Weight loss for vegetarians

[LargeInCharge]

Hello!
I’ve been a vegetarian nearly all my life and I want to lose weight to be healthier (and to look better in my clothes) so I thought I’d create a space where fellow veggies (and vegans too) can share their weight loss journeys, food ideas, recipes and how they are feeling.

I started my journey on Tuesday so this is day 4 for me. My daily calorie limit is 1200.

Weight - 15st 4 (weighed on day 1)
Height - 5’ 9
Goal weight - 10st 7

How I gained weight - not exercising, eating crisps, cake, too many carbs and booze.
Positive changes - trying to be more active, ditched the crisps, cake and booze. Limiting my carbs as much as I can.

No pressure to reveal weight or anything that’s personal to you.

Good luck. 🥗🌽🥦🥬🥕🥒🫑🥑🥭🍅🍑🍓🍌🥥🫐

purplegirl13 the dal looks so good - more ingredients to add to my shop!

Weigh day for me.

SW - 215lbs
Week 1 - 209.8
Week 2 - 206.8

So 3lbs lost this week!

Dh and I guess my loss and this time he was right. I said 2lbs.

I pulled out some pyjamas that I couldn’t wear because they got too tight earlier this year and they are loose around the waist now.

I hope everyone’s having a good Tuesday.

Well done on that loss @LargeInCharge

I have a stressful week this week, which always increases the risk of overeating. I guess being aware of the link between the two is the first step in stopping the comfort eating from happening, but it’s hard. The urge is strong!

Anyway, the plan for today is:
L: veggie burger in a wrap with salad & an apple
D: stir fry & yoghurt
S: seeded cracker with cheese & grapes

Have a good day everyone

well done @LargeInCharge

Today:
B - 3 egg omelette with cheese and vivera bacon pieces
L - salad with a handful of these www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/huvudroll-vegetable-balls-frozen-70487795/
D - rice and some of the sweet & sour tofu I made last week (froze a portion)
S - not sure yet

@Crazzzycat I hope the week gets better for you. It's so hard to resist comfort eating - I know it's my go to when feeling low/unwell. It's easy to want to overeat or reach for convenience foods when you're busy/stressed The fact that you have a meal plan should hopefully minimise this.

Thanks @purplegirl13 and @Crazzzycat this thread has helped to keep me motivated.

Weighing once a week suits me more than every day (which I did last time) because I’d be frustrated with a daily weigh.

Friday weigh-ins have been a game-changer for me. If I've eaten a little off-plan at the weekend it gives me a few days to get back on track before weigh-in and a weigh in on Friday also motivates me to think about making better choices for the weekend ahead.

I am a daily weigh-er but only record on Friday, daily weighing isn't for everyone if you get too hung up on the numbers but I like seeing the fluctuations - I won't have really gained or lost 2lbs overnight - so many factors to consider - dehydration due to salty meals/takeaways TOM, whether you've been to the bathroom etc

I agree @purplegirl13 - I tend to over-do it a bit at the weekend but am better at sticking to the plan in the week. I tend to do a mini weigh on a Monday to keep track of how much I put on over the weekend, if I did, and that gives me a target to lose that much and a little more by Friday morning. I had a few weeks of only managing to lose during the week what I put on at the weekend with a net loss near zero, and am hoping that doesn't happen again as it is very dispiriting.

So far today:
Breakfast - small slice (28g) toast plus 80g baked beans - 126 calories.
Carrot cake bun (brought home yesterday by DC from cookery class) - no idea but it's quite low sugar and fat. Going to guess 74 cals to take breakfast to 200 total but that may be an underestimate.

Lunch - Wheat&white wrap with quorn chicken & lettuce. Carrot sticks with 50cal worth of houmous. A slice of Squeakybean Pastrami wrapped around a handful of lettuce. 100cal of vegetable "crisps". An apple. gingernut biscuit. Total 600.

So total so far maybe about 800cal or maybe a little more.

Dinner tonight will be another portion of the Massaman Rice that I posted about upthread.

Just found this thread-I’m technically maintaining now but like the idea of sharing healthy veggie meals. Tonight I’m doing a Thai green curry using bought paste, leftover roasted sweet potato chunks, broccoli, sweetheart cabbage and whatever else looks nice in the fridge. Hopefully there’ll be enough for the freezer too.

I'm trying to use whats in the freezer and have found linda McCartney pulled pork.
Am thinking quesadillas which does not sound v low calorie. I have weightwatchers small wraps. I was thinking bulk up the pork with lots of veg. Serve with a salad.

@PurpleDaisies welcome. How did you get to maintaining stage? I'm losing by calorie counting but have found reducing carbs massively helpful and also measuring out cheese to remind myself what a portion of it should look like and is not handfuls of it!!

@SuperLoudPoppingAction that sounds like a Good plan.

I've not had my planned salad for lunch, my large omelette about 10ish has kept me full.

Thanks for the welcome @purplegirl13. I lost a stone by measuring carbs, limiting junk and snacking and generally being a better vegetarian by eating more vegetables! Plus meal planning including realistic easy nights with healthy batch cooked stuff. I’d got in a rut relying on processed freezer food. I don’t want to slip back into bad habits! I really like cooking, especially trying new things, so I love a thread like this.

I know exercise isn’t the main thing for weight loss but it’s really helped me have more space for a chocolate bar or a biscuit without gaining. Plus if I’ve done a killer Hiit session it helps me resist temptation to not “waste” it.

Welcome @PurpleDaisies

B - coffee - 34 cals
L - Baxter’s minestrone soup and two boiled eggs - 284 cals
D - cauliflower with sriracha and soy sauce and quorn cottage pie - 467
S - coconut water, twinings liquorice tea, arla protein yog, strawberries, Pepsi max - 273

Total 1058

I think my quesadilla ended up around 450 calories and filled me up enough as a main meal. I added loads of onion, garlic, courgette, mushrooms and peppers. The pulled pork stuff is fairly low calorie. Edam is high protein and I only added just enough for it to stick together. The wraps are 109 calories each.
So it felt like a proper meal but I think it was low enough in calories I would have it again.

I really like the Linda McCartney hoisin duck version of that pulled pork. I like it in wraps for lunch with extra hoisin and cucumber for crunch.

Morning all,

I had n waffle cone with a couple of scoops of ice cream last night as had calories to spare but I don't want to getting into that habit. I think I need to up my calorie by having full fat greek yogurt and maybe adding avocado to my salads or having nuts as a snack.

@PurpleDaisies feel free to share any favourite recipes on this thread! I've gained more weight from being at home over the last year, whereas I'd have hit at least 7-8k steps most days without even trying. I need to add in exercise, I'm short so exercise will be key in maintaining (once I get there) and also help with the losing as I don't want to restrict calories heavily

@SuperLoudPoppingAction glad dinner worked out well.

Today:
B - greek yogurt and mango
L - salad with a handful of these www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/huvudroll-vegetable-balls-frozen-70487795/ (was planned for yesterday)
D - some sort of freezer food, shove in the oven job.
Snack options - kefir yogurt, nuts

Have a good day everyone

Hello everyone, mind if I join? I’ve crept to the upper end of overweight during lockdown - wfh has decimated my steps and I hate running so normally go swimming or to gym next to work and have ended up basically doing no exercise for a year plus work has been stressful so there has been a lot of comfort eating. No more!
I’m vegan and rubbish at calorie counting so trying to broadly follow Dr Greger‘s app.
Breakfast this morning was porridge, banana and strawberries
Lunch is going to be a bean burger, salad and fruit
Dinner is going to be the other half of some lentil & vegetable soup I made yesterday

Welcome!

The last couple of days I've been eating half a cup of greek yoghurt with a bit of fruit (raspberries or passion fruit) and a microwaved muffin from the ones I made at the weekend, cut into pieces.
It's about 300 calories and very excellent.

Welcome @PattyPan

B - coffee and a mango kefir = 125
L - a lentil, spinach, spring onion, light feta salad with a boiled egg = 168

I was annoyed with yesterday’s lunch soup....it was high in salt so in a way it was a blessing because todays salad was delicious and filling too.

I have 873 calories remaining for dinner, snacks and coffee.

Welcome @PattyPan

@SuperLoudPoppingAction I'm going to have to make those muffins at some point aren't I?!

I have no baked beans in so the planned quorn nuggets, mash and beans for dinner didn't happen.

I've had an early dinner, and made an adapted version of this www.chinasichuanfood.com/wonton-soup-recipes/
I normally throw in quick quick veggies like mushrooms/spinach but didn't have any in so it was only dumplings and rice noodles today.

Calories are over by 100 but I bumped up calories earlier with nuts, and salad dressing made with oil. If it wasn't for the change in dinner plan, I'd have been on target. I added more rice noodles than I needed so will know for next time, I'm uncomfortably full now.

*quick cook

Hello, I’d like to join, although I’m a pescatarian I eat mostly vegetarian, probably have fish about once or twice a month so will share veggie only food here.

I’ve been healthy eating sticking to 1200 Cals a day since January and I’ve gone from 13st8 to 11st3. Would like to get back to 10st.

I’ve found a new favourite breakfast, I’ve been making these blueberry porridge muffins which taste really nice and don’t have any sugar in apart from from the fruit so feels like a nice healthy start to the day and are 115 Cals each and I have them with a yoghurt.

nicsnutrition.com/healthy-banana-muffins/

Today I’ve had-

B - crumpet with 10g lurpak lighter and marmite

L - warburtons thin, quorn, mustard and cherry tomatoes, packet of skips and a banana

S - Satsuma and a custard cream

D - will be Linda McCartney chorizo sausages, mashed celeriac and peas. May have 10g of dark chocolate if I have any spare calories later.

B: small banana 80cal
L: mini wheat&white wrap with lettuce and quorn chicken, ryvita with mushroom pate, carrot sticks with 50cal houmous, 100cal non-crisps, an apple and a brownie bite. 500cal

Mid afternoon - a jaffa cake and a handful of popcorn 120 cal

Dinner will be chilli non-carne on 150g jacket potato. Later on I might have a bit of stilton and chutney for a bit of a treat.

Welcome @MarmaladeToastAndAMarmaladeCat and well done on your weight loss.

Dinner will be quorn pieces with sriracha and chilli sauce, sugar snap peas and no idea, maybe some feta.

I am a vegetarian too and in lockdown, I put on almost 8 Kgs of weight. But in the last 1 month, with 1 hour of everyday workout and only healthy eating helped me lose around 2 Kgs of my weight.
A properly planned diet is a must for a weight loss journey. And, along with that, we must keep up with the taste buds by eating tasty yet healthy food in right amounts throughout the day.