Because of vegan cheese, I feel I have successfully mastered the vegan diet. Perhaps not the lifestyle, but mostly the diet. While I find eating to be relatively stress free, I have tried not to think to much upon avoiding animal products in everyday life. I am staying away from obvious examples like furs and cosmetics, but I would have little cause to use or buy those anyway. I have heard tales of animal testing on all sorts of products, so for the most part, I have avoided purchasing really anything that might be a contaminant.
I haven't forgotten meat, dairy or all the other delicious non vegan items. I miss them, but I don't feel like I need them in the same gut wrenching, visceral way I wanted sugar or coffee. This is because there are many, many workarounds in a vegan diet, substitutes that actually substitute.
So I am adapting, and even thriving. But I believe this is only because it is temporary. I feel if I actually adapted this lifestyle long term, it would only be a matter of time before I cracked. But not yet!
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