vegetenerian lifestyle?

LOL! I enjoyed your tale. Thanks.

You're not doing well on your eating plan and I think you know it. Being a healthy vegetarian is not an easy thing....in spite of what you read and hear on the internet.

Protein is difficult to get. Protein is made up of about 20 different amino acids. Your body makes most of them, but the rest must come from your diet. Meat, eggs, dairy products contain all the amino acids necessary for complete protein. Most veggies only contain some of them. To get the complete protein your body needs, you should eat a wide variety (and a lot) of veggies every day (not every meal) so your body can combine the different amino acids each contains into the complete protein it needs. There are sites on the net that have all the amino acids and which foods to combine to get them. Our body doesn't store protein, so you need to eat about 55 grams every day.

Iron in veggies is non heme iron and is much harder for our bodies to absorb and use than the heme iron in meat. Anemia is something to watch out for as a veg*n (shorthand for vegan or vegetarian).

B12 is not found in any plant food. If you continue to eat eggs and dairy products, you may be ok, otherwise take a B12 pill every day.

Most veggies contain a lot of cellulose. Humans can't digest cellulose. It passes on through your system as fibre and you're hungry again.

What you need to do, IMO, is take time for yourself. When it's your meal time, stop, set down and eat a real, balanced meal. Obviously you're busy, but eating on the run like you do (a bite here, a bite there), you're likely consuming more calories than you realize. And not giving your blood sugar a chance to go down after eating. If your insulin level stays high, your body will store more calories as fat.

Yes, humans tend to crave nutrient dense food. We evolved eating meat. Early humans were scavengers. We ate what other animals left on a carcass. Some of the earliest tools man made were used to break bones open so we could get the nutrient dense bone marrow inside. And no veggie matches meat in nutrient density.

Smart of you not to turn to soy. It contains estrogen like chemicals that have been tied to early puberty in girls, low sperm count in men and thyroid disease. This guy grew man boobs and had other serious emotional/sexual problems when he drank a lot of soy milk: http://www.menshealth.com/nutrition/soys-negative-...

Good luck....

Nuts & seeds like almonds, walnuts, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds etc are an excellent source of healthy fats & protein. With your breakfast have a handful of nuts/seeds of your choice to give you that extra boost. I'm a vegetarian and I bloody HATE tofu, and HATE when people suggest it to me. I do suggest quorn though, it does contain protein and it's lovely. I love quorn sausages & quorn pieces, put them in a curry etc. I think you definitely should try the nuts/seeds for your protein though, I know they're not the best in terms of flavour but it does help, just a little handful with brekkie.

Good luck.

I would say what Daisy said, so I really don`t know why she got a low rating. I am a vegetarian and totally agree with her. It is difficult to be a healthy vegetarian, what I do is have vitamins. I have Omega 3,6 and 9 and I also have a Womens Once A Day but since your a guy you wouldn`t have the womens once a day. The last pill just gives me calcium. Also have tofu. Tofu is rich in protein. And i know people say tofu is gross but really, tofu has no taste. You just put what ever taste on it you want, just whatever seasoning you want, or put it into soups and pastas. You can get flavoured tofu also, I personaly love almond tofu, it is very good in smoothies.go to sunrise-soya.com they have lots of recipes with tofu. I hoped I helped!

LOL! Daisy is such a dumbass.

i cannot lie here, i would say almost exactly what Daisy said