We're almost 3 weeks into my Very Vegan February. Some observations:
- I don't miss egg and dairy themselves nearly as much as I miss the variety of foods available to me.
- I'd much rather avoid something all together rather than have a sub-standard vegan version. But some vegan stuff is perfectly fine if you don't try to compare it to a meat/cheese equivalent. And some vegan stuff is actually very, very good as a replacement.
- I wish I could have chickens at my home so I could source my eggs easily.
- I may be losing weight.
The last point is important here - veganism as a weight-loss diet is seemingly pretty effective for me. There are a few factors to this:
- I can't just "snack" on whatever's available.
- Most of my meals are a little more "planned", i.e., I'm not doing much in the way of "picking up drive-thru on the way home".
- I'm going out to eat much less, thereby avoiding the delicious by fattening cooking preps restaurants use.
- Cheese and dairy make up a non-insignificant portion of my regular diet's calories, and they're avoided while going vegan.
All that said, I don't think using veganism as a diet should be your goal, mostly because it's not sustainable if you don't care for it to be. But as a side-effect of going vegan anyway, it's nice.
- I don't miss egg and dairy themselves nearly as much as I miss the variety of foods available to me.
- I'd much rather avoid something all together rather than have a sub-standard vegan version. But some vegan stuff is perfectly fine if you don't try to compare it to a meat/cheese equivalent. And some vegan stuff is actually very, very good as a replacement.
- I wish I could have chickens at my home so I could source my eggs easily.
- I may be losing weight.
The last point is important here - veganism as a weight-loss diet is seemingly pretty effective for me. There are a few factors to this:
- I can't just "snack" on whatever's available.
- Most of my meals are a little more "planned", i.e., I'm not doing much in the way of "picking up drive-thru on the way home".
- I'm going out to eat much less, thereby avoiding the delicious by fattening cooking preps restaurants use.
- Cheese and dairy make up a non-insignificant portion of my regular diet's calories, and they're avoided while going vegan.
All that said, I don't think using veganism as a diet should be your goal, mostly because it's not sustainable if you don't care for it to be. But as a side-effect of going vegan anyway, it's nice.
