Skinny vegetarians

This might sound a little bit crazy,
But every vegetarian I know (I actually don't know any vegan) is pretty skinny.
Including myself.

How is that in your case?

Most Precious Blood is a vegan hardcore band. They're not necessarily tubby, but they're not skinny. http://www.trustkill.com/images_dynamic/glossies/8.jpg

I personally am quite skinny, and the one or two other vegans I know are also skinny. Vegetarians on the other hand, I know a couple who are large, not necessarily fat or tubby though

I've been vegetarian for four years and I'm pretty chubby :p
But that's because of my genes, though.
It's actually quite judgemental to think that most vegetarians are skinny.

I was skinny before I was vegan.

I'm a vegetarian and I'm overweight, in part because of my type I diabetes messing with my metabolism, in part because I'm a grad student who doesn't get enough exercise due to my large work load, in part because I love carbohydrates. It's entirely possible to gain lots of weight as a vegetarian or vegan. Lacto-ovo vegetarians tend to eat a lot of starch and cheese because sometimes that's what's most convenient to prepare or to eat when dining out. I know a couple of vegans who are larger... I think that a sedentary lifestyle can hit them as hard as anyone else. Some vegans I know eat loads of junk food (Rice Dream, Twizzlers, Newman's O's, and veg egg rolls, anyone?). I also had a vegan friend who became obsessed with deep frying foods in a FryDaddy. Soy scallops, fried veggie dumplings, and home fries, though cruelty-free, are hardly the epitome of health food. Obviously cutting out meat isn't enough to make you skinny... you have to eat a balanced diet, lots of fruits and veggies, reasonable portions, tempered with regular physical activity, to be health regardless of what your diet is.

When I first became a vegetarian I gained about 10 pounds but I wasnt eating very healthily back then. I eventually lost that 10 pounds and have maintained a pretty normal body weight since then. I switched to vegan a few weeks ago and haven't noticed a weight change yet-but it's early.

i'm vegetarian and way too skinny, but my friend who has been vegan for years is overweight definitely, honestly i know more overweight vegans than skinny vegans. TRUTH

It depends on energy input and output. It's possible to become overweight on healthy food... if you eat loads and don't exercise.
I think if you're vegan there is a less chance you'll get more overweight compared to those who aren't.... only because you have to eat a lot more of the food to have more input then output. Hope you understand :D

im vegan and could stand to lose around 5% bodyfat.. my cardio sucks after an extended bout of bronchitis and ive been carb-binging like a mofo.

wow im lame :/

I was fat when I ate meat and i'm still fat as a vegetarian.

im not skinny

i eat healthy, i exercise, but my metabolism is to shits, i blame this

I'm vegan and I'm not skinny at all, in the last five or six months I gained a lot of weight due to my super cool diet of pasta, bread and rice. >.>

The next months I will eat more soy, tofu and these things with more protein and try to consume less carb..

:-)

I could definitely lose some weight right about now. And I will! *resolved face* ><
(oh and I'm vegan)

I think it's possibly to be overweight and vegetarian/vegan - we can still have alcohol, nuts have lots of fat in, we can still have sugar, etc.