weight loss?

[John Galt]

i am on my 6th week as a vegan ... i enjoy the challenge and i feel great.
however, i do not seem to have lost much weight. is that normal? i dont eat pasta, and non of the frozen vegan fast foods ... mainly i eat only vegetables and fruit.

i am doing an ironman triathlon in march so ideally i want to lose 10- 15 lbs -- any input on why i am not losing weight?

i feel great so i stick to the vegan diet, just curious why the weight is not falling off.

[beforewisdom]

A calorie is a calorie is a calorie.

Doesn't matter if it is from a vegan meal or otherwise. If you use more energy than you take in, you will lose weight. If not, you will not.

You might want to google on The Hacker's diet (counting calories in a fun way with gadgets ) and focus on losing only 1 pound a week.

[John Galt]

thanks for the input -- i dont count my calories, but i cant imagine i am eating more than i am burning.
i will try to get into counting my calories and see

[beforewisdom]

It is like using money without writing it down in your checkbook. You are always think you are using less than you think you are.

[xrodolfox]

A calorie is a calorie is a calorie.

fact.

I used CRONoMeter at http://spaz.ca/cronometer/ to count calories. It's not perfect, especially for vegan foods, but it works well in the US market.

I loose weight when I run, which for some reason suppresses my appetite. But I'm really a swimmer, and when I swim exclusively, I gain mass. I just get so hungry after swimming.

[beforewisdom]

A calorie is a calorie is a calorie.

fact.

Anybody who tells anyone anything else is either selling something, trying to sell themselves something or simply doesn't know any better. IMO.

I used CRONoMeter at http://spaz.ca/cronometer/ to count calories.

A few years ago I made a blog post about the CRON-O-Meter and posted the link to this forum and others. I have been amazed with how many people tried it out, still use it, still love it and still talk about it. Years later it is still one of my most viewed blog posts.

[Clem Snide]

There is nothing about a vegan diet which would necessarily lead to weight loss, as compared to an omni diet.