Weight Loss For Vegetarians

Weight Loss For Vegetarians

Are you one of the many that have a weight problem? Are you one of the many who is dealing with obesity with the related issues that are related with being overweight such as the risk of colon problems and heart disease? Well do not feel alone there are over 60% of Americans are either overweight or obese.

A balanced diet tends to leans towards the vegetarian lifestyle. This type of diet can aide you in regulating your digestion as well as maintaining healthy cholesterol and blood sugar levels. You need to be aware though that being a vegetarian is not a short term diet it’s a complete lifestyle change. The good thing is that there is research that proves a relationship between vegetarian life style, more physical activity, decreased smoking and drinking; are related to a healthier life style. Being a vegetarian also lowers the death rates from chronic disorders.

There several different types of vegetarians and you need to be aware of them.

1. Vegans and Strict Vegans-These are the ones that do not eat or use any animal products. They also avoid all fur and leather along with edible products of animal origin such as honey. Their staple diet includes such things as vegetables, fruits, legumes, grains, and seeds among others.

2. Raw Vegans-These are the vegetarians who rely largely on the raw vegan foods. These include such foods as sprouted grains and fermented foods among others. Just recently this type of diet has become popular among people because it provides a simple yet tasty weight to obtain weight loss. These types of foods also are high in fiber so people on this diet do not have attacks of hunger.

3. Lacto-ovo vegetarians-This will include your dairy products and eggs in your diet as well as the fruit and vegetables. This is a great way for you to transition from being a non vegetarian to a vegetarian diet because it is not as strict as most vegan diets.

4. Pesco-and Pollo-Vegetarians-The Pesco vegetarians will include fish into their diets where as the pollo portion also includes chicken. Therefore these two categories cannot be considered strict vegetarians but they are strict advocates of healthy and organic food choices for a form of detoxification and also health reasons.

Regardless of the form of a vegetarian diet it gives weight loss benefits due to the calorie density that is involved. Therefore a diet that is rich in fiber will fill you up quicker and helps you curb your appetite.

You need to be aware though that even vegetarians need to keep an eye on their overall calorie intake in order to remain healthy. But it is still one of the best ways for anyone to lose weight if it is used in the correct form.

BONUS : Weight Loss Myths Destroyed

There are all kinds of weight loss myths out there, and some of most ridiculous ones have amazingly long lifespans. There is one and ONLY one formula for weight loss: eat fewer calories than you burn. That's it! There's no magic formula. There's no magic diet pill or no magic combination of foods, either. Calories in versus calories out determines body weight. If you eat more calories than you burn, you WILL gain weight. On the other hand, if you eat fewer calories than you burn, you WILL lose weight. (Unless you have a medical condition that causes you to gain or lose weight in spite of what you eat or don't eat, that is.)

Let's talk about three of the more ridiculous weight loss myths.

Ridiculous Myth #1: Walking will not cause you to lose weight. Jogging or running is weight loss exercise.

Truth: What causes calories to burn is moving the body. You won't burn calories as fast if you are walking than if you are running, but when you cover the same distance, you will have burned an identical number of calories.

Ridiculous myth #2: Lowfat and low calorie are one and the same thing.

Truth: Nope! Just because a product claims to be lowfat doesn't necessarily mean that it is also low calorie. Manufacturers often substitute fillers that are higher in calories than the fat that is eliminated. Read the labels! It's the only way to be sure.

Ridiculous myth #3: If you fast for the first three days of a weight loss program, you will "jump start" your weight loss?

Truth: Starvation diets have never "worked," and they never will. Most of the weight that is lost during a fast is fluid, and the weight will be quickly regained once regular eating is restored. You can't "jump start" weight loss no matter what method you use.