Siendo honesta conmigo misma, mi principal objetivo cuando empece a considerar una dieta vegana era adelgazar; Cuando vivia en mi ciudad natal (Santiago <3) habia un pequeno restaurante vegano cerca de donde trabajaba en ese entonces; asi que era bastante facil ir a almorzar alli y regresar inmediatamente al trabajo. Una de las cosas que me atrajeron, era que podia comer cantidades generosas y la digestion era mejor en relacion a cuando almorzaba con carne; tambien me gustaba que cada plato que conocia y disfrutaba siendo omnivora (yo diria carnivora, mas bien) encontraba la alternativa vegana perfecta en dicho restaurante. Los chefs se la ingeniaban y creaban de todo...desde "mondongo vegano" (creo que lo preparaban con nata de soja), hasta "bacalao vegano". Me hacia ilusion pensar que podia comer de manera mas saludable, dejar la carne y no cohibirme de nada.
Por supuesto que en un principio no perdi casi nada de peso...aunque los alimentos sean mas saludables, si llevamos una vida sedentaria y no nos cuidamos de los azucares refinados y las grasas (que tambien son parte de la dieta vegana), pecariamos de ingenuidad pensando que se puede adelgazar de esa manera. Las papas fritas son veganas, si se consumen con demasiada frecuencia, van a elevar el colesterol; igualmente las semillas de cajuil (maranon), no es lo mismo comerse unas pocas al dia, que comerse un frasco completo de una sola sentada!!!
Por buena que sea la dieta, si no se hace el suficiente ejercicio nunca tendra el mismo impacto beneficioso en el sistema circulatorio y articulaciones. Tampoco nos vamos a dedicar a dejar todo lo innovador o delicioso por temor a consecuencias funestas para la salud (se llama ortorrexia, cuando el miedo a alimentos "inadecuados" como los transgenicos hace que prefiera no comer nada). La moderacion y constancia para con los buenos habitos son los que hacen la diferencia. No fue hasta tomar conciencia de esta realidad que mi perdida de peso fue efectiva.
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Being honest with myself, my main goal when I started to consider a vegan diet was slimming; By the time I was living in my hometown (Santiago <3) there was a small vegan restaurant near my job at the time, so it was pretty easy to go to lunch there and return immediately to work. One of the things that attracted me more was that I could eat generous amounts and my digestion was better as it was when having lunch with meat, I liked that every dish I ate as an omnivorous (I would rather say carnivore) had the perfect vegan alternative. The chefs created everything in a very witty way ... from "vegan mondongo" (vegan tripe. I think it was made of soy cream) to "vegan cod fish". I was excited to think I could eat healthier, and not giving up anything.
Of course, at first I did not lose hardly any weight ... though the food is healthier, if we live a sedentary life and do not care about refined sugars and fats (which are also part of the vegan diet), would be sinning of naive thinking that you can lose weight in that way. French fries are vegan, if consumed too often will raise cholesterol, also the cashews, is not the same eat a few a day, to eat a whole big bowl in one day!
No matter how good the diet, without enough exercise it will never have the same beneficial impact on the circulatory system and joints. Nor let us devote to leave everything that is delicious and innovative by fearing bad consequences for health (called ortorrexia, when fear of "inadequate" food like genetically modified vegetables makes the person prefer to not eat anything). Moderation and constancy to the good habits are what make the difference. It was only when I became aware of this reality that my weight loss was effective.
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