And in the meantime I tried everything every pill, every diet, every workout and nothing would work. Almost every week my sugar would get so high that my husband had to tell me to unlock the front door of the house in case the paramedics had to get in. It was so bad in the beginning that I couldn't leave the house without my husband. She tried everything to help her diabetes, “When I found out I was diabetic, my life became about me having diabetes. The only nutrition advice she got was to eat plenty of meat, no fruit, and less than 20% of her diet in carbohydrates. Some even told her they thought she had Type 1 diabetes because her insulin was so low. When she was 25, Natala learned she was diabetic and she spent several years dependent on insulin.Įvery doctor she saw told her she would live her entire life on insulin and medicine. Her grandma died young from a lifelong battle with diabetes and Natala hoped she'd never get the disease. Natala's story is typical- she started gaining weight around 11 years old and had trouble losing it. Her life has changed forever, for the better. Doctors had told her she would be on insulin forever, but within a few weeks of eating vegan she was allowed to stop taking insulin and then she discontinued her diabetes medicine. Natala Constantine went vegan in August 2008 at age 31, and by May 2009 she had lost 70 pounds and six pants sizes. Natala Constantine's Vegan Weight Loss Story He quit eating animals and the stomachaches went away, he experienced his own vegan weight loss, and he Times a week and spent a lot of time in the bathroom. But he also was a guy who had painful stomachaches several

Yogurt for snacks, a chicken and pasta type of dinner, and he fully enjoyedĮating ice cream for dessert. He had cereal with milk in the morning, a sandwich with cold cuts in it every day for lunch, He was a meat and dairy eater for a long time, well after we Thin person who slimmed down when he fully cut out animal products. My husband went vegan a year after me, and he also was a Spent so much time lugging around dairy products in my organs and cells. Going vegan was aĬomplete detoxification for my entire body, and I was frustrated that I had Withoutĭairy products in my diet, I felt lighter and happier. Not only did I look better, but I felt better too. Within a few weeks, I started feeling my clothes getting bigger. I maintainedĭeciding to go vegan had nothing to do with losing weight andĮverything to do with realizing that eating dairy products was as bad as eatingĪ cow.

Pescatarian/lacto-ovo vegetarian diet, perhaps because I was so young. I don't remember feeling any different on this new I stopped then and there, but I still ate eggs, When I was a pre-teen, I decided to stop eating meat, mostlyīecause my best friend's sister was a vegetarian and she told us a few thingsĪbout what happened on farms. I didn't grow up dieting or counting calories. If you're not happy with your body, making a permanent change is not only possible, but also just within your reach. My vegan weight loss story is atypical because I wasn't trying to lose weight, but I take great joy in the inspirational success stories of other people who move to a vegan diet and lose a ton of weight. Clicking these links doesn't cost any more to you, and it does help me with my small business so I thank you so much for any support you want to give! Inspiring Vegan Weight Loss Stories FTC Disclosure: If you make a purchase through a link on this site, I may receive a small commission on the transaction.

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