Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Can u lose weight by this?

can u lose weight by not eating meat and if u can how much if u kno thanks
Answer:
Hello, I have been a vegetarian for almost 15 years. I will tell you that you MAY lose weight because an equal size serving of meat substitute, tofu, or beans has fewer calories and less fat than meat does. (Particularly red meat). However, if you are eating the proper amount of calories you should be maintaining a good weight. So, I would suggest that you go to www.mypyramid.gov and find out what your calorie intake should be. Use this as a guide. Write that number down, then calculate how many calories you eat in a typical day. If you are maintaining your weight at that number, and you want to lose weight, you either need to increase your exercise or lower the calorie intake, or both. Make sure you get enough iron, protein, and vitamin B-12 if you choose not to eat animal products anymore. Good luck.
not really
um not really?
Depends
If you cut out the fatty types of meats and processes meats then yes you can. Go with a leaner cut of beef or try using turkey instead.
Faty foods are the main source of fat, not meat.
yes, as long as you try to avoide eating pork and beef, you can loose a couple of pounds in over a month provided that you cut back on sweets and rice as well, but you have to eat green vegetables and fish.
Always Think Fit:First step in exercise is to always Think FIT. To make physical improvements, you need to work your body harder than usual. This is referred to as the overload principle. As your body becomes more conditioned, you need to increase the frequency, intensity, or time of your workouts in order to continue improving your fitness levelChoosing an Exercise:
The best exercise is an activity that you enjoy enough to really pursue enthusiastically.
鈥ndoor (Facility) Activities: If the treadmill, stairmaster, rowing machine or stationery cycle doesn't excite you, sample some group activities that strike your fancy. Participate in a group cycling class, beat stress with yoga, find balance with martial arts, stay cool with indoor swimming, or kick some you-know-what with boxaerobics.1. Change your eating habits (i.e. start eating smaller portions of food) before if you ate a full plate of food try eating 2/3 of a plate instead.
2.
o Substitute aspartame for sugar
o Try eating 3 or 4 smaller meals during the day rather than 2 large ones
o Eat your main large meal at midday with the other meals much smaller in content
o Don't eat heavy meals late in the evening as the body wont have time to digest it so it ends up stored as fat in your body.
o Balance your meals out during the day so in one day you have a mix of protein, carbohydrate and vitamins
o Drink lots of water during the day and before, during and after exercise, you should drink at least 8 big glasses of water per 24 hours
o Drink alcohol in moderation
o Stop smoking if you smoke or cut down
o Eat more fibre i.e. pulses grains nuts, pasta, brown rice, cereals, fresh fruit
o Eat more vegetables as part of your diet
o Eat less dairy products or choose those with less fat content i.e. cottage cheese
o Try steaming or poaching food instead of frying it, frying adds calories by the bucketful
o Cut down on Red meat and eat more lean or better still chicken and fish instead
o Use low fat oils in cooking i.e. sunflower, corn or Mazola
o Cut down on your salt intake, there are hidden salts even in tinned foods
o Try substituting carrots or fresh fruit instead of biscuits and sweetmeat when you have a craving for something in between meals.
o Drink semi or skimmed milk as opposed to full cream
Simply choose a diet which is low in fat and cholesterol, moderate in sugar and salt and high in fibre but at the same time has a variety of everything thus making it a balanced diet.Calculate your BMR!!
BMR means Basal Metabolic Rate.It is used to estimate how many calories you should consume.By using a simple formula called the Harris-Benedict principle, you can assess your BMR.
Your BMR is the amount of energy your body needs to function.Then, to lose weight, you'll need to cut calories or burn extra calories and shoot for a level lower than the results you get with this formula.
We use about 60 percent of the calories we consume each day for basic bodily functions such as breathing.Other factors that influence your BMR are height, weight, age and sex.
Step One : Calculate your BMR with the following formula:
鈥omen: BMR = 655 + (4.35 x weight in pounds) + (4.7 x height in inches) - (4.7 x age in years)
鈥en: BMR = 66 + (6.23 x weight in pounds) + (12.7 x height in inches) - (6.8 x age in years)
Step two : In order to incorporate activity into your daily caloric needs, do the following calculation:
鈥f you are sedentary : BMR x 1.2
鈥f you are lightly active: BMR x 1.375
鈥f you are moderately active (You exercise most days a week.): BMR x 1.55
鈥f you are very active (You exercise daily.): BMR x 1.725
鈥f you are extra active (You do hard labor or are in athletic training.): BMR x 1.9
Create a Calorie Deficit:
In order to lose weight, you must create a calorie deficit. It is easier and healthier to cut back your calorie intake a little bit at a time.
Every 3,500 calories is equivalent to 1 pound.
If you cut back 500 calories a day, you will lose 1 pound per week.
If you exercise to burn off 500 calories a day you will also lose 1 pound per week.
Ideally, you should do a combination of both, (e.g. cut back 250 calories; burn an extra 250 calories).
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It is not eating meat that makes you put on weight. Is the fat. If you dont eat meat, you have to replace the protein our body needs from bean products. Watch the carbohydrate intake.
if you don't eat a lot of red meat, that's the one that can and will put the weight on your ***,
more of the white meats and less of the red meat.
red meat is only once a month and you can only have 6 ounces or 6 in one month.
try that a hard workouts
every day and at the same time as well
and when you do eat red meat boil it or grill it or bake it.
never fry it.
hope this helps you
yes but i wouldnt sugest it u might get sick and it not healthy
I think U can but not a lot maybe 1-2 lbs because if u can lose a lot of weight by not eating meat than how much weight a vegetarians losing good luck
I became vegetarian about 7-8 months ago and I gained 8 pounds.I gave it up because I thought I would loose weight, but it's much harder to find lowfat and lowcal foods without meat. Instead of getting seared tuna at a restaurant, I would have to go for a fattening cream of brocolli soup or something like that. Catch my drift?If you want to become vegetarian, go for it, but don't expect to loose weight.
Well if you don't eat meat and do eat hight fattening carbs then no. If you read up on the Atkins diet( which a strickly protein diet or a diet that tells you to eat no meat you will see where they get the logistics of how they individually work .I think that the pyramid diet is the best. eat a little of each food group. keep the portions that they suggest not what you think you need.

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