When having a vegetarian diet, is it necessary to still keep a food journal?

I am going to transition into a vegetarian from an omnivore diet. I am currently trying to lose weight so I keep a journal of what and how much (including how many calories) I eat per day. Would this be necessary when a vegetarian? Yuh know, since I'll be eating way healthier food...When having a vegetarian diet, is it necessary to still keep a food journal?
If you're already on a diet as an omnivore the food you'll be eating as a vegetarian won't be "way healthier" - you should already be eating healthy food! Vegetarianism is not a weight loss diet as such. I think food journals and counting calories will lead to obsession and over-intellectualisation of your diet. Many people who count calories seem to only eat packaged food because the calories are quantifiable. They avoid fresh vegies and home cooked from scratch meals because they don't know how many calories / what is a serving size, etc. Throw away your kitchen scales and calorie counter and food journal and just eat fresh and home made foods without added sugar, have a moderate amount of healthy fats, do some exercise and you'll be healthy.
Is there a reason not to? no? well why stop? it can do anything bad



though if you eat healthily as a vegetarian the extra fibre will stop excess fats from staying around and will send them on their way out the anus in due time (yeah fibre stops fats staying around in your blood, fats staying around in your blood inhibit proper use of sugar and end up stopping insulin from working right,)

so if you get a good amount of fibre you'll be storing less of the unneeded fat so you won't actually be absorbing as many calories, so if you want to keeping the same steady loss of fat you might want to ad d a few hundred calories a day (especially if you combine it with a low fat diet as is typical of vegetarian diets that don't contain junk food)



oh and ignore the guy who says vegetairans don't get enough x and y, it's idiots that don't get enough nutrients regardless of whether they're vegetarian meat eaters or breatharian

oh and just so you know, 39% of america is deficient in B12, about 1 percent of vegetarians are deficient in B12.

i wonder if that could be anything to do with the fact meat tends to inhibit B12 absorption...

be ready to be critical of things you read or you'll always be worrying about getting enough of X when it's perfectly simple to get everything in a vegetarian diet

(with the possible exception of chromium if you're not buying organic, at least organic bananas or something cheap, otherwise go ahead with a supplement, it's nearly necessary with how poor the soil is nowadays with how we've raped the land of it's nutrients)When having a vegetarian diet, is it necessary to still keep a food journal?
It would probably be a good idea to continue your journal as a vegetarian....especially in the first few weeks. Healthy food contains calories, too. Being vegetarian is not an automatic weight loss program. There are lots of overweight vegetarians AND vegans.



Many new vegetarians have trouble getting enough calories as they cut animal foods out of their diet. So by keeping track of what you're eating, you'll be sure to get enough calories.



Vegetarians also have trouble getting protein, calcium, iron, zinc and omega3s. So pay close attention to your consumption of foods containing those.



Don't build your diet on soy. While it is one of the few veggies that contains high quality protein, it also contains estrogen like hormones that are tied to fertility issues in women, low sperm count in men and thyroid disease. Some soy maya be fine, just don't build your diet on soy burgers, hot dogs, soy cheese, soy protein bars, soy milk, tofu.....
It amazes me how Daisy is a TC in this section as a troll + spreading misinformation about unable to get protein/iron/zinc in vegetarian diets easily.

That being said if you're doing some fad-diet for weight loss %26amp; aren't going to eat healthy then don't do a vegetarian diet, you're just asking to get sick if your diet consists of bread/pizza/chips etc instead of fresh fruit veg beans seeds lentils etc.



I don't encourage calorie counting %26amp; food-jourjals i've seen friends develop eating disorders from ebing obsessed this way over what they eat, eat healthy treat yourself to a sweet snack %26amp; do exercise. No need for all these stressful recording X %26amp; Y unless you're obese %26amp; have some proper diet plan to lose weightWhen having a vegetarian diet, is it necessary to still keep a food journal?
A vegetarian diet is not a weight loss diet - I only wish it was. If I were you I'd continue to keep the food diary if you want to lose weight. If you review it every couple of days it will also help you to make sure that you're not eating too much of any particular foods as you'll be able to spot trends. New veggies sometimes fall back on too much cheese or pasta. Just make sure you;re getting a wide range of foodstuffs, and you'll be fine.
I would, i mean just because a food is vegetarian does not automatically make it healthy. you can be vegetarian on cookies, chips, soda and pizza, and plenty of other junk food, so you should keep it just in case.



best of luck
If you watch your calories eating a diet including meat, you still need to watch your calories as a vegetarian. Vegetarianism in itself is not a weight loss diet.
balanced diet again..veggies have problems like more obesity and more proteins which is result of oils and soya/lentil products..so dietry jjournal will be good for u,
Definitely a good idea! Even if you are eating healthy food, portion control is key!