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What I Eat in a Day as a Weight Lifting Vegan
Spoiler alert: It’s not just beans.
When I first went vegan in January, it was such a major shift in my diet I actually stopped weight lifting to focus only on what I was eating. I had this idea that weight lifting as a vegan would be hard; I would be forced to drink protein shakes to make up for lost protein and it’d be a high carb diet full of beans and pasta. From January to the middle of February, I exercised by walking more and just did all that I could to stay vegan with my main carbs being vegetables. But as time went on, I would see the squat rack in the garage and look longingly at it. When could I lift again? Would I be able to lift again? I also wanted to lose weight, so finding that balance was key for me and it was unknown territory being vegan and weight lifting again. Walking actually had been great for my mental health as well, but being able to lift heavy weights is like nothing else.
So in February, I decided to lift again and I took a look at my current diet and what I could change. I was getting great results with weight loss, and there were a lot of things I really liked in the way I was eating. While this may not work for you, eating high carb for breakfast and lunch and keeping my calories and carbs low for dinner has been the best thing for me. I found that I slept better, and I didn’t feel as…
