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Topic	I've been vegan for 5 years. AMA
TheLiarParadox 01/02/23 2:05:53 AM #17:	uHasNeckHairXFD posted... Notice any health benefits from it? I used to be really, really fat (BMI of 55 when I started, now at 31) and a high carb, whole food, plant-based diet is the only thing I've had this level of success with, in terms of amount lost and time that loss has been sustained. And I've tried everything else short of surgery enough times to know they won't work for me. That type of dramatic weight loss itself comes with loads of health improvements, including a1c and cholesterol that are now at optimal levels. I don't have severe joint pain anymore. I've also gotten my binge eating disorder under control, and improved my depression considerably in part because of the lifestyle changes that went along with or were enabled by my diet overhaul. I don't know if I could've gotten these results if I had lost weight another way but it's a moot point because I couldn't lose weight any other way. One thing that is definitely attributable to a plant-based diet is improvement in my digestion. That's kind of gross so I won't go into specifics, unless you want me to... dj1200 posted... Do you miss meat? No. I'm around it enough to know I have no interest in it. I did used to have this weird, conflicted nostalgia of meat because of my food addiction issues but as I've improved my mental health, it doesn't happen much anymore. Joelypoely posted... Congrats, yep Indian food is often the way to go. Wow, so you went straight to veganism? I'm vegetarian but couldn't give up chocolate. Though if I can I go for almond or oat milk. Thanks. Indian food is amazing. I'd been eating it for a while before going vegan and started making it often. A lot of stuff I made regularly was already vegan and everything else was easy to veganize, so that carried me a long way in the early days when I didn't really know what to eat. Still have it a few times a week. I had been looking into a less meat heavy diet for about a year before going vegan but yeah, I mostly jumped right into it. It's kind of funny because the last non-vegan thing I intentionally ate was this incredibly average canned clam chowder. I just needed something in my stomach because I was going out to drink. I never imagined that being the end of my animal eating days. There's lots of good vegan chocolate out there. I don't eat it as much anymore because any product close to ethical is not affordable or accessible enough for me. Never been too much of a chocolate enthusiast anyway, so it's usually not worth it. Almond and oat milk are good but I'm a devout soy boy. VampireCoyote posted... do you eat honey No. --- Spongebob is not a contraceptive. <cite>TheLiarParadox posted [p:970562017] in I've been ... [t:80297267]...</cite> <quote>uHasNeckHairXFD posted... </cite><quote>Notice any health benefits from it?</quote>I used to be really, really fat (BMI of 55 when I started, now at 31) and a high carb, whole food, plant-based diet is the only thing I've had this level of success with, in terms of amount lost and time that loss has been sustained. And I've tried everything else short of surgery enough times to know they won't work for me.That type of dramatic weight loss itself comes with loads of health improvements, including a1c and cholesterol that are now at optimal levels. I don't have severe joint pain anymore. I've also gotten my binge eating disorder under control, and improved my depression considerably in part because of the lifestyle changes that went along with or were enabled by my diet overhaul.I don't know if I could've gotten these results if I had lost weight another way but it's a moot point because I couldn't lose weight any other way.One thing that is definitely attributable to a plant-based diet is improvement in my digestion. That's kind of gross so I won't go into specifics, unless you want me to...dj1200 posted... </cite><quote>Do you miss meat?</quote>No. I'm around it enough to know I have no interest in it. I did used to have this weird, conflicted nostalgia of meat because of my food addiction issues but as I've improved my mental health, it doesn't happen much anymore.Joelypoely posted... </cite><quote>Congrats, yep Indian food is often the way to go.Wow, so you went straight to veganism? I'm vegetarian but couldn't give up chocolate. Though if I can I go for almond or oat milk.</quote>Thanks. Indian food is amazing. I'd been eating it for a while before going vegan and started making it often. A lot of stuff I made regularly was already vegan and everything else was easy to veganize, so that carried me a long way in the early days when I didn't really know what to eat. Still have it a few times a week.I had been looking into a less meat heavy diet for about a year before going vegan but yeah, I mostly jumped right into it. It's kind of funny because the last non-vegan thing I intentionally ate was this incredibly average canned clam chowder. I just needed something in my stomach because I was going out to drink. I never imagined that being the end of my animal eating days.There's lots of good vegan chocolate out there. I don't eat it as much anymore because any product close to ethical is not affordable or accessible enough for me. Never been too much of a chocolate enthusiast anyway, so it's usually not worth it.Almond and oat milk are good but I'm a devout soy boy.VampireCoyote posted... </cite><quote>do you eat honey</quote>No. --- Spongebob is not a contraceptive.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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