How do you keep your motivation to stay vegan?

i have been a Veggie all of my life. And I have attempted to be Vegan twice now. First time.. I got really bored of eating, and got ill purely because I was being lazy. Second time, I was doing very well... Until I decided to push myself even further and go on a raw foods diet. This was extremely limitting and For some reason I have found myself eating ice cream, indian take outs, and a LOT of cheesey stuff again. Now this is not good for me as a lactose intollerant haha.

So please... Without any disturbing stories, how do you keep your motivation to stay vegan? Youdv thought my guilt, and the fact that im ill after everything I eat would be enough wouldnt ya!!
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Will Power

 

motivation? i have been a vegan for more than 25 years and i never had to push myself to be a vegan..i just like the stuff i eat,is it so unusual?let us say i think to be a vegan is just fitting to my ideal of purity through food..i think the more you eat natural things , the more you like them,...let us say ideologically i agree with it, but it is true also i never liked meat and i like to be as close to nature as possible and get my food from trees..as i am saying maybe if you eat as a vegan many years it will change your taste ...at least if you eat natural things cause some vegans also eat junk food being a vegan..if you force yourself this is not good it may create frustrations.. really you cannot find anything you like? however there are a lot of things we can eat as vegans..cereals, fruits, nuts, peas..do you go to an health food store, you will find a lot of stuff there!potato, corn, beans, vegetable, organic bread, soya products..the choice is really huge..

 

In my early days it was important for me to keep strong convictions to stay on the vegan path.
My inspiration came from books on veganism and factory farming. Today there are a lot of options available to remind yourself why to chose veganism. The documentary "earthlings" seems to smack the message directly in your face. You can find the trailer on youtube, along with other informative videos.

Another important thing that helped me along my vegan path was the book 'The 80/10/10 diet.' by Dr Doug Graham. This outlines, IMO, the absolute best way to go about veganism. I've never eaten so many great delicious foods and felt this good in my life.

 

well im an vegetarian for about 9 months ( i cant go vegan beacuse im only 14 and i m very active in sports and my coach doesnt let me to become an vegan),

the thing that keeps me going is: an life of an insistent animal is saved thanks to me
no fat capitalist isnt getting money from me
it is very very healthy
people respect you more for dissensions you make

You should watched some documentary on how do they make meat : Meet your meat an great documentary by PETA how they make meat watch this and you will never think of meat again

 

You and your coach could learn a lot from veganbodybuilding.com, and 30bananasaday.com.

There is no reason you can not be healthy and great at sports of all kinds and be vegan. Don't let anything stop you from living your life the way you want, there is always a way.

 

no at my home my dad only supports me my mom doesnt support me very much
but i think that im going vegan anyway when im going to be 20 years old.

 

you shouldn't have to force change

because then it wouldn't be change

instead it would be tolerance.

 

I am a lacto ovo vegetarian , not a vegan yet , but what movivates me is what i see every morning.When i walk outside i see buck, zebra, giraffe etc , when i drive to work i see cows and sheep and i think to myself how could anyone kill any of these beautiful animals just to eat it .That thought keeps me of the right path , love and respect for the creatures that we share this planet with is my motivatation.:2thumbsup:

 

www.nakedvegancooking.com

 

My motivation is that I care for all sentient beings. I don't think about maintaining my motivation because I cannot imagine anything that would make me lose it. It's part of who I am and who I have always been. I couldn't "fall off the wagon" without becoming someone that I am not.

 

I repeat to myself: 'remember! it's not for you.' Veganism is the yummy way of life. ;D I'm in harmony with nature and with myself when my food is cruelty free.

 

I've never found any trouble with veganism... It just happened, I suppose, and I love it
Being vegan is enough of a motivator for me.

What I would suggest is to use "training wheels"- vegan yogurts, cheeses, ice creams, etc.
This stuff is pretty unhealthy (well, I think plain, unsweetened, non-GMO, domestically grown soy yogurt is healthy), but it keeps you away from the real stuff until you lose interest in animal products.

Start cooking, too! There are so many vegan websites and bloggers who post delicious, sexy food all the time. Check out vegweb.com and findingvegan.com if you haven't already

 

Because it's gross to put a corpse in your mouth.

Also, daiya fake cheese helps when I get a craving. That's my only real weakness with veganism.

It's so unnatural for us to harvest the milk of another animal and feed it to our young. Its creepy, and you don't see any other animals doing that.

Watch Food Inc and research The ingredients of your food. I promise in a couple years you'll look at anything non-vegan with pure disgust.

 

We could spend all night listing things that other animals don't do. Humans are the most adaptive and resourceful species on Earth. Ever seen a gazelle brushing its teeth or playing guitar?