I am a vegetarian and would like to have a high protein diet to lose weight?
February 7, 2010 by Khristine · 7 Comments
PeeLee asked:
I do eat, cheese and cage free eggs, though.
I Don’t eat poultry, fish/seafood, red meat or pork!(no animals)
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Stay away from too much cheese, as it is high in cholesterol. Try some starches, like potatoes or macaroni. Eat yogurt, protein bars, legumes, rice, bread, and drink plenty of milk.
Here’s a link to The Vegetarian Society’s Protein Information Sheet.
Loads of great info there. Good luck.
Those protein sources are also very high in cholesterol. You can also look into using soy protein, such as a a protein shake mixture available at most health stores, as well as lots of legumes. Beans and rice can get awfully tiresome, but good luck!
I make this allot and it is very yummy
1 bag frozen califlower
1 onion chopped up
1 tblsp garlic
2 cans stewed tomatos 14 oz.
1 cup of veg stock
lingine cooked till done
In a skillet saute the califlower and onion and garlic about 8 minutes then add stock and cook for about 5 minutes then add tomatoes and let cook till heated through and serve over pasta with parm cheese and garlic bread and a salad on the side YUMMY
Tofu and yogurt (consume low-fat ones). Excellent substitutes for vegetarians to provide with protein. In fact, tofu is the only plant source that has complete protein and it’s fat-less. Consume high amounts of these instead.
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But i would like to caution you that dieting, be it eating less or consuming high protein diet, is not healthy compared to the benefits a balanced meal with exercise could provide. There are no side/ill effects and it lasts. You won’t find yourself putting on weight again. Your body is healthy since it has all the essential nutrients and minerals it needs to function properly. Plus, we won’t know for sure if we are over-eating until we have complications. Anything low or anything high will be harmful.
Someone mentioned beans and rice.
That’s only one of the many ways of combining foods to create protein. You take two or more things that each have part of a protein, and eat them together.
whole grains and legumes is one example.
combining potatoes and yogurt is another (baked potato, with yogurt and salsa, for instance)
whole grains, nuts, and seeds
using a little dairy with whole grains also stretches the protein you get.
Try looking for “protein combining” in your favorite search engine.
eat tofu yum yum yum it cooks all different ways