakfast today:

3 bananas.
330 ml coconut water

Lunch:

10 nuts (almonds, peanuts, cashew)
3 bazil nuts
1 cup cacao
3 carrots

Snack:

1 vegan chocolate 50g

Dinner:

One large portion of pasta and sauce.
4 tomatoes
alfalfa sprouts
olives
lettuce

Dessert:
250g of blueberries

 

[Emmaline]

Hi Sisisisi, Welcome to the forum.
I do hope that you had a lot more than that for todays food unless you are trying to starve yourself.
My daughter is a vegetarian and has had a lot more things to eat than that and has lost all her excess weight of about 3st. (42lbs)
Have you joined a WeightWatchers group? You will get a lot of advice about things to eat there. All the very best to you.

 

[sisisisi]

Hi Emmaline! Thanks for the advice, I will check out some of the Weight Watchers groups. I haven't had dinner or a snack in the evening yet. It's only 9.30 in the morning here in Australia, so I will eat more. I've noticed that I've become less hungry after cutting out dairy from my diet, but I will try to make sure that I don't starve myself. Thanks, all the best to you too!

 

[*sarah-lou*]

Hi sweetie and welcome to weight watchers, I was a vegan until earlier this years due to allergies (I have allergies to meat and dairy proteins) sometimes i can go months with very few symptoms then it flares up and i have to withdraw all meat and dairy for my diet, in england we have alot of vegan friendly food, whats the vegan friendly food like over in aus?

xxx

 

[sisisisi]

Hi Sarah-Lou! I think there's plenty of vegan options in food and restaurants here in aus. I did actually not become a total vegan before I moved here, because it was very few vegan-friendly foods in the stores or places to eat in Norway. I tried a few times though, but didn't manage to stick to it. When I moved here there were so many vegan options, and I found out that ditching the meat and dairy was both cheaper and gave me more energy. I think a lot of people are allergic to dairy, but it is difficult to quit it. I was also told by my doctor when I was younger that I was a little allergic to dairy but I continued to eat it anyway.. Now that I've removed it from my diet I feel so much better, and I don't feel bloated that often or get tired after meals.. What kind of symptoms do you get? And where in england do you live?

 

[sisisisi]

Day2


Breakfast:


600g strawberries
4dates
30g nuts (almonds, peanuts, brazil nuts, hazelnuts, sunflower kernels)


Lunch:


One large bowl of oat-porrige (=at least two portions)

Snack:


300g strawberries
30g nuts


Dinner:


One really large salad with sweetcorn, olives, tomatoes, lettuce, parsley

Evening:

One pear
One apple
35 nuts
Supergreens drink

 

[*sarah-lou*]

Hi Sarah-Lou! I think there's plenty of vegan options in food and restaurants here in aus. I did actually not become a total vegan before I moved here, because it was very few vegan-friendly foods in the stores or places to eat in Norway. I tried a few times though, but didn't manage to stick to it. When I moved here there were so many vegan options, and I found out that ditching the meat and dairy was both cheaper and gave me more energy. I think a lot of people are allergic to dairy, but it is difficult to quit it. I was also told by my doctor when I was younger that I was a little allergic to dairy but I continued to eat it anyway.. Now that I've removed it from my diet I feel so much better, and I don't feel bloated that often or get tired after meals.. What kind of symptoms do you get? And where in england do you live?

I eat dairy now but find my symptoms arent as bad, it's almost like after a while it build up in my body and it cant handle it anymore. I used to get bloated, tired sluggish, and sometimes I would feel like my stomach was being twisted up, and I had some toiletries problems too, of which I will leave to your imagination! haha!

the most difficult thing to quit about dairy, is there is dairy in things you wouldn't even think of, and I was shocked at to just how much stuff!, I can have milk in teas and coffee and cereals but it's almost like I can't have dairy in its rawest from. Like a cheese sauce is ok, but a cheese sarnie wouldn't be, a tea or coffee is ok, but a glass of milk wouldn't be. I'm just a weirdo lol!

You don't look like your eating enough hun, could you not have pasta with a pine nut, basil and olive oil pesto (without the parmesan of course) or roasted veg with spices and tofu and rice, 5 bean chilli burritos stuffed with rice and salsa, there so much more you could be eating hun! xxx

 

[sisisisi]

Day 3


Breakfast:


1/4 watermelon
1 apple
2 brazil nuts
1 large bowl of oat porrige

Snack:
25g vegan chocolate


Dinner:


Went to a vegetarian restaurant and ordered a salad with avocado, rocket, baby tomatoes, sunflower sprouts, sunflower seeds and an oily dressing.



Dessert:


Raw chocolate mousse w/ Hibiscus, Rasberry sauce, Macadamia nuts YUM



Evening:

2 tomatoes
Parsley

 

[sisisisi]

Day 4


Breakfast:


1 Banana
2 glasses of ricemilk


Lunch:


1 kg of blueberries and strawberries




Dinner:


Salad with lettuce, olives, parsley, celery and 225g falafels




Evening:


80g vegan chocolate 85% cacao
Supergreens drink

 

[sisisisi]

Day 5


Breakfast:


3 glasses of ricemilk
5 bananas


Lunch:


1 portion of oat porrige


Dinner:


4 veggie burgers
Salad with lettuce, olives and celery, 3 tomatoes


Evening:

More celery and lettuce

 

[sisisisi]

Day 6


Breakfast:


1 kg grapes


Lunch:


Vegan sushi


Dinner:


2 sweet potatoes
olive oil 1,5 spoon
Vegie casserole mince


Evening: Celery and red salad

 

[sisisisi]

Breakfast:


1 portion of quinoa and chia seeds and nuts


Lunch:


Salad with beans, carrots, lettuce, tomatoes, olive oil




Dinner:


3 veggie burgers




Evening:


Avocado
Nuts

 

[Emmaline]

*Sarah-lou*.....
You don't look like your eating enough hun, could you not have pasta with a pine nut, basil and olive oil pesto (without the parmesan of course) or roasted veg with spices and tofu and rice, 5 bean chilli burritos stuffed with rice and salsa, there so much more you could be eating hun!

My goodness Sisisisi, how are you managing to keep going on such a little food?!! You really need to include mor protein as Sarah-lou says.
I think you will end up being very ill if you continue in this way.