3 years ago I started eating completely raw vegan and lost 60 lbs in 3 ( correction, 4) months. I lost faster doing that than weight loss surgery. Go figure. Anyway, I'm really sick of meat. Like really really and dairy isn't really my thing either. Craving nuts, Beans, bananas etc. I do take a daily multi Vitamin. My body misses real, whole foods. I don't want to go completely raw, but maybe vegan.

I remember eating large quantities though, with a normal stomach, and don't know that I could get all that my body needs.

I do track on mfp though, and could do a trial and see how it goes

I just want/need opinions. What do y'all think aside (gasp! But your protein!!!! Because I believe we have to eat SO MUCH meat Protein to get our daily needs met because our body has to work so hard at breaking down meat protein and doesn't use it all, whereas with plant Proteins, our bodies use it all. Or most of it anyway. So either way, I think we get April the same amount. At least w a normal stomach.

Plus, meat is so gross. All the crap put into the animals etc. and it's dead. Ew. Lol

Did you ever end up starting a flexatarian, vegetarian or vegan diet? Let me know how it's going. I know a couple people mentioned with how little we can eat they are worried about not getting the nutrition we need - but think about it - all we really get from animal protein is just that protein. We aren't really getting a lot of other nutrients from it if you aren't incorporated the vegetables & fruits. I figure I'd be getting MORE nutrients on a vegetarian or at least a flexatarian diet from whole foods than I get right now. I do take my multivitamin every day as well. Anyway - just wondering how it's going. I'm 6.5 months out and I've really been thinking about this as well. It was something I wanted to do before I ever had surgery - but every time I tried I just couldn't stick with it because I'd get too hungry. I'm thinking for the summer doing 1 day a week as a raw food vegan day, another day as a regular vegan day and at least 2 days where I eat meat and the other 3 just being lacto-ovo vegetarian and see how that works out for me. Connie

I like the idea of it, but I'm nervous to start. I just got into a good rhythm (added complex carbs and upped my calories from 800/day to 1200 or less) and started losing good again. I'm also burning around 300 calories a day w exercise. wondering how easy it will be to get that Many calories a day if I am eating a vegan Diet. I'd almost have to eat a lot of spy which I hear is bad or processed Morningstar type stuff. We don't have a natural food store here in my town and the nearest one is pretty far away. We don't get to go very often.... It would be freeing not to have to track for a while at least. Or maybe I still would.

I'm concerned Also, because a staple in my diet when I did this before was green smoothies. I tried one not too long ago and it made me feel like I had heartburn. I am on an antacid and I never have problems with that. So green smoothies are out of the question. Their gross anyway, I don't like the texture anymore. And I like to chew my food.

I think I'd have to do lacto ovo or flexitarian. Gonna have to google that more. At least to start. If someone wants to do this with me for motivation, would you like to start June first? I will commit to one week and see how my weigh in and energy levels go. We can take it one day at a time. Maybe even start a thread- June 2013 vegan trial- friendships and tips or something like that.