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I changed to a vegetarian 2 months ago because eating meat was against my conscience. I felt bad about animal suffering and I wanted to repent. Anyways….the main point is that I have gained weight after becoming vegetarian. Does anyone know of a healthy vegetarian diet regime that does not involve weight gain?
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I guess everyone who ever ate meat is going to hell…. I hope you know you can’t get the proper nutrients your body needs without meat.
vegetarian … your now a vegetable dear , lol.. Use that to its advantage, stock up on ur veggies , there unlimited, eat as many as you want, and keep other catergories to proper limits for you size,age, etc. Tofu is a good source of protein, and beans are good too. Just make sure to eats lots of veggies and limit everything else. Try and make your plate, quarter grain, quarter protein/dairy and then half veggies..
Good Luck
Sue,
Sorry to hear about the weight gain. It may be from eating too many calories, since your body is not getting the protein that it should be getting from meat/dairy/egg sources. Since the body craves protein, you feel hungry more often, causing you to eat more often and more at each sitting.
Just out of curiosity, you do know that plants are living entities, too, right? Plants have the ability to respond to stimuli, and some early studies show that they have a limited neural net, and that plants do have the ability to feel pain… Plants don’t have a pretty face with big brown eyes and stand on four hooves, but there is a good possibility that they are sentient…
Hope this helps!
Are you eating mainly processed food as a vegetarian? You need to make sure you’re eating much more natural produce (such as nuts, beans, fruit and vegetables) than processed stuff; while it’s okay to eat a fake burger every now and again, overdoing it will be detrimental.
Get a good vegetarian/vegan cookbook (I like Veganomicon and Vegan With A Vengeance personally) if you haven’t already, and give the recipes a try. Worked extremely well for me; delicious and nutritious all in one meal!
A diet change can always be rough when it comes to weight gain because you either don’t really know what to eat or you are so excited about all the new options that you eat too much. Anyway, the first, easiest way to avoid weight gain is to limit your intake of processed foods. Processed foods contain not very many nutrients for the amount of calories they contain, and they are not very filling. The foods I find most filling as a vegetarian are potatoes (bake/boil them and don’t smother in fatty toppings, just add a bit of olive oil and salt if you don’t like them plain, or eat them with veggies on top), whole grain pasta (I like to eat it with tomato sauce, bell peppers, and zucchini), soup (veggie broth with lots of different types of vegetables has a very small amount of calories, but always keeps me full), and fruit. Fruits and veggies are full of water so they are usually more filling than other foods despite their small amount of calories. Just knowing portion sizes will help you return to your normal weight. A serving of nuts or seeds is just about a handful. A piece of bread usually contains about 100 calories, so if I am trying to lose weight I usually eat sandwiches open faced. Find the serving size of a bowl, mug, or small cup that you have at your house and then use that when you are eating so you know you aren’t overeating. Keep your diet varied and find what are filling foods for you!
Read a bit on vegetaria nculinary recipes http://vegetarianculinary.co.cc and about all types of diets http://diettypes.co.cc and then mix infos a bit. I coudl give you stright answer but its better fi you read a little and get them yourself !
HI
I think that this website will help you a lot
http://burnfati.blogspot.com
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyl_VO-sgjg
good luck