Hi everyone. I love this subreddit for meal ideas and motivation but most of the time when I look up specific low cal products shared here I can't find them in the UK as they're only sold in the US. So my question is for the UK vegans - what are your favourite low cal supermarket finds? Food, snacks, drinks - anything!

For me: The Richmond meat free burgers are 188kcal for one and 20g protein! And This isn't frozen chicken pieces are 140kcal per 100g and 22g protein :)

For the record, I'm not a vegan, rather an open-minded person interested in hearing different perspectives. I've been researching the benefits of a plant-based diet, and I had a question that I felt would best be answered by people with experience in just this sort of thing.

I am ~220 lb and trying to maintain this weight as well as grow muscle. I'm currently striving for the golden-ratio of .7-1g per pound of body weight of protein for optimal muscle growth. Typically, this translates to consuming ~150-200 grams of protein through a mix of plant, but mostly animal-based proteins.

Now, given it seems to be the scientific consensus that plant proteins tend to be less bioavailable (ratio of .6-.5), it seems you would need to consume larger amounts of these proteins to get the equivalent amount of protein from an animal based diet. My question is, how feasible is it to try and consume 300-400 grams of plant-based protein per day to reach the same dietary needs? I feel like it's doable but it just sounds so inconvenient to need to eat that amount of food to hit the same goal. Does anyone have personal experience with this?

Hey y’all! Just wondering if anyone has tried the Ghost vegan protein powder. I ordered the two vegan samples and thought they were pretty good (weird aftertaste, but solid flavor and texture). Looking to buy the new strawberry shortcake flavor so lmk your thoughts if you’ve tried it!

Hi everyone,

I am wondering if you have any ideas what to make from soy cubes? (It is TVP just in chunks form and not in mince form).

Thanks!

I'm trying to increase my food intake as I'm getting into working out now, but the problem seems to be all the foods easily available to me to eat are high carb/low protein. Stuff like tofu/seitan, even vegan protein powder isn't readily available or is too expensive for me to use regularly. I was wondering if it would make a difference I focused only on fats and carbs to increase my calorie intake and don't worry too much about protein?

I'm someone who is very sensitive to amino acid imbalance (and nutritional deficiencies, possibly due to malabsorption syndrome) and pea protein on its own is a disaster for me. Brain fog, lethargy, just weird and bad feelings in general. I just tried pea protein mixed with PBfit in a smoothie and the combination felt so good that I made another smoothie! Cool that two very economical proteins seem to have a great combined amino acid profile.

I know that many vegan protein powder brands mix pea and rice protein to balance aminos, but even those blends don't seem to counteract the pea protein malaise I get. At least this mixture is going to help me get through all of these protein powders faster.

Maybe this will find someone to whom it's useful and maybe not. Throwing it out there in case. ✌️

I see meat-eaters bulking with multiple burgers and milkshakes. I want in on the fun! Most vegan food seems to be either health food or low-protein. What dirty bulk options have you noticed?

this year has been really shitty but ive made a ton of personal growth and have done things ive been afraid to do for the last couple years so issa win in my book 🥲

Hey veg community! Let’s settle the best vegan protein powders or best budget friendly powders!

And go!

Hi everyone,

I’m a poor student aiming for hypertrophy on a vegan diet (not yet started) and I’ve been considering soy as the main (or sole?) source of protein. A 400-gram package of textured soy protein costs only R$ 4.50 and provides roughly 150 grams of protein, which would perfectly meet my daily protein intake goals.

However, I’m wondering if consuming this amount of soy is excessive. I know soy is a great protein source, but I’d like to hear your thoughts on how much soy is generally considered too much in a plant-based diet. Are there any potential health concerns I should be aware of?

Thanks in advance for your insights!

Hello, I am a female and I do cardio and weight training both. I was wondering if there were good looking vegan trainers like Nike or something like that, that are comfortable and stylish. Any suggestions?

Almost died from anorexia nervosa last year and was hospitalized for 3 months. Got out April 2023 after I AMDed. Top photo: July 2023, Bottom photo: July 2024.

I asked for lats and traps help in here with the original photo and one of you told me to post my progress in 6 months. Oops, here’s me a year later. I dislike the fat I’ve gained, but it’s part of life, I suppose.

Hi all, I've been buying from truenutrition for my protein powder and so far have had some issues with taste and flavor so far for it. I tried pea/pumpkin protein, and rice protein so far. All of them have a really weird taste to it that makes a smoothie not pleasant to drink at all. (I have been getting the banana cream pie flavor though/the non vanilla/chocolate flavors)

Is it the flavoring or likely the type that i'm using? I can't do soy or whey since both of those cause me to break out horribly. Thanks all! Would love any suggestions, trying to make nice protein-fueled smoothies.

I’ve decided I’m going to do an Ironman and document it on YouTube to show doubters out there it’s possible. Inspiration is the flavour of activism.

If anyone’s interested I posted my first video this weekend: https://youtu.be/d6QrlcCdPSA?si=uqJUZEF1N9FdLqY0

Hello everyone. Do you have any recommendations for supplements or super foods that I can add to my diet to get better health results? Any spirulina, Magnesium, chia? Some other recommendations?

Thanks in advance!!

2 servings 40 g protein 21 g fat 34 g carb

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