i know when i first made the change to vegan i also felt tired. though after awhile it went away and i had energy all of the time. i added more variety in my diet with vegan foods(vegan cheeseburgers,soups,pasta dinners, and icecream),and thats when i noticed more energy. good luck though, and congrats on the change!
i would track what you have been eating to see how much you have actually been getting [fitday and sparkpeople are great free resources for tracking what you eat]. and see if you are really low in something [like carbs, which are the immediate sort of fuel]. or not getting in enough fat to process the protein that you eat. if not you have a nice resource to take to the dr to help eliminate diet as a cause. sometimes people just get tired too. i slept awfully last saturday and today [thursday] was the first night i got a decent night's sleep since. i've been lethargic and barely able to cope all week. it happens on occasion. i find that if you make sure you are fully eating enough and exercise or somehow become more active it can help [kind of like once you get the ball rolling, it rolls just fine. just getting it started is the hardest part]. and you may just need to see a dr in the event it is something serious.
Remember that protein is not necessarily a good or efficient energy source. All calories are energy (protein has 4 calories per gram) but its used in specific ways in the body that are not focused on giving you energy, rather carbohydrates tend to be used as our main source of energy (also 4 cal per gram). An ideal diet should have more carbs than protein but provide an adequate amount of protein and fat while at it. For protein they usually recommend you eat 1g protein for each pound of your weight, this is an overestimation which gives a good saftey margin so if you are meeting/nearing that you should stop worrying about the protein... in fact most americans, vegans included need to start worrying about other things, protein is pretty easily and adequately covered
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Too much protein is BAD for you. I cannot consume 125-130 grams of protein daily.. I'll end up with way more health problems then I already have. (Yay for chronic diseases! Lol) I took Nutrition last semester and there's an equation to figure it out.
Most adults need 0.8g/kg body weight. Veggie endurance athletes need 1.3-1.5 (Nonveggies need 1.2-1.4) Veggie strength athletes need 1.7-1.8 (Nonveggies need 1.6-1.7)
So I'd estimate that I need 1-1.3 g/kg body weight since I'm sedentary due to my constant pain.
Convert your weight in lbs. to kg by dividing by 2.2 125/2.2 = 56.81 Multiply by your RDA 56.81 x 1 = 56.81 56.81 x 1.3 = 73.85
So I need between 56.81 and 73.85 g of protein/day
Make sure you're getting enough exercise, drinking enough water, and eating lots of fruit (especially ones high in vitamin C, they are much more effective than multi-vitamins). I've found all of those things do wonders for me.
i feel like this sometimes and it is usually due to one of four things a) Low Iron- make sure when you are eating iron rich foods (spinach, brans, black beans) you are not combining them with dairy or caffeine, as this inhibits absorbtion b) Not eating enough FAT- this is important and helps to absorb many vitamins c) Not enough carbs/calories d) Over/under exercising and not enough sleep.
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sometimes people just get tired too. i slept awfully last saturday and today [thursday] was the first night i got a decent night's sleep since. i've been lethargic and barely able to cope all week. it happens on occasion. i find that if you make sure you are fully eating enough and exercise or somehow become more active it can help [kind of like once you get the ball rolling, it rolls just fine. just getting it started is the hardest part].
and you may just need to see a dr in the event it is something serious.
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Where have you seen such ridiculousness?
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Most adults need 0.8g/kg body weight.
Veggie endurance athletes need 1.3-1.5 (Nonveggies need 1.2-1.4)
Veggie strength athletes need 1.7-1.8 (Nonveggies need 1.6-1.7)
So I'd estimate that I need 1-1.3 g/kg body weight since I'm sedentary due to my constant pain.
Convert your weight in lbs. to kg by dividing by 2.2
125/2.2 = 56.81
Multiply by your RDA
56.81 x 1 = 56.81
56.81 x 1.3 = 73.85
So I need between 56.81 and 73.85 g of protein/day
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a) Low Iron- make sure when you are eating iron rich foods (spinach, brans, black beans) you are not combining them with dairy or caffeine, as this inhibits absorbtion
b) Not eating enough FAT- this is important and helps to absorb many vitamins
c) Not enough carbs/calories
d) Over/under exercising and not enough sleep.
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