gfgd wrote:
It's going to be hard for you to get enough protein and calories. I've been a vegetarian my entire life with varying degrees of strictness, by force of habit and for health reasons and I found it quite difficult to get enough food in. I had points where I felt like I basically spent every waking hour training or eating and when I counted my calories I was running a huge deficit. I ran 60MPW in late high school and slightly less in college (but with a lot of strength training and swimming mixed in)
If you are going to go vegan, I highly recommend Vega protein powder.
Also seeing as you're in high school and likely not in full control of what you eat and not doing your own grocery shopping, if your parents aren't going to buy vegan food for you (particularly protein sources--soy milk, seitan, beans and legumes, tofu, others) this is probably a bad idea because if you eat nothing but bread, pasta, fruit, and vegetables you are not going to get in all the micro or macro nutrients you need and you are going to have a hard time performing and recovering.
This is the biggest BS response you'll read. You can, and I do, easily get all the calories and protein you need each and everyday and maintain a healthy diet. Theres no secret to it, you need to eat healthy plant based whole foods. The same benefits can be obtained WITH meat if need be too, meaning you can have just as healthy a diet as a meat eater. But the reverse is true, you can have a calorie and protein rich diet without meat.