Well, one week complete. It hasn't been too hard. I haven't had any major cravings for meet or dairy.
I obtained the list of acceptable foods to eat via the PETA website. All the foods listed are 99.9% vegan. Though most "real vegans" would not eat half of these foods, I decided that I would. The whole reason to go vegan, really, is for animal ethics...though other reasons may come into play. PETA believes that ruling out items that are 99.9% vegan would be telling producers that there is no market for these types of foods....however, in reality, foods that are 99.9% vegan are saving MANY more animals than foods are not vegan at all. There should be a market for these foods. If everybody eats foods that are 99.9% vegan there would be a significant reduction in animals harmed for unnecessary reasons.
Anyways - I've been eating a lot of the foods from this PETA list as well as 100% vegan foods. Here is what I have found...
Being vegan is not that difficult.
There are a lot more food choices that you can eat than you realize. (Oreo's are vegan!)
You will have cravings....my main one is cheese.
Vegan cheese does NOT taste the same as non-vegan cheese. I don't know if I will permanently be able to give up non-vegan cheese.
I'm not the biggest fan of tofu. The texture is just awful.
Vegan ice cream is acceptable...regular ice cream is better...but I could live with vegan ice cream.
Almond milk is delicious.
It takes effort when going out to eat - look at the menu before hand!
So yea, one week down...3 weeks to go. I don't think it will be too difficult. I haven't had any trouble this far. I am slowly but surely ruling out some foods over others, but there are still plenty of foods that I can eat that I enjoy. I made some vegan chili. It's pretty good...although, I think next time I will forgo the fake meat that I put in it.
That's all for now. I'll let you know if I run into any major challenges or if I break my streak and eat a cheeseburger. *GASP*
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