vegetarian diets can be worst because some veggies have a lot of sugar and or fat in them. Avocados are very fatty for example, Jicama has a ton of starch and sugar in it.

The idea is identifying FATTY foods, Sugary foods, and Starchy foods and restricting your intake of them. Meat in general is greasy and that is just fat waiting for a place to go.

With that you also have to evaluate how you cook your food as well. Frying is evil! Baked on a rack for meat helps get rid of a lot of fat period! Steaming is also good. Boiled is not exactly the greatest idea since it washes out a lot of nutrients. If you fry use very little oil and stir fry which is far healthier than letting food wallow in grease.

Also have yourself set up with fat free snacks to help curb your appetite between meals and serve yourself smaller portions of the fatty foods that you do eat.

Now for exercise. If you are not sweating your ass off and also you are not doing it until it hurts twice a week (DO NOT PUSH YOURSELF TOO HARD DANG IT!) you are just wasting effort and will not see results. If your belly is fat walking will do nothing for it. Sit ups (within reason because there are other exercises as well for the Abs) are the answer since the fat reserve is over that muscle group and your body being as conservation minded as it is will try to expend the fat from there first to fuel the belly muscles. Swimming is a very good exercise for weight loss for a number of reasons! Again you have to push yourself a little.

Ultimately Fats, Carbs, and Sugars/ Starches are your enemies!
Cutting them out completely is suicide because your body will suffer for it and also will grab a hold of any fat or whatever it can convert into fat defeating your purpose.

Drinking lots of water is a myth as well! Granted you need it BUT only to maintain hydration.

Another thing is patience. it took years to put it on and it will take years to get rid of it but you will gain physical strength for your efforts, tone up and have that sexy tush all us men like to appreciate at any distance!

I have seen it all and I have seen the greater percentage fail. I do know what works from those who succeed without medical assistance. Obese people take up to five years to shed any real amounts of fat. The average loss of twenty pounds can take two years depending on a number of factors. The initial losses are water weight but that is a misnomer. Some at is saturated with water. The hard fats are the hardest ones to eliminate. Figure your body can hold an extra five pounds in water weight so I never consider the first few pounds of loss to count. It is the loss after the initial start is where the tough journey begins.

Wow! That's admirable! I wish I could do that...but without support from my family...I am unable to buy soy and tofu products...so I just have the side dishes my family makes:/...which are usually just all carbohydrate rich foods.
Thank you for the reply.

All the people, espaecially my brother in law that is vegitarian gained weight....Eating meat is healthier because you need protein in your diet

If all that you are eating is carbo rich foods, you aren't getting enough nutrients and fiber.

If God didn't want us to eat animals...he wouldn't have made 'em out of meat...

If God didn't want us to eat animals...he wouldn't have made 'em out of meat...

Hey! I was thinking about just going back to a balanced diet where nothing but red meat is restricted. I've been vegetarian/vegan(alternating) for the past year and have gained 10-15 pounds. Is a balanced diet better than a vegetarian one?