Had a talk today with a guy who was sort of offended for some reason about me not eating animal products and lifting weight. He said I’d never get enough protein (never heard that one before!!!). Because lentils aren’t a thing in a world of steaks.
Anyway he said that you need at least 200 grams of protein each day when you lift but that’s of course nonsense. Not saying you shouldn’t do it, but you don’t need to either.
I’m averaging around 110-140 grams a day and I’m doing fine at ±80kg body weight.
somewhat off-topic, but what do you eat as a veg[etari]an for that much protein?
aside from protein powder, which is very expensive 😔
Standard day consists of soy yoghurt with oat meal, flax seed and fruit for breakfast. Two peanut butter jelly sandwiches in between. For lunch it’s pasta/rice with lentils or chickpeas in tomato sauce (or sometimes peanut butter sauce) and most of the time I have some free soup at work. For diner it’s different everyday but I try to have at least 30g of protein per diner. In between I snack peanuts.
This is the base that I always have. Of course I have different snacks sometimes as well, I have days where I eat ‘less healthy’ every once in a while but that’s okay. I have found that keeping breakfast and lunch roughly the same is the easiest for achieving the goals I set. This base makes it easy to reach 100g per day consistently and if you struggle with reaching your own goals, I’d highly recommend it.
B e a n s. So many b e a n s.
Tvarog. Lots of tvarog.
cottage cheese is very good, although quite expensive