How to Do the Body for Life Diet as a Vegan
Being a vegan is an admirable way to live life. You are taking care of your health while also helping animals and the environment. Doing commercial diet plans can sometimes be challenging on a vegan diet (it is impossible to be vegan on the Jenny Craig plan, for example). However, one mainstream diet that works perfectly for the vegan lifestyle is Body For Life!Here's how you can do it successfully as a vegan!
Things You'll Need
- Vegan proteins such as seitan, Tofurky, or tempeh
- Unsaturated oil
- Vegetables
- Complex carbohydrates
- Body For Life journal
Instructions
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How to Do the Body for Life Diet as a Vegan
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Plan for your diet, and get the Body for Life journal. This will help keep a record of your vegan diet. You can write in the foods you ate, how it all made you feel and more. It's a great source of diet planning and it will hold you accountable as you go along this new journey!
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Go food shopping! Planning in advance for your vegan diet is the way to set yourself up for success! You'll want to purchase complex carbohydrates, vegetables, a few choices for unsaturated oils for cooking and vegan proteins.
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Choose your vegan proteins first! You can plan the rest of your meals around them. The program suggests healthy vegan proteins such as seitan, tofu, tempeh, textured vegetable protein, and veggie burgers.
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Pick healthy unsaturated oils for cooking, a great mix of complex carbohydrates (there are many possibilities including vegan pasta, squash, oatmeal, corn, and sweet potatoes) and some healthy vegetables (carrots, broccoli, and asparagus are just a few among dozens of possibilities). Don't forget bottled water!
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Prepare to drink ten glasses of water per day on the Body For Life vegan diet.
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Adjust any suggestions in the Body For Life books with vegan substitutes. The website itself is now vegan-friendly.
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Tips & Warnings
To measure a portion, look at the size of your closed fist. That should give you an idea of a true portion.
Choose your vegan proteins carefully. Don't buy products with genetically modified soy. Most soy products will have non-GMO written on the packaging to clarify that they are safe.
