Friday, June 20, 2014

2. Five Simple Tips for a Vegan to Lose Weight


Simple Tips for a Vegan to Lose Weight

If you are a vegan looking for ways to lose weight, here are five simple tips that will help you lose weight quickly and steadily, with the weight loss getting sustained for a long time.

1. Know which foods to eat and what foods to avoid:
If your objective is to lose weight, then you should keep away from packaged foods whether processed or boxed raw. Anything vegetarian is good for your health is a myth.

You will be better off by choosing to consume fresh vegetables. Whiskey is vegetarian alright! But consuming whiskey is not going to help you lose. So, keep away from whiskey.

So, what can you eat? Eat more of oatmeal. Oatmeal has low gluten content which helps in your achieving your weight loss goals. It will also help you lower cholesterol and prevent you from contracting heart diseases thereby protecting your heart.

You can make the oatmeal diet delicious by including cinnamon, flax-seed, bananas, apples and maple syrup in the menu.

2. Be choosy about where you buy your foods from, if you want to lose weight:
Normally, we buy most of our food items from the shops. The shops are full of canned foods and frozen vegetables. Since these food items are not fresh, they won’t contain as much nutrients as fresh food will.

You can make a wise choice about where you shop for your food items. The farmers’ market is the best place to get fresh vegetables and unprocessed cereals and grains. Many people struggling to lose weight by doing many difficult things, don’t even think of the option of a farmers’ market.
 


3. Go for natural seasoning:
You can use herbs to flavor your food rather than use spices and oil. Ensure that you stock enough herbs in your kitchen. You will find that natural seasoning makes the food as delicious as if not more delicious than food flavored with spices.

4. Try organic foods:
Everyone talks about the desirability of going for organic foods but very few people go for them. You don’t have to go searching for organic foods because they are available at many outlets almost in every place. Taking organic foods is definitely going to make you lose weight

5. Make your food rich in fiber:
So much has been said about the benefits of a fiber-rich food that everyone understands the value of fiber-rich food. Though many people are eager to lose weight, not many of them make an effort to make their food rich in fibers.

You can include fibrous items like pears and apple in your snacks. This will make up for the deficiency of fiber in your regular meal. Moreover taking a fiber-rich snack will make you feel full and curb the tendency to eat something at frequent intervals.


As a vegetarian intending to lose weight, you have a wide choice of fat loss diets. You only have to make the right choices. If you follow the above simple tips, you will find that you progress well in your journey towards losing weight.

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