Hi Pinkish

This may not have anything to do with your vegetarian diet but as you admit, just your poor dietary habit. We do not provide eating plans and you should see a dietitian for this. If you want to maintain a health body weight, you should eat at least 3 full and balanced meals in a day. This should contain a combination of starch, protein and a moderate amounts of fat. Two small snacks between breakfast-lunch and lunch-supper should also be included. To ensure that you do not gain excessive amounts of weight and minimize fat deposition, you should exercise as well. If you find that you have diarrhea, vomiting or undigested food particles in the feces, then you need to see a doctor as soon as possible.

Hi Abhishek

Your weight may not be due to vegetarianism. At this age, your body is still undergoing many changes. If you are eating a sufficient amount of food, ensuring proper protein intake and supplementing your vegetarian diet with milk and soy, then you should not have any deficiencies. Your body weight is combination of the calories you take in and the calories you burn out. Sometimes you need to shift the balance with exercise. While this is considered as a weight loss method, exercising will help you gain muscle bulk. If you have any symptoms like diarrhea, vomiting and undigested food particles in your feces then you need to see a doctor.

Hi truly.sincera

Loss of appetite accompanied by weight loss may be a sign of a number of diseases. Of course, this may be related to poor eating habits and possibly even mental/emotional factors but the only way to know for sure is to speak to your doctor. He/she may then run further tests to exclude a number of conditions that may be suspected in your case.

Proper eating habits is important, not just for maintaining a healthy weight, but also for general health considerations. Irrespective of your commitments, you need to practice discipline and commit to eating a balanced meal at regular intervals, whether you feel like it or not. This does not matter on whether you are a vegetarian or meat-eater as there billions of people globally who have similar preferences. As an adult, you need to eat at least 3 times a day, with 2 snacks in-between. Your meals should be balanced and as a vegetarian, it is important to have sufficient protein and foods with vitamin B12. Your doctor will be able to advise your further.

well even my doctor does not know exactly because of what my diarrhea came… i used to have anemia but recently when i visited my gastro doc he said i am improving from it… docs told me to avoid banana and apples… but the problem is like said i eat lentils, beans, potatoes, etc… but i am kinda losing weight… i used to be 45kgs and now i am 42kgs… i dont know why i am not picking up weight… even docs r getting confused with it… i thought becoz of curd as well i get motions so i stopped eating that as well… i dont know what else should i eat to gain weight… so if any suggestions pls let me know… being outside india docs in philippines dont know much abt indian food… so the r telling me to eat everything… but can u suggest which food will help me gain weight…
thank you
have a good day 🙂

Jyotesh,

You are actually within a normal BMI. Remember that your frame also has a lot to do with your appearance, as well as body fat distribution. Weight gain should involve a greater protein intake as well as more calories. Of course this should be balanced in the type of foods you source the additional calories from – sourcing it from fats can lead to other health problems. You should speak to a dietitian.