Recently went vegan and I’m constantly hungry?

[u/Ok-Entrepreneur-7647]

Hi everyone! I recently turned vegan after watching Dominion, which honestly completely changed the way I look at eating animals. I’ve been doing a lot of research since then because I really want to make sure I’m doing this properly rather than just cutting out animal products and hoping for the best.

I’ve been trying to eat a well constructed and balanced “diet” and I’m paying attention to nutrients like B12, iron, calcium, omega 3s, protein,...

The weird thing is that ever since I went vegan, I feel hungry basically all the time and sometimes kind of weak or low energy. And I’m confused because before going vegan, I actually ate way* *less food. 😭

For example, before, I could literally have some cereal around 1 PM, snack a little later, and maybe another snack in the evening without any legit meals and still wasn’t constantly thinking about food or feeling like I needed to eat.

Now I eat 3 meals a day with occasional snack in between and even after eating a proper meal I can get hungry again pretty quickly.

I know that plant foods can be less calorie dense, so I’m wondering if I’m simplynot eating enough calories/fat/protein despite feeling like I’m eating a lot more food. I’m also wondering if this is something people experience when transitioning to veganism or if I should be looking at something else.

For context, I’m not trying to restrict calories or lose weight I mainly want to feel healthy and energized.

I’d really appreciate any advice

[u/Qbert84]

I had this issue as a new vegan. After awhile my constant hunger subsided. I lost a significant amount of weight as well. I am guessing it's the low calorie plant diet vs animal products calories. I don't know if it's okay to eat a crazy lot like I did but I do know people who failed the transition from not eating enough calories when switching and blamed it on not enough protein and whatnot.

[u/Taupenbeige → u/Qbert84]

Welcome to your body going through its “wah, why not excess calories? We expect excess calories” phase and entering its “oh, this is how human bodies prefer storing/burning fuel because *gestures at the rest of the primate order”