Vegans Can Be Fat
February 18, 2008
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I met my husband over the internet.
You never know what a person looks like, even after all the pictures and the phone calls. So when he told me he had been a vegan for over 14 years, the picture in an email he sent me went out the window.
That picture was of a chunky man of 5′9″ who weighed about 250lbs. I thought that maybe that picture was an outdated one. I had never met a fat vegan.
So when he came to visit me, I was shocked to see this chunky man get out of the car. How can that be if you are a vegan? What I found out was that my husband was a carb junkie and loved juice. That is why he stayed heavy.
He was eating chips, potatoes, French fries, and drank a half gallon or more of juice per day. Pasta was one of his favorites and it was not whole wheat.
He was a vegan disaster.
Sure he ate fruit and vegetables, but he still ate things that he knew he should not eat. He was full of excuses as to why he did it too. I just could not win when I tried to get him to see that the carbs and juice were not his friends. I knew this well because they were my weakness too.
After we got married, I made sure to take control of the grocery list and the basket. I wanted to lose weight and it was going to be too much of a struggle with all those junky goodies sitting in my face.
When I shopped I would not buy the bad carbs and I only purchased 100% juice. But my husband would stop at the store and get the sugar laden liquids and a bag of chips. Some nights he would even come in the house with fries doused in bar-b-que sauce from our favorite place. It was a nightmare for me and did not think he would ever get the picture.
But he did.
Today we don’t bring all the junk in the house. We are more organic and whole food eaters. My husband has lost 35 pounds since he got rid of the carb junk and he is looking good.
So if you want to be a vegan, please remember to pay attention to what you eat because Vegans can be fat too!
- LaTara Ham-Ying is owner of Vegan Family Living.
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Posted by Tishia | Filed Under Food & Drink
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