Have You Ever Tried to Go Vegan?

i tried going vegan, but am a proud meat eater now. it didn't last. i went cold-turkey in search of quick weight loss. no my new years resolution is to eat healthier in smaller portions and start working out.

I was vegan for over a year but I have an intense personality and started to become too restrictive with my diet. Led to an ED... but I STRONGLY promote a vegan lifestyle, you'll feel happier and healthier. I'm still vegan 25% of the time and vegetarian most of the time. I've added meat in every other day since I lost so much weight/bone density

have you guyes heard of blood-type diet? it comes from evolutionary research on blood types, which states that type O was the first one humans had while getting their food from hunting, then came A when humans settled and started agriculture, then came B and AB is the newest of a pretty modern person. Anyway, O is meat-eater as it was main food, so people with it find it harder going vegetarian, A types are vegetarians by nature (their blood antibodies) and find it natural not to crave meat. So yeah, I think it's interesting and I'm myself O, my parents are A and B and this theory really does match us.

Hmmm...I'm an O and I'm a vegan without missing dairy/meat/eggs, so I don't buy it.

This year will be 10 years that I've been vegan (diet and skincare anyway). Allytta..... my blood type is A - could be coincidence but interesting nonetheless.

My husband is an O and has been vegan for about four years, and vegetarian for several years before that. I'm an A and have been vegan for three years. Neither of us craves meat/ dairy/ eggs. So, yeah, not buying that theory.

Going vegan (minus my love for fish) wasn't hard for me. It was the fact that nobody else in my family was vegan and i was making entirely separate dinners for myself every night. Once i'm living on my own I'll probably go back to it, but not obsessively such as reading every single label looking for "hidden" animal products and stuff.

I started eating vegan in October and haven't had any difficulty, other than what the previous commenter said about having to make separate meals. Although my bf has been eating a lot less meat because my vegan food is good and he wants some.
And my blood type is O

I was vegan for a year and a half but I felt lousy. I also ate a healthy vegan diet, lots of whole grains, beans, fruits and I felt like crap. I now eat a healthy omnivorous diet, I don't think veganism was the right thing for me. Who knows, maybe it's my blood type. I should really find out what it is, hmm.

i am a proud carnivore! i gave up red meat for a year b/c of health reasons, but now i just limit myself

I became vegan after thanksgiving. I just feel and look better.I had been a vegetarian in the past and wanted to go back to that way of eating. I picked up Alicia Silverstone book " The Kind Diet" and I have not looked back since.
Another good book to read in Eating animals by Jonathan Safran Foer.

I couldn't imagine being vegan. While I haven't eaten meat in 13 years, I just couldn't live without honey and milk.

I became vegan in May 2008 and I've never having any problems eating in social situations nor has it ever felt restrictive. It was definitely the best decision that I've made so far and I don't ever plan on going back to my old eating habits.

I could be a vegetarian but no more eggs in the morning!? Not gonna do it.

I've been a vegetarian for 11 years. I do try to eat vegan a few times a week, but haven't been able to totally make the switch yet, due more to convenience issues than desire for animal products.

I'm lacto-veg, but I couldn't go full vegan. I eat a lot of vegan meals, but I just can't seem to give up yogurt.

I became a vegetarian when I was 13 (Im 33 now), and after college, I was vegan for about six years. Like kristints, I also felt lousy. So I've added organic eggs and healthy dairy products. I still try to be conscious when it comes to eating as humanely as possibly, but being vegan just didn't work for me.

I love milk and cheese too much to go vegan. Meat is easy for me to give up.

Also love dairy too much!

I tried going vegan for a while, but I found it too difficult to get all the protein I needed. I know there are plenty of good vegan protein sources out there, but none of them were as tasty as tuna and eggs and the other stuff I like.

I've been vegan for 4 or 5 years and it's one of the best decisions I've ever made. No problems getting protein, iron, or anything else. As an animal-rights activist, it's the only logical choice for me. We don't need animal products, so the only reason to consume them (and mistreat and kill the animals who produce them) is "It tastes good." Pretty selfish reason.

I never "tried" to go vegan, I decided to go vegan.

One evening about 6 years ago I saw "meet your meat" tacked on to the end of a morrissey dvd. After it ended I turned to my wife and said "well I guess that's the end of that"

We went to bed, and woke up 100% vegan.

We weren't vegetarians either - we were full-tilt-boogie meat eaters. At first we thought we'd just stop eating meat, but after reading a few articles, we soon realized there was basically no difference between eating dairy products and eating meat.

It took us a few weeks to figure out what the hell we would eat, and a few months to recreate our favorite dishes vegan style, but all-in-all it was a big fat "no biggie".

It helped that we were already excellent cooks. If you depend on restaurant food you'll be pretty much starving to death.

I was vegan for most of last year. But I had to go back to eating meat after I fainted a couple of times. I was eating right, by everything that I read, but I often felt weak, and got sick more often.
I'm slowly going back to eating meat, still no dairy for allergy reasons. I feel a million times better and have so much more energy.
I would love to be able to be vegan again, but it's just not for me, my health has to come first.

I don't really understand why you would be a "proud" meat eater or vegetarian. It's a choice, not an accomplishment.

I would probably go vegan if I had the $$$! I'm still a poor college student and I just can't afford soy products over all dairy products (although I do definitely prefer soy milk and usually buy that). But giving up cheddar cheese and crackers, one of my favorite snacks?! Yogurt? That would be pretty tough...

RE: "I tried going vegan for a while, but I found it too difficult to get all the protein I needed."

Do a quick search for 'vegan bodybuilder' and 'vegan athlete'

Professional athletes and bodybuilders can easily get all the protein they need.

Tried. Lasted less than a day. I tried vegetarian, lasted less than a week.
I just love meat too much!

I was vegan for about a year, started drifting for another half, and then announced I couldn't do it. It was the cheese and chocolate that killed it. This was about two years ago.

i was vegan for awhile in college, but then i moved to paris and as my mom says, you cannot live in france and not at least eat the cheese. so my veganism slowly faded away. still am going 18 years strong though as an ovo-lacto sometimes, vegan sometimes. really depends on my mood

I've been a vegetarian since I was 12. I always dis-liked the taste and texture of meat, even as a baby my mom said I would spit out baby food with meat in it. I'm also a type O blood... so I'm not sure I believe that theory. I just found out I'm lactose intolerant, so I'm pretty much going to go vegan. I may still eat a few things with eggs in them. My husband has now switched to only eating meat from local farmers that was raised humanely in pastures etc. We don't buy meat from the grocery store or restaurants anymore after watching Food Inc. Its also nice to support your local ranchers who are raising good, grass-fed, pasture raised meat.

Since August and I don't really miss anything... I was lacto-ovo for 15 years and all that time I thought I loved cheese, but as soon as I started thinking along the lines of "milk is for baby cows," and "there's blood and pus in there," it all grosses me out now

I've been vegan for seven years and was a vegetarian long before that. As with any lifestyle, you must be really informed, be willing to make the effort, try new things, and willing to commit to your personal values and morals. Often, I think that veganism/vegetarianism has become a bit of a trend. I know people who have temporarily changed their eating habits only to subsist on processed foods alone or give up after a day or week. For my husband and I, veganism is a lifestyle, not a fleeting trend. It isn't the latest diet or "it" thing. Health, like anything worth having, requires knowledge, work and effort to eat fresh, balanced and nutritious food that really feeds our bodies and minds. Plus, it feels amazing to know that we are leading a life of health, consciousness, and compassion without causing harm to any of our animal friends.