02/19/2026
Vegetarian diets aren’t “bad”… they’re just harder when your goal is fat loss while keeping muscle.
Protein protects your muscle in a calorie deficit — but most vegetarian protein sources come packaged with a lot of carbs, and I avoid processed foods (including protein powders).
So hitting my protein minimum gets tough.
And if you don’t hit your protein minimum? Your body doesn’t just burn fat… it starts burning muscle.
That’s the part nobody talks about.
Not an anti-vegetarian message. Just physiology.
What do you think?
