[HadEnough]

Being a vegetarian, how do you get 1500 calories in a day? Just curious.

[Only Me]

I'm not sure I totally understand the question. It's rather easy to get 1500 calories (or many, many more) as a vegetarian. There are a couple of food diaries further down the page if you want to see what other veggies are eating in a day.

[Yogini]

Here's one way: (One of my days)

2 slices sprouted grains bread with 1 T. almond butter

1 cup calcium-fortified orange juice with 1 serving hemp protein powder

2 cups black bean, corn, celery, onion, garlic and cabbage soup

2 cups Smoothie of mango, papaya, pineapple, soy milk and ground flax

2 cups Steamed kale and broccoli with 3 oz. braised tofu and 3 T. salsa

1 1/2 cups Red lentil and leek soup with garlic, tomatoes, cilantro and carrot

1 cup Vitasoy Complete Soymilk

1 Gallon of water

[maegdaeien]

1500 would be pretty easy in a sitting or two, provided you order Pizza Hut or eat a huge box of pasta with cheese.

[veggielover]

believe me, meat isn't the only food that has a significant amount of calories.

[heretolose]

I have been a vegan for a over 20 years and it is hard to get in 1500 calories. As a test I logged food for 2 weeks and founf out I was getting only 500-600 calories a day.
What I do now is that I have added more nuts and nut butters to my diet.
I also focus on dense grains like bulgur and have added fruit smoothies made with soy milk.
It has been totally horrible trying to make sure I get at least 1000 calories with a goal to 1500-1800 for the next 2 months. I feel full and uncomfortable in the process but I am hoping I will adjust.

[PeeB]

Heretolose, is it okay if I ask, was this after you changed things and were dieting, or are you saying you were eating 500-600 calories a day for 20 years and became overweight? If so, WHAT?? Could you give more info on your personal experience? Thanks for sharing with us.

[BainidheDub]

i'm 20 and i've been vegetarian my whole life.. i'm starting to track what i eat and am finding results kinda similar to Heretolose's. i'm not sure how it works out, but it looks like even on days that make me think, wow i ate way too much today, i'm only getting around 1500 calories..

[Nirvanagurl]

As a raw vegan even I can get in 1500 easily
Its called NUTS..LOL

give me a can of mixed nuts and its over baby..oh yah..lol
I can devore about 3000 calories worth in a hour if I let myself..lmao

No I am kinda exgarrating, ..lol

but when I was vegan though and still ate bread and veggie wraps with lots of dressings I never had a problem with hitting 1500, as a raw vegan if I am not in a nut craving mode I do honestly only eat about 1200 calories a day and that is only because I do have me a glass of wine in the evenings usually..big no no to the raw vegans, but I dont care, I work childcare for 7 kids including my own and by god if I want to have a glass of wine, I am having one..lol

But yah on most days as a raw vegan I probabbly am slightly under 1500 unless I have been on a nut binge..
then yah I dont think I wanna even try to count those days..lol