How much weight could I lose (in a few weeks) by eating mostly vegan diet?Mainly veggies?

[Anonymous]

I'm 5'9" and I weight about 155.I would like to lose some weight and eat healthier in general. I've just started running (when at the gym).So,how much weight do you think I could lose through mostly veggies and running daily?

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+1 y

Maybe I should have specified this,but I am well aware of needing protein to build muscles and needed healthy carbs because obviously I would need energy to actually work out.

[Lamoura]

Well you still need to eat a balanced diet..some form of protein even if you are on a vagan diet...protein builds muscle, you need healthy carbs such as whole grains,veggies and fruit for energy...you need healthy fats like olive oil to help food cravings..you need a balanced diet in order to loose weight healthy and for the long term!

Here are a few tips I hope will help you...

1-eat five small meals per day starting with a healthy breakfast..that will be protein, carb and a fat.

2-drink at least 64 oz. of water per day

3-carb cycle..high carb one day-low carb the next

4-exercise..lift weights at least 3 times per day and cadio 2-3 times per week with one day off to rest.

5-have a cheat meal

If you want more great advice check this site out it has tons of free information recipes and more!

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[Izzy2102]

I'm not sure if I understand the question. How much could you lose, well if you don't eat you could lose 5-6 lbs a week.

But just eating vegan won't automatically make you lose weight. Just eating veggies is not the way to go, you need protein, if you don't eat meat, eggs and dairy products you need to eat a lot of other products that have a bit protein. Like nuts,seeds, soy products and legumes. Those will fill you up, give you protein but are also usually high in calories so that you will end up having fairly normal calorie intake. You can easily leave out pasta and potatoes but if you want to lose weight you'll need to count calories or an alternative way

[springocelot]

You can probably lose a few pounds in the short term through veggies plus daily running. But doing those alone are not a very healthy way to lose weight. Our bodies are built for survival. So by doing daily running along with the assumed calorie deficits of mostly eating veggies, you actually put your body at risk of losing muscle and storing more fat as a means of self-preservation.

So to lose fat and be healthier, you also have to include strength-training and plenty of protein into your diet as part of your weight-loss plan. Vegan sources of protein include nuts, beans, tofu, and quinoa.

[WeaponZero]

Vegan eating isn't something you do for weight loss. It's just as easy to lose weight by not going vegan. Weight loss is all about numbers. About calories and macronutrients. Calories in < Calories out = Weight Loss.

That being said, setting short term weight loss goals (goals that are only a few weeks away) is a bad idea. More often than not meeting goals that involve such short amounts of time involved taking very drastic and unhealthy measures that could be damaging to both your body and your psyche. If you're not okay with the idea of losing weight slowly by making lifestyle changes, then you need to re-evaluate your position on this.

[blackkid2]

What you're saying is partially accurate. A vegan diet contains less fat than an omnivorous diet so while the calories may be equivalent the nutritional value is not. This being said you are more likely to lose more weight by eating less red meat than you are with an equivalent diet. Weight loss is actually less about calories than anything. Calorific intake is the worst predictor in weight management if you're not under doctor's supervision because it doesn't take into account nut. value.

[Izzy2102]

Just that your body needs fat to absorb minerals and vitamin the problem with low fat diets is that you don't half as many nutritens as you should and you will still feel hungry. Yes fat as a lot of calories but contrary to most carbs it acutally fills you up

[martyfellow]

If you have a strinct, manageable diet that you can maintain for a few months, your goal should be roughly 5 pounds a month. Maybe a little more than that, since you're a big girl, but not much more than that would be healthy for you.

You have to really MANAGE your diet. Just eatng 'mostly veggies' won't do it. You have to know petty much exactly your calories, and you have to have good nutritional balance; veggies don't have enough protein if you're not including the high=protein varieties.

[Anonymous]

You need protein in your daily diet. The idea isn't to pig out on salad, its to eat less fatty food and stuff like that. You should still eat a well rounded diet, just less. To loose weight you have to burn more calories then you consume, thus, as long as you keep running daily, you could loose 5 pounds if you put your mind to it!

[Xwtxx]

In general you should call it a lifestyle change not a diet. When you add some resistance training to it, you can loose about 10 to 15 pounds a month.

I lost 30 pound in the less than two months. It is cutting down portions, slow down when eating, walking 4 miles a day and using household items for weight training.

[blackkid2]

This is a bad question because we know nothing of you medically. You may lose nothing. You may lose a lot.

Also cardiovascular exercise is a horrible way to lose weight; it is the slowest method.

[blackkid2]

By the way without changing your diet too much you will lose weight just by drinking more water, you know.

[Anonymous]

depends what kind of vegan food, chips and lots of oil/nuts you won't loose any weight, you can actually gain weight...

[Anonymous]

its not just about being on a vegan diet. it would be better if you told us how much you are jogging and what you are eating from day to night.

[Anonymous]

A couple of pounds, if you're lucky. You should aim to lose 1-2 lbs per week.

[militantantifeminist]

According to research nutritarians (who eat some animal products) are healthier than vegetarians or vegans. Read Joel Fuhrman's book Eat for Health.

[Anonymous]

You can get to 120 lbs.