I have tried and vegan its tough. Vegetarian was easier, pescitarian I liked better. Ultimately I can’t give up meat because it makes it so much cheaper and easier to meal prep higher protein meals. My job is labor intensive and I work 9 hours a day as a minimum! But all the power to those that can do it! One thing however that has changed my life for the better is adding more vegetables to my diet!! I don’t care what diet your on you probably don’t have enough vegetables in it veggies are the shit weather you want meat with them or not!
Going vegan is tough, because you have to relearn everything you know about food. A “normal” meal has a (high-carb/low-protein)+(low-carb+high-protein) pattern, let’s say meat and potatoes. With that template, you absolutely can not just swap out meat and replace it with something vegetarian. No vegetable- or fungus-based food, no matter how processed, comes close in terms of protein content to meat.
You essentially need to change the entire template. That means you’re also replacing your high-carb/low-protein foods with more “medium” foods like lentils.
That’s the best advice I can give, and you absolutely do not have to go all in. Replace a small portion of your rice with some green lentils. Replace a small portion of your meat with kidney beans. Goes a long way.
I have tried and vegan its tough. Vegetarian was easier, pescitarian I liked better. Ultimately I can’t give up meat because it makes it so much cheaper and easier to meal prep higher protein meals. My job is labor intensive and I work 9 hours a day as a minimum! But all the power to those that can do it! One thing however that has changed my life for the better is adding more vegetables to my diet!! I don’t care what diet your on you probably don’t have enough vegetables in it veggies are the shit weather you want meat with them or not!
Going vegan is tough, because you have to relearn everything you know about food. A “normal” meal has a (high-carb/low-protein)+(low-carb+high-protein) pattern, let’s say meat and potatoes. With that template, you absolutely can not just swap out meat and replace it with something vegetarian. No vegetable- or fungus-based food, no matter how processed, comes close in terms of protein content to meat.
You essentially need to change the entire template. That means you’re also replacing your high-carb/low-protein foods with more “medium” foods like lentils.
That’s the best advice I can give, and you absolutely do not have to go all in. Replace a small portion of your rice with some green lentils. Replace a small portion of your meat with kidney beans. Goes a long way.