My eating experiment showed I'm not ready to move down to 3 cans per day
I thought I could get the calories I needed to stabilize my weight, but I couldn't eat enough calories to kept my weight up without bread, cheese, and meat. I think brow rice could help because it has 200 calories per cup. I made some bean and rice tacos, but that didn't provide 300 cals. I lost eight lbs over the past few weeks. Maybe a bit of deep fried veggies would help? I'm from Kentucky and we believe, "if you can't deep fry it, it ain't food."
So, have any advice for a resurrected vegetarian that needs to keep from wasting away?
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bread, noodles, rice, potatoes, ( well most white food) surely not daikon, tacos, yes burritos..
Eat at Mexcian and Italian restaurants
I went vegan for a little over a year starting in 2012 when I was diagnosed with lymphoma-- had no trouble keeping weight on. unfortunately. :>
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Weight is still there. Lymphoma is gone.. knock knock knock
Reminfs me of snot.
But sounds like you enjoy it, which us great, the more things you can eat the better.
Oh, if you like dumplings..from all over the world, there many many so delicious kinds..
My favourites are many Chinese types, especially xiao long bao- the soup dumplings famous around Shanghai, and the wonderful Sichuan dumplings, won tons, actually, in a sweet chili sauce.
Many are also vegan as well.....
I had diffuse large B-Cell lymphoma in one place on my spine..
Had surgery, 3 months of chemo (just 4 5-hour sessions) R-CHOP, 4 lumbar punctures and a bone marrow extraction...
I was in a very good clinical trial at a very good cancer center to try to avoid radiation....
Hope you continue to do well....
I ate soy products and "fake" meat for years before my cancer but had to include the real thing back into my diet once my weight got dangerously low. You don't want that to happen. I was in the hospital for a month and I got nutrients through IVs and shots. My blood stopped clotting and my body wasn't functioning properly. My hair was falling out and doctors who were smiling when they came through the door stopped cold when they looked at me, their smiles wiped from their faces. That said more about my condition than any of their words. I had 6 doctors on my case, including my oncologist, before the month was over. It would not be an exaggeration to say I was dying.
I'll be ever so angry at you if you get to that point! Sad, worried, yes...but still angry.
If you can swallow fried veggies, go for it.
Just do whatever it is you have to do!
Please.
Plan menus with calories in mind. Same as when dieting but only the reverse. You want the calories. 
That's my prescription. Preferably Ben & Jerry's or Hagan Daz or another high-fat variety.
This is one time in your life you can eat with abandon! High-fat ice cream came really put on the pounds (trust me), has calcium and protein. Go for it.
...then you must be familiar with the trifecta: soup beans, corn bread, and fried potatoes. Slather one piece of corn bread with butter. Crumble one piece into your beans and add hot chow chow. Enjoy over and over--we do 
Some people call them brown beans but I've always called them soup beans. No sugar in the corn bread and onion in the taters if you have it. We had it for dinner two nights ago...finishing off the corn bread tonight 
Now.. EAT THEM !!!!!!
...the smoke some pot.....
believe. Anything that goes down easily like ice cream, Boost, cream, etc., will help you keep weight on.
Good luck to you!
Rice and beans provide a complete protein. You don't have to mix them together, just eat them near each other.
Nuts provide "good" fat.
Olive oil, extra virgin is best, provides "good" fat and flavor.
FRESH IS BEST when it comes to spices.
Do Not Fear the Spice Rack. Enjoy what you eat, if you are 'going vegan' you can have flavor, you don't have to eat grass and twigs.
Get balanced nutritionally, you can get quite ill by neglecting that.
