Vegetarian diet for 13 year old swimmer

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Combine teen boy appetite with heavy swim workout and trying to gain weight despite a genetic predisposition to be skinny is making my life pretty hard. We are a vegetarian family. Curious if there are others like us and what your daily diet may look like.

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Anonymous wrote:Combine teen boy appetite with heavy swim workout and trying to gain weight despite a genetic predisposition to be skinny is making my life pretty hard. We are a vegetarian family. Curious if there are others like us and what your daily diet may look like.

You have to face reality is my random advice. There is zero chance a growing teenage boy can be competitive athletically as a skinny vegetarian. None. The science isn't there. Either give this boy some animal protein or throw away any chance of being a competitive athlete.

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https://www.businessinsider.com/athletes-vegan-vegetarian-chris-paul-nate-diaz-alex-morgan-2021-11


There are plenty of vegetarian pro athletes. We have a recruited d1 swimmer who is almost totally vegetarian- we do lots of tofu, cottage cheese, eggs, potatoes (potatoes are a great source of protein) and smoothies. Swimmers need a lot of calories so add peanut butter and egg whites to the latter!

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Anonymous wrote:Combine teen boy appetite with heavy swim workout and trying to gain weight despite a genetic predisposition to be skinny is making my life pretty hard. We are a vegetarian family. Curious if there are others like us and what your daily diet may look like.

You have to face reality is my random advice. There is zero chance a growing teenage boy can be competitive athletically as a skinny vegetarian. None. The science isn't there. Either give this boy some animal protein or throw away any chance of being a competitive athlete.

Isn’t Michael Andrews a vegetarian? Maybe do research on his diet.

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Anonymous wrote:Combine teen boy appetite with heavy swim workout and trying to gain weight despite a genetic predisposition to be skinny is making my life pretty hard. We are a vegetarian family. Curious if there are others like us and what your daily diet may look like.

You have to face reality is my random advice. There is zero chance a growing teenage boy can be competitive athletically as a skinny vegetarian. None. The science isn't there. Either give this boy some animal protein or throw away any chance of being a competitive athlete.

Wrong.

[Anonymous]

Op here. We do both dairy and eggs. PP that said tofu and cottage cheese, what does a typical dinner look at like at your place? How many eggs a day are ok for kids at this age? My son has 4 full meals a day and the planning is beginning to take a lot of mental energy.

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https://www.olympics.com/en/news/swimming-diet-vegan-carnivore-plant-based-muscle

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Anonymous wrote:Op here. We do both dairy and eggs. PP that said tofu and cottage cheese, what does a typical dinner look at like at your place? How many eggs a day are ok for kids at this age? My son has 4 full meals a day and the planning is beginning to take a lot of mental energy.

Tofu saute, Asian tofu dishes like mapo tofu with brown rice, I blend cottage cheese into the eggs to make omelettes…also forgot to mention we do a lot of bean chili and meat substitutes, which tend to be high in protein, egg whites have no cholesterol so that’s always a good high protein option, quiche, egg and cheese sandwiches, bean and sweet potato burritos, just google, that’s what I did!

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You’re only half-heartedly trying to gain weight if you’re a vegetarian.

That said, guzzle oils for easy fats. Olive oil, mayo, nut butters are easy high calorie foods.

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Pink was a vegan ( not sure if she still is) and she has amazing body strength. It can totally be done.

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Anonymous wrote:Pink was a vegan ( not sure if she still is) and she has amazing body strength. It can totally be done.

What is her IMX score?

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Anonymous wrote:Combine teen boy appetite with heavy swim workout and trying to gain weight despite a genetic predisposition to be skinny is making my life pretty hard. We are a vegetarian family. Curious if there are others like us and what your daily diet may look like.

You have to face reality is my random advice. There is zero chance a growing teenage boy can be competitive athletically as a skinny vegetarian. None. The science isn't there. Either give this boy some animal protein or throw away any chance of being a competitive athlete.

This is absolute BS. There are Vegan bodybuilders who do just fine so a vegetarian who eats dairy and maybe fish can figure it out. It just wakes planning and though to get in enough protein and more importantly calories.

OP the reality for kids and even adults who are naturally very thin and active is that they need to be very mindful of what they are eating as they are typically thin because they get full quickly. With that they need to be sure to be eating high calorie foods and even possibly eating past the point of feeling full in order to overconsume calories in order to gain weight.

I listened to a podcast years ago with a guy who was naturally very thing and also had celiac disease. he managed to gain something like 30+lb of muscle and he was honest in that the had to force himself to eat more even when he was not hungry.

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Anonymous wrote:Combine teen boy appetite with heavy swim workout and trying to gain weight despite a genetic predisposition to be skinny is making my life pretty hard. We are a vegetarian family. Curious if there are others like us and what your daily diet may look like.

You have to face reality is my random advice. There is zero chance a growing teenage boy can be competitive athletically as a skinny vegetarian. None. The science isn't there. Either give this boy some animal protein or throw away any chance of being a competitive athlete.

This is completely incorrect. Please check out this website by physicians committee for responsible medicine, they have plant based whole food meal plans and information for ultra athletes:
https://www.pcrm.org/good-nutrition/athletes/vegan-diet-for-the-ultra-athlete

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Anonymous wrote:Combine teen boy appetite with heavy swim workout and trying to gain weight despite a genetic predisposition to be skinny is making my life pretty hard. We are a vegetarian family. Curious if there are others like us and what your daily diet may look like.

So why are you forcing your vegetarianism on a child who obviously needs more nutritional support? You are making this about you and not him, OP.

I would get him to a sports dietitian ASAP.

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Anonymous wrote:Combine teen boy appetite with heavy swim workout and trying to gain weight despite a genetic predisposition to be skinny is making my life pretty hard. We are a vegetarian family. Curious if there are others like us and what your daily diet may look like.

You have to face reality is my random advice. There is zero chance a growing teenage boy can be competitive athletically as a skinny vegetarian. None. The science isn't there. Either give this boy some animal protein or throw away any chance of being a competitive athlete.

This is absolute BS. There are Vegan bodybuilders who do just fine so a vegetarian who eats dairy and maybe fish can figure it out. It just wakes planning and though to get in enough protein and more importantly calories.

OP the reality for kids and even adults who are naturally very thin and active is that they need to be very mindful of what they are eating as they are typically thin because they get full quickly. With that they need to be sure to be eating high calorie foods and even possibly eating past the point of feeling full in order to overconsume calories in order to gain weight.

I listened to a podcast years ago with a guy who was naturally very thing and also had celiac disease. he managed to gain something like 30+lb of muscle and he was honest in that the had to force himself to eat more even when he was not hungry.

These vegan body builders are adults, not growing 13 year old boys.

This only affirms my conviction that vegetarianism outside of medical necessity is an eating disorder.