Vegetarian and Vegan diets have a lot of health benefits, from lower blood sugar levels, aiding with weight loss, loads of nutrients your body needs. Now, eating with PCOS comes with extra challenges when trying to adopt a vegan or vegetarian diet as wholesome foods used to get needed your macros and micro-nutrients usually are high carbohydrate foods.
This is why if you wish to adopt a plant based diet, it will be more work, and may lead to the need for additional supplements ( if you’re like me and not a fan of pills, you’ll need to put in a lot of work). I’m my own guinea pig, so I’m testing, MY PLANT BASED WEEK EATING WITH PCOS! (Also I’m a practicing hindu, and it is Navaratri)
I’m all about meal planning, preparing your meals in advance, measure and weigh the food you consume, and TRACK EVERYTHING.
WHAT TO EAT?!
Breakfast:
Scrambled Tofu with kiwis
Protein shake
Oatmeal w/ fruit
Sprouted toast w/ Jam
(Dry) curried tofu with kiwis
Lunches:
Pesto penne with veggies
Buffalo cauliflower with tofu or tempeh
Riced cauliflower with paneer in tomato sauce
Black beans with veggies
Riced cauliflower with curried tofu
Dinner:
Mexican salad (Spring mix,Black beans, corn, cherry tomato, avocado, cheese, cilantro, lime juice, olive oil, salt pepper)
BBQ jackfruit burger with parsnip frites
Pesto penne with veggies
Shirataki pad thai
Curried tofu and Bora with cauliflower rice
Snacks:
Lean shake
Cheese
Berries
Nuts
Dark chocolate
(My meal plan for the week, which doubled as my grocery list)
Today I did a 30-minute pilates class , followed by a 30-minute abs class, and I consumed
1304 calories
68g Fat
99.8g Carb
83.2G Protein
Breakfast:
Coffee with ½ cup oat milk
cheese string
170g Kiwis
Lean shake (pre-workout)
Lunch:
BBQ jackfruit burger
Dinner:
Curried tofu and Bora with cauliflower rice
10g 65% Dark Chocolate
Snack:
My pesto penne (Post-workout)
