What do you veggies eat??

A question about : What do you veggies eat??

Hi,

I'm going vegan for 2 weeks (part of a detox diet), but all the recipes I found and I've been cooking contain pulses, so I've managed to put on weight despite not eating flour, chocolate or sugar...

Everything I've been eating for lunch and dinner contained chickpeas or beans, which must be the cause of the weight gain? (also feel quite bloated all the time), but I struggle to find things to eat that do not contain pulses...

What do you veggies out there eat??

Best answers:

• Vegan and vegetarian are 2 different things. I switched to eating much more fruit & veg at the start of the year, and it took me 3 weeks before I saw any changes, so you might want to look at something longer than a fortnight.
• Thanks byjimin, the diet has been recommended by a doctor for some other problems and it lasts 2 weeks, so that's what I'm doing for now. It's vegan, as it doesn't contain any sort of animal protein.
• What is the rest of your diet at present? You can't just be eating pulses?
  Presuming you're eating extra servings of carb-heavy things to make up your meals, such as rice, potatoes etc - fruit juices,even- it'll be these that are causing you weight gain.
  Pulses on the other hand are protein-rich (good for feeling full), and relatively low in fat and carbs compared to the things mentioned above.. I'd be very surprised if it WAS the pulses making you gain weight!
  Have you also considered just reducing your portion sizes?
  ETA, all the extra fiber you're currently eating will be giving you that bloated feeling.
• Is it low fat vegan ala the Mcdougal diet? Raw till 4? Plant Based?
  Technicaly vegan is a lifestyle choice not just a diet.
  Anyway
  low fat
  https://www.lanimuelrath.com/500-reci...ght-loss-diet/
  Plant based
  https://www.plantbasedcooking.com/recipes.html
  Vegan junk food
  https://lesliedurso.com/2014/10/vegan-junk-food-2/
• I cannot digest beans/pulses or chickpeas no matter how they are cooked/prepared they make me feel terrible, so I can understand you feeling bloated, they are not for everyone.
  I have been a vegetarian for years and a vegan for a few years too , I would recommend products by Fry's, they do vege sausages, burgers, schnitzels, beef and chicken like stew strips, so that you can cook all the meals you ate as a meat eater, but made Vegan. A good website to look at for the full range is "Goodness Direct" as they can ship it all to you in a freezer box so you can fill your freezer. Where I am based most healthfood shops have a tiny selection, and the supermarkets are full of Quorn and poor quality vege meals. This is the easiest way to go vegan, and keep your protein intake up.
  Vegusto, are also good and are online only and totally vegan, they do similar stuff to Fry's but a bit expensive.
  Taifun tofu is also nice, as they have many flavours, not boring and plain like regular tofu, goodness direct also do this, as do some healthshops.
• Thaks to all, the rest of the diet is veg, fruit and nuts, but I'm not much a fruit eater (had 1 apple and 1 banana this week) and don't like fruit juices. I only drink water. I have a few almonds a day, but not more than 5-10.
  Will look at Fry's products, I also like tofu but never prepared it and seems a bit complicated, will give it a go this weekend.
  Not sure where the weight gain has come from really, haven;t eaten more potatoes or rice than i would normally eat on my diet, the only change has been the pulses...
  Next week i will be more careful with them, but need ideas for lunches/dinners that do not include them, and can't find any recipes that look like a proper meal...
• I eat almost all veggies except carrots and eggplant. Whatever way they are cooked, I really don't like their taste. Eating veggies was already a part of our childhood that we had to endure but I guess it really paid off. I really look for other delicious ways I could cook veggies on the web too.
• I love al vegetables (despite not eating any when i was a child), so not a problem with that.. my problem is how to create a meal that doesn't leave me feeling hungry just with vegetables...
• If you are still hungry, add more fluid to the combination - a pint glass of water if you prefer, or a vegetable bouillon thin soup?
  When I finish my plateful & still feel hungry, I brew up. A nice cup of tea has kept me away from the sticky buns & tempting puddings.
  (Later on is tricker - I need to make the lid to the biscuit tin heavier!)
• Unless you were overeating on calories, then it's extremely unlikely to be proper weight. Especially how you're only doing this for two weeks - weight fluctuates throughout the month. Likelihood this is just water retention.
  Have you been drinking enough water to compensate for the added fibre intake? I would start there - up your water intake. The body can take a few weeks to adjust to a new diet.
  There are plenty of main dishes that are vegan - try butternut squash and mushroom curries, Mediterranean vegetables in a tomato sauce in place of mince.
  Linda McCartney does country vegetable pies and sausages which are delicious, tesco has a range of dairy free yoghurts and cheeses which I quite liked.
  Also don't forget to supplement B12 (found in marmite, or other vitamins) as B12 is a vitamin essential for energy, solely found in animal products.
• If you are only doing it for a fortnight Iwouldn't bother about B12 and it is not solely found in animal products. It can only be made by bacteria or archaea