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in my long life, I was a vegitarian/vegan/satfic vegan cook. Gotta have protein, so try some soy products. . tofu can be so yummy if you cook it correctly. Also vitamin B-12 is necessary. Ask at your natural foods store for some Red Star T6635 nutritional yeast. It comes in granular and flakes, the flakes are better and oh! so yummy over rice and vegetables. Give a little to the cat, he/she will love it, too!

some interesting info

Although some vegans may get vitamin B12 from inadequate hand washing, this is not a reliable vitamin B12 source. Vegans who previously ate animal-based foods may have vitamin B12 stores that will not be depleted for 20 to 30 years [1] or more. However, long-term vegans, infants, children, and pregnant and lactating women (due to increased needs) should be especially careful to get enough vitamin B12.
Reliable Vegan Sources of Vitamin B12
A number of reliable vegan food sources for vitamin B12 are known. One brand of nutritional yeast, Red Star T-6635+, has been tested and shown to contain active vitamin B12. This brand of yeast is often labeled as Vegetar-ian Support Formula with or without T-6635+ in parentheses following this new name. It is a reliable source of vitamin B12. Nutritional yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is a food yeast, grown on a molasses solution, which comes as yellow flakes or powder. It has a cheesy taste. Nutritional yeast is different from brewer's yeast or torula yeast. It can often be used by those sensitive to other yeasts.
The RDA (which includes a safety factor) for adults for vitamin B12 is 2.4 micrograms daily [4]. 2.4 micrograms of vitamin B12 are provided by a little less than 1 Tablespoon of Vegetarian Support Formula (Red Star T-6635+) nutritional yeast. A number of the recipes in this book contain nutritional yeast.
Another source of vitamin B12 is fortified cereal. We recommend checking the label of your favorite cereal since manufacturers have been known to stop including vitamin B12.

I wouldnt worry too much about egg cholesterol, if your not getting much from elsewhere dairy/meat etc. Its not all bad anyway - i think it might even be an essential precursor for some hormones. Eggs contain a fairly high ratio of saturated fat, but the same applies - a certain amount of sat. fat is actually healthy - it protects you from heart lesions IIRC. Also if you can afford it there is zero fat or cholesterol in the whites, but you lose almost 1/2 the protein 7ish+ yolks/week is probably perfectly safe for most people.

20-30g fat/day sounds like it maybe a little low.. but i dont really know enough about you. getting 25-33% of total calories from fat is probably the sweet spot IIRC, as long as its mostly 'good' - seeds,nuts etc.

Don't eat anything with animal fat for a week, then eat a triple burger with the works. At home.
Or
Two cups of coffee in a row.
Or
Two glasses of Welch's grape juice.
Or
Seven ounces of All-Bran with milk (may take until the next day).

Results may be painful.

I would say cut down on the figs that causes constpation. Eat healthily and be balanced it doesn't matter what you eat as long as you are being healthy.

Nuts are really good. Also brain food. Don't be put off by the cholesterol. It is good cholesterol

figs cause constipation?

Why is it they are known to be a good source of fibre and relieve constipation?

All-Bran, definitely!