Overweight Vegan

Hello Sassy,

I am an overweight vegan. I have been vegan for about three years now and vegetarian since I was 18. (I'm 33 now). Over time I have developed a very high interest in nutrition and believe that I am fairly educated when it comes to questions like this. I have been receiving your newsletter for the past 1 1/2 years, which I always find very interesting.

In general I have been okay with my weight, not thrilled, but okay. (5.4, 118 lbs). During the last year I have gained about 7-8 lbs due to having gone back to an office job, not enough time to exercise - the usual. I think I might be interested in joining your weight loss course. I believe that there is always more to learn about nutrition and eating habits.

I was wondering if the testimonials about your course have mainly been submitted by omnivores, or if you can assist already vegan people staying at a stable weight. I just don't want to imagine that I gain that much every year from now on... :( I think that I would benefit from mental restructuring.

I have a quite un-American eating habit as it is. I eat breakfast at home and lunch at work, but don't eat dinner, haven't done so for decades. It just doesn't work for me. My husband is an omnivore and we don't eat together a lot, mainly when we eat out. Also I eat a lot of raw foods, and green smoothies are an elemental part of my diet.

Best wishes,

Margarete

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Sassy Sez: Hi Margarete! Firstly, just want to get it out there into the Universe that a height of 5'4" with a weight of 118 pounds is not overweight. You are of normal weight for your height.

Now, could it be where the weight is distributed might be more of a problem for you than the actual numbers on the scale? Regardless, you feel that you are an overweight vegan, and it is making you uncomfy. So it needs to be addressed.

You are absolutely not alone in this because I hear from Vegans often who feel they are overweight and don't understand how it could be?

As you might know, one can be eating a vegan diet that is unhealthy and fattening. ESPECIALLY in this day and age when you can run to the store and stock up on vegan convenience foods such as frozen foods, canned goods, and prepackaged vegan foods of all kinds including soy cheeses, soy meats, soy this, soy that.

You might be surprised at some other things that could be contributing your "bottom line" - such as certain whole grains that you could be sensitive to. Other things can contribute to weight gain, such as eating on the run, eating out a lot, starting your day off with the wrong foods, etc. Not saying you are doing these things though. ;)

But to answer your specific question...

MOST of the people who visit my site, believe it or not, are NOT vegan but are searching for the information they need to make an informed decision about the topic. So statistically, most people who take the course are non-vegan -- at least at the start. They tend to change things up once they begin their journey with me. ;)

What you want to know is whether or not Get Down With Sass! will help change you from an overweight vegan to your old svelte self? Very hard to say, mostly because I don't know your age, your lifestyle, your secret eating habits (most people have them), and on and on. So many factors come into play.

While I absolutely believe my course can assist you to reach your goals, most of the work falls onto your shoulders. I really need you to "get" that. You say you "gained about 7-8 lbs due to having gone back to an office job, not enough time to exercise - the usual", so it sounds to me as if you just might already know what you have to do to lose the weight.

Could it be you are looking for some sort of magic bullet vegan menu that will help you to lose the weight while allowing yourself to skip workouts, and snack at your desk? If so, then you have to know that this course will NOT provide this magic bullet for you.

When you begin the course, you will set a realistic goal for your weight loss. That's an incredibly important thing to do. Then, if you follow the course to a T, I believe you will discover some holes in your diet and lifestyle that are blocking you from losing the weight you want to lose.

Of course, I offer a 100% money-back guarantee if for some reason you are not happy with the information you learn in the course. So really, what do you have to lose? (Well, except the weight. tee-hee)

Hope this helps, Margarete. And please be sure to ask any further questions you may have.

xo!
Sass





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