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I'll never forget the time I decided to share my joy with Hexbear over having lost 150+lbs after struggling with my weight - and correlating severe depression - trying about a dozen weight loss methods for more than a decade... and then got bullied for not being able to tackle this insurmountable challenge of my life while being vegan about it, lol.
It's so hard to describe how little control I have over eating... all the ways in which I've had to basically trick my brain into thinking I get to eat the way it wants while actually losing weight. Like, there have been moments in my life where I genuinely wasn't even able to stop myself from eating pastries out of an actual garbage can, even though I consciously did not want to do it.
That said, I'm gradually replacing things with vegan alternatives as much as I can, and recently discovered that tofu can, in fact, slap.
I’m in a similar boat. Congratulations on your weight loss! I had to have bariatric surgery to get my eating under control, so I know how immensely challenging it is.
Because of my surgery, it’s just not possible to be vegan. I have to get 60g of protein per day and can only fit about 1 cup of food in my stomach at a time. It’s just not possible to get that much protein in the amount of vegan food I can fit in my stomach.
I can have protein based milk alternatives like soy milk and I’m also a big fan of tofu, but meat is just a lot more protein dense. I’ve just accepted that I’m going to die if meat or vitamins become unavailable in the future.
I just like to share positivity with the comrades on hexbear, but that said I do believe that the vegans are ultimately right. I do not want any living being to suffer or die for my sake. I don't know if I'll ever be able to go full vegan, but I have drastically reduced my meat intake at the least, and I will always be on the lookout for viable ways that I can reduce my dependency on animal products.