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flabberghaster OP wrote

Reply to comment by cowloom in I should go back to being vegetarian again by flabberghaster

The first time, I tried to just go vegetarian all at once and it didn't take, because it felt like such a big change to make all at once. I found much better success by saying "this week, I am going to give up pork for good." Then when that felt easy I went on to "this week I will give up beef for good." And so on until I was down to chicken being the only meat I'd eat anymore. I found by tapering it like that, it didn't feel like such a radical change and it was easier for me to sustain it.

I feel that cutting out dairy is going to be much harder for me than cutting out meat has historically been. One day I might be able to go vegan but I need to work my way there or I won't be able to stick to it.

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Ruby wrote

If it helps, the way I went vegan was once I decided I was going to do it I looked up easy vegan recipes and practiced making them for a few months while still also eating the things I used to eat, and also started swapping the snacks I ate with vegan equivalents. After like 4-5 months I had a bunch of recipes I was comfortable with and knew what vegan products I liked, so I had one final goodbye meal at my favourite fried chicken place, and then officially "went vegan" and haven't gone back since. Learning how to make a lot of vegan food while still eating meat makes it a lot easier to eventually make the switch. I did get some pretty bad meat cravings for the first like month or two, but they do go away eventually.

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