What my vegetarian teen athlete has eaten today

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Anonymous wrote:This is kinda a follow up to the other posts about protein.
DD is 13.
Breakfast was 2 eggs on naan bread with cheese 24g protein
Lunch ramen with veggies (corn/carrots/edamame) 14g protein

Mango smoothie just now with greek yogurt, mango, almond milk, chia seeds. 16g protein
That’s 54g already today and hasn’t had dinner yet.

Eggs and milk products on a vegetarian diet? Ok.

What’s wrong with eggs and milk? OP didn’t say vegan diet.

Vegetarian diet = no meat of any kind including fish. Eggs are classified as "meat" as they are embryos.

Vegetarian diet shouldn't have milk products really, but that's a fine line.

The eggs we eat aren't embryos. How can you possibly not know that?

There are no roosters on egg farms.

You eat those kind of eggs? Ewwww. Pale yellow goo. I eat only free range real eggs.

I have never eaten an egg before. They all look gooey to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is kinda a follow up to the other posts about protein.
DD is 13.
Breakfast was 2 eggs on naan bread with cheese 24g protein
Lunch ramen with veggies (corn/carrots/edamame) 14g protein

Mango smoothie just now with greek yogurt, mango, almond milk, chia seeds. 16g protein
That’s 54g already today and hasn’t had dinner yet.

This would not be enough to sustain my 40 year old moderately active self. Shame on you OP.

Yes it is. You’ll end up on a GLP by 45 because of your overeating.

I weigh 115 pounds 😄

[Anonymous]

Ok? Thanks for sharing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is kinda a follow up to the other posts about protein.
DD is 13.
Breakfast was 2 eggs on naan bread with cheese 24g protein
Lunch ramen with veggies (corn/carrots/edamame) 14g protein

Mango smoothie just now with greek yogurt, mango, almond milk, chia seeds. 16g protein
That’s 54g already today and hasn’t had dinner yet.

You sent one confusing vegetarian with vegan. The former eat eggs and dairy, while the latter do not.

Eggs and milk products on a vegetarian diet? Ok.

[Anonymous]

I think teen girls (usually done growing) can get enough nutrition as vegetarian (not vegan, though).

growing teen boy athletes simply cannot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is kinda a follow up to the other posts about protein.
DD is 13.
Breakfast was 2 eggs on naan bread with cheese 24g protein
Lunch ramen with veggies (corn/carrots/edamame) 14g protein

Mango smoothie just now with greek yogurt, mango, almond milk, chia seeds. 16g protein
That’s 54g already today and hasn’t had dinner yet.

This is so much dairy.

So many almond moms on here.
My two teen boys go through a gallon of milk a day. Sometimes more. In addition to cheese, yogurt....

[Anonymous]

The difference is a teen boy athlete usually needs 50+ grams of protein at EACH meal, not total all day.

For breakfast, my 14 year old ds just had four scrambled eggs with cheese, 30+ ounces of whole milk, berries, a banana, a bagel with cream cheese and some canadian bacon. That's a typical breakfast.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The difference is a teen boy athlete usually needs 50+ grams of protein at EACH meal, not total all day.

For breakfast, my 14 year old ds just had four scrambled eggs with cheese, 30+ ounces of whole milk, berries, a banana, a bagel with cream cheese and some canadian bacon. That's a typical breakfast.

have you had his cholesterol checked

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is kinda a follow up to the other posts about protein.
DD is 13.
Breakfast was 2 eggs on naan bread with cheese 24g protein
Lunch ramen with veggies (corn/carrots/edamame) 14g protein

Mango smoothie just now with greek yogurt, mango, almond milk, chia seeds. 16g protein
That’s 54g already today and hasn’t had dinner yet.

Work that hard, then eat ramen? Uses lots of expensive ingredients just to make a smoothie. Why not just eat eggs, whole grain toast and drink milk instead?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The difference is a teen boy athlete usually needs 50+ grams of protein at EACH meal, not total all day.

For breakfast, my 14 year old ds just had four scrambled eggs with cheese, 30+ ounces of whole milk, berries, a banana, a bagel with cream cheese and some canadian bacon. That's a typical breakfast.

have you had his cholesterol checked

DO ANY OF YOU HAVE TEEN BOYS. JESUS.

Not everyone’s body works the same as a bunch of perimenopausal women. Get a grip.

[Anonymous]

A growing, athletic, female teen should be aiming for 1 gram for protein per pound of body weight. I a guessing she is roughly 100lbs minimum. So she need about another 46 grams at dinner. IE she needs to up her protein intake.

[Anonymous]

My brother, a vegetarian, played D1 soccer in the 90s, and oh by the way, is a successful surgeon now. Don't let these weirdos who know nothing about science and medicine tell you what to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is kinda a follow up to the other posts about protein.
DD is 13.
Breakfast was 2 eggs on naan bread with cheese 24g protein
Lunch ramen with veggies (corn/carrots/edamame) 14g protein

Mango smoothie just now with greek yogurt, mango, almond milk, chia seeds. 16g protein
That’s 54g already today and hasn’t had dinner yet.

I'm not a trainer, but it's going to be very difficult for a growing 13 year old to be a competitive athlete as a vegetarian. Some chicken or fish solves a lot of issues. A good steak would be best. My kids - boys - are athletes and there's no chance they could compete at their level as a vegetarian. Their caloric and protein intake is insane from an adult perspective. Adolescence alone requires a lot of nutrients. And then add heavy workouts. Almond milk and chia seeds don't do it. A vegetarian is going to be competing at a severe deficit. You can be a perfectly healthy adolescent as a mindful vegetarian that priorities other sources of protein. But I don't think you can be a competitive athlete in the teenage years as a strict vegetarian. We evolved to be omnivores for very good reasons.

My kids are vegetarians and highly competitive athletes. There are a lot of elite athletes that are vegetarian.

What sports? I don’t know why people don’t name the sport or sports.

The ones I know off the top of my head (vegan, I think) are Carl Lewis, Novak Djokovic, Venus Williams, Colin Kaepernick, Cam Newton, and Alex Morgan. I know there is a UFC fighter who is also vegan, but can't remember the name off the top of my head.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is kinda a follow up to the other posts about protein.
DD is 13.
Breakfast was 2 eggs on naan bread with cheese 24g protein
Lunch ramen with veggies (corn/carrots/edamame) 14g protein

Mango smoothie just now with greek yogurt, mango, almond milk, chia seeds. 16g protein
That’s 54g already today and hasn’t had dinner yet.

This is so much dairy.

So many almond moms on here.
My two teen boys go through a gallon of milk a day. Sometimes more. In addition to cheese, yogurt....

The dairy conversation is weird because it’s so ethnically dependent. My husband and I are both half Irish and grew up drinking like 32 ounces of milk a day until we were in our 20s. We still drink probably a glass a day of milk as 50 year olds. But I have friends who are Asian who never drink milk and friends who are Jewish who are very lactose intolerant.

A half galon a day is a lot thought even for a teen athlete as that js 8 glasses of milk a day — at that level it interferes with iron absorption and even a supper lactose friendly person has trouble digesting that much lactose that quickly.
You’re saying they drink more than 64 ounces of milk a day., in addition to other forms of dairy. That’s really a lot, and I’m the most pro-dairy person I’ve ever met.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is kinda a follow up to the other posts about protein.
DD is 13.
Breakfast was 2 eggs on naan bread with cheese 24g protein
Lunch ramen with veggies (corn/carrots/edamame) 14g protein

Mango smoothie just now with greek yogurt, mango, almond milk, chia seeds. 16g protein
That’s 54g already today and hasn’t had dinner yet.

This is so much dairy.

So many almond moms on here.
My two teen boys go through a gallon of milk a day. Sometimes more. In addition to cheese, yogurt....

The dairy conversation is weird because it’s so ethnically dependent. My husband and I are both half Irish and grew up drinking like 32 ounces of milk a day until we were in our 20s. We still drink probably a glass a day of milk as 50 year olds. But I have friends who are Asian who never drink milk and friends who are Jewish who are very lactose intolerant.

A half galon a day is a lot thought even for a teen athlete as that js 8 glasses of milk a day — at that level it interferes with iron absorption and even a supper lactose friendly person has trouble digesting that much lactose that quickly.
You’re saying they drink more than 64 ounces of milk a day., in addition to other forms of dairy. That’s really a lot, and I’m the most pro-dairy person I’ve ever met.

Not if you drink raw milk.