My experiences with veganism

[aamy811]

I've been vegan for about 8 months now and it's been absolutely awesome. for a little bit of backstory I'm a high carb low fat vegan that tends to follow a starch solution diet. i love being vegan and i hope this post opens you up to the vegan world.

1. There more than one type of vegan

many people think we sit around eating nothing but nuts and berries and that's not completely true. there are many types of vegans the two main categories are high carb low fat and high protein low carb. i dont know a lot of subgenres for HPLC, but i know high carb ones: the most comon high carb diets are RawTill4, STarch Solution, Fully raw. then that brakes down even further into 90/5/5 and 80/10/10

2. I'm completely healthy

many assume that I'm protein defiicient and malnourished, neither of which are true. in fact im the heathiest I've ever been. i spent my whole life being protein deficient and malnourished growing up as well as having poor digestion. I got my blood tested to make sure I'm on the right track and they came back perfect.

not to mention i feel amazing. I grew up aways eating meat and dairy and i was always kind of chubby. i swithed to paleo (not bashing paeo people the diet just didn't work for me) and i felt awful. i was always lethargic and hungry also to lose weight i could only eat 1,400-1,500 calories. now I have crazy amounts of energy, i can concentrate better, im never hungry and i get to eat at least 2,000 calories a day. which is pretty freaking awesome.

3) It's not as bland as you might assume

Once again people ask "doesnt only eating plants get boring" or "don't you missdelicious cheese" (im not even joking about these questions). The answer is no. When your body is fed with heathy food it wants more of it and my body definetly wants more. I don't find mself craving meat or cheese, however I find myself craving lettuce, oranges, melon and banas a lot.

And sometimes we all want some good ole' junk which I can have. There are tons of delivious vegan junk foods that your probably already eating. I can have oreos, potatoe chips, (some) types of pringles, french fries, and there are also some damn good meat alternatives out (such as ribs, chicken nuggest who even my dad a meatatarian loves, hot dogs, etc).

Some of my junk is just healthy versions of the original. banana tv said " I get to eat icecream for breakfast and french friens for dinner, I'm living every kids dream right now". And I do eat delicious banana icecream all the time (and it's good for you) and I often have baked potatoe fries for dinner. Healthy and vegan.

4. Plant based and vegan are two different things

plant based and vegan are different things and commonly confused. vegan means you dont use any animal biproduct, at all. plant based just means you don't eat animal biproducts. so vegans dont eat honey, dont wear leather, dont wear suede, etc but plant based people do/can.

5. It doesn't matter why your vegan

I might get some heat for this but it doesn't actually matter why your vegan. To some it does but it's really not important so don't let that deter you. You don't have to care about animals or the enviroment. If your vegan because you want to lose weight, and don't buy leather because you think it's too expensive then that's 100% okay. As long as your helping with animal cruelty then it doesn't matter why your doing it.

6. There are tons of nice vegan people and nice vegan youtubers/bloggers

People often give vegans a bad rep saying theyre mean and hostile. Most of us aren't, its just because we're not in your face you typically don't know we're vegan. Many people like freelee the banana girl and durian rider give us a bad rep as some cult hate group but we're not like that. most of us are just like you just minus the meat.

Also if your interested or just want to see some cool people I recommend essena oneill, paula poupette, bananatv, naturallystephanie, CamOnFruit, Just Another Vegan, SweetPotatoSoul, Timothy V (especially for guys into fitness, check out his vegan breakfast ideas video). All these people are awesome and amazing.

Because veganism has been such an awesome expeirence for me I don't think I'll ever go back to eating animal products. I may later right a take about the types of veganism. I suggest giving veganism a try, go on a two week challenge and see how you feel and if your really daring 30 days. Be sure to do your research but I suggest starch solution for beginners and RawTill4 for extremely active people. But seriously try it because it may be for you.

By the way these are some videos. I dont follow these styles of vegan exactly but I just wanted to show you some of the people i metioned above

The first video is an example of vegan junk

[Unit1]

Thank you for this take! I learned a few things about vegetarians and veganism, which I value.

Speaking for myself, I can not let go of meat and dairy products but I definitely want a ton more fruits. My main problem is the money and my food choices. I don't have enough money to buy fruits (only 1KG of bananas for a week, that's all) and I don't have anything else to eat than noudles, bread, eggs, milk and maybe some meat. After eating all the some over and over again without any vegetation except onions I feel like crap every day and eat like once a day because my body can not take it anymore, so can not I. I'm also feeling very lethargic, weak and somewhat slow. Thinking for this ongoing issue, I'm not going to live an average long life.

If I could I would make such changes, that nobody ever recognizes me anymore. Had I only the power to do so.

[Jxpxtxr]

I loved this take! I have been vegetarian for years now and always wanted to try veganism but each time I found that I just couldn't live without dairy yoghurt - I love soya milk but the yoghurt always tasted kind of like flour to me it just wasn't the same ~ do you by any chance know any vegan alternative other than soya for yoghurts?

[aamy811]

I'm not a huge fan of soya I much prefer almond milk and if I'm being fancy coconut milk.
Actually milk is so addictive because of a chemical called quesomorphine. It's in all mammal milk. It relaxes us and makes us sleepy and that's why recasts milk
Makes babies sleepy. Unfortunately because of this we get addicted to that relaxed feeling we get (just like how some get addicted to the feeling of pot). One you cut dairy cutting out meat is a billion times easier. Milk is the hard thing to kick

[Jxpxtxr]

I didn't have a problem with cutting out meat at all but milk oh god 😅 I also love the coconut milk but never tried the almond one but I will defo give it a try! :)

[aamy811]

I quit milk because there's a lot of cruelt surrounding the dairy industry. Also you end up drinking tons of puss.

[Bonnie12I27I12]

i know i can't be vegan because i use honey for skin care, i love milk, would die for cheese and crave burgers once in a while. i dont eat meat very often just because im not really a fan of it. i guess im more of a vegetarian than vegan haha. i dont like to stick to a strict diet i eat whatever im in the mood for

[aamy811]

I say just try it. If it doesn't work completely that's fine but it may be perfect for you

[Not_Helping]

This has me fucked up!

[aamy811]

Haha why?