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.
I’m around 85kg, I exercise and my diet is mostly vegan. I don’t measure my protein intake and I’m doing fine. (Have to take a vitamin B12 supplement, but that’s about it)
Whenever I tell people I take supplements like B12 and Calcium, they are ready to scream: ‘SEE THIS LIFESTYLE ISN’T HEALTHY!!’ as if I don’t work out four times a week and am in good shape.
People will take every opportunity to shit on vegans lol.
Yeah it’s a very weird cult thing. I’m not fully vegan (I sometimes eat meat when I dine out), and whenever I mention this, people will start interrogating and asking all sorts of personal, probing questions with the biggest smirk on their faces.
It takes so much energy to just not say something rude if I’m being honest, because why it it so hard to accept that someone has a lifestyle that’s different from yours without demanding that they justify it to you?
You might want to look into zinc and Vitamin D just in case.