How to Get Enough Healthy Veg Calories to Avoid Weight Loss

Maintain A Healthy Weight

Enthusiastic convert to healthy plant based diet unintentionally loses weight along with the meat, and wants to know how to keep his weight up and eat healthy too. Hello Savvy Vegetarian, I recently started changing my diet. I am juicing fruits and veggies and cutting out meat. I feel GREAT! I am very excited about [...]

Read the rest »

7 Yr Old Sugar Addict Reluctant to Go Vegan with Dad

Kid Won't Eat

Dad goes vegan for weight loss, tries to get son to give up sugar & eat his cooking Message for Savvy Vegetarian: First of all, thanks for creating the Savvy Vegetarian web site! A little story about myself: I have struggled with weight issues most of my adult life. Recently I decided (educated myself) that [...]

Read the rest »

How NOT to Gain Weight on a (Mostly) Vegetarian Diet

Vegetarian Weight Gain

When I try to become vegetarian I gain weight. How can I control my weight & still be mostly vegetarian? Question for Savvy Vegetarian: When I try to become a vegetarian – except for fish (mostly wild salmon) and eggs) – I gain weight. I eat quinoa, but generally find I must leave beans and [...]

Read the rest »

Senior maintains healthy weight range with diet & exercise

Healthy Fit Senior

Weight Loss Story: Active senior maintains heart healthy weight range for 44 years with diet & exercise plan, needs  balanced healthy diet for more weight loss Message for Savvy Vegetarian: I am a 68 year old male in much better than average condition; heart healthy, active all 4 seasons. I have “fought” the weight loss battle for [...]

Read the rest »

Vegetarian Weight Loss & Anne Collins

Anne-Collins

Does Anne Collins need to be a Registered Dietition to provide advice on vegetarian weight loss, vegetarian nutrition and online weight loss support? Message for Savvy Vegetarian: I’m really bothered by the fact that you keep telling people to go to Anne Collins’ website. I had to search for quite a few minutes to find [...]

Read the rest »

Soy Foods And Vegetarian Protein

Tofu Burger

Soy Foods are not the only way to get vegetarian protein. Soy foods are good if you stay away from processed soy and stick to organic soy like tofu and tempeh. Question for Savvy Vegetarian Hi Savvy Vegetarian! I have just discovered your wonderful site while searching for help on cooking tofu. I am a [...]

Read the rest »

How Many Avocados Can You Eat & Still Lose Weight?

Avocado

New to a vegetarian diet and wondering how many avocado you can eat and still lose weight. How many calories in avocado? Question for Savvy Vegetarian: I have asked this question of my many friends on Twitter and Facebook but no one seems to know or have the answer. How many avocados can a person [...]

Read the rest »