I'm a Vegetarian

**VeggieMama** · April 5th, 2011, 11:31 AM

Hello to our new friends on this thread.
I've been an ovo-lacto vegetarian for over 15 years. There are many helpful articles on the subject on transitioning to help beginners. I can't recommend Vegetarian Times highly enough for its recipes and articles. The main thing to think about that was helpful for me was to think about lots of foods I already ate that were already vegetarian, and shed the ones slowly that weren't.
With HGC, though, this is a no-brainer: Dr. Simeons already lined out a vegetarian P2 protocol substituting one of the meats with cottage cheese (nonfat) and one of the meats with 1 egg + 3 egg whites. No thinking. The rest of the protocol is as-is for us.

For those following my story, I'm afraid I am in the middle of another "Steak Day"--this time, I'm trying the Egg Day substitution with 9 hardboiled eggs throughout the day and promise to report the results. As to the cause of the steak day, well, my guess is a little too much experimentation with the carbs, plus a bit of the pre-TOM, and add a little bit of abuse to my body from standing all day without much food or water drinking going on (I was the chef at a local chili cook-off, and we won). Learning that we all pay on the scale when we don't treat ourselves right with the right sleep, right food & right fluids.

**Helenstar** · April 5th, 2011, 03:12 PM

I started the first week on HCG using chicken breast, but then switched to these vegan soy drumsticks (5 of them make 100 grams, 140 calories, 1g fat, 16g protein, 100mg sodium) and i feel WONDERFULLLLLL!!!
No stomach aches afterwards, feel more full than i did with the same serving size of chicken breast and i don't feel all greasy and weighed down afterwards

However.......the past day my loss slowed down, too early to tell if it's because of the switch though.

**VeggieMama** · April 6th, 2011, 09:37 AM

Congrats Helenstar! So glad you have found something working for you. I'll just say what all the seasoned posters say about stalls--sometimes you didn't do anything wrong; they are just part of the process. There is this discussion about how vegetarians may have some days of slower losses than the meat eaters, but you might also have just about average loss for the whole round. (This was true for me.) Just hang in there. If you experiment, just try things gradually over a few days and see how it works, and how you feel.

And for those reading this for P3 and P4: The Steak Day Sustitute--My Egg Day worked like gangbusters--4 pounds dropped in 24 hours. A little better results than the apple-cheese day but that experiment was uncontrolled.

I recommend both approaches.

**Benedict** · April 11th, 2011, 03:18 AM

I am a Vegetarian. I use Vegetables, Biscuits, eggs, meatless and substitute. I don't like the all types of meat.

**jyo22** · April 13th, 2011, 08:00 PM

Hi,

I am planning to go on my first round of Rx HCG in 2 weeks... bit concerned by the fact that veg's dont lose as much weight as others. From reading P&I it appears that meat eaters consume about 200 gms of protein a day, but veg's could only get to 50-60 gms a day while remaining within the calorie limit.
My plan is one meal at protein shake with strawberry and other meal alternate between fat free cottage cheese & egg+ 3 egg white.
Does anyone know how much protein is in each option - how do I increase the protein content ??

Please help....

**Jenine** · April 14th, 2011, 04:54 AM

Meat eaters are only getting around 50-60 grams of protein on this diet. You will do fine on the eggs, cottage cheese and protein shakes.

**boxs21** · April 17th, 2011, 04:27 AM

may be my direction by accidentally become vegetarian, since I read book The Miracle of enzyme, I start reducing consume meat, its been one month and I almost never consume meat

**scatterkindness** · April 18th, 2011, 12:31 PM

I have Sun Warrior Protein Powders and like them. Probably as pure a protein powder as can be found anywhere. No soy, no whey, no chemicals.
Today is R2 Load Day 2. I feel HUGE today. Last week I was at a conference and ate badly. Before that I was exactly at my lowest point of P2 in Round 1. I have not weighed prior to Loading - I'll just face the music in the morning I guess and that will be my starting weight for P2. I find that sooo depressing to get on the scale and see it higher.

**VeggieMama** · April 21st, 2011, 11:04 AM

But you know, scatter, how important proper loading is. I keep seeing how people lose all the loading weight if any really fast. Just hang on!

**LiZuL** · April 21st, 2011, 03:57 PM

Hi Veggie Mama I'm still in P2 only 12days or so to go and struggling to meet my goal weight. I've lost v slowly throughout but haven't cheated once. I am v interested in your egg day for my next p3 - in reading the protocol it suggested a steak day and of course not eating meat was a little concerned. Can you please be more specific in how you went about the egg day - do you start in the morning as soon as you have weighed in and seen a gain? Do you eat all the yolks as well? Did you eat the last egg before 6pm? Did you drink loads of water with lemon too? So many questions - but it's been a long slow process for me and I'm a little worried about p3 - don't want to take any risks of gaining.......... I love the sound of all the various meat substitute products you have in the US.... would love to try some myself. Next time I'm OS I'll look around for them and try to pick some up!! THanks in advance for the info.

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