I’ve prepared this information to help you transition to eating vegetarian with our Free 4 week vegetarian meal plan. You have made a wonderful decision to invest in your health! I’ve created a complete meal plan for one person. If you are feeding a family, the recipes are simple and easy enough to adjust for multiple […]
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Renee lost 40 pounds
Our featured weight loss journey of the day: 50 year old diva Renee lost 40 pounds. This 5’4″ beauty fought her blood pressure down and lost the weight with walking, running and eventually became a vegetarian. Read more about her story: My name is Renee. I found your page on Facebook and love it. I’m […]
Marvienne lost 44 pounds
Today’s featured weight loss before & after story: Marvienne lost 44 pounds by becoming a pescatarian, watching calories and working out. She is one of our International BWLW members from Netherlands Antilles in the Caribbean. Here is what she shared with us: I’m 25 year old and I’ve lost 44 pounds. My start weight was 85 kilos […]
Vegetarian Protein Myths: Does a Plant Based Diet Contain Enough Protein?
For years, dieticians, medical professionals, and the health conscious have insinuated that vegetarian and vegan diets are deficient in some way, mainly when it comes to protein intake. However, most of the hype surrounding vegetarianism and protein deficiencies can be attributed to our culture and not to any real medical research. You see, before the […]
June Challenge Day 19 – Two Major Reasons to go Meatless
Hey Ladies, It’s day 19 of our June Challenge. I hope that you have decided to join us and that you are feeling more healthy and full of energy since you’ve commited to going meatless and to regular exercise. I want to share 2 major reasons to go Meatless from Vegetarian Times: You’ll ward off disease. Vegetarian diets […]
8 Tips for Going Vegan or Vegetarian
I know that some of you may be considering going Vegan or Vegetarian, so I want to give some tips on transitioning to a plant-based lifestyle. How many excuses have you come up with for not going vegan or vegetarian? If you’re like many people, you have talked yourself out of it time and time […]
Where Do You Get Your Protein? – Vegetarian Protein Sources
Day 5 of our No Meat/No Exercise Excuses Challenge and everyone is asking me about Protein!! I know that some people think that you won’t get enough protein on a vegan or vegetarian diet, but that’s not true if you eat the right foods. What you want to do is educate yourself about the protein […]
July Challenge Day 1 – Vegetarian Meal Planning Resources
Good morning! It’s Day 1 of our July Challenge. Hopefully you’ve already visited the main Challenge page and downloaded the July Exercise Calendar, checked out the challenge details and taken a look at the resources I posted there. Also, today is the first day that our contest is open for entries. One lucky person will […]
BrownSun lost 70 pounds
Let’s show some BWLW love to BrownSun who lost 70 pounds by striving to be her greatest self, eating more fresh foods, drinking more water and going meatless. Here is what she shared with us: Greetings and Blessings, I would like to give kudos to Black Women Losing Weight because you guys are expressing and […]
Cee lost 36 pounds
Let’s show some BWLW love to Cee who lost 36 pounds. This proud mom embraced vegetarianism, juicing and regular exercise to lose the pounds and change to a more healthy lifestyle. Here is what she shared with us: On Oct 18 2012, I decided I had enough of the weight issues and decided to lose […]
