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[quote=Anonymous]I am also a vegan and have recently had some success losing weight. A few thoughts -

First, you mentioned that you had been eating a candy bar most days. This was a HUGE part of my problem. Sugary junk food often has hundreds of calories. I would eat healthy for the whole day, be at my target calories for the day, and then have a cookie or something at the last minute and blow the whole thing. I think if you cut this out completely (or as someone else suggested, eat a small amount of dark chocolate to satisfy the craving), it will make a big difference.

Second, as others have said I would really recommend adding tofu and tempeh to your diet to get more protein. Tempeh in particular is incredibly healthy and has none of the possible health concerns of other soy products (though I don't buy those anyway).

Third, there have been a few articles recently about micro-fasting. Basically, you eat normally except for 1 or 2 days per week, where you eat only about 1000 calories. (Obviously you would want these to be days when you did not exercise.) Studies indicate that it really helps with weight loss and overall health. I have imported it into my own life as just picking one day a week to eat a very light lunch.

Finally, exercise is really helpful because it gives you a margin of error. Every mile you run burns 100 calories. So if you run 4 miles in the morning, that's an extra 400 calories you have to work with during the day. And strength training is helpful for the reasons others have said - more muscle means you burn more calories.[/quote]

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