Vegan Lifestyle Weight Loss Plan

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.

Vegan diet is mostly based on grains and vegetables, as well as dairy substitutes, mostly soy products. This type of diet requires taking care of total amount of minerals and vitamins contained in each type of foods, and counting calories isn't the most important thing. More important problem is finding a good source of protein your body needs.

So, vegans need to find sources of minerals, vitamins and protein, and some foods that contain valuable substances also contain higher percentages of carbs. Carbohydrates are actually sugar, or became blood sugar once your body transform them to glucose, to be able to use it as a fuel for daily processes. This way you end up consuming too much carbs, including hidden carbs.

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.

If you cut the carbs, your body will soon spend all glucose reserves, and you will force it to search for another source. This is when it will start using fat reserves, transforming the fats into fat acids. This state is also called ketosis, and it is great for losing weight, especially from your belly and similar areas. It might be simple for people eating all foods. But, it might be hard for vegans to stick to it.

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.

As an example of these low carb vegetables, you can eat lettuce, kale, spinach, broccoli, garlic, cauliflower and, for example, cucumber. You should also stop eating fruits, especially bananas, and you have to exclude all sweeteners and sugars. Tubers, grains and legumes are also forbidden.

You should still eat vegan substitutes for meat and some dairy substitutes, but taking into account how much you are actually allowed to eat, considering various hidden carbs. All in all, you should never take more than 50 grams of carbs in a day, and this includes all hidden carbs. Make sure to get enough vitamins and minerals.