I went (mostly) vegan for health reasons too. Too many people have heart issues and cancer in my family and I'm scared of hospitals. I liked the 30-day vegan Challenge. I eat an quasi-healthy diet. But the big thing is beware of the Beige Diet - aka pasta, breads, fries - you get where I'm going with this. It's soo easy to rely on these when you first go vegan...and after, because I do love my junk food. Feel free to friend me if you want meal ideas and to vent when you're being tempted by non vegan baked goods. I almost never it straight veggies, but I almost always get my veggies in.

So I'm 15 days in Honestly once I found a great cream replacement for my coffee I was all set. I probably wasn't 100% pure, I know the first week I likely missed milk byproducts in a couple things. But I have been 99.99%! I'm getting better at branching out into new things, and have a whole stack of cookbooks. Made a great potato soup in the Vitamix tonight!

Oh and I lost 9 pounds

What's the cream replacement?????? It's my biggest Achilles:embarassed:
well, one of them anyways.

Hardest thing to give up for a coffee-like drink:grumble: .

I'm also a new vegan. I had been a sort of vegetarian for awhile, but after watching Forks Over Knives, I decided to go full vegan. I don't really miss anything, but still trying to figure out how to alter meals I like. Also, I live in "beef country", so going out to eat is a challenge. This evening I was at a restaurant that didn't even offer a dinner salad! My dinner was a side salad, which I had to order with no cheese or meat (the waitress acted like I'd just asked for a turd on a plate!) and water. But I'm determined to stay vegan. Just one question: how long does the gassy phase last? It's pretty embarrassing!