By Pamela Reynolds


People often think that all vegans and vegetarians are lean. Unfortunately, this is not true. When you change your lifestyle and eating habits, in these first few months you can actually lose weight significantly, but, as the time goes by, your organism gets used to this new type of food, and you can easily gain weight. In this case, you will need a vegan lifestyle weight loss plan.

Even if you consume less calories, it doesn't guarantees that you will start losing weight. With limited choice of foods, and knowing that your body needs to get certain things, for example protein, vegans have limited choice of diets they could try. Considering the fact their meals are mostly based on grains and dairy substitutes, they have to find a balance.

Taking care about sufficient intake of protein, mineral and vitamins sometimes may end up with taking too much carbohydrate. Since all carbohydrates end up being blood sugar, or glucose, it's not strange that vegans may gain weight easily. Another problem is they consume larger quantities of food, and if something is missing in their organism, and often is, they will feel hungry.

To be able to work properly, your body needs energy. It is programmed to use glucose as a predominant source, and this is really blood sugar. It comes from sugars you eat, but also from all carbs you consume, including grains and numerous hidden carbs. You can actually force your body to start using other sources, forcing it into the state of ketosis, which is quite simple for people who eat meat.

The best thing about ketosis is that you lose fat from your belly, and this type of fat is hard to lose using different types of diets. When it ketosis, the body starts releasing fat acids from fat cells reserves, and it uses these fat acids as a fuel, instead of using glucose. The most difficult thing for vegans here is to consume enough protein during this process.

Anyway, there are a few simple rules about what you should and what you should not eat while on keto diet. First, you should get up to 70 percent of your calorie intake from fats. You can use coconut oil, olive oil, avocado etc. For this purpose, as well as different nuts and previously soaked seeds. Considering the fact that you have to cut carbohydrates to a minimum, choose low-carbs vegetables.

Here are some examples of different low carbs vegetables, for example spinach, cauliflower, broccoli, lettuce, cucumber and zucchini. Fruits contain high levels of carbs, and you should stop eating most of them. You should also stop eating tubers, grains and all other things that contain higher amounts of carbohydrates.

Since you have to get enough protein, you have to eat vegetable protein, dairy substitutes and vegan meats, but be careful not to exceed your 50 gram of carbohydrates limit. Leafy greens, organic coconut oil and avocado, with balanced vitamin and minerals ratio, and you will soon get rid of your belly fat. This might be a little bit more difficult for you than for others, but you can do it.




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