On Aug 6, 6:26 pm, Alligirl22 <Alligirl22.fdc...@weightlossbanter.com>
wrote:

It seems much easier to lose or maintain weight on a vegetarian diet,
but you still have to stay away from the high fat and refined carbs. I
eat plenty of celery, lettuce, radishes, green beans, green peppers,
onions, cauliflower and I drink a little nonfat milk and eat egg
whites or Egg beaters for protein since I don't eat soy. Apparently,
the latest info indicates it isn't so hard to get adequate protein as
was thought just a few years ago and I wouldn't really have to eat the
egg whites or drink the milk, but I like it.

I understand the feeling when you eat more than you planned, and I
don't like that feeling either, so I just don't EVER overeat. I eat
exactly 1800 cal per day, and STOP!  With my exercise level (6X a week
of moderate exercise), I can easily maintain my weight of 135 pounds.
Another reason why I never overeat besides feeling like I blew my
diet, is that overeating wouldn't really satisfy me anyway. People
like me who tend to get overweight and WERE overweight do not have a
good mechanism to tell us when we should be full, so I could easily
eat 4 of whatever dessert you eat and still crave more.....so, I just
don't go there. It works for me anyway. Also there is the idea of
CHEATING on your diet. It is like any other kind of cheating...once
you allow yourself to do it, you are very likely to do it over and
over again. dkw