Can you lose weight if you eat differently? Yes, you bet you can. I did. I lost over forty pounds, my blood pressure went way down, and I began feeling much healthier.

I explain to you what a whole food plant based diet is. Whatever brought you here just might have saved your life. Food is powerful medicine for better health or poorer health. It just depends upon what things you eat. We can educate ourselves.

Maybe, you don’t feel good, possibly even worse. It could be that your doctor can’t figure out what’s wrong with you. Did you have one of those mothers who always told you to eat your vegetables? Now, you know she could have been right all along…

Now, you have come here, for whatever reason. You might want to lose weight, get healthier or likely, both. I am not sure who coined the term ‘whole food plant based diet.’ But, whole food, in my mind is not processed like bread is. Whole foods are not ground up into a powder like a flour and have no additives, preservatives or food coloring. Whole food is pure like an Apple or Banana or Green Salad. You eat the whole thing, the whole food. It’s the food that can make you lose weight and make you well again.

I created Losing Weight Vegetarian Style because I wanted to share how I got healthier and lost weight at the same time simply by changing how I ate. I have studied health and diet related material for years, and it seems there’s always something new to learn. And, there’s so much information, over time, it’s easy to forget a few principles. But, I do know I got healthier and lost forty pounds eating fruits and vegetables.

It’s not the easiest task, but you can change your eating habits in time if you are patient with yourself. Processed foods like chips and whatnot are very addicting. In other words, you can’t just eat one. Personally, I end up eating the whole bag or box. Your best bet is to not have it around the house to begin with. So, if it came in a bag, box, package or can, clear it out of your refrigerator and cupboards. And, next time you go shopping, make sure you eat before you go so you won’t be tempted to buy the wrong foods.

People have been eating a whole food plant based diet for millions of years. That’s what our bodies were designed to eat. Processed food was created within the last hundred years, or so. For example, with refrigerators, there’s frozen food. There are also many convenience foods and canned goods saturated with salt, sugar and fat. Our hectic lifestyle took away the time required for preparing many fresh whole food dishes. There are only al few rules to follow. I share with you how I do it.