Going Vegan 2025: How to Eat Enough as a Vegan

Plant foods can balance appetite but for some they lead to the underconsumption of calories so let's investigate!
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[MictheVegan]

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[grafvonkartoffel]

My hummus addiction ensures that I always eat enough

[KotobukiGirl]

After finally mastering my high protein vegan life style, combined with intermittent fasting, I eat a ton and I weigh what I did in high school, many decades ago! (I'm thin.) My weight seems to have totally stabilized. I agree with all the tips and tricks here b/c I was definitely eating too few calories after going from vegetarian to vegan. Then I gained weight too after a bad surgery that left me bedridden for months and I was junk eating while in bed. Back on track now. When people ask me how I stay in shape, the first thing I always say is, "I'm vegan."

[healthdocsccc]

The concept of health in "The 23 Former Doctor Truths" book completely explains this. I wish I read it sooner

[pilonpatrick]

now vegan for...96 hours ! I love it ! Mic, you often mention your recipe Ebook, where can I find it ? I badly need recipes. Thanks !
p.s. what "converted" me was this documentary, "Dominion", about what animals suffer. I'll have no part in that !
Peace !

[trevorwright]

New vegans could possibly be missing out starches from their diets as starches have been demonised as being "fattening" over recent years. Starches are a good way of adding some calorie density to the diet. I don't struggle to get my calories in because I base my diet around starches.

[luluandmeow]

I wish I had the problem of not eating enough! I tend to eat a bit too much and struggle to stay slim - there's so much delicious food!

[garden.of.thistles]

SNACKING!! I feel like our modern diet culture has given snacking a negative connotation, but snacking throughout the day and between meals is normal as well as can be healthy because it can give you more sustained energy throughout the day, as well as significantly increase your calorie count. My favorite snacks are nuts, dried fruit, apple or banana with peanut butter, vegan yogurt with fruit, whole grain crackers with vegan cheese, etc.

I also think processed foods are typically shunned, but if calories are a main concern, I wouldn't shy away from processed foods. Sometimes being able to pop something in the microwave, or boiling some raman noodles, or slapping some vegan meat on a sandwich, can be the difference between eating something or nothing. I love instant canned soups with toast, or an instant rice dish, or instant noodles. I dont eat them everyday, but when life is hard and you're hungry, they can be pretty lifesaving.

[lovinglifehealth]

OMGosh Mike you were the one who taught me to eat enough back in 2017 when I started out. I remember you saying it was a major mistake in people giving up on eating vegan, and so needed that advice back then! Happy New Year and thank you for what you do!🙏💖

[Ane]

I found you a long time ago, but I’ve been watching more of your videos again lately. Thank you so much for the information and all of your hard work.

[courag]

I learned from Dr. McDougall how to fill my plate and Star with half starch and then have fun with vegetable and legumes on the other half. There is an infinite variety you can enjoy with this concept. Been doing this over 10 years and it dies not get boring for me or my husband.

If my weight falls too far, eat some olives or nuts or avocado. I It goes up, I watch food which have some fat in them and eat a little less of them of not at all for a week or too. Still not feeling hungry or deprived doing this.

Take BP once a week, always good. Get in my steps, lift a few weights. Clothes keep fitting and I’m feeling good.

At 71 years old, people take me as being in my 40s or not older than my mid fifties.

One of the benefits of the diet is I no longer have blackheads on my nose, nor any large pores.

[theregoesmarc]

I had brain fog way before I became Vegan/WFPB... it was due to my AuDHD and not my diet, and actually it has improved after I went on a Vegan and WFPB way of eating

[Vamusika]

This is an important video! I hope people who need it are able to find it 💖

[ForagersGarden]

Very grateful and appreciative of all you do Mic ❤

[marzettik]

Congrats on your ten hear anniversary. This is a good review. ❤

[Ox_and_Ana]

Sharing one of my “tricks” - I grind raw pumpkin seeds and add them wherever I can incorporate them, by tablespoons. They are almost tasteless and have a great nutrient profile. The only thing to watch out for - they spoil quickly, I grind a cup at a time in a coffee grinder and store them in a glass jar in a fridge.

[annerigby]

About people not knowing what to eat when they "go vegan", I was once interviewed by a local newspaper (we live in a wine, beef and cheese part of the country) when someone found out we are vegan, hahahahaha! The reporter kept asking me to show her the "vegan food" we eat and I kept showing her my pantry and saying "we eat food, just food, just normal food and just not animal products". She said she ate most of the stuff in my pantry but where was the "vegan" food". I tried to explain about protein in beans, nuts, cereals and pretty much in everything in small doses but she seemed quite confused about what we actually ate because it was too similar to what she ate. So, basically, take away the idea of having meat, fish, poultry or cheese on a plate and for a lot of people you have actually removed THE food. If you go to a supermarket and look at the salads and the sandwiches, , they all have either cheese or meat or fish or poultry in them. ALL of them. Remember where I live. So in a society where animal protein and by-products are promoted as being the main and only consistent ingredient in EVERY meal, if you take that away then they cannot imagine what to eat. As you say, it is an education problem. A dear friend of mine, with who we used to play bridge, when I told her we don't eat animal protein replied "but you still eat shrimps, right?" which also demonstrates that to many people animal protein means beef or pork.

[rik]

It’s so nice to hear this addressed, so much in the health space is about weight loss. It’s like every food is evaluated on how few calories it is. Like, hello, we need calories to live. Cauliflower is good, but it doesn’t replace what you get from eating a whole grain.

[P.s-artz]

When I went vegan, I initially lost a lot of weight due to a lack of knowledge about calories. However, a bit of research solved this issue. Speaking from personal experience, I believe the problem arises when people go deep into a health rabbit hole. They give up oils, nuts, and other calorie-dense foods. Many plant-based health influencers eat mostly raw or very low-calorie foods. I doubt they are even consuming 900 to 1, 200 calories a day.

[richardlynch]

Happy New Year Mic! Give peas a chance in the new year.