Vegetarian Star

Kathy Freston, the author who spurred a challenge for everyone to gradually get into the vegan diet with her last best-selling book, Veganist: Lose Weight, Get Healthy, Change the World, is now instructing those looking to shed pounds how to do it in an animal-friendly manner.

The Lean: A Revolutionary (And Simple) 30-Day Plan For Healthy, Lasting Weight Loss, is divided into 30 segments, each advocating a different “tip” for achieving and maintaining healthy weight and includes “Trade Your Milk and Butter for Plant-Based Versions,” “Make Your Lunch Without Animal Products,” and “Take the Animals Off the Dinner Plate.”

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"The Biggest Loser" Burgandy Keel Before And After

“Bob is so gracious and we were so blessed to be able to go to his house this season. He has never done this before. When we saw the meal, I couldn’t believe the colors and the rich smells and it was so filling. But, on the other hand, I don’t know if I am ready to go vegan. Right now, I am just trying to eat whole foods every day.”

—Burgandy Keel, contestant on this season’s “The Biggest Loser,” on the vegan meal she and other contestants enjoyed at trainer Bob Harper‘s home. Whether you’re ready to go vegan or not, there’s no commitment involved in enjoying good food as often as you’d like. So print some of the recipes from the day like Roasted Wild Mushrooms with Shaved Fennel Salad, Roasted Cauliflower and Chopped Broccoli with Pine Nuts at Harper’s blog, My Trainer Bob.

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“These diets that are out there that say ‘I can eat all the protein and fat that I want and I’m going to lose weight. Well you know what? You’re absolutely going to lose weight when you eat like that. But what you’re doing to your heart and arteries with all that animal protein and fat — it’s damaging to the molecular structure of your body.”

—Bob Harper, The Biggest Loser coach, taking a break from teaching yoga to explain to That’s Fit that the key to healthy weight isn’t about cutting carbs and downing all the “lean” ground beef you can handle.

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Former The Biggest Loser contestant set out on yet another weight loss challenge after giving birth to her second son in 2008.

Suzy Hoover lost 95 pounds during the reality TV show in 2005, and her husband, Matt Hoover was season two’s winner.

To jumpstart her weight loss program, Hoover spent a week at The Biggest Loser Resort in Ivins, Utah, where her days were spent with long hikes and 45 minute workouts such as cycling.

What did Hoover eat to fuel all this activity?

US Magazine reports Hoover ate “1,200 calories a day fueled by veggie heavy meals.”

It’s no surprise The Biggest Loser Resort relies on food grown in the ground to help get attendees off the ground and on their way to less pounds.

Bob Harper, one of the coaches on the show, is a vegetarian who says he recommends all contestants either follow a vegetarian or diet with very little meat.

Harper’s diet “A” consists of protein from sources like beans and tofu, while diet “B” for competitors that absolutely refuse to quit meat consists of little amounts of lean meat, but still forces them to go heavy on the veggie.

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“I haven’t been aware of what everybody’s been saying. Somebody showed me a story that made it sound like I’m too thin. I’ve just been living life and trying to live it to the fullest. That’s all I’m trying to do — live happy and healthy. I gained a lot of weight to play Idi Amin and afterwards I got a little more serious about diet and exercise. Also, I don’t think being a vegetarian hurts.”

—-Forest Whitaker, in Parade magazine, on his highly publicized weight loss.

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Kathy Freston had a chat with Dr. Dean Ornish, best known for his diet and lifestyle approach to treating  on protein, healthy body weight and weight loss.

Here are a few highlights:

On the dangers of animal protein:
DO: Diets that are high in animal protein are usually high in saturated fat, which promotes both heart disease and cancer. A recent study reviewed by Dr. Steven A. Smith in The New England Journal of Medicine found that high-protein, low-carbohydrate diets accelerate atherosclerosis (blockage in arteries) through mechanisms other than traditional risk factors such as changes in cholesterol and triglycerides.

Should you count calories or fat?
DO: In my experience, if you eat predominantly a whole foods, plant-based diet that is naturally high in fiber and low in fat and in refined carbohydrates, and if you eat it mindfully, you don’t have to count anything to lose weight. You feel full before you consume too many calories.

What are those good carbs again?
DO: Good carbs are whole foods. These include fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts, and soy products in their natural, unrefined, unprocessed forms.

Because these good carbs are unrefined, they are naturally high in fiber as well. The fiber fills you up before you eat too much. For example, it’s hard to get too many calories from eating apples or whole grains, because apples are naturally low in calories and high in fiber, which causes you to feel full before you consume too many calories.

Read more at the HuffingtonPost.

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A big myth about vegetarians and vegans is that they always stay skinny and never have a need for weight loss.

While following a veg diet is more likely to result in a healthier body mass, veg folks can load up on too many vegan cookies, pour a whole bottle of olive oil to saute the vegetables, and stuff their faces with high, empty caloric vegetarian food too.

Then suddenly, their organic cotton pants start to burst.

Dr. Ian Smith, diet expert on VH1’s Celebrity Fit Club, was recently online to answer questions about healthy eating, exercise, and weight loss. His 4 Day Diet plan explained in his book, 4 Day Diet, can be adapted for many people, including vegetarians, as he explained.

What is the best diet for vegetarians? Since all the food we consume has so much of carb and sugar, how can we substitute protein with all the veggies and fruits? What are the options we have for following Atkins or South Beach? Thanks.

Dr. Ian Smith: On my diet, The 4 Day Diet, vegetarians are having great success, because they can make the substitutions they need to make. The program is very flexible for all types of eating styles whether you’re a vegetarian, vegan, diabetic, etc. If you want non-animal protein, you can load up on legumes and beans and things like chickpeas and lentils. If you eat eggs, egg whites are full of protein also.

Read the other advice Dr. Ian Smith gives at the Washington Post.

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