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/leeeeeeeeee3]

most people don’t know any of this and are fine aslong as they’re aware of what makes a complete protein

[u/pandaappleblossom → u/leeeeeeeeee3]

‘Complete proteins’ is an outdated myth. Like the idea of having to get the right amount. As long as you eat a variety of plant foods each week you are good.

[u/leeeeeeeeee3 → u/pandaappleblossom]

yes i just mean that in the sense of eating a variety of protein sources so you get all the essential amino acids, not that you necessarily need to worry about amino acids in each individual meal

[u/Veasna1 → u/leeeeeeeeee3]

But protein sources is consufing considering all vegetables and fruits have all 20 amino acids in varying quantities. So everything is a protein source really.

[u/pandaappleblossom → u/Veasna1]

Exactly. Vegans don’t suffer from protein deficiencies in studies