Weight loss and maintaining is remarkably easy when you eat a lot of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and beans. Improvements in cholesterol, blood pressure and sugar levels, and other aspects of health are thrown in as a bonus too; cut our foods that are high in fat but low in fiber, and eat more foods that are low-fat and have lots of fiber. A healthy vegetarian/vegan diet is probably the most effective and the easiest, safes, and more guaranteed way to losing or maintaining weight. Major health problems only arrive from very-low calorie diets or low-carb, high-protein diets; they are also very hard to maintain for long-term.



Many people believe that pasta, bread, potatoes, and rice are fattening. They couldn't be more wrong.Containing fewer than half the calories of fat, if you eat complex carbs other than fatty foods, you cut calories. What logic! Carbohydrates are also treated differently than fat calories by your body. While converting carbs into fat, they body wastes 23 percent of the calories in that carbohydrate; with fat calories, it's a lot easier to store it as body fat (only 3% of calories are burned during transformation and storage).



Both protein and carbohydrates have the same amount of calories per gram, but that doesn't mean they have the same fat content. Protein-more specifically, animal protein- are usually high in fat; "lean" cuts of meat still have much more fat than your body needs. All animal protein lacks fiber, which makes the food less satisfying. Plant proteins, on the other hand, have lots of fiber, which is more satisfying without adding calories.

And we can't forget about exercise. Aerobic exercise helps the breakdown of fat and maintains muscle; toning exercises help build and firm muscle mass. Now you just have to find something that you like and fits your daily life. For instance, I love walking and cycling , so everyday I do a bit of both. Usually I exercise with my step-dad; it's more motivating when you have an exercise partner and we get to bond too.

All in all, eating lots of complex carbs and low-fat foods with a vegetarian diets is the best, most-guaranteed method to a healthier life.