Vegetarians -- height, weight, diet poll?!
Vegetarians -- height, weight, diet poll?
I am wondering, if I go on a vegetarian diet, will I lose weight? I barely ever eat beef as it is, and I usually eat something like chicken or ground turkey once a day, so I don't know what a difference it would make. I love cheese and eggs, so I can't give them up. Anyway, I want to see how well it works for you who are already vegetarians!
Please answer:
Height and weight.
Vegetarian diet type (lacto-ovo, or vegan).
How long you have been eating this way.
How much exercise you regularly do.
Thanks!
6 months ago
Top Chef, technically it is just protein that the body needs, not necessarily from meat. Nuts and dairy and lentils are all great sources of protein, as I'm sure you know.
Answers:
6 months ago
Top Chef, technically it is just protein that the body needs, not necessarily from meat. Nuts and dairy and lentils are all great sources of protein, as I'm sure you know.
Cheese and eggs are high in fat and calories. If you cut down on the eggs and switch to a light cheese (like Cabot 50% cheddar) I think that in time you would shed some pounds. You also need to avoid other things like refined sugars and white bread. Those are BAD carbs.
Anyway..I'm 5 feet 2 and weigh 110 lbs and I've been a lacto-ovo vegetarian for 2 years. I gave up everything but poultry about 15 years ago and gave up poultry 2 years ago.
PS: I had already stopped growing by the time I gave up meat.
No you will not loose much weight- veggies are healthier, but your body needs meat, and also, veggies DO NOT fill you as much, so you will just eat more, causing it to be unhealthy as meat.
i don't like meat, so i don't eat it. i am 5 feet tall and i weigh 100 pounds, but im not a vegan. i do swimming 5 days a week, and i have always been like this. but i eat so much i eat like a 300 pound man and i am not kidding, but im a tiny and i am full grown.
vegetarians dont loose weight ont hier own, but it will make it easier to loose the weight if you work out and cut out sweets. some statistics i found were, that 40% of all people under the age of 30 are obese, but only 2% of all vegans are obese.
Vegetarian, is always a more healthy lifestyle choice
considering that you do not eat much meat to begin with, i dont think your weight will change much. its really the junk food and sweets that are downfalls.
im 5'3"
120 lbs
30 minutes of exercise basically everyday.
lacto-ovo vegetarian, who occasionally likes to try being vegan. :) i say that even if you believe you may not lose a lot of weight , give vegetarianism a shot. see how you do.
Going vegetarian alone won't make you lose weight. You have to reduce your calorie intake and/or increase how many you burn each day. But since many of our protein sources are lower calorie than meat, it can be easier to reduce your calories than if you were eating meat.
In response to the first answer, no your body doesn't need meat. It needs sufficient calories and nutrients, along with a healthy ratio of protein, fat and carbs. Hundreds of thousands of people die each year in the US due to diseases related to too much protein in their diets. Virtually none die because of lack of protein.
For the record, I'm 5'6", 110 lbs., lacto-ovo for 13 years. I excercise moderately - mostly walking and stuff.
Height: 5' 3"
Weight: 120 lbs
Vegan for two months, Vegetarian for two years
Not much exercise... I should probably do more of that...
Going veg is not a sure weight loss strategy. When I first turned veg 17 years ago, I ate a lot of dairy which is high in fat. Now I eat a lot of veg protein from beans, tofu, whole grains and I've managed my weight well. I'm 5'4, 125 pounds, I just had a baby less than 4 months ago and lost my baby weight pretty fast. I haven't much time to exercise, but I try to walk regularly with the baby.
5'9" - 130 lbs.
Lacto-vegetarian
almost 1 year
not much exercise
i am 5"6", 135# Same weight as ninth grade
lacto-ovo
been eating this way since 1980-26 years
not much exercise-just a little hiking
I got into this way of life for purely spiritual reasons, but the side benefits have been GREAT!!
While most people my age suffer from assorted chronic degenerative diseases and live on prescription meds of all kinds, i enjoy vibrant health (thank God), due to a diet free of decaying flesh and the judicious use of supplements and herbs.
If you do go on this diet, you will probably never regret it and it may do you much good health wise.
Good luck and love and light to you
I'm 5'3" and weigh 155. I had my second child 8 months ago. I weigh less with this child at this point in my child's life than after I had my first child. I believe it is due to being vegetarian. I am lacto-ovo, but eat vegan the majority of the time, which I also think helped the weight come off faster. I've been veggie for about 6 months. And I don't do very strenuous excercises. Just walk with my kids, pick them up and play with them. When I do start some type of real excercise, I believe I will lose the excess weight faster (I am still losing weight now, but not very fast).
Lacto, used to be lacto-ovo from birth till about 10 years of age.
5'6" and 130 lbs, Male
Moderate exercise but not enough
I should mention that my parents and everyone on both my mom's and dad's side are pretty short, so genetics has played a big role in why I'm only 5'6". Just so no one assumes it's automatically because I'm a vegetarian.
5 feet 82 lbs(not vegetarian no meat no fish no egg fruits vegetables nuts diet not out of choice i dont get meat,fish,eggs)
5'6''
145 pds
vegan
almost 4 years
alot(skateboarding,running dogs,workout most days)
If you want to lose weight, I would realy learn about food combining. Its realy amazing how if you combine your food improperly it can make you more tired and more likely to gain weight, and if you combine your food in a proper way how much more energy and desire you have to exercise. For example protiens and starches are a bad combo, protiens need acid to be digested and starches need alkali and its a scientific fact that when alkali and acid combine it becomes nutral. You body will use alot of energy when it has to keep pumping alkali and then acid into your stomach and then it gets nutralized over and over. Ever eaten a meal and then had alot of big burps that bring up some food? Thats a sign if indigestion. Most people take pills for this heartburn, when all they have to to is learn to combine food in a proper way. Another bad combonation is mixing fruit with starches or protiens, fruit is almost effortless for your body to digest and will exit your stomach in 30min. Protiens and starches take at least 2 to 3 hours before exiting the stomach. And fruit takes much less time to pass through your whole entire system. Do you know what happens to your fruit if you eat it in the same meal as your starches and protiens? it is forced to take 4 to 6 times longer in your stomach than it should and takes at least 2 times longer than it should to pass through your body. Causing it to ferment, decompose and is very hard on your liver because of all the toxic waste it creates.. Fruit should be eaten in the morning and without anything else. (note... cooked fruit does not count, cooked fruit and is exteamly high in toxic acid, very bad for you, fruit should be eaten fresh and dried but frozen is not too bad.) If you wan't something to eat after you enjoy some fruit, wait at least 30min to let the fruit exit your stomach. Combining your foods in a bad way will cause toxic waste in your body and make it hard on the part of your body that need to clense you. The information I have given you on food combining are the 2 most important ones to worry about but if you wan't more information on the subject I would highly recomend the book "Fit For Life" it is a lifestile changing book that will greatly assist you in becoming healthy and how to become a vegetarian, If you eat food than its the book for you!
As for my hight and weight
I am a female 5.4 1/2
122 pounds
been vegetarian for 7 years and am noe learing to become vegan.
lol forgot the exercise part! I would say I exercise at least 5 days a week doing alot of walking and some jogging. Also doing aerobics.
5'3" 116 lbs.
I don't pick a title, but I eat no meat at all, no milk, some cheese, lots of ice cream, and eggs only if they're cooked into something (just don't like them).
Almost 2 years.
Moderate exercise: crunches & cardio 3 times a week. + a very stressful job.
5'6", 125 lbs
lacto vegetarian
i have been eating this way for about 11 years
i do not get as much exercise as i should
you may or may not lose weight, it depends on a lot of things such as your metabolism, the type of foods you eat, the amount/variety of exercise you do, etc. but go vegetarian anyway! =)
When I became 'vegan' it was for athletic reasons. I was in full time bicycle racing training for 15 years and in the off season weight training and badminton team. Before changing my diet, I was 6-feet 145-pounds (on an empty stomach, naked). After changing my diet, my weight went down a bit (also had to get some new recipes etc.) then went back to the same. Seems my set weight has is around 145 with a maximum of 150 or so after a winter of weight training. I have no stored excess fat at all (I look like a European bicycle racer). I've weighed the same for the past 16 or so years since becoming 'vegan'. Doesn't matter now if I exercise or not, my weight stays the same.
I think that if anyone does heavy endurance training, or lives in a very hot climate, no matter what they eat, they will likely go to their natural set weight. Meat and diet really doesn't change people's weight, it's their metabolism. In fact, eating meat, as the Atkins Diet proves, you will lose weight. Why? - not enough nutrients, not enough energy, then your body eats itself and you get thin.
I know many fat vegetarians and vegans. High calorie and high bad-fat intake with little exercise will make anyone gain weight, vegatarian or not. Just make certain that you are not mistaking weight for fat. You could just be gaining more muscle if you decide to exercise more or weight train more.