2007-11-16 16:22:42 · 16 answers · asked by Jasmine 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
If it is your choice to be a vegan that is okay, but do it for the right reason. Paying attention to the proportions of salad dressings, processed foods, starchy items will give you a much better chance at loosing weight than cutting out a 4 ounce peice of meat which will provide you with a good variety of proteins and minerals that are good for you. More people will become vegans from lack of understanding and mostly because they believe everything that they read in various pro-vegan materials. A good variety of foods in proper proportions will be more healthy than cutting out certain food items. Realize that your genetics will play a stronger part of your physical characteristics than a special diet ever will.
2007-11-17 04:36:30 · answer #1 · answered by lazydaysranch 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't lose any weight since I turned vegan. I've always been very slim, even when I was a meat eater and the amount I eat seems to have no effect on my weight. The only thing that helps is exercise so I've started weight training again on a high protein vegan diet. Hopefully I'll put on a few pounds in muscle.
2007-11-17 02:18:26 · answer #2 · answered by jenny84 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've tried many diets and couldn't make anything work. Since having my first child, I've been carrying around an extra 30 pounds. This diet just made sense and showed me that everything I was doing before was wrong and a waste of my time.
The plan was so refreshing and so simple to follow. I did everything plan said and lost 23 pounds in the first three weeks. I'm now starting the diet again to lose 7 more pounds. This plan has changed my life.
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2016-05-22 01:56:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am 5'5 and have had two kids, my last was born in the summer of '06 and I nursed her for a year (you can't really diet when you are nursing) after which I weighed 170 (before kids I weighed around 130 at most) I started a vegan diet this past August and also started yoga and walking everday and I have lost almost fifty pounds... I currently weigh 122! I started the vegan diet for health reasons initially but the more I learned about it I am so much happier knowing that I am not contributing to the inhumane and unnecessary cruelty to animals.
2007-11-16 17:14:32 · answer #4 · answered by wtrmlnqueen 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I lost about a stone in the first couple of months or so of being a vegan (I was about 8 and a half stone before), because at that point I didn't know which chocolate, cakes, processed foods etc were vegan, so skipped them altogether and ate a much healthier diet.
Sadly, since buying the Animal Free Shopper and discovering vegan websites, I now know where to buy vegan junk food and how to make my own, so I'm back to being Mrs Fatso again.
2007-11-16 21:36:08 · answer #5 · answered by wanderlust 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honestly, I *gained* a little.
Granted, I'm slim anyway, but my weight tends to be ideal when on a low carb diet. Going vegan upped my daily carbs, and I've lost a bit of the definition in my midsection as a result.
Oh well... For me, it's an ethical issue...so changing my diet back just to lose a pound or two would be terribly wrong...!
2007-11-17 16:57:59 · answer #6 · answered by Janet G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It isn't a weight loss regime. There are fat and skinny vegans, plus every size in between, just as there are all sizes of vegetarians and omnivores.
I have both lost and gained weight at different times as a vegan. It's depended on how healthily I was eating and how much exercise I was taking, just as it would have had I been an omnivore.
2007-11-16 19:38:22 · answer #7 · answered by lo_mcg 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I haven't lost an ounce. I thought cutting out cheese would make me lose weight, but I've been (very) enthusiastically trying new recipes, including baked goods. I think once the muffin & cookie honeymoon is over, I should lose some weight without really even trying.
2007-11-16 18:45:52 · answer #8 · answered by mockingbird 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've fluctuated between being vegetarian and not over the past several years. Due to my travelling, it's not always possible to get proper nutrition while maintaining a vegetarian diet. I generally gained weight when I was eating meat, and lost it back after I was able to stop. I lost whatever I had gained, but usually no more.
2007-11-16 17:11:04 · answer #9 · answered by Julia S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i've always been a vegetarian... and then i cut out animal bi-products to be a vegan... and i didnt lose anything. doesnt seem to matter what i do, my body same about the same weight. for someone who eats a of carbs that goes vegan, i'm sure would lose a substantial amount.
2007-11-16 16:33:21 · answer #10 · answered by Trish 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋