Would becoming a vegetarian help me lose fat on tummy/hips?

The reason you feel flabbier is nothing to do with bodyfat.

To tighten & flatten these areas, you need to increase the tone of the muscles there. That means strength work for these muscles. They aren't usually worked particularly hard during a weights workout, and activities like running don't provide the right kind of training either.

But it is likely that your normal routine will re-tighten them, if their de-training was caused by the layoff due to your virus.

Becoming vegetarian might help, but it is more likely to result in a reduced energy intake. That would make the problem WORSE, not better. While your body is fighting off a virus, it is unable to use energy effectively, which is how it defeats the virus but is also the reason for losing muscle-tone.

If you change your diet gradually, you are more likely to maintain a healthy intake of fats and carbohydrates while you change over to the new regime, as well as getting the benefits of an increased nutritional range that vegetarians eat.

Edit :

Muscles don't just 'evaporate'. The small decline in muscle tone that is normal during a 'layoff' from exercise can easily be felt, but it won't get rid of your muscles.

You can't FEEL your bodyfat, but because your muscles are 'active tissue' you DO feel everything they do, and if they are a bit softer than they were before your illness, then the difference does leave you 'feeling flabbier'.

Improving their tone (especially the tone of the muscles around your hips and abdomen) means that these muscles will end up burning more fat ALL THE TIME (your training activities mainly burn sugar, but any muscle's 'off-duty' fuel is fat.). But if your training activities have been less frequent and less intense for a while, just getting back to the previous level of exertion will restore the tone of any muscle that has lost some.

Vegetarianism is usually a lower-fat lifestyle than eating 'normally', BUT changing over to a vegetarian diet isn't the same as following one. The changeover often makes it difficult to keep your fuel intake up, and what you need after a layoff is plenty of fuel...

Being a vegeterian, or even better, a vegan is an awesome way to loose weight. Things to eat to really fill you up are things like lentils, beans and chick peas, as well as nuts and seeds. You can add these into soups which can pack a real punch of nutrients and also help you feel fuller for longer. The book Skinny B**ch is designed to help people loose weight but be healthy, and the writers of it coach models. It tells you why the diet works as well as some other things in order to just keep your body a healthy place. There are success stories on youtube if you want proof.

When boredom, depression, or even stress causes cravings, find a nonfood way to meet up with them such as taking a walk, calling a friend, going for a bath, reading a book, or doing some yoga.

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In the mood for some sort of hot meal? Make a enormous pot of veggie bean soup, divide into two-cup containers, and store within the freezer. Before bed, place a container from the fridge, then grab it before heading out the door every day.

Make pancakes even healthier by having mashed baked sweet potato, a number of pureed spinach and blueberries, or maybe cooked quinoa.

Becoming a vegetarian won't necessarily help you lose any weight. You might find that you replace fatty meat with foods like cheese which contain just as much fat and therefore calories.

Once a full week, snap a photo of yourself so you can see proof of your entire body changing. Weight-loss jars are also a great visual reminder of reaching your goal.

Once a few days, snap a photo of yourself so you can see proof of your human body changing. Weight-loss jars are also an incredible visual reminder of reaching the goal.

Put a big chalkboard up in the kitchen to write down your weekly meal plan or one of these brilliant inspirational sayings.