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The problem: Since the switchover I am never not hungry, always craving more, which leads to me eating an excessive amount of carbs/junk and feel bloated constantly.
The solution: don't eat an excessive amount of carbs/junk - eat an excessive amount of vegetables, and a bit of fruit and grains and legumes and nuts and whatnot instead.
Buy organic stuff. There is a lot more energy in there.
This will all cost you a lot of money (it's worth it though, is it not?)One thing you have to realize about the being hungry / feeling full thing:
meat gives you a certain kind of "being full" that you will not get with anything other than meat (!).
That's just how it is.
You might still be attached / waiting for this specific feeling.
But maybe it's actually a feeling of having overeaten, on stuff that takes tremendous energy to digest, that you mistake for being "full" / "satisfied", because you are used to that feeling so much.
In other words I can have two huge bowls of mung beans with rice and vegetables, which keeps me going the whole day - but I don't feel "full" in the way I did when I still ate meat.
I think that's good though! I'm nourished, but not stuffed to the point I actually need a nap before I can do anything again.
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I'm currently having a bit of a vegan/not-so-vegan crisis.
I've pretty much killed off all meat and dairy from my diet since I started living with my girlfriend, she has been vegan for a long time now and I was happy to try and make the change.
The problem: Since the switchover I am never not hungry, always craving more, which leads to me eating an excessive amount of carbs/junk and feel bloated constantly.
Along with this, I am lacking energy on the bike, to the point I can't be bothered riding, as I anticipate it's going to suck.
Do people recommend a protein supplement? Could this be why I'm hungry all the time!?