weight loss
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Success StoriesSee articleCooking My Way to Better Health with a Plant-Based Meal Planner
Chris Noel wanted to go vegan for his health, but he struggled to know what to cook. He had returned to eating animal products and gaining weight—then he discovered the time-saving power of a plant-based meal planner. I was always a big meat eater: I loved bacon, sausage, and chicken. I never believed it was […] -
Success StoriesSee articleI Conquered My Diabetes and Lost Over 150 Pounds by Going Plant-Based
James William Booth had given up on dieting and given in to sugar and cheese addiction. But when weight gain and diabetes threatened his life, he decided to again try changing his lifestyle. I never had problems with my weight or health in general as a young adult in my 20s, even though I smoked, […] -
Success StoriesSee articleHow I Went From an Obese Couch Potato to Healthy and Fit at Age 57
Lorraine Zenge shares her plant-based success story of how she lost 80 pounds, lowered her cholesterol, and ditched prediabetes by “crowding out the bad food with the good.” A bit over two years ago, I was a 57-year-old morbidly obese couch potato. I was unhappy, unhealthy and I hurt all the time. I decided one […] -
Success StoriesSee articleWhat Giving Up Meat, Dairy, and Processed Foods Did for My BMI, Blood Pressure, and Cholesterol
Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2019. Scroll to the end for an inspiring 2025 update from Brittany on how her health and life have continued to improve. You can also read about the birth of her first child here. Brittany Jaroudi was struggling with high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and obesity at […] -
WellnessSee articleLoose Skin After Weight Loss: What You Should Know
If you’ve been struggling to lose weight, adopting a whole-food, plant-based diet can be particularly rewarding. You’ll shed excess weight while enjoying a variety of foods without having to count calories. But weight loss can also come with a frustrating side effect: loose skin. “There tends to be damage of collagen and elastin, which are […] -
Success StoriesSee article119 Pounds in 18 Months: My Plant-Based Journey
Kassoum Doumbia had been overweight since childhood—until life-changing news motivated him to adopt a plant-based diet. Growing up, I played in so many sports with my father and siblings: soccer, tennis, swimming, basketball, you name it. But I always struggled with my weight, and I was teased a lot by classmates, cousins, and neighborhood kids. […] -
Success StoriesSee articleFor My Family’s Sake, I Lost 200 Pounds by Eating Plants
At 420 pounds Josh had high blood pressure, prediabetes, and a serious junk food habit. When he went plant-based for the sake of the health of his family, he experienced significant weight loss. When my first daughter, Lili, was born in 2009, I weighed more than 420 pounds. My wife, Nikki, and I continued eating […] -
Success StoriesSee articleI Ditched Meat, Dairy, and 30 Pounds of Extra Weight
Up until a year ago, my eating habits were bad. Having grown up in a Hispanic household, I’d been eating animal products all my life, with meat and cheese being central parts of my diet—lots of tacos and tamales. A few years ago, I started to really recognize the negative impact the diet was having […] -
Success StoriesSee articleI’m a Weight-Loss Therapist Who Struggled with Obesity—Until I Went Plant-Based
Armando “Dr. Mondo” Gonzalez could lose the weight but couldn’t keep it off. Last year, he finally found a diet for sustainable weight loss and better health overall. I am a licensed mental health therapist, motivational speaker, and weight-loss therapist. I have dedicated my career to researching and studying weight loss. Early in my career […] -
Success StoriesSee articleI Lost 100 Pounds in Two Years on a Plant-Based Diet
Allyson was on the wait-list for bariatric surgery when she discovered a plant-based diet and transformed her health. For as far back as I can remember, I was an overweight person. I was often referred to as the “girl with a pretty face.” Looking back, I think the weight gain started when I was very […] -
Success StoriesSee article30 Pounds Lighter, I’m Hiking Glaciers and Reaching New Highs on a Plant-Based Diet
Monika Kurasiewicz had resigned herself to a life of weight gain and health problems. Then she adopted a plant-based weight-loss diet and unleashed her full potential. I started my whole-food, plant-based journey in September 2016, when I went to Poland to visit my sister. She was already on the plant-based diet herself, and her husband […] -
Success StoriesSee articleLosing Weight, Gaining Energy: How a Plant-Based Diet Changed My Life
After college, Richard Hubbard headed down a dangerous path of weight gain and hypertension. Plant-based eating helped him reverse course. My bad eating habits started while I was in college, but it wasn’t until I graduated and started leading a more sedentary life (primarily because of desk jobs) that things got really bad. Eventually, I […]