Going Vegan

[Faldoe]

Yeah, I don't think I can do a complete switch transition. I'm going to keep a diet game plan together and start by making substations a few days of the week. I can cut out meat someone easily but dairy will be difficult. I've gone vegetarian for a while in the past.

[Jwar]

I just worry about the gains from being vegan but then I saw this- http://www.treehugger.uproar.org.au/joel-kirkilis/

Dude is fucking cut and looking great! Man...do steriods come in vegan? LOL. No but really that dude did a great job.

[alexa.]

I just worry about the gains from being vegan but then I saw this- http://www.treehugger.uproar.org.au/joel-kirkilis/

Dude is fucking cut and looking great! Man...do steriods come in vegan? LOL. No but really that dude did a great job.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFPsvF3UOdo[/youtube]

This guy blows my mind. Also vegan.

I was underweight when i went pescetarian and have gone even further underweight since then so i've put off dropping any other animal products for now, but i'd like to get better at it eventually. If i had a little more faith in humanity it would probably be easier.

I actually gained weight since I am vegetarian. Was never able to gain, only lose, and I ate A LOT, now I eat less, but I guess the hemp protein has a lot to do with it. Have you tried it? I'm taking it purely on the basis that hemp contains all essential aminos for humans. (btw, I got the feeling from some posts that this is not entirely true. teach me)

[misterstomach]

i was vegan for thirteen years. i am not anymore, definitely by conscious choice and not just"falling off the wagon". i'm kind of against veganism in a weird way now, except that it's really not my place or my interest to give a shit what choices other people make in regards to their diet. those are very personal choices. i mean, i'm against the destruction of the planet, but we're all making the best choices we can. i'm not going to get involved in most of the commentary here, but i will offer this as hopefully helpful should you choose to tred this path. when i was in the process of removing animal products from my life, i removed meat one animal at a time, spread over a couple of months. that made it easier for sure. and it didn't feel like i was giving up much (at the time i wasn't that drawn to eating it anyway). so, i just removed chicken from my diet for a few weeks and tried more slowly reducing other meat intake and replacing it with other proteins. then a few weeks later i removed cows. kept eating pigs in smaller and smaller amounts until i was mostly vegetarian anyhow. then i removed them. dairy was something i just kind of dropped altogether, but i allowed myself to cheat like twice in the first few months, and then it was gone. but maybe doing something like cutting out cheese, but still allowing other dairy, then another category one at a time for a while would help you slowly integrate your new dietary choices.

like i said, i'm certainly not advocating veganism, but it's your choice and if you decide to do it, that was the strategy that helped me when i decided to do it. good luck and stay healthy whatever you choose.

[blindrabbit]

Life-long vegetarian and majority of life vegan (including currently) here.

One of the best places to get information about vegan recipes and diets and nutrition, etc, these days IMO is Facebook groups. You have to pick and choose the ones you want, there are a lot of them filled with political/activist garbage, but I think I've gotten rid of all those now and just have the good recipe ones left. They include:

Vegan Richa
Finding Vegan
Vegan.com
Vegan Recipes
Ordinary Vegan

There are others out there too, but those should be a good place to start. Tons of information, and they are all free!

Another one to check out, especially when you are looking at the health angle of it, is Forks Over Knives.

Good luck!

[goroth]

What is an awesome dish to cook for when vegans visit? I've got some friends I'd like to invite over and wouldn't mind whipping up something special as I like cooking but I'm a bit lost in what constitutes fancy vegan food.
?

[Doctor X]

i dont think you need to do fancy, just fresh homemade with natural flavours is always good.
personally, as a guest i like to be treated to someone else's style and ideas
what do you normally like to cook?
home made hummus or a nice nut roast can be easy to make and a nice challenge to make interesting variations