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vegetarians/vegans what do y'all eat in a day

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#1 ·
hey my veggie pals whaddup

what does a usual day of eating look like for y'all and how many calories do you guys usually aim for (vegetarians, pescetarians, vegans all join yay)

I'm currently restricting below 1000 calories along with working out every other day so I need some ideas ehhe
 
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#3 ·
Breakfast: cream of wheat (actually what I'm eating rn), oatmeal, nice cream (frozen bananas), a smoothie (rarely)

Lunch: I usually skip lunch but if I do have lunch it's a salad w whatever I can find

Dinner: anything lol. Really any starch or grain paired w vegetables beans or legumes

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This is what I had yesterday for example.

Breakfast: 2 frozen bananas, frozen strawberries, almond milk, agave

Lunch: breaded eggplant, squash, soy meat

Snack: dates w peanut butter

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#6 ·
clif bars, pb, fruits, bread, hummus, avocados, veggies... cereal sometimes. soy milk. yogurt sometimes. i used to eat a lot of oats but i got bored.
 
#7 ·
I'm super boring with my food lmao. I usually restrict to about 500 cals a day, and it's usually just full of apples, frozen grapes, cauliflower, toast and jam, and pitta breads. I've started making a flatbread pizza though which has sriracha and tomato puree, covered in red peppers and spinach.
 
#8 ·
I eat pretty much the same meals everyday.

Breakfast
1dl of oatmeal with half a banana, 70g blueberries, cinnamon and 1 tbsp ground flaxseeds, sometimes with 1 tbsp of pumpkin seeds
65g leafy greens, 125g cherry tomatoes, carrot
Coffee with plant-milk

Lunch
(If at work) Rice, beans and mixed salad
(If at home) Potatoes, chickpeas and broccoli

Dinner
Potatoes, chickpeas and broccoli

Evening snack
50-60g popcorn (no oil or salt)
65g leafy greens, 125g cherry tomatoes, carrot

I don't know how many calories it is but I once calculated and it was like 1300?
 
#9 ·
Breakfast: cream of wheat (actually what I'm eating rn), oatmeal, nice cream (frozen bananas), a smoothie (rarely)

Lunch: I usually skip lunch but if I do have lunch it's a salad w whatever I can find

Dinner: anything lol. Really any starch or grain paired w vegetables beans or legumes

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I also like it with apples or raisins or walnuts and cinnamon

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#10 ·
usually for breakfast i have soup. Either miso udon soup, or something homemade

Generally I switch it up a lot. So other meal ideas include: PB or taco rice cakes, salad with some grilled tofu on top, homemade muffins, lettuce taco wraps, stir fry. I've been having a lot of pan roasted sriracha chickpeas lately because it's quick and simple to make. I always make things from scratch, I rarely eat premade meals. It's cheaper I guess lol
 
#12 ·
Whoops hit post befpre i finished lol. Dinner is either more roasted veggies or a morningstar veggie burger with 1 serving low fat cottage cheese (190 calls for that combo) For a snack I'll either do 4 cups of sea salt boom chicka pop popcorn (140) or reduced fat triscuits and 1 laughing cow cheese wedge (140 calories)
 
#14 ·
I eat similar meals daily, since it makes it easier to track.

Morning:
- homemade latte with unsweetened almond milk and liquid stevia (23)

Fasted workout, most times I take low cal preworkout (2) and if I have intense training I will sip on bcaa+ (50)

First meal (between 13:00-15:00):
- half a grapefruit (55) or papaya (65)
- raw carrots and steamed broccoli with mustard (120)
- soya yoghurt with blueberries (144)
- green tea (2)

I try to go on a walk after or run my errands to keep busy until the evening. I will have either a Diet Coke or a Starbucks iced americano/nitro foam with a splash of almond milk and sf syrup (25-50)

Second meal (between 17:00-19:00):
- big salad with lettuce, spring onions, avocado, Quorn vegan ham, various spices and herbs + balsamic vinegar and 0 oil (170)
- shirataki noodles with tamari sauce, pan "fried" mushrooms and nooch (71)
- mint tea (2)

Evening snack (if super hungry around 21:00):
- cucumber with mustard (25)
- Singapore breakfast tea with liquid stevia and almond milk (15)

Sometimes I will add in some soup (120ish) or rice cakes, or add a little vegan bar (has to be low cal - under 150)/ protein shake (45).

If I eat out I mostly do salads etc and try to count at my best ability.

Most days I stay above 600 (anything under will put me in binge mode since I am highly active) and try to keep it under 800.

I will sometimes go up to 1000, but it's mostly with alcohol and social outings.

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#15 ·
I eat similar meals daily, since it makes it easier to track.

Morning:
- homemade latte with unsweetened almond milk and liquid stevia (23)

Fasted workout, most times I take low cal preworkout (2) and if I have intense training I will sip on bcaa+ (50)

First meal (between 13:00-15:00):
- half a grapefruit (55) or papaya (65)
- raw carrots and steamed broccoli with mustard (120)
- soya yoghurt with blueberries (144)
- green tea (2)

I try to go on a walk after or run my errands to keep busy until the evening. I will have either a Diet Coke or a Starbucks iced americano/nitro foam with a splash of almond milk and sf syrup (25-50)

Second meal (between 17:00-19:00):
- big salad with lettuce, spring onions, avocado, Quorn vegan ham, various spices and herbs + balsamic vinegar and 0 oil (170)
- shirataki noodles with tamari sauce, pan "fried" mushrooms and nooch (71)
- mint tea (2)

Evening snack (if super hungry around 21:00):
- cucumber with mustard (25)
- Singapore breakfast tea with liquid stevia and almond milk (15)

Sometimes I will add in some soup (120ish) or rice cakes, or add a little vegan bar (has to be low cal - under 150)/ protein shake (45).

If I eat out I mostly do salads etc and try to count at my best ability.

Most days I stay above 600 (anything under will put me in binge mode since I am highly active) and try to keep it under 800.

I will sometimes go up to 1000, but it's mostly with alcohol and social outings.

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Omg I eat almost the same things except for no Soy but this looks amazing
 
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#16 ·
Breakfast: oatmeal with banana or any other fruit, or overnight oats I made the night before. I drink one glass of water immediately after I get out of bed every morning.

lunch: usually a salad with chickpeas or beans and tomatoes, cucumber etc,

dinner: soup or when I treat myself every now and then pasta ;)

I try not to snack in between but usually eat some crackers around tea time
 
#17 ·
Depends if I'm with my partner or not.

With partner:

breakfast: coffee (50)

lunch: usually big portion of rice, tofu, cucumbers/avocado and vegan sriracha mayo (800)

dinner: often sweets like home baked vegan cookies etc. (300)

total: 1150 cals

By myself:

breakfast: larabar (200)

lunch: potato chips (200)

dinner: black beans and salsa (400)

total: 800 cals
 
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#18 · (Edited)
Vegan here

Breakfast: instant oatmeal (120)

Lunch: apple (80), 100 calorie bag of nuts (100), salad (130)
(romaine lettuce, spinach, green pepper, grape tomatoes, vegan shredded cheese)

Dinner:
Brown rice, lots of broccoli, tofu, and general psos sauce (470)

Total is usually 900 with working out every day (try to). I do martial arts, calisthenics, run, walk, and elliptical.

Edit: also for lunch sometimes I'll have a dairy free yogurt instead of a salad (still 130)

Ans for dinner I might have...
Brown rice, black beans, corn, ground beef type tofu, and salsa (466)
 
#19 ·
my diet is pretty sporadic and i often skip meals or eat at random times (breakfast at 8pm yes bish)

breakfast:

banana porridge with soy milk, honey, cinnamon, chia seeds, banana, blueberries, soft and milky, it's delicious ;-;

or muesli and greek yoghurt with sliced banana mixed through, also a fav

or just some fruit, or maybe just a carrot lol, i love carrots!

lunch

i'm lazy and it seems wrong to eat porridge for every meal so i'd probably eat literally just a carrot, and maybe some sliced cucumber and a cherry tomato.

maybe a salad and cheese wrap depending on how caloric breakfast was

dinner

let's be real, the past three nights have been pasta with nepolitana and hecktons of cheese :(

sometimes i forget to eat so i'll have like 3 snow peas

it fluctuates but most days are about 900-1200 calories (when i'm not restricting, lmao yes my appetite is that bad and i have the slow metabolism to prove it) and others are like 200-500 depending on if i'm just not hungry or restricting.

replace a lot of that stuff with a bag of chips and biscuits and you have me on a bad day
 
#20 ·
Vegan here, hellozies

1st meal: always always a variation of steel cut oats (baked oats if I have class w/berries and flax OR chia, stove-top savory oats on days off usually made with mushrooms+broccoli+greens+onion+ginger and seasoned to perfection, kite hill yogurt oats if I'm in a rush, RARELY overnight rolled oats with chia if prepping before an exam or something)

2nd meal: usually a snack of raw nuts and small apple but I vary from eating 2 meals-3+ a day depending on if others are watching me at home

3rd/final meal: some kind of starch or legume base with leafy greens bulked up with veggies (go to's are eggplant spinach pasta w/homemade tomato sauce, bean/lentil stews, bean/lentil burgers, chickpea omelette filled with veggies, plantain stew, veggie kimbap, roast-beet sandwich, cauliflower pizza, pumpkin pasta, sweet n sour tofu, sweet potato or boiled yucca w/salad, etc depending on whether I've meal prepped or what's in season/on sale in produce)

Throughout the day religiously: MANY cups of hot herbal and loose-leaf tea, black coffee, room temp water, occasional la croix or vitamin zero water

My average calories range from 650+ to 1000. Hope this helps~
 
#21 ·
Breakfast: black tea with almond milk(20 cal)
Lunch: celery (20? Cal)
Snack:homemade vegan cookie (100 cal)
Dinner: coconut milk and vegetable curry(300 cal)
 
#22 ·
I often eat a bread or toast with cheese for breakfast (I love cheese to much to give it up). Depending on whether I make one myself or buy one at school it has between 300-400 cal. For lunch I either eat at school or what my mother made. If it is neither I eat a cheesebread or cereals. So it ranges from 300 cal to 800 cal I guess.
For dinner it is the same as for lunch.

As I don't fluctate in my weight, am quite small and cycle 5 km a day to school, I assume I burn and eat about 1500 cal a day.
 
#23 · (Edited by Moderator)
I'm a vegetarian. The only thing between me and veganism is eggs tbh. But they are eggs from chickens that are spoilt rotten and probably treated better than most children, so I basically I'm cool with that and I do enjoy my eggs :)

so what I eat in a day;

breakfast: 100g of soy yoghurt topped with blueberries and strawberries

lunch: two rye crackers with 1 ethical egg and half a banana

dinner: one potato, some veggies and an egg
 
#25 ·
I'm vegan and I eat around 1800 calories a day, working out 6 days a week. I go to school at the moment and do intermittent fasting. I eat from 3pm to 8pm on the weekdays. Here's what I'm planning on having tmrw:
Cannelli bean cookie dough
Green smoothie
Pancakes with whipped cream
And lentil soup

Macros: 73.8g protein
274.8g carbs
43.2g fat
(I'm 5'2 and 136lbs. I'm currently recovering from binge eating disorder so I have yet to see the number on the scale shift, but I have managed to lose 1" off my waist and gained 1" on my hips :) so I'm happy about that. Rn im 7 days binge free!)