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I think the hard part for me about doing something like that is not forgoing those things, it's figuring out what to eat instead. Any tips?

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In the morning I have boiled eggs, or yoggurt with cereals that don't have sugar, I also add various type of seeds and maybe I have a fruit or two.

At lunch I usually have chicken breast or fish and some carbs (usually rice, or baked potatoes, rarely some simpla pasta). Salads, carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers, cooked vegetables, home made soups.

Then I have smaller meals with more fruits, or yoggurt with less fat. Or soups.

The simple answer is plants. Lots of fruits and vegetables, and pulses (beans, legumes, etc) for protein.

You have to consume a ridiculous amount of beans to get 100g of protein. That’s something like 7-8 cans of chickpeas per day.

Then don't get 100g of protein. Most people don't need anywhere near that much.

The average person is going to have a hard time getting through two cans of chickpeas, which are some of the highest almost complete protein sources when it comes to beans and legumes. As you can anecdotally see with most vegans it’s almost impossible to get the required protein using that diet. Even Indian cuisine, which is the closest humans have come to perfecting vegetarian dishes, heavily, heavily supplement with dairy products to make up the deficit.

Then don't exclusively get legumes via cans of chickpeas? It's just a weirdly specific and inconvenient strawman you've latched on to. Rice and beans, lentil soups or curries, black bean burgers, seitan, tofu, nuts. There are just so many ways to get enough protein (with "enough" being "way less than most Americans get").

Perhaps OP is tall and big then he'll probably handle the volume. It's best to divert anyway but if one want to max out your intake with a single ingredient, Tempeh is the way to go: 15-20gr/100g. I'm a skinny guy and can eat 500gr of those in the day with ease, although it's also full of fibers and level up satiety as soon as you start digesting.

But if cheakpeas your only food source, 7/8 seems achievable. Ask the "carnivorses" that says plant left them hungry :-p

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