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Vegetarian Weight Loss Diet Plan

By Laura Ng

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To lose weight as a vegetarian, you need a vegetarian weight loss diet plan that covers not just the dieting aspect, but the exercise regimen as well. Plus, a set of fail proof weight loss tips that you can apply along with your dieting and exercising to achieve a more complete and effective vegetarian weight loss regimen. Here's a quick rundown of what you should include in your vegetarian weight loss diet plan:

Inside Your Vegetarian Weight Loss Diet Plan - Dieting

1. 5 Meals Daily - Breaking into 5 smaller meals from your 3 regular meals will help make sure you're getting enough food supply to fuel your activities throughout the day. You won't easily heap on excess calories by eating in this way. And you'll probably experience weight loss even in the first 7 days.

2. Vegetable First - In all your main meals - breakfast, lunch and dinner, include plenty of vegetables in a ratio of 3: 2 (vegetables to other foods) in your vegetarian weight loss diet plan. Whenever you tuck in, start eating some vegetables first. This is because the fibrous vegetables are very filling - they can help you block the intake of excess calories easily. On top of that, they're particularly good at flushing out toxins and help you lose belly fat effectively.

3. Reduce Processed Food - Most processed vegetarian foods are added with lots of chemical additives, sodium, sugar and fat to make them flavorful and look appealing. Don't forget that these junks are what that make you grow fat and become overweight. Replace them with whole vegetarian foods such as fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds, legumes, etc in your vegetarian weight loss diet plan.

4. 70% Full Only - It takes your stomach about 10 - 20 minutes to tell your brain about its satiety level. Hence, slow down your eating speed by chewing every bite of your food for about 20 - 25 times at least. This simple chewing action helps to improve digestion and allows you to feel full faster. There are people who lose weight after applying this simple technique. Of course, you'll lose even more weight when you apply all the vegetarian weight loss tips over here.

5. Proper Hydration - Not drinking enough water can result in water retention, causing your metabolism to run amok. You need to boost your metabolism to burn fat and lose weight. Thus, hydrate your body with sensible amount of water.

6. Sleep to Lose Weight - Insufficient sleep can cause dehydration. As just said, dehydration can impact your metabolism. Hence, get the number of hours of sleep you need. Try to sleep at least 5 - 8 hours according to your body needs.

7. Detox - Make time for toilet. Cleansing your bowel at least once a day can improve your body's fat-burning response. A well-detoxified body will definitely lose weight more easily.

Inside Your Vegetarian Weight Loss Diet Plan - Exercising

1. Interval Training - Go with high-intensity interval training instead of cardio workouts. Numerous studies have proven that interval training burns more fat than cardio. And the fat-burning effect lasts up to 24 hours. You'll definitely lose more weight as a vegetarian with interval training.

2. Types of Fat-Burning Workouts - Side plank, jumping jacks, Spiderman climbs, bicycle crunch, pushups, prisoner squat - these full bodyweight (multi-joint) exercises produce overall fat loss more effectively and efficiently than single-joint exercises like crunches and sit-ups.

3. What's the Best Time to Exercise? - Morning before 7 A.M. An Australian experiment shows that morning helps to burn more fat than any other time in the day. However, if you find hard to stick to morning exercises, any other time in the day works fine. The truth is, you'll still burn fat, albeit lesser.

These are the effective fundamentals you should include in your vegetarian weight loss diet plan. Apply them as soon as now and see the effect for yourself in the next 10 days. You'll be amazed at the results. I promise.

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