I feel a plant based diet is very healthy for prevention of disease and other problems. My issue is as follows. Most people who talk about this mention that weight loss is a plus of this type of eating. I do not have this situation. Along a typical day, I eat:
A collagen beverage
10-50g dark chocolate
A shake with 16oz whole milk, protein powder, coconut shaving, sometimes malt powder, flax seed
A massive salad
Two cups of rice with butter, two sausages, turmeric and veggies
16oz more of whole milk
Two more cups of rice with butter and sausage
25% of a jar of crunchy peanut butter
I seldom snack or do desserts.
No soda.
No alcohol.
I drink water.
On weekends I make
12oz uncured bacon
A pizza
40% of a gallon of whole milk
A can of roast beef hash (no nitrites)
1/4 jar of crunchy peanut butter
I have a few questions about this:
How can you maintain calories on a plant based diet?
How can you get protein on a plant based diet? I know there is rice and pea protein powder but I was informed it's not a complete protein.
Do you just make rice and beans all the time?
When I eat a normal diet my body wants to be 135 pounds. I have to do 3-5,000 calories a day to maintain weight. Other than eating butter, how do you raise your calories?