Would you go vegan for a month? I did here’s what happened!

Here’s an alternative perspective: I did veganuary this year (all vegan in January) and it was business as usual with all my runs. No noticeable impact besides being tired in the first week until I figured out I needed to increase my portion sizes, and farting more often.

My running isn’t reliant on my diet, it’s reliant on good training. Back to normal food now but my meat intake is way down.

:-)

Strange cravings for metal objects, huh?

"YOu diD It wrONg."

If you are like most people, you should get a 3-9 month "vegan honeymoon" in which you shed a few pounds, sleep better, have more energy, etc.. Then 1-3 years of feeling "OK". The stuff you describe hits most after 3-5 years. By 10 years you are basically dead or a liar and a diet cheat (i.e. a vegan youtuber).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hITVeMx2Vkk

The question is, what did you actually eat?

If you just ate junk, then I wouldn't be surprised.

I had a friend that went vegetarian and he gained 25 pounds over 6 months. Turns out he didn't really like veggies so he ate bean and cheese burritos for most meals. ?

luv 2 run wrote:

!! Caveat - this is just my experience !!

I’m not a huge meat eater but decided to test myself by going vegan for a month. Here’s what happened.

Stool went green and runny

I wouldn’t recommend this to my worst enemy but has anyone else tried to go vegan for a bit?

The green runny stool is actually appealing to me

Went vegan 5 yrs ago, got way leaner, and recover from long runs way faster.

Problem I see with you guys that try it and fail is you don’t eat enough. You eat portions a 5 yr old would eat. Make giant burritos, eat several. A salad isn’t a meal. Eat TVP, tempeh, beans, make tour own bread/tortillas. Eat more!!

Veggies are good for you wrote:

The question is, what did you actually eat?

If you just ate junk, then I wouldn't be surprised.

I ate pretty much top quality food - organic veggies, lots of pulses and hearty soups. I followed some of the supposedly leaders in this area of nutrition.

I never once ate garbage.

Interesting points raised by the couple in North Dakota, they said after introducing one egg in the morning and a tin of fish in the afternoon their hands weren't cold all of the time? My hands and feet are cold constantly and I'm starting to wonder if it's linked to protein.

YMMV wrote:

By 10 years you are basically dead or a liar and a diet cheat (i.e. a vegan youtuber)

Idiot.

I mean, dude, shut up. You didn't go vegan and none of this stuff happened.

track chick wrote:

Interesting points raised by the couple in North Dakota, they said after introducing one egg in the morning and a tin of fish in the afternoon their hands weren't cold all of the time? My hands and feet are cold constantly and I'm starting to wonder if it's linked to protein.

Have you heard about Raynaud syndrome? If you fingers get cold.

I went vegan for a month and here's what happened:

Nothing. It was fine. I felt fine. I didn't lose or gain much weight. Meh.

Ditto for when I did keto for 4 months. Meh.

I think I'm one of those people who can eat just about anything and be fine. I'm a big guy and eat a lot but never had a sweet tooth or a hankering for junk food. I do like meat and eat a whole lot of it, but also like bread and pasta. Don't care to give up either, but probably could if I had too. Given a choice, I'd give up the meat last.

HHH Runner wrote:

I mean, dude, shut up. You didn't go vegan and none of this stuff happened.

Well you don’t have to believe me but I’m just telling you my results. I acknowledged that it’s an n = 1 sample but you don’t have to wet your panties over it.

I’m curious to hear about other people’s experiences of going vegan?

luv 2 run wrote:

Lost 10lbs overall on a normally 140lbs frame

Maybe this is a clue as to why you felt so bad. As someone else said, you probably needed to eat more.

asdfasdf wrote:

luv 2 run wrote:

Lost 10lbs overall on a normally 140lbs frame

Maybe this is a clue as to why you felt so bad. As someone else said, you probably needed to eat more.

Maybe although I was eating tonnes and don’t think I could have physically eaten any more.

luv 2 run wrote:

Lost 10lbs overall on a normally 140lbs frame

Complete idiot lmao. You were at a 1200 calorie deficit PER DAY and wonder why you were tired and feeling weird? Eat meat at a 1200 calorie deficit and you'll still have the same effects. You needed to eat more

Cuckoldistan wrote:

luv 2 run wrote:

Lost 10lbs overall on a normally 140lbs frame

Complete idiot lmao. You were at a 1200 calorie deficit PER DAY and wonder why you were tired and feeling weird? Eat meat at a 1200 calorie deficit and you'll still have the same effects. You needed to eat more

Cucks - I was actually in a calories surplus not including the extras that came from eating your wife’s a$s!