| Including whole food in your vegetarian diet does | | | | peas here and there at times because they're |
| help you lose weight. However, up to certain | | | | more bearable and smaller in size, so when mix |
| degree only. Why do I say that? There are | | | | with other food I don't really notice their |
| overweight vegetarians who managed to lose 20 | | | | presence." |
| - 40 pounds, and they stop there. They need to | | | | You see where her problem lies? She didn't take |
| shed more belly fat but no matter what they do | | | | a good amount of veggies. |
| (according to what they said) they just couldn't | | | | Simple Solution to Break Weight Loss Plateau |
| lose more stomach fat. Obviously, they're not | | | | I then advised her to increase her veggie intake if |
| achieving effective vegetarian weight loss. So, | | | | she seriously wants to break her weight loss |
| what goes wrong? | | | | plateau as a vegetarian. I know she doesn't like |
| Why Can't Vegetarians Lose More Weight? | | | | the smell and taste of veggies, so I gave her a |
| Imagine you eat vegetarian food and you only | | | | tip that will reduce the veggie taste and smell yet |
| include legumes, fruits, nuts and seeds, and other | | | | she can still absorb the goodness of veggies - |
| whole natural food, except vegetable, in your daily | | | | blend veggies into her fruit smoothie. Here's the |
| meal plans, how on earth can your body ever get | | | | recipe: |
| a full spectrum of vitamins, minerals and various | | | | - 2 cups of butterhead lettuce |
| other nutrients to function at its max, even | | | | - 1 carrot |
| though you're eating somewhat natural and | | | | - 2 bananas |
| healthy foods? | | | | - 1 mango |
| A vegetarian friend came to me some months | | | | - 1 cup of strawberries |
| ago and she looked great (to me) by getting | | | | - 1 cup of water |
| from 240 pounds down to 180 pounds (wow, loss | | | | I tell you, this recipe is very filling because of its |
| of 60 pounds ever since she started vegetarian). I | | | | high dietary fiber. You can eat it as a whole meal |
| thought she was doing well in her vegetarian | | | | for your breakfast. And you should change the |
| weight loss but then she told me she had been | | | | ingredients every day so you'll get a balance of |
| struggling with losing more weight to get to her | | | | various nutrients from different mixture of food. |
| desired body weight (120 pounds), but no matter | | | | Let your creative juices flow. |
| what she does, she seems to hit a weight loss | | | | Guess what? 2 weeks later she screamed at me |
| plateau. | | | | as if I've done something wrong, "I lost another 3 |
| She further told me she ate lots of good stuff | | | | pounds after taking more veggies". Another 2 |
| and took very minimal amount of junk snacks | | | | weeks later, "Your method really worked!" |
| (well, it won't hurt you that much if you really | | | | Well, it's not my method works. It's the veggies |
| take very little junk food once in a blue moon). | | | | at work. If you've not been taking lots of |
| OK, I was getting baffled until she added, "But... I | | | | veggies, get a start from today, and you'll burn |
| didn't take veggies, because I can't stand the | | | | more belly fat and lose more weight the |
| green smell and imagining biting them in my mouth | | | | vegetarian way. |
| makes me feel yucky! Oh I did add some little | | | | |