Will i lose alot of weight if i become a vegetarian?

Answer 1

In the beginning yes

I have a friend went vegetarian and he lost a lot of weight. Has kept it off too.

Answer 2

Scientists have figured out how to grow meat in the lab. Yes, folks, the guilt free burger.


Or is it?


Well, not right now – since it is prohibitively expensive to produce even a small piece of this lab meat. A cell is taken from a meat animal, chicken and cattle have both been used successfully so far. It is cloned, grown in a nutritional soup, and stretched to mimic the exercize a real meat animal would get that gives the meat it’s texture. All this is expensive.


My initial reaction is…yuk. However, after giving it some thought, I have to admit it has possibilities. I don’t eat meat largely because I never really cared that much for the flavor of it.


But for those who really, truly, deeply miss having meat at every meal, this could be an interesting solution. No more animals would have to be slaughtered to feed their appetite. It seems possible that if this process could be made into a mass process, it might save much of the feed and water and other resources that are currently used to raise meat animals. In addition, it seems to me that this would be healthier meat, in that you are no longer eating an animal that might have been fed slaughterhouse by products, or pumped full of antibiotics or hormones to increase production. So there is that to consider.

Answer 3

You might loose a little, but carbohydrates can make you fat and are found in foods like bread, pasta, etc. Ice cream and junk foods like cheetos are vegetarian, but aren't healthy at all. The pluses of being a vegetarian is to avoid hormones in meats, and a lot of Americans get too much protein in their diets. If I were you, I would look into a different diet that focuses on a healthy, balanced diet. Good luck!

Answer 4

not necessarily. Vegetarian just means no meat. So if you eat nothing but bread all day you are likely to GAIN weight. But if you do it correctly and you balance your fruits, breads, and vegetables, then yeah you can become very healthy and lose weight. Thats not a very good reason to become vegetarian though. It's harder than it sounds.

Answer 5

You still have to watch your calories, there a lot of good vegetarian treats that can and will fatten you up. You may wish to refer to Dr. John McDougall for a sure fire way to eat vegetarian style and lose weight. He has a website and books that can inform you, but it's basically staving fats while eating vegetarian food. In his books he gives some good recipes. Good Luck!

Answer 6

Maybe. Everyone loses weight in different ways and for different reasons. I've known people to go vegetarian, though, and they lost a little weight and that was all or lost it and gained it back. What did happen to them, though, is their metabolism slowed way down and they just moved slow at everything. Don't count on it helping you lose weight, but it might.

Answer 7

No, you lose weight by watching what you eat and eating leaner products. Also, to get all the proteins you need you would have to spend four times as much to be a vegetarian.

Answer 8

Not really. Unless you are a huge meat eater, and become a vegetarian, you won't lose much. If anything. You'll still be eating cheese, milk, chocolate, candies, pastas, rice, bread, butter, yogurt, nuts, dry fruits, and fried goods, all that are high in fat, or carbs.

You won't lose weight, sorry.

Answer 9

Only if the number of calories you expend exceeds the number of calories you take in - simple math. However, even if you don't lose weight, veggies contribute to many good things like better cholesterol, antioxidants, less fat in the diet (depending on what you eat). Be sure to get enough protein - consulting with a nutritionist and your doctor is always best!!!

Answer 10

Not necessarily. Many vegetarians (60%) are overweight because they do not balance their diet. They do not eat organic foods and eat products with a lot of processed sugars. When the human body is deprived of a required nutrient (like fat and sugars), it will hold on to them when it finally gets them, thus the weight gain.

If you are careful and eat right, you will definitely lose weight and reset your body's balance point.