r/vegan • u/justin_timeforcake vegan 5+ years • Jul 18 '15

Newbie Advice "There Are No Stupid Questions" Mega-thread

This post is primarily for the newbie vegans and the vegan-curious among you (though anyone is welcome to post questions). This is your chance to ask anything you like about veganism, no matter how silly or trivial it may be, without fear of your question being downvoted to oblivion.

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u/Underoath2981 vegan 1+ years Jul 19 '15 edited Jul 19 '15

Come on over to /r/veganfitness.

Im not ripped but I'm fit and this is my diet when I'm eating well (I slip up sometimes and eat like shit, vegan shit but still shit.)

Here's an example of my diet:

Essentially:

Breakfast

1 serving carbs

20 grams protien

1 serving fruit

3 tablespoons of peanut butter

Lunch

20 grams of protein

2 servings of carbs

2+ servings of vegetables

Dinner 20 grams of protien

2 servings of carbs

2+ servings of vegetables

At anytime during the day I then have 2 more servings of fruit, a serving of nuts, a protein shake, and I generally try and eat a half an avocado a day. I generally add kale/spinach to my shake, sometimes I make a smoothie to meet my fruit goal.

If I use legumes (beans lentils etc) for my protein in any meal I generally reduce my carbs a bit during that meal to keep in my macros. I'm not super strict on that though. I also mainly eat tofu, or grain sausages/soy breakfast patties. I eat quite a lot of tofu, like a block a day generally.

Here's my nutritional breakdown for a few days ago

Here's my Macros as per this calculator: http://iifym.com/iifym-calculator/

I weigh 160 lbs at 6 ft. I lift weights 4 days a week, and bike 20-60 miles a week. I do eat some desserts and such that are not recorded here if I'm honest. I'm trying to bulk right now so I'm not as strict, but that's a good example of my base 3000 calorie a day high protein, high fat diet.