Originally Posted by looneycat (Post 592276)

let's see, are you a doctor or any kind of professional health provider?? if not I would take their advice way before yours, especially on a major diet change. Weight loss is will power, period. vegan, vegetarian and other diets that take extreme positions are just substitutes for true willpower because you are "following' someone else's 'will'. I recently found my weight had gotten out of hand so I went to a good breakfast, dried fruit and nuts during the day and a light dinner...I've lost 45 pounds in 3.5 months. I feel fine, for those 2 meals I eat WHATEVER I want.
So you wanna be vegan...good luck, you might not be heading down as healthy a diet trail as you believe, but that's an individual choice.