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Stay motivated. Review these helpful weight loss tips frequently


If you are a meat-eater who has decided to use a vegan diet for weight loss, these weight loss tips will be especially valuable. If you are an overweight vegan, you have made some poor food and lifestyle choices over the years. This information can help you get back on track.

What motivates you to change your diet?

We succeed in making lifestyle changes when we have more reasons to change than we have reasons to continue a destructive habit. Weight loss motivation comes from different places. Some common sources of motivation are:
  • Embarrassment about your appearance
  • Job discrimination
  • Social discrimination
  • Pressure from family members
  • Difficulty in finding clothes
  • Fatigue, discomfort, and health problems

Are you mainly motivated by personal and health issues? If you have thus far ignored the compassionate and environmental reasons to be a vegan, open your mind and learn about them. They will keep you motivated more than you can imagine.

There are many vegetarian and vegan resources available. Take advantage of them, especially the vegetarian groups. 

Committed vegans are often motivated by:

  • Compassion for animals
  • Concern for the environment
Are you an overweight vegan who is motivated only by these factors? You may be projecting a negative image of vegans as you graze on french fries and vegan candy. Which of your friends will want to be a vegan if you are too fat, too skinny, have no energy, or have zits? Educate yourself about nutrition and exercise. Set the best example that you can.

Some compassionate vegans are scornful of people who follow a vegan diet for health reasons. To us this seems a bit elitist. Remember, the important thing is that people stop eating animals, whatever their reasons may be.

Get organized

Here are ten weight loss facts that summarize our vegan weight loss program. If you memorize these facts and use them for planning meals, you will attain your goals.

One of our most important weight loss tips is to keep a weight loss journal. Most calorie-restricted diets have you measure portion sizes and count calories. Fortunately, you don't have to count calories on our vegan program. But here are a few details you should record in your weight loss journal.


Get educated

Consider attending a vegetarian conference. IVU holds conferences in various countries. The North American Vegetarian Society (NAVS) hosts a fabulous five day Summerfest every year in Johnstown, PA. There are dozens of lectures, cooking classes, and social activities. Summerfest is not only educational but also lots of fun.

If you live closer to the west coast, VegSource has held some excellent conferences in Los Angeles over the past few years. We hope they are able to continue the tradition. They create DVDs of their speakers and package them together each year. If you can't attend their conference, buy one or more of the DVD sets.





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