Yes, it's a poll....(and I have insomina).

I LC primarily for health reasons, but also to drop that last 5 lbs off my tummy.

I would probably add an 'all of the above' to that list! I would definitely choose all of them but the main reason for me is to lose weight. As a vegetarian I became so addicted to carbs when I heard about Dr. Atkins even way back when he was on a wacko talk show like heraldo I knew it was for me!

And also, doing this to show everyone that low carb CAN be done vegetarian!!

It's a tie between health reasons and weight loss, but "weight gain" is a symptom of the health problem I'm treating (messed-up hormones a la PCOS) so I guess "health reasons" covers all the bases.

I am low carbing the vegetarian way, primarily to control my cravings, maintain a weight where I feel and look good, and am healthy. I was committed to vegetarianism long ago. In the last year I have developed a commitment to low carbing too, because it works, and it's delicious.

I started in order to lose weight. I had gained about 40 pounds due to a slow thryoid. Now, I like it and have found that vegetarian low carbing makes me feel better as well as look better.

I started absolutely 100% because of health reasons. I've had chronic ME for over five years and my fiance (who'd tried the diet before and is about to go back on it) suggested it might help...

Oh it helped alright! I still have ME, but to a miraculously reduced degree! So long as I don't do too much in a day I can feel almost normal... its such a relief.

Of course, it means I have energy to focus on other things now... like my weight! Which is now as much the reason I'm on this as my health...

Though frankly if I never lose another pound, I'd still stay on this diet for good. Everything about it seems to suit me down to the ground!

I have PCOS so it's for both health and weight reasons.

I am insulin resistant...I come from a family full of diabetics. Even though I am not diabetic my metabolism cannot handle a lot of carbs - it's real simple - I feel awful when I eat too many of them and feel great when I restrict them.

I am on the Insulin Resistance Diet - modified to ignore the low fat recommendations.

I just love eating this way. I still get to eat carbs, but they are limited, though not as limited as some other eating plans.

I just recently (within the last month) became a vegetarian.
In the last few weeks, I have cut out all dairy products, and all meat products. I am still eating eggs (the hold out to becoming a a complete Vegan I guess.)
Right now, I FEEL better than I ever have in my life.

I'm walking at least 30 minutes per day on the Treadmill, Lifting Weights 2 nights a week, and eating primarily raw salad veggies, although I am still eating some cooked veggies, eggs, and Morningstar Soy Sausage breakfast patties.

I almost never drank milk - so that wasn't a problem, but I consumed enormous amounts of cheese - and on Atkins it was killing my sinuses. Right now my sinuses are totally cleared....indicating that I definitely have a dairy allergy of some type.

Tonight for dinner I had a cup of cooked Broccoli, and I melted a couple of cheddar "Veggie Slices" (soy cheese) and it was so good it wasn't funny.

Here's what hooked me on Vegetarianism.

If we were supposed to eat meat - then why do we have to COOK it?

For years, all I've ever heard weight lifters talk about is getting enough animal-based protein.

Yet whenever someone is described as being strong, they are "as stong as a Bull" or "as strong as an Ox" - two animals that do not eat Animal-based proteins.
So, from this moment on, I have sworn off eating meat or dairy.
You can not believe how amazed I am at how I feel!
I mean, I feel like I can do ANYTHING!
I felt good on Atkins, but I feel GREAT doing this....so, I'm just incorporating an LC diet with vegetarianism.

So, we will see how this works out for me.
On my non-lifting nights, I'm going to start incorporating Yoga.


Tim

I have these mood swings when I eat carbs, it's like I'm either really jazzed or depressed. I have my grandchildren with me alot so I cannot afford to be unstable. I also cannot lose weight any other way. Judy

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I would have to say i would pick all of them myself if i could. I like the weightloss and how i feel and loseing the weight will help my health.
So many reasons..............

My reason is plain and simple I am fat and I need it!!!

To lose some of this weight. That's my main reason.

I started for a better body image, not for health, not for anything else, just for the reason I am unhappy with what I see in the mirror.