Vegetarian

[freakyfoot]

I've recently changed to a vegetarian diet and am looking for advice on how to gain some muscle mass. I'm guessing eggs eggs & more eggs!
27yrs old, 5'9", 75kg, body fat unknown but low.
Been weight training for a few yrs but in line with boxing, so keeping to the low weights, but since retiring fr competitive boxing I'm looking to gain a bit of strength & a little muscle mass that is inevitable.
Thanks in advance for any advice,

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I've recently changed to a vegetarian diet and am looking for advice on how to gain some muscle mass. I'm guessing eggs eggs & more eggs!
27yrs old, 5'9", 75kg, body fat unknown but low.
Been weight training for a few yrs but in line with boxing, so keeping to the low weights, but since retiring fr competitive boxing I'm looking to gain a bit of strength & a little muscle mass that is inevitable.
Thanks in advance for any advice,

i dont have any advice (except maybe start eating meat again LOL). curious to why u just decided to make that decision?? gonna make it tuffer IMO. its tuff even when eating meat!

[951thompson]

I've recently changed to a vegetarian diet and am looking for advice on how to gain some muscle mass. I'm guessing eggs eggs & more eggs!
27yrs old, 5'9", 75kg, body fat unknown but low.
Been weight training for a few yrs but in line with boxing, so keeping to the low weights, but since retiring fr competitive boxing I'm looking to gain a bit of strength & a little muscle mass that is inevitable.
Thanks in advance for any advice,

You will have to mix and match incomplete proteins, like lentils + almonds = whole protein. another example peanut butter + bread = whole protein

Have a look online which incomplete proteins you can mix and match to make them whole.

[Flagg]

I went vegetarian for about three months, a couple years back.

The key with this, is you have to be imaginitive. There are some pretty good products out there, Quorn is pretty nice but it depends on what. Quorn chicken is really nice, quorn "beef" mince is okay but never once did I come across a good veggie sausage (not that i'd encourage anyone to eat meat sausages" :P

I also found you can get some pretty good vegetarian substitutes in the frozen aisles of supermarkets, and veggie burgers can be pretty nice. I used to have a "veggie" version of a McMuffin of a morning, poached egg with a veggie burger in a two whole muffin breads. I cant remember, but it was pretty healthy (and healthy). Of course, now I have a bowl of oats with a cup of natural fat free yoghurt, and 1 whole egg + 3 egg white omelette. Completely meat free as you can see, and really starts my day off well.

Of course there are lentils and all that, but you dont want to be eating lentils all the damn time. There are some pretty good veggie subs out there, but it wont be as nice tasting as meat. But if you like cooking, like I do, anything can taste nice if you add the right herbs, the rights sauces, etc.

Dont run the risk of upping your animal fat content dramatically, which sometimes comes with being a vegetarian, as people seem to start eating more dairy as a consequence.

[951thompson]

Beans are a good vegetarian source of protein too, soya bean and soy mince, nuts, chick peas, oats, lentils, quorm, split pea, hemp, protein powder, yogurt, cottage cheese to name but a few