Transitioning to Vegan...Need Vegan Friends :-)

Not sure I can be much help as I am currently still vegetarian but I would like to make the transition to vegan so i'd be interested to see how you get on. Add me if you like.

I'm mostly vegan as my boyfriend is (totally) vegan and we only keep vegan food in the house, and we eat most meals together. I'm trying to join the MFP community more, although I track calories and fitness on another site. Would love to join in the conversation though!

Hello! I am doing the same thing and would love other vegan friends. I am basically the only person that is vegetarian in my group of friends so vegan is going to be even harder, but it is worth it. Feel free to add me!

Hi! Check out the Team Vegan and Happy Herbivore groups. Lots of help and support there.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/62-happy-herbivores
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/63-team-vegan

Hi guys! I'm new to MFP, and 6 years vegan. I'm happy to help!

It's not hard (I went omni to vegan pretty much overnight), and there IS life after cheese. So if you're thinking about it, stop thinking and just do it. Start today.

I'm going to reccomend a couple of resources that were of immense help to me when I was a new vegan...
Vegan Freak: Being Vegan In A Non-Vegan Word (book) by Bob and Jenna Torres.
Vegetarian Food For Thought (podcast, free on iTunes) by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau (Compassionate Cooks)
CompassionateCooks.com
Becoming Vegan (book) by Vesanto & Melina

Please feel free to friend me. :-)

Here's my list of favorite vegan/vegetarian cooking blogs in case you need some recipe ideas:

http://ohsheglows.com/

http://peasandthankyou.com/

http://www.theppk.com/

http://goodthingsgrow.com/

http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/

http://www.vegkitchen.com/

http://plantpoweredkitchen.com/

http://kblog.lunchboxbunch.com/

http://www.veggiebelly.com/

http://melomeals.blogspot.com/

http://www.maplespice.com/

http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/

http://myveganjournal.com/

http://vegandad.blogspot.com/

http://www.vocalvegan.com/

http://chefinyou.com/

http://vegancrunk.blogspot.com/

Hi,
I have been vegan since 2 Sept 2012 and have lost 12 lbs or around 6 kilos. I have found some alternatives to things and will share what I have learned in the coming days.
What I have found with some of the alternatives is that you have to try them as they may change the flavor a bit. Also you may have to experiment with cooking as they may not create the same properties as in the case of egg substitutes where you need a binding capability.
Please add me to your friends list.

More later

I recently went back to being vegan after falling off the wagon somewhat. And yup, need to drop some pounds!

I'm most definitely a vegetarian right now, but I've been at this veg. thing a very long time so I do swing from vegetarian back to vegan every now and then. So while I do currently eat eggs and the occasional dairy product (because I can get them from a couple of very good and compassionate local farm here) I also eat a ton of vegan meals. My suggestion (the one I always give lol) is buy the veganomicon cookbook, or anything by Isa. Read it cover to cover. I consider myself pretty well-read on the subject (having been at this for 25 years) and I still learned a lot from Isa. Good luck!