{"id":61,"date":"2018-05-31T17:06:22","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T17:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrplantbased.com\/?p=61"},"modified":"2020-03-11T07:33:07","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T07:33:07","slug":"5-tips-when-starting-a-plant-based-diet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrplantbased.com\/5-tips-when-starting-a-plant-based-diet\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Best Tips When Starting A Plant Based Diet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">You know everyone thinks we&#8217;re tree-hugging hippies right?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">To most of the world, the thought of eating a diet based around plants is just not good news.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Why are you starting a plant based\u00a0diet? Where will you get your\u00a0protein? It costs more to eat a plant diet.\u00a0 Won&#8217;t you be hungry all the time?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve heard some of this before. We&#8217;ll don&#8217;t worry it&#8217;s all a myth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Starting a plant based\u00a0diet can be easy as you&#8217;ll see in a sec.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong>5 Simple Steps To Follow When Starting a Plant Based Diet.<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><strong><span style=\"color: #99cc00; font-size: 18pt;\">1. Make It Simple<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">When getting started don&#8217;t make it crazy complicated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Getting about 30 vegan cookbooks and thinking you need to make\u00a0gourmet dishes for every meal is a bad idea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Just get a few simple meals that are easy to cook or prepare (which you obviously\u00a0like the taste of) and go with them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Then add new recipes to your arsenal bit by bit, meal by meal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">So it&#8217;ll be something like this.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Just one or two meals for breakfast<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">2 or 3<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>for lunches<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">2-4 for dinners<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The good thing when keeping it simple is, you won&#8217;t need to buy about a million ingredients, and it&#8217;s a save you a ton of time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Save money, save time and avoid overwhelm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Just how I like it!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Next&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><strong><span style=\"color: #99cc00; font-size: 18pt;\">2. Know The Staples Of A Plant Based Diet<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Just learn the staples and start using <\/span>SOME<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> of them. Don&#8217;t worry about using them all. Just know what you can use and put your fav&#8217;s in your meals.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Here is a list of foods when starting a plant based\u00a0diet. These will get you a balance\u00a0of proteins, fats, and carbs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-67 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mrplantbased.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Vegan-Pyramid-1.jpg\" alt=\"Image of the plant based food pyramid to help people starting a plant based diet\" width=\"564\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mrplantbased.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Vegan-Pyramid-1.jpg 564w, https:\/\/mrplantbased.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Vegan-Pyramid-1-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">I thought I&#8217;d use an image as the list of foods is loooooong!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">As you can see you don&#8217;t need to worry about starving on broccoli and lettuce.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">If you want to see a full list of the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/mrplantbased.com\/plant-based-food-staples\/\" data-lasso-id=\"2\">plant based staple foods<\/a><\/span> then check out that post.<\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\">(<b>NOTE:<\/b>\u00a0If you want a good <a href=\"https:\/\/mrplantbased.com\/high-protein-content-vegan-powders\/\" class=\"wpil_internal_link\" data-lasso-id=\"3\" >plant-based protein powder<\/a> to bump up your daily\u00a0\r\nprotein intake then see how you can get discount with <a href=\"https:\/\/mrplantbased.com\/2xbj\" data-lasso-id=\"4\">Vivo Life protein here<\/a>)<\/span><\/pre>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">3. Learn From Others<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Duh that&#8217;s obvious!?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">I know, you&#8217;re already doing that now by reading this post.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">But I thought I&#8217;d share some YouTube channels with some great plant based\/vegan content.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Here&#8217;s 3 youtube channels worth checking out<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Depending on how you like to learn it&#8217;s worth\u00a0checking out other influencers to see what they&#8217;re doing. I personally\u00a0like to watch YouTube for content so I would recommend that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Heres a list of my favorite\u00a0plant based\/vegan YouTubers.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Vegan Physique\u00a0 (I&#8217;m not biased because he&#8217;s also a fellow brit\u00a0\ud83d\ude09 ,\u00a0his cooking vids are just great!)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Simnet Nutrition<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Jon Venus<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #99cc00; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>4. Understand The Difference Between Plant Based Diet &amp; Vegan<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">You need to know the difference or otherwise, you could end up a junk food vegan munching\u00a0out on Oreos\u00a0because they&#8217;re &#8220;vegan&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">If you focus\u00a0on following a plant based\u00a0diet you&#8217;re more likely\u00a0to get healthy and buff! Yeah I said buff, we all want to get buff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">I want to point out a few key differences between following a\u00a0Plant-Based Diet &amp; Vegan diet.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Plant based diet is for health<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Vegan is for Animals<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">You can still be a junk food vegan but less so on\u00a0plant based diet.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">5. Don&#8217;t Be Hard On Your Self.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">If you ever slip up, yes you&#8217;re not perfect, you won&#8217;t feel as guilty as you know you follow a plant &#8220;based&#8221; diet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">I&#8217;ve emphasized\u00a0&#8220;based&#8221;\u00a0 because that&#8217;s what\u00a0you&#8217;re doing. You&#8217;re just basing your diet around\u00a0plants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>It doesn&#8217;t mean you have to beat your self up if you slip up every once in a while.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">If I want to eat a tofu green curry and there happens to be a splash\u00a0of fish sauce in there then that&#8217;s fine with me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">And what?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Why feel guilty? You know you follow a great diet most of the time. And that&#8217;s all that matters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">So there you have it. 5 tips when starting a plant based diet!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">If you have any tips of your own then please leave a comment and let us know. Thanks for stopping by I&#8217;ll speak to you soon \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know everyone thinks we&#8217;re tree-hugging hippies right? 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