| elleelise
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I've always wanted to become vegan for a large list of reasons, and recently I've decided to actually do it. I feel great, and I have lost a little weight but I'm wondering if it's possible to do SB while maintaining a vegan way of eating?
Right now my diet consists of a lot of fresh organic fruit, whole wheat pastas and breads, nuts, legumes, vegan cookies and desserts, soy milk, soy cheese, soy yogurts, tofu, lots of vegetables, fresh juices... the list goes on and on.
I've been eating this way for a week now and LOVE it. It's weird, because whenever I do a "diet" it feels like I'm giving up something, but deciding to adopt a vegan woe hasn't made me flinch at all... my mind can really psych me out when it comes to diets.
What are some of the biggest differences though between this woe and the SB principles? It seems like they are very similar. |
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Thu Mar 27, 2008 2:06 am |
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| ami
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Actually, they are several vegetarian people in this forum.
Most of them get their proteins from beans that are allowed in all phases and from soy products.
Quote: Right now my diet consists of a lot of fresh organic fruit, whole wheat pastas and breads, nuts, legumes, vegan cookies and desserts, soy milk, soy cheese, soy yogurts, tofu, lots of vegetables, fresh juices... the list goes on and on.
The difference from what you're eating right now and SBD is that to follow Phase 1 you would have to stop eating fruits, pasta, breads, cookies, juices and desserts for 2 weeks like everyone else.
Then in P2 you will reintroduce low GI fruits, whole-wheat pasta, whole-wheat breads.
So, in essence your way of eating is very similar to SBD.
Good luck, |
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Thu Mar 27, 2008 11:49 am |
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| RedRox
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Well vegan also cuts out ANY animal based product. So dairy, cheeses, eggs, honey, etc. all are unavailable. Which is too bad because things like cottage cheese are really high quality protein sources. Beans are OK, but not as good. That's really the challenge is finding good quality protein sources as a vegan and getting in the full range of amino acids that your body doesn't produce. (i.e. complete proteins).
Also vegetarian sometimes means pastatarian or cheeeseatarian, so you have to actually eat more vegetables! ;)
It can be done, you just need to continue to focus on good fats, good carbs and quality protein sources in appropriate SB type quantities and adjust as necessary. You might need to eat more beans or even grains than typically allowed for instance. (But I'd focus on real whole grains like qunoa which is also a good protein source, spelt, barley etc. and still avoid the bread products.) I'd maybe also find a vegan board that can help you find good quality protein sources that also are SB friendly. A lot of the processed tofu, TVP, quark type stuff is still pretty processed and you'll still need to pay attention to ingredients!
good luck! |
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Thu Mar 27, 2008 2:35 pm |
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| elleelise
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Awesome. Well that clarifies some things.
I'm probably going to try to get really used to the switch to vegan, and then later on worry about SB.
Thanks for all the info! |
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Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:43 am |
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