Combat the Freshman 15! September 22, 2008

I like the article, it's a great read. I actually didn't lose any weight after I went vegetarian, but I don't care; I didn't do it for weight issues.

Yes I did!

I lost a lot of weight, and I feel better too. :]

Yep, I did. I was on a shit load of unnecessary meds by some quack of a psychiatrist (I hope someone sues him, seriously) and gained a ton of weight. I mean a lot, I went from a healthy 150 lbs. / 68kg or so (and Im 5'7" / 1.70 m tall!) to like 170 lbs. / 122 kg because the meds made me eat ridiculous amounts of food, and made me lethargic. I'll save the gory details but it was terrible. That was about 1.5 years for me before I became veggie in Feb. '02, and the weight was falling off me before that, but even still... it was really coming off when I was a vegetarian. And I've been vegan since 1/1/08, but I still have a good 20 lbs. / 9 kg. to lose. It definitely helps to be veg though, make no mistake.

Few corrections: I meant 270 lbs., not 170. And I became vegan on 1/1/04.

I lost a little weight after going vegan.:)

As some I also lost weight but as heard before I didn't do it to lose weight. I Lost around..maybe 10-20 lbs... That was with exercise, gym class, and regular school day walking.

I didn't lose any weight whatsoever, but that's alright. I did it for the animals and the environment. =]
Loved the article. And I'm proud that it was published in UAB's paper, representing! :D

The “freshman 15″ is the term used to describe the extra weight that is often gained by students going off to college for the first time. For many of these students, it is the very first time they have lived away from home and experienced so much freedom. Emotional eating, late night eating, cafeteria food, drinking, and lack of exercise all combine to create that perfect environment for packing on the pounds!

I did. I was pretty chubby when I first started, and I dropped a lot of weight really quickly. I'm now a good size, and love it that way. :)

I've been a vegitarian for just over a month now and I've lost a good three pounds so far :)

true. i lost almost like 20 pounds and im still losing it i feeel way bettter then i used to feel when iwas chubby.

this is very true.. i lost over 30 pounds when i went vegetarian 2 years ago, and my dad lost over 40. best decision of my life.

I liked this article, (:
It was actually a bit humorous.

I've been a vegetarian for over a year.
I weighed 97 pounds when I started, and I was 5'3.
and I weigh the same now, but now 5'4.

Oh MY BROCCOLII! lol, not funny -.- anyways, i thought about this club and going vegan. It's hard for me since im asian, you know? So i am actually going to try as a freshman and as long as i can i will try not to eat meat to become a true VEGAn like you guyss!!!

97 pounds and 5 foot 3? OMG you must be really skinny! i'm 99, and 5 foot 0...
but I guess it's the common thing for vegan diets.
however, some other people still unchanged/gain weight after becoming veg. This is usually because: using oil in cooking to increase food's taste (esp if you switch to Asian veg food!), eating high GI cereals n stuff, and increase sugar content (again, just to make your soy milkshake taste better). Hm....

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