Hey! I’m currently 2 and a half months Post-op and I’m a vegetarian. My nutritionist says it’s a bad time to become vegan because I need the “protein” from meat. I’m 67lbs down from my highest weight and 47lbs down from my surgery weight. What are your opinions ? Any WLS vegetarians/ vegans?

5 minutes ago, prettysfitjourney said:

My nutritionist says it’s a bad time to become vegan. What are your opinions ?

i would argue that any time is a bad time to go vegan.

read "The Vegetarian Myth" by former vegan Lierre Keith for a good primer on this fraudulent philosophy.

Find the Proteinoholics thread on this site. Lots of vegetarians and vegans!

You will find that it is very hard to get enough protein as a vegan. I'm sure it can be done, but it is much easier as a vegetarian as you might know. I was a vegetarian for 3 years, and found it easy to get my protein in, but I ate 5-7 cups of food per sitting then. I think I could do it now on a cup of food as long as I supplement with eggs, mock meats, and protein shakes.

I will make it back there soon enough. I loved the benefits of being a vegetarian. I recovered super fast from workouts, and my nagging shoulder injury healed within a few months of switching over.

There are many threads here devoted to vegetarians/vegans. Do a search.

I'm having the same struggle. I can't even cheat if I wanted to due to dairy allergies. The one thing that saved me in pre op were Soylent Shakes. They are really good, but I'm tired of them. Surgery for me is in about an hour....

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I'm having the same struggle. I can't even cheat if I wanted to due to dairy allergies. The one thing that saved me in pre op were Soylent shakes. They are really good, but I'm tired of them. Surgery for me is in about an hour....

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Wow! Congratulations! I pray for a successful surgery! And speedy recovery!


It has gotten better for me

Thank you I'm excited but mostly i just want this over with. Surgery was just moved back too, so 3 more hours of waiting...

Hey! I’m currently 2 and a half months Post-op and I’m a vegetarian. My nutritionist says it’s a bad time to become vegan because I need the “protein” from meat. I’m 67lbs down from my highest weight and 47lbs down from my surgery weight. What are your opinions ? Any WLS vegetarians/ vegans?

Have you tried Beyond Meat's vegan burger? It's high in protein and delicious.