Can you live on veggies only for a while?

[curbsidestudios]

How would your body respond if you just ate veggies for a month on and a month off?

 

[Marat]

Not favorably.

 

[gym66]

lol that dont even sound right. you would not get enough cals. with out other stuff.

 

[Merkaba]

depends on alot of things. Namely what you'll be doing when you're not eating.

 

[PushAndPull]

what you'll be doing when you're not eating.

Lets see. If you're eating a ton of veggies which have a ton of fiber then you'd be on the crapper when you're not eating.

 

[LAM]

Not favorably.

ditto...in order for the body and/or brain to function at optimum levels of efficiency it needs a balanced diet with sufficient calories to sustain the average daily level of activity.

 

[curbsidestudios]

I understand that might have sounded alittle dumb but what if you where eating some meal replacements that gave your body the nutrients you might need on those months you were eating veggies. My goal is to lose weight, at around 300 now, but stay healthy enough to work out and replace the fat with muscle mass.

 

[Marat]

You'll drop some fat but you'll ultimately gain it back with that strategy. Take a look at the link in my signature to get you on the right track to set up a sustainable nutrition plan. Feel free to ask questions.

 

[dogsoldier]

I understand that might have sounded alittle dumb but what if you where eating some meal replacements that gave your body the nutrients you might need on those months you were eating veggies. My goal is to lose weight, at around 300 now, but stay healthy enough to work out and replace the fat with muscle mass.

NO! NO! NO! Where do people come up with this stuff? Okay, here is the real deal. Eat protein, clean protein lean beef, chicken, fish, buffalo. Eat carbs in the form of green veggies, brown or jasmine rice, steel cut oats. Eating all veggies for a month you will probably drop 5 to 9 pounds in a month. That is it.

There are no miracles to losing fat. Eat right and get to the gym. And when in the gym WORK don't stand around drooling at the cardio bunnies.

 

[LAM]

I understand that might have sounded alittle dumb but what if you where eating some meal replacements that gave your body the nutrients you might need on those months you were eating veggies. My goal is to lose weight, at around 300 now, but stay healthy enough to work out and replace the fat with muscle mass.

you may want to look into the Targeted Ketogenic Diet or TKD...I understand what you are trying to do but to keep yourself from overeating at night you have to eat enough of the rights foods during the day. every meal should be protein based and supplemented with carbs and/or fats. in order to have any real energy to exercise you have to eat some carbs prior to exercise, the body simply can not convert enough stored fatty acids from the body rapidly to meet the energy demands of high intensity exercise.