Where’s the beef? Veggie tips.
December 26, 2009 by OCstrength
Filed under Diet, Featured
True Vegetarians….
You should be eating PLENTY of VEGETABLES. This should go without saying, but seems to be a problem for most.
Eat green vegetables! I personally do not like corn or carrots as part of my veggie intake, but they’re much better than pastas or starchy 99 cents for 10lbs of potatoes. I would much rather have sweet potatoes.
They taste great!
First, eat them…then worry about the vitamins being lost from boiling, microwaving, etc…just look for organic local vegetables if possible.
The same holds true with fruit. Just eat it. Most of your carbs should be coming from fruits and vegetables, period. Wash it and do your research on the pesticides stuff.
You can also add in nuts, and beans for protein. I prefer unsalted, plain almonds. For beans, I like black beans, green lentil beans, pretty much any lentil bean is fine.
Cook properly for fat loss.
Other sources of carbs should be sweet potatoes, oatmeal, and brown rice. For fat loss, you simply eat less of these. I also suggest adding a low carb protein shake in during the day as well. Since nobody reading this yet is trying to deadlift 500lbs or grow to 250#s in size, let’s not worry too much about the protein types and all that jibberish for now.
To lose weight, your should eat your biggest meals for breakfast, and post workout. If fat loss is the goal, limit your night time carbs, it’s pretty simple. And obviously, you limit the sugar and drink water…always drink water!
So, if you’re eating real beans, sweet potatoes, brown rice, vegetables, fruits, oatmeal, protein shakes, and drinking plenty of water…and of course sticking to a good workout program, you will get results. If you are a vegetarian that still consumes dairy, then you have even more options for protein and carbs. I do suggest limiting dairy during fat loss programs.
For weight loss, I suggest smaller portion sizes, less dairy, and less oil.
If it still doesn’t work, you are cheating…and lying to yourself. There are plenty of STRONG vegetarians, as well and non-meat eaters that lose weight all the time.
-Mike.
PS: Flour is not a vegetable.
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What about eggs?
I was speaking of the ones that do not consume any animal products…which would include milk and cheese. But yes, eggs are another option for non-meat eaters. For fat loss, I suggest less yellow.. I would usually do 2 full eggs to 2 egg whites.