Hi, Thank you for reading my post.
My situation is that I DESPERATELY WANT TO GO VEGAN and kick all the bad food I eat, but I am dismally uncreative when it comes to food and my personality is essentially the polar opposite of a foodie.
Honestly if I could just take a pill like in The Jetsons that would give me all of my nutritional needs for the day so I would not have to consume food, I would probably take the pill. I'm just a software engineer who doesn't care about food. I need to eat it so I don't run out of gas. It is just fuel to me. I'm fairly certain my room mates of 4 years have never seen me cook. I realize how sad that is, but it's who I am.
I am trying to find a super simple set of ideas for vegan meals that will give me maximum energy and nutrition with the least amount of food preparation.
I need to get off pizza and fast food. It's killing me. Also I feel like a complete douche for supporting the meat industry with my wallet.
The one and only good thing that I do nutrition wise is I have recently started juicing fresh greens to off set the processed junk I eat and I absolutely friggin love juicing, because it's so quick and simple and condenses so much nutrition into a glass I can drink in like 10 seconds. My juice is the same boring thing every day - a heaping ton of kale, a cucumber, some celery, parsley, spinach and just a little bit of apple for some sweetness for taste. I'll usually drink 24 ounces of this per day, and it feels amazing.
The problem is that despite the juice's super cool appetite suppressant qualities, I am still hungry and keep falling back on my old habits of pizza/pasta/other high fat/processed nonsense for my "three meals a day" to keep me fueled for the day.
I want to replace these three meals per day of processed, fat riddled garbage with healthy, vegan food that is simple to prepare for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Basically looking for things that are hyper nutritional, provide tons of energy and are as simple to prepare as oatmeal. Seriously like, I don't even like steaming. Maybe raw vegan is the way to go? I just don't want to cook. I know how sad that is. I need 2,000 calories per day according to my doctor so around 700 calories per meal or so. I have a very high metabolism and am hungry a lot. I swim 30 minutes per day for what it's worth. I am 5' 10" and 140 lbs. I struggle every day with fatigue and I think it's because of the fast food I eat. I want to stop this.
Also,
1) What is a good fat to carb ratio for energy generation for a healthy person? I understand that energy from carbs are available more rapidly, where as fat provides longer sustaining energy, with the downside of it being well, fat. If I'm eating 2k calories per day, how much fat/carbs/protein/etc should I be getting and in what ratios?
2) Does a healthy person need any more supplements than the following:
Vegan Multivitamin
1000 MG Vitamin C
Vegan B12 Source
Vegan Omega 3 Source
2b) Does my juicing regimen eliminate the need for any of the above?
3) How much can you replace solid food with juicing?
4) Are almonds/raw almond butter the best in between meal snack?
Any help getting me off fast food will probably save my life in the long run and is immensely appreciated. Thank you for reading my eccentric thread.
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