Vegans! I wanna become a vegan later when I get older. Is it hard?

It can be quite hard, like when eating out. But still, it is great fun to eat other types of foods! You most definatley wont miss milk or cheese. There is soy milk, and tofu. They are quite delicious.

When I was vegetarian, I thought it would be really hard to go vegan too, until I started dating a vegan and eating whatever he was eating. I was SHOCKED by how easy it was and how much food I could still eat. It's completely different now from the way it was 20 or even 10 years ago. There are so many vegan products on the market...you don't hardly have to limit yourself at all these days.

As for eating out, if you don't mind international food you should still have a lot of options. Thai, Indian, Mediterranean and Ethiopian restaurants are always good places to find vegan food (and you may be living near more of them than you think) plus a lot of chain restaurants have options that are vegan or can be made vegan if you nix the cheese. Pei Wei, PF Chang's, Mongolian Grill, Jason's Deli, On the Border, etc. Papa John's veggie pizza without the cheese is vegan and it's great!

Now a days they have so many soy alternatives to cheese it makes it a lot easier, and there is always soy milk to replace the milk, which personally I enjoy. it's all preference though, you may miss the real thing, I know eating out is very difficult unless you go to places that specialize in vegan cuisine. Both of my boyfriend's sisters are vegan,one is 18, and the other is 21, and I find them making a lot more of their food then buying it.

I say do whatever you are comfortable with, you don't have to be vegan, it's a large life choice. Best of luck whatever may be your choice!

It takes time to become vegan, the best thing to do is transition to it. You should start replacing egg and dairy with vegan substitutes, such as soy milk or rice milk. You can try out lots of vegan recipes too.

It's difficult to find vegan cheese that melts, so I guess I miss that somewhat. But I would never go back to eating animal products, I'm much happier and healthier now than I was then.

I'm 14 and vegan and I love it! I am much healthier and happier now than I ever was before. I was a vegetarian for about a year before and I don't think you will miss cheese and milk. There are so many substitutes out there if you really want them, but I don't think you will have any cravings for them (at least I didn't).

It can be hard, and it can be easy. It depends on many things such as where your life, your current life situation, if you cook, etc. Basically if you live in one of the more vegan friendly cities (Seattle, Portland, Vancouver, Denver, San Francisco, Austin, New York, England, etc) then it is pretty easy. It is also much easier if you cook much of your food. There are lots of different types of vegan food you can make, and it is not difficult at all if you make food. It really depends on who you are. It could be very easy, or very difficult, or anywhere in between.

it's not hard.

I'm 19 and wish I've done it sooner.

if you are doing this for ethical reasons, is it really that much of a "sacrifice" (it really isn't a sacrifice but a lot of people like to throw that word around) to let go of milk and cheese? trust me, I was a big milk and cheese drinker, and I gave those things up cold turkey......and I don't miss it at all now. but it's all up to you and how willing you are to make the change.

Being a vegan is going to be very difficult. I know that, even though I have never been a vegan. Just stay a regular vegetarian.

It's not as hard as you think, I also played around with the whole vegetarian thing in high school it was just too hard living with my parents. Now I'm out on my own it's a piece of cake.

My sisters are vegan and they used to miss allot of things. But they have substitute things for practically everything, like soya milk and probs. something for cheese :)