To be honest, I was thinking for 10 Years about going vegan and I was already a vegetarian for 17 Years, and my own plan was to do it for two weeks to test it. After two weeks I felt exactly the same and it was relatively easy so I did two more weeks and after that I just stayed on it.
+ I expected to lose muscle mass and I was cool with it, to my own surprise that never happened. Everything was the same I experienced no change in anything.
“..and that reduces my quality of life?” This was something I was thinking about because I loved cheese, sometimes I was eating up to 800gr. a day + 3 Liters Milk a day. +500gr lowfat curd a day. Sometimes more than that..and I definitely missed those things..
But the real hassle is not the diet the real problem with veganism are other people because other people are not ok with veganism, so people make fun of you constantly Family, Friends, people that I barely know, and they want a discussion about it (this happens on the regular, I discussed this topic atleast 50 times in depth).
+ They ask you why you do it and when you give them the reasons (I don’t want to kill animals) they get offended, angry, and call you a hypocrite because you drink Coca Cola. (I am not making this up). They say I am not better than them because Hitler was a vegetarian and he wasn’t a good person..
I am not doing it to say that I am a better person, I am doing it because I don’t want to kill, and that’s it. There is no second side to it. (i know that i still kill animals..)
(maybe i address the other arguments later because this post is already too long..)
Never try to justify what you do to anyone, people are always going to ridicule you if you believe differently.
Do what makes you happy and healthy.
For years i followed very strict diets in order to stay lean and people thought i was crazy.
So i just started telling people i eat what i do because i like it. No need to explain yourself.
I dated a Vietnamese girl years ago and her entire family was vegan/vegetarian. Just depended on the person.
They thought it was weird that i ate so much beef but never were critical about.
She would even cook me anything i wanted while she just ate rice and veggies.
I don't care what people do, it's your choice to do what you believe in.