Hello Beautiful people,
I am new to this forum, in fact this is my first post on this forum... I have come here to share what I feel without being judged...
I was a happy carnivore and completely oblivious to the havoc my diet was causing to my health and the planet..
I tried being lacto - vegetarian for some time for spiritual reasons but I failed and started eating chicken again well I only ate chicken .. but stopped again once I went back to India
It was really hard to digest that milk and milk products were bad specially cheese and yogurt, but it was a long enlightening journey tbh.. but soon everything made sense ...
Now I have been vegan for quite some time now, so much as that my family has stopped offering me chicken and milk products .. It was hard for them as well.. everyone in my family happily consumes chicken and milk products ..
Since, I was already skinny and I have further narrowed my eating habits to vegan. I have lost a serious amount of weight like 10 kg approx. Now I am at a scary 45 kg being 5 foot 11 inches I am 24.
My options are always super limited, when I am out with friends, everyones just happily eating non veg, I feel I am just there starving to death... Even If I tend to order anything from outside, I have to get almost everything removed, there are very few vegan options to eat.. I just end up not eating ...
Also, the fact that I am aware that mostly all the fruits and veggies are overdosed with chemicals and pesticides
doesn't really help either, Most fruits and veggies are bland tasting when compared to their organic counterparts ..
Organic produce in India is way overpriced, my fam won't buy me organic produce so, for that reason I did courses on sustainable organic farming techniques .. But since I don't have much space I couldn't grow much ..
I don't know what to eat and how to gain weight on a vegan diet, since even regular almonds and nuts are also expensive forget the organic ones ..
My reason to be vegan was and still is for the environment, since I didn't care much bout my health as i used to smoke and I didn't care less about animal cruelty back then since I was a carnivore, but now I do..
But I have been down with fever for a few days and as I type nothing tastes good ...
And suddenly out of nowhere I have been craving some hot chicken wings or Nandoo's peri peri chicken![Frown :( :(](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
But I really want to stay vegan .. I am so confused
Is it possible to gain a serious amount of weight while being on a vegan diet ???
I am new to this forum, in fact this is my first post on this forum... I have come here to share what I feel without being judged...
I was a happy carnivore and completely oblivious to the havoc my diet was causing to my health and the planet..
I tried being lacto - vegetarian for some time for spiritual reasons but I failed and started eating chicken again well I only ate chicken .. but stopped again once I went back to India
It was really hard to digest that milk and milk products were bad specially cheese and yogurt, but it was a long enlightening journey tbh.. but soon everything made sense ...
Now I have been vegan for quite some time now, so much as that my family has stopped offering me chicken and milk products .. It was hard for them as well.. everyone in my family happily consumes chicken and milk products ..
Since, I was already skinny and I have further narrowed my eating habits to vegan. I have lost a serious amount of weight like 10 kg approx. Now I am at a scary 45 kg being 5 foot 11 inches I am 24.
My options are always super limited, when I am out with friends, everyones just happily eating non veg, I feel I am just there starving to death... Even If I tend to order anything from outside, I have to get almost everything removed, there are very few vegan options to eat.. I just end up not eating ...
Also, the fact that I am aware that mostly all the fruits and veggies are overdosed with chemicals and pesticides
doesn't really help either, Most fruits and veggies are bland tasting when compared to their organic counterparts ..
Organic produce in India is way overpriced, my fam won't buy me organic produce so, for that reason I did courses on sustainable organic farming techniques .. But since I don't have much space I couldn't grow much ..
I don't know what to eat and how to gain weight on a vegan diet, since even regular almonds and nuts are also expensive forget the organic ones ..
My reason to be vegan was and still is for the environment, since I didn't care much bout my health as i used to smoke and I didn't care less about animal cruelty back then since I was a carnivore, but now I do..
But I have been down with fever for a few days and as I type nothing tastes good ...
And suddenly out of nowhere I have been craving some hot chicken wings or Nandoo's peri peri chicken
But I really want to stay vegan .. I am so confused
Is it possible to gain a serious amount of weight while being on a vegan diet ???