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How can I follow the vegetarian food pyramid?

I know this is kind of dumb but I'm kind of new.I was wondering how can I follow the vegetarian food pyramid.I don't really know how.How I can incorporate all the severings into my daily life? http://www.mayoclinic.com/popupnowrap.cfm?objectid=C2B01356-4063-4D57-93AFCA7419C042BD&method=display_full Do you hav any ideas?Thanks

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1. A serving of vegetables is about the size of your fist, or perhaps a baseball. A serving of meat is the size of a deck of cards. That's all- kinda puts that McDonalds combo in perspective, doesn't it? What this means is that you should get small amounts of a wide variety of foods. Any good diet, vegetarian or otherwise, requires a bit of planning ahead- buy large amounts of food every week, and mix and match small portions throughout the week.
2. just eat a healthy, balanced diet. one protein for every sugar consumed. remember to eat in moderation and get plenty of exercise. don't limit yourself to "vegetarian" -eat what tastes good to you.
3. Plan your meals. 1) Breakfast: cereal, toast, bagel, fruit etcs.. - this covers your daily carbs, better to have carbs in the morning versus at night. 2) Mid morning: yogurt, apple, protein bar. this will give you energy 3) Lunch: veggie sandwich, grilled veggies, veggie soup with lots of beans - you'll get your proteins and with the veggies, get your "a,b,c,d,e" vitamins. 4) Dinner: big spinach salad, or a leafy green salad, with a main course veggie dish. the salad covers your iron and more protein, with great vitamins. - b12 The main course veggie dish, - you can basically have what you want as along as it not to heavey in crabs. like don't eat loads and loads of paste or bread. but a little is good! For ideas for recipes go on-line and there are loads of healthy free veggie recipes!