Vegetarian is much easier to get enough protein than vegan because you can do greek yogurt, low fat cottage cheese, eggs/egg whites.

Anonymous wrote:Again with the Protein!!! Frustrating to hear this same crap over and over.

Some people don't need as much protein (you, I guess) and others need more to stay satiated and to build muscle. I need a lot of protein or else I'm starving. I eat a well balanced diet with plenty of plants and vegetarian meals, but when I was vegetarian I was ALWAYS HUNGRY.

I'm in my late 40s and I did the Eat to Live when I was in my early 40s.

It's a very healthy eating plan. But I found it to be unsustainable in the longer term. But as someone who didn't learn much about nutrition growing up, it was helpful.

I'm glad I did the intense portion--after the 6 weeks, kept up the "maintaining" portion for about 9 months or so.
I lost a lot of weight, felt healthy. But got VERY bored of the food options. And it was a lot of work to prep that much fresh veggie daily.
It wasn't sustainable for me. My meals were different the rest of the family.

BUT I did find the principles helpful. So a few years later, when I found out I had high cholesterol, I went back to a version of this.
I went to a nutritionist who helped me to translate some of the principles of it with the goal of reducing my cholesterol to stay off statins in a 3 month
timeframe. It worked well. So I appreciated the education that the Eat to Live model provides.

For example, the nutritionist helped me with strategies of how to eat when I'm traveling for work with limited options. Or she recommended specific brands of
ready made soups (a no-no on the other plan) that she said were most similar to making it yourself.

Anonymous wrote:Again with the Protein!!! Frustrating to hear this same crap over and over.

So true. protein is overrated. My husband is plenty fat without protein. Who needs it? Not him.

Me, on the other hand, I thrive on protein (and fruits and veggies) but not on grains.

Anonymous wrote:Again with the Protein!!! Frustrating to hear this same crap over and over.

Yes PROTEIN!! I'm not telling OP to be the Liver King, just pointing out the fact that as we age we need more protein and being a vegan will make that hard to accomplish. Even OP said the diet was "radical". So whatever....

Again with the Protein!!! Frustrating to hear this same crap over and over.

I have never heard of this, however in general it is very challenging to get enough protein into your diet if you're eating vegan. It just is. As we age we need more protein, a lot more than you think. Not to mention the essential amino acids you're likely not going to get from eating vegan.

Followed the radical 6-week program (which is vegan) outlined in the book many years ago to drop last bit of baby weight. Wondering if any over-40s here have had success w/ it as a form of weight maintenance? It's unlimited raw fruit and veggies and beans, but am wondering about protein as well as gaining weight back after dropping it on such a radical plan.