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    Vegan Failure

    Lou, I have questioned my calorie intake and my maintenance weight required about 1700-1800 calories/day. To lose one pound a week I should be about 1500 calories/day. If I eat more than that I gain weight. I am not 170 and want to be 150. BTW, I gained my weight listening to a cardio MD...
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    Vegan Failure

    Thanks for you posts. I also wonder how the calories consumed on a meat diet equate to the number of calories on a vegan diet. The last time I tried going vegan I found it very difficult to consume an equal number of calories. The last time I tried going vegan I jumped right in and I now...
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    Vegan Failure

    Last year I tried a few times to become vegan. Each time I became so fatigued I could barely function. Members here were very supportive but returned to my past diet. Recently I have realized my body is rejecting butter. I am also having issues eating any kind of fat. I want to try to go...
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    Gaining weight

    Thanks for your post. I have been using LoseIt for years. I know I consume about 1400 - 1700 calories per day. I have always been a small eater and get by very well on these numbers. I have watched and listened to a bunch of doctors on the vegan diet. All push the diet and argue it is the...
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    Gaining weight

    I have now made a few attempts at going vegan. I love the thought of being vegan and firmly believe in the health benefits. I have run into many problems that may work out in the end. However, each time I tried going vegan I gained weight. On one of my earlier tries I did go overboard on...
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    Second try - struggling

    Thanks for you post. I stopped all pork products last year. I was eating eggs, salmon, and bison when I decided to try vegan once more. A few days ago I tried to re-introduce beans. I soak them overnight and used a pressure cooker but still became bloated and triggering my afib. I bought...
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    Second try - struggling

    I posted a few months ago about the difficulties I experienced on my first attempt to go vegan. One thing I have learned that there is little to no help from the medical profession on the subject. Even a nutritionist was unable to help. My medical insurance will not cover treatment and I am...
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    Too many issues

    Thanks for your posts. Monday I will contact my insurance company and see if a dietician is covered for me. I do have IBS and Atrial Fibrillation, vagal afib, that is triggered by bloat. I try to avoid any food that might cause bloat.
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    Too many issues

    Not long ago I tried to go vegan. I hit snag after snag until I finally gave up. The first problem I realized that because I am not a big eater regardless of what I am eating I had a hard time eating enough veggies. It was difficult for me to consume more than 1200 calories per day...
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    Not enough calories

    hopeful, I have two FODMAPS lists on my fridge. FODMAPS to avoid and FODMAPS that are safe. I find that I can eat some on the avoid list and cannot eat some on the safe list. I have had issues with foods like avocados in the past. Most recently I tried flax seeds and found they give me...
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    Vegan pet owners

    I have often heard the argument that humans should be vegans because of their teeth. If this argument is true then dogs and cats are clearly meat eaters. I have little doubt that a dog can exist on plants but I firmly believe they will not do well. I will continue to feed my dog meat based diet.
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    Difficulty digesting fiber

    It's been a long time but I finally was able to enjoy a bowl of split pea soup (vegan) without any digestive issues. I followed some suggestions that seem to work very well. I soaked the split peas overnight. I also bought a new 2 qt pressure cooker and cooked my soup using it. The split pea...
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    Difficulty digesting fiber

    Veganite Thanks for your post. Today I ordered a small pressure cooker in the hopes that will allow me to digest beans more easily. I love split pea soup and black bean soup. I am hoping I can go back to eating them among other beans. I watched Dr. Furman on PBS and he was talking about the...
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    Not enough calories

    To maintain my weight according to the experts I needs about 1800 calories a day. I was trying to lose weight and cut it to 1200 calories per day. I found that I was fatigued and did not have the energy to perform my daily tasks. I compromised at 1500 calories per day and felt better but did...
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    Difficulty digesting fiber

    I am new here and experiencing some detox symptoms after the first week. I opted to include some salmon and tuna while tapering. I have become a pescotarian. I have been baking bread for over ten years. In that time I have tried a variety of breads. Every time I tried a whole wheat or high...
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    New vegan - fatigue

    Thanks for you post. That explains it nicely.
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    New vegan - fatigue

    Last week I experimented with going vegan/vegetarian and found I slept better, reduced stomach issues, felt better after meals, etc. I was convinced to go vegan. With DST I eliminated all meat, fish, eggs, and diary. For the first few days I felt fine, but on the third day the fatigue set in...
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    New guy here

    Thanks for the post. I have vagal afib that few doctors recognize. I can trigger my afib with some foods and even stopped some afib episodes with ACV. I have had trouble digesting fat and many fats trigger my afit. I am hoping that going to a vegan diet will reduce my fat intake and in turn...
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    Why is meat the answer to everything?

    Growing up in a very poor family we seldom had meat on the table. We ate so much eggplant that I thought it was a meat until I was an early teen. As an adult I always believed that a meal had to have meat and potatoes or it wasn't a meal. I suppose it was a status thing rather than a symbol...
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    New guy here

    Hi Everyone, About five years ago a friend who was a vegan urged me to go vegan. I tried for about two weeks but my knowledge of vegan meals was very limited and eating salad and more salad got old very fast. Slowly I returned to my old diet. Since then I listened to those pushing butter...