Any vegans on the board?

[elizabeth]

Hi folks, I know there are quite a few vegetarians among us, but I was wondering if there are any vegans? I've gone vegan very recently and I'm finding it very easy, apart from the Hex A / calcium issue. I've basically stopped having Hex A because as far as I know all the options are dairy-based. I've tried soya milk/yogurt and eewww, me no likey. Is there anything else a vegan can have as Hex A?

Also, is it normal to have a bit of a weight drop down when you first go vegan? Coz I lost half a stone in the first three days. Haven't weighed myself again yet, but I'm assuming it's not an unheard of thing?

Any info would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Busy_mam]

I've PM'd you a list

 

[Wicca303]

It is normal for your weight to drop when you go vegan, especially if you're a wholefood rather than a junk food vegan. I got very into baking vegan cakes and cookies and therefore gained weight.

Try the different brands of soya milk as they all taste different. I only liked Alpro but my friends swears by tesco's own organic soy milk.

You can also have rice milk, and oat milk as a HExA.

Good luck with being vegan, and with slimming world.

 

[elizabeth]

Thanks so much for the help ladies, yes I'm definitely a 'healthy' vegan rather than a cake-baking one, so that might explain the sudden drop! I'm not going to weigh myself again till the end of the month, so I'll see how it's doing by then. I daresay it will have evened out.

I'm sure I saw rice milk in Sainsbury's the other day, I might give that a try.

 

[Micci]

Hi Elizabeth et al,

I know this is an old thread but wanted to say hello to other vegans. I was a bake your own cakes vegan (have children around) hence needing SW ))

Well, that and serious binging problems )

Micci

 

[Katyk8]

hi, just joined site. looking for fellow vegans on s.w.
how you doing with green then?
k8

 

[Katyk8]

hiya, just joined site. looking for fellow vegans on s.w.
how have you found it?
thx k8

 

[kerrywerrywoo]

I am vegan and would love some guidance on HE / syns....I cannot find the syn values for things like sheese and cauldron sausages x

 

[i_am_plankton]

Sheese products are listed under Sheese on Syns online but we can help with anything yo're not sure about - you can even have vegan cheese as a HEB :-D

 

[Mandlegrot]

Another slimming world vegan here

Covonut milk has a very generous HEXA allowance, I think kara brand is like 500ml!! I like the choccy one myself, and you can have 200ml as one A choice

 

[Mandlegrot]

The only thing I have for the a choices are chocolate oat milk and chocolate coconut milk lol. The oat milk is lovely heated in the microwave and I have it every night before bed

 

[ceebeee]

Non-vegan butting in here .... I love coconut milk. I do EE, would I be able to use my HeA on coconut milk? Assuming I can beat my tea with milk addiction? I'd love to have the option of having a coconut milk curry using coconut milk as my HeA (also addicted to south indian food)

 

[Mandlegrot]

Yup its a choice on all plans

 

[Mandlegrot]

We're talking about coconut MILK as in a milk replacement though...not the creamy stuff in tins as that's high in syns

 

[Mandlegrot]

Am not sure if it would be thick or strong enough in a curry... Reduced fat coconut milk from a tin is decent enough though and not too grim on syns if you portion wisely