me and my friend we exercise and eat healthy but don’t eat organic and we both lost allot of pounds and both are stomachs got a little flat but we’ve been eating fruits vegetables brown rice, oatmeal salads tuna salmon chicken whole grain cereal things like that and we’ve been exercising and lost allot of pounds and inches and we don’t eat organic. so why do some people think you only need to eat organic in order to lose weight?

organic : Health

this is the 6th day of being on a pescatarian diet. the plan is to go pesco first week, vegetarian second week, then vegan 3rd week and then maybe depending on how my body reacts, i want to do a 1-2 week a month vegetarian/vegan thing at least. for my health (my kidneys are overloaded with toxins and too much protien from so much meat that i ate in the past) and for the world and for not being apart of animal slaugher of course.

anyway, today i flew off the handle at my partner and just cried sooooo much! throughout the week i have been abit more teary too.

now before anyone goes into me not getting adequate nutrients etc, u should know that i take 20mg of iron plus the vitamin c for absorption and vb12, 5000 fish oil, my tofus n vegies and organics n stuff and i eat prawns and tuna for this week.

for the first 3 days i farrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrted like crazy! lol it was just crazy i couldnt get out of the house! and then in the last couple of days i felt abit more energetic. today i did the best poopsie since like i can’t remember when! and it made my day!! lol i dont how to explain it its like u hav a permenantly partially blocked drain that’s been cleared… and this evening i was overly emotional…. my partner copped it but he was pretty understanding…

my question is, why am i so emotional at the moment? is it possible to cleanse and detox psychologically as week as physically? what’s happening to me? will changes be permanent and if not how long will they last?

thanks for help :)
READ before posting if u have no experience in being vegetarian or vegan.

a cup of oatmeal will give you 2/3rds of ur daily iron requirement.
‎100grams of chicken livers will give u almost daily intake of iron, but the same amount of beef will will only contribute to 1/5th of ur daily iron needs.
a small bowl of lentil salad or dahl will give you your daily intake of protein.
eating 1 slice of meat will provide the daily vitamin B12 needs 19.2 higher than the daily required v B12 needs.. 19.2 times more than what you need in a day from 1 slice of meat. that’s 1920%
animals have high intelligence and feel pain and suffering.
we over eat about 1000 times more meat than we need, over loading our systems with toxins creating heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, liver disease, gall and kidney stones, diabetes.
@karina, i am eating like a horse :D so yes… i used to be a teacher of yoga, meditation and the philosophies of yoga. and back then when i did my teacher training courses i found similar things! i dont know if you believe spiritual stuff but it feels like pent up emotions released or something… just not sure…

organic health :

Breakfast – Organic Flaxseed oatmeal and a shake with 2 packets of hot chocolate milk (60 cals)and some Folders diet Latte mix. (30 cals) With a banana mixed with ice and water. (Makes about 2 glasses)

I had a cup of coffee. Just a mug of it, With cream and splenda. I guessed around 200 cals.

Lunch – Grilled cheese (Wheat bread and American cheese) and Tomato soup.

Snack – Bowl of Fiber cereal. (Maybe 2 servings.)

Snack – Lettuce and a cut up apple.
(I had a small peanut butter cookie and maybe half a small brownie.)

Dinner – Same as breakfast because I’m a bum. :3

Is that bad? I guess around 2,300 calories. Not good, But Is it terrible?
I got about 30 minutes of exercise, Running around in a creek and jumping on rocks and stuff.

I’m 14, 5’2-3 and I weigh 13.9lbsin the morning ans usually 15.6 – 16.2lbs at the end of the day.

My measurements are gross.
Chest – 31
Waist – 29 -31
Hips – 33
Thigh – 22

I know it’s pretty chunky.

i am 5"9 160 pounds. i would say i have about 10 pounds of fat i want to lose and build muscle with. i have 3 months to do this. below is my diet.

breakfast(7;00)- oatmeal with whey protein powder

snack(9:45)- chicken

lunch(11;30)- 1 cup of low fat cottage cheese with blueberries and walnuts

snack(2:00)- 1/2 cup of low fat cittage cheese

workouts from 3:30 to 5

after workout meal(5;30)- whey protein shake and 2 spoons of organic peanutbutter

dinner(6;30)- either salmon or chicken with rice

I’ve been feeling kind of bloated lately, so I was reading up on detox diets and came across one that spoke of eating only fruits and vegetables for three days.

Would it be alright and beneficial to my health if I were to eat fruits and vegetables (and drink plenty of water, of course) for 3 days?

for example, i would have a banana or organic apple sauce for breakfast, a cup of fruit salad (watermelon, melon, cantaloupe, strawberries) for lunch, and maybe 2-3 cups of carrots and broccoli OR stir-fry tofu with peppers and such for dinner. I also would take my multi, b-12, biotin, and omega-3 vitamins and drink at least 8 cups of water a day (I usually drink more then that).

Also, I’ve been a vegetarian for 2 years and I recently made the switch to being on a vegan diet. I’m 15 and I weigh 123 while being 5’4
it’s just a detox; it’ll last for 2 1/2 to 3 days
this detox isn’t far from my everyday diet. i normally eat this plus pastas, oatmeal, lentils, black beans, and rice

recent is less then a month
my mom and I use organic substitutes for those oils and such. and my vitamins are organic, i’m pretty sure. my mom makes me take them anyway though,

Ok, so I’m a vegetarian…I’ve never really liked eating any kind of dairy or eggs. I’ve been working really hard to become vegan. My mom is convinced I’m not healthy. She says I don’t eat the right veggies and that I don’t get enough protein…She bugged me SO much about the protein issue that I finally started eating yogurt and some cheese to get her off my back.

Many days, I eat broccoli and cauliflower (steamed and organic.) Other days, I eat salads (with a minimal amount of salad dressing.)
I have coffee or a soda about once every 1 or 2 weeks…I never have energy drinks like red bull or monster.

Today, I ate a spinach salad and boca burger with ramen noodles (miso and tofu flavored) for lunch. She wanted me to eat something other than boca burgers (because it’s processed protein) and was convinced that a spinach salad wasn’t healthy enough because it was only one kind of veggie…When I said that I thought it was a pretty healthy lunch, she said "I guess you just aren’t going to realize how unhealthy you are until you’re half dead in the hospital." Also, she wants me to eat stuff like almond butter sandwiches and walnut butter on waffles for breakfast (peanut butter isn’t as healthy because it’s a legume and not a nut). I like to eat light things like oatmeal and a glass of soy milk for breakfast. According to her, things like english muffins and bagels are junk food.

I still think I eat pretty healthily. Do you think she’s being a little too much of a "health freak"? I’m only 14 and I think I’m planning out my diet pretty well…What do you think…Sorry my question is so long!

Btw…My mom is really nice! This is just one of those things that is really annoying me…