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You can Really Lose Weight as a Vegetarian by Louis Jeffries
Eat Healthy.
You can not lose weight without a healthy diet. To many people the term
"Vegetarian" implies someone who eats healthy. We envision all the types of far
out, unheard of and little known healthy food that the normal person just would
not eat. For a few vegetarians this is true. For most they eat like everyone
else just avoiding meat. Meat alone does not cause us to gain weight unless we
over do it. In fact the number one culprit in weight gain is sugar. Sugar as
plain table sugar and sugar in all of its artificial forms are the number one
cause of weight gain. Sugar is a simple carbohydrate that equals energy or just
added weight. Because sugar is the number one food additive and the processed
foods and flours are either simple sugar or converted to simple sugar once we
eat it, we gain weight because of the excess of sugar in our systems. To lose
weight we must first reduce these simple sugars. If possible we should
completely avoid them and eat a healthy diet of fruit and vegetables, whole
grains, seeds, nuts and beans. This Healthy diet is the key to weight
loss.
Eat Vegetables. This may seem obvious but it is important that we
eat at least 4-5 servings of vegetables a day. Many vegetarians give up meat yet
they eat everything but vegetables as their main source of nutrition. Vegetables
should be number one, hence the name vegetarian. Fruit and vegetables should
provide 60% to 70% of our caloric consumption. Since fruit is mainly for energy
they contain more natural sugar than vegetables and that could cause weight gain
or in the very least hinder our weight loss progress. We need fruit. We need
vegetables and we need more vegetables.
Eat Fruit Charlotte
Olympia Birthday Libra Zodiac Smoking Slipper In Pistachio. 3-4 servings of
fruit a day is recommended by the USDA, any less and we are depriving ourselves
of needed nutrition and energy. If we eat too many more servings and we will
begin to gain weight as many fruits are full of natural sugar. Too much sugar,
whether natural or not, causes weight gain.
Eat Whole Grains. Avoid
processed foods. Avoid the unnatural processed cereal, rice, bread and pasta.
Instead choose 100% whole grain cereals, breads, rice and pasta. Processed foods
process out the nutrition and add starch, sugar and preservatives. These are all
equal a formula for weight gain and poor health. Whole grains like rice, wheat,
oats barley etc. provide the natural nutrition God intended.
Eat Seeds,
Nuts and Beans. Seeds, nuts and beans all provide protein and other nutrition we
miss when we do not eat meat. Actually, seeds nuts and beans provide more
nutrition with less fat than most meat. These help us get the nutrition we need
without the excess fat.
Drink Plenty of Water. Not only is water good for
all the organs in our body but water helps us to lose weight post by haiyan701.
A body that functions properly needs 8 to 10 glasses of water daily. Water helps
increase our metabolism. Increased metabolism burns more calories. Water also
helps our digestive system. Therefore we eliminate the toxic waste that can
build up in our system. When you do not drink enough water you body retains
water and thereby increasing your weight. Our bodies are two thirds water, even
down to the cellular level. As such water is key to all of our bodily functions.
Yet many diets no nothing more than to reduce water weight which the will begin
to retain for survival mode and thus the weight will return.
Regular
Exercise. Regardless of what you eat if you do not exercise regularly losing
weight is difficult. One way we lose weight by burning more calories than we
consume. Exercise helps us to burn calories. When we give up meat we generally
consume fewer calories if we eat properly. Like water if we do not have enough
physical activity the body will retain fat. Our bodies reacts to our sedentary
state by storing fat for the time that is needed. That time is when you
exercise. Since we are programmed to burn fat or store fat regular exercise is
the only way to ensure we do not move to the store "fat mode".
Rest,
Fresh Air and Sunlight. Though mostly important for optimal health we need to
rejuvenate our bodies to be most effective at weight loss. That is one reason
why sleep (rest), fresh air and sunlight are so important to your weight loss
program.
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