Vegetarian = diet?

I've heard that being a vegetarian doesn't mean having a diet, because in vegetables, there are a lot protein and carbohydrate. Having to much proteins and carbohydrate will not make someone loss his/her weight. But may make them fatter. So, what's your opinion about it?Vegetarian = diet?
Vegetables contain some protein and some carbohydrate but not as much as carbohydrates as bread, potato sugar or flour and not as much protein as meat, eggs fish etc. Also veg are low in fat unless you add it when you cook them.



If you want to lose weight a vegetarian diet should be calorie controlled just as any other diet shoud be and should also be balanced to ensure you get enough of all the food groups, vitamins and minerals.
Being a vegetarian does not mean having a diet!

Also vegetarians can eat fattening or unhealthy food...

For example, eating Chips or Chocolate or greasy food like french fries and stuff...

Of course, a lot of vegetarians eat healthy, but also a lot of meat-eaters do, and there are also vegetarians who eat extremely unhealthy.Vegetarian = diet?
Maybe you should read this post from LETDIET blog



Vegetarianism vs. Meat Eating



As protein is the only food which builds and repairs tissue, it is the food which has caused the most controversy.



First: As to the amount needed.



Second: As to whether animal flesh protein is necessary.



AMOUNT NEEDED: It was thought for many years that 150 grams or 5 ounces of dry protein (equivalent to about 1-1/2 pounds lean meat) per day was necessary. But experiments of Chittenden and others have proved that considerably less is sufficient, and that the health is improved if less is taken.



Chittenden's standard is 50 grams, or 1-2/3 ounces, dry protein (equivalent to 1/2 pound meat per day). This is considered by many as insufficient. A variation from 1-2/3 to 3 ounces dry protein per day will give a safe range. (ROSE.)



The amount of protein needed is comparatively independent of the amount of physical exertion, thus differing from the purely fuel foods, carbohydrates and fats, which should vary in direct proportion to the amount of physical exertion. In general, 10 to 15 per cent of the total calories per day should be taken as protein. An excess is undoubtedly irritant to the kidneys, blood vessels, and other organs, and if too little is taken the body tissues will suffer.



Not all of the protein should be taken in the form of animal protein; at least one-half should be taken from the vegetable kingdom.



The following are a few of the chief reasons given by those who object to its use:



First: The animal has just as much right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness as we have.



Second: They may be diseased, and there is the possibility of their containing animal parasites, such as tapeworms and trichin忙. I would like to tell you more about worms, they are so interesting, but He says not to try to tell all I know in this little book; that maybe he will let me write another sometime, although it is a terrible strain on him, and that I have given enough of the family history, anyway.



Third: The tissues of animals contain excrementitious material, which may cause excess acidity, raise the blood pressure, and so forth.



Fourth: More apt to putrefy and thus give ptomaine poisoning.



Fifth: Makes the disposition more vicious.
I am living proof that a person can be as heavy on a vegtarian diet as they can be on an omnivorous diet. People usually don't GAIN weight by switching to a vegetarian diet, but a vegetarian dieet can be as unhealthy. I was 206lbs last September, and I had allready been vegetarian for 16 years! I am only 5'3" Here's what I was doing wrong



1. I was a junk food junkie

2. Heavy suppers (sandwich, soda, junk food)

3. ALOT of Lemonaide, sugary drinks, soda

4. Alot of Bread

5. "Pizza and a movie" nights with my friends like.. almost every saturday night lol.

6. The odd "between meals" candy bar and soda



I've been dieting (Very small portions, low calories, healthier foods) since then (sept) and, with exercise, I'm down from 206 to 139!! YAY!! I am still determined to get own to 116, which is what I wanna be, as a 5'3" woman. But anyway..



Maybe you're confused because the word "diet" can be used in differnt ways. THere are two main ways



1. "Diet" can mean simply "How you eat". such as "I am switching over to a vegetarian diet" i Or "A panda lives on a diet of bamboo."i t is a noun in thses cases.



2. "Diet" can also be a VERB.. to DIET means to eat healthier and lower calorie, portions, whatever, temporarily, to lose weight or improve health. Example "I need to lose weight, so I am going on a diet."Vegetarian = diet?
If you pig out you will get fat even on a vegan diet.