For those of you who are vegans... can you eat as much as you want?

[Anonymous]

I often hear from people who are vegans that you can eat as much as you want and you won't put on weight. I follow a few vegans on YouTube and they are all very slim and claim to eat between 1800 calories to 2500 calories everyday ( mostly fruit, salad, and veggies) without putting on weight. And they don't do a lot of sport.
Is this possible? Other people say that its does not matter where the calories come from you will put on weight even if yo eat healthy food if you eat more than you burn. I have no idea what and who to believe anymore.

[Aud_Queen]

Not all foods were created equally.

You said they eat a diet of fruits and veggies mostly. Thesw foods are full of fiber (easily digested) and a quick source of energy. Fruits have simple sugar and water that makes it suppeer easy to digest.

I was vegan for awhile and it was awesome to me :) It's just crazy expensive when you have no income but parents ;_; I was a lowfat high carb began and I lost weight when eating 2500+ cals a day. When I stopped being vegan I didn't gain it back until I added eggs and dairy back in. Oh and junk food here and there, hahaa. xD

[Aud_Queen]

I think the reason I lost wwight was that my body burnes a lot of calories digesting the food. And I drank tons of water from all that fruit x

[lumos]

Physically, it's not really possible. In order to lose weight, you have to burn more calories than you consume. And in order to gain weight, you have to consume more calories than you burn. Thus, in order to stay on the same weight, you have to roughly consume as much calories as you burn.

[kheserthorpe]

Sugar is vegan.

You can definitely be vegan and fat.

[psychedelic_paprika]

What? Nahhh, not everything that is vegan is also healthy, haha. I think the reason we're slimmer is because finding food that is vegan-friendly is suuuuch a pain, and often we just don't get the opportunity to snack as much as vegetarians or omnivores.

[Kalinda]

No. Eating more calories than you use results in weight gain. Doesn't matter what you eat.

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[Kalinda]

Potato chips french almond butter are all vegan.

[Anonymous]

I work with a vegan who has put on about 60 pounds in 2 years... It isn't all lettuce and kale.

Eating a proper and balanced diet is the healthiest route.

[Drooogie4]

Calories are calories.
Healthy or not, too much makes you fat.