Eating vegan for a month: Deputy mayor with positive conclusion - "I felt fitter"

Created: 05/26/2022, 09:47 am

By: Felicitas Bogner

Participated in the Tölzer Veg for four weeks: Second Mayor Michael Lindmair.

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Vice Mayor Michael Lindmair has been vegan for a month.

In an interview, he explains how this experiment went.

Bad Tölz –

Four weeks without meat, fish, sausage, eggs, milk and co.

What happens when you go vegan for a month?

The deputy mayor of Tölz, Michael Lindmair, tried it.

In an interview, he takes stock of the conclusion of the Tölzer Veg.

Mr. Lindmair, was it a big challenge to eat vegan for four weeks?

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Not really.

One imagines this to be more complicated than it is.

Shopping, cooking or baking was no problem at all.

I didn't even need vegan substitutes - except vegan butter, but I didn't really need that either.

A good olive oil on the bread does it too.

Wasn't there a single product that you missed during this time?

Of course it was a change.

But I didn't really miss anything.

For example, when I prepared the children's snacks, I had to consciously remind myself not to eat the sausage or piece of cheese right then.

I also had to hold back a piece of chocolate that you eat quickly in between meals.

But it's really not all that bad.

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How did you feel physically at that time?

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Increasingly better.

I got fitter and no longer had a midday slump.

It has always been easier for me to get out of bed in the morning.

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Did you lose weight?

I lost about six kilos in the month.

That's crazy.

But that is certainly also due to the combination of vegan nutrition and metabolism coaching, which I attended and used at the same time.

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What will you take with you from the time?

I will try to put in a few vegan days a week in the future.

I don't intend to change completely, because I'm really looking forward to the first barbecue evening this summer.

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