[Tiffany529]

I'm just wondering if we have any vegetarian calorie counters here? If so and you don't mind sharing how much do you weigh and how many calories do you eat a day?

[bacilli]

I'm currently at 211 lbs. I typically hover in between 1500-1700 calories a day.

[8675309]

I'm at 217, I eat between 1300-1400.

[km25]

I'm a vegetarian, I am currently 148, and (I'm probably going to get a lot of flak for this :/ , but for the past month and a half I have been doing 700 cal a day, I know, I know it's not recommended to go so low, but I am impatient with weight loss I guess....)

[Thinfor5Minutes]

My husband is a vegetarian, so I eat that way most days. This morning I weighed in at 143.4. I eat around 1400 calories per day, but at my current weight, the weight loss is very slow.

I made the most delicious black bean and corn chimichangas last night -- 315 calories apiece using Flat Out wraps instead of regular tortillas.

[Mrs Snark]

I'm a vegan calorie counter and I'm 145 and I eat between 1400 and 1500 per day.

[Fat Chick B Gone]

Vegan calorie counter. Currently around 215 and just trying to stay under 2,000. I went off the wagon a bit so to speak with calorie counting and working my way back. I'm going to start calorie cycling and making sure I have at least 2-3 1400-1600 days mixed in there.

[Tracy]

I am a vegeterian cal. counter.When watching,which is now, I eat from1500-1700 cal.

[rosybella9]

I'm a vegetarian (11 years now!)

I weigh 187 (I'm 6') and I eat about 1400-1700 a day. I'm burning about 500-900 through exercise.

Woot 30 Day Shred and ellipticals!

[EmmaD]

Hi! I've been mostly vegetarian for years, but not always the healthiest one. The pounds have crept up and I'm just now starting with a real plan to reverse the up, up, up of the number on the scale.

I had some luck with South Beach a couple of years ago, but when I tried again last fall, no luck. So I have decided to try calorie counting to know exactly what's what ... I also count fiber and try to get the right ratio of carbs-protein-fat (still figuring out what that will ultimately be - 40-30-30 seems to work well for me)

Also EXERCISING. Starting out with a minimum of a half-hour a day of *something* - right now, it's mostly just walking and trying to jog.

Anyway - I am currently ~149lbs and looking over my FitDay (for the month I started tracking calories seriously) they appear to range from 1300-2300. So clearly I'm not a very good calorie counter yet!! Well, I'm good at counting them, just not restricting them.

FitDay calculates that to lose a pound a week, I should eat 1729 calories. I know these things are just guides - that number seems too high to me. I am going to start with 1500-1600 and see how it goes. I just hope that's low enough... we'll see...

[Tracy]

I eat alot of the Gardenburger,Boca,&Amy's Products.I like things that are easy. However, I know these products have alot of sodium. What do you eat for protein requirements?

[rosybella9]

I use South Beach Diet pizzas for lunch occasionally. They have 30 grams of protein and are pretty balanced for a frozen meal.

I love cottage cheese, skim milk, protein packed cereal, and almost any kind of cheese for protein. I also try to find protein bars that aren't too carb or fat heavy. I'm a huge fan of the Atkins Advantage bars even though I'm not dong Atkins.

[Fat Chick B Gone]

Originally Posted by Tracy

I eat alot of the Gardenburger,Boca,&Amy's Products.I like things that are easy. However, I know these products have alot of sodium. What do you eat for protein requirements?

Beans, nuts, whole grains (quinoa is EXCELLANT and a complete protein), tofu, seitan, tempeh.

[retiredone]

Hi, I'm vegetarian and eat 1200-1400 calories a day. I weigh 139 pounds.

[Tracy]

Fat Chick B Gone,
for the suggestions! I am going to try quinoa soon!