I want to become vegan but don’t know how

many of you might simply say, “Just stop eating meat,” but it’s not that simple. I deeply love animals, of all kinds, and I realize how contradictory it is to say that while continuing to eat meat, which comes from their suffering. I’m also aware that factory farming is one of the main contributors to global warming and is practically killing our planet.

For this reason, I’ve decided to stop consuming any animal products, but I want to do it gradually, starting by becoming a vegetarian. The problem is that I’m struggling with it. I know that for many vegetarians and vegans, seeing a steak or a sausage isn’t about seeing a tasty dish, but rather a corpse. However, I haven’t yet been able to make that mental shift.

I’d like to reach the point where I feel disgusted when faced with a plate of meat or dairy, but I’m not there yet. Do you have any suggestions on how I can change my perspective? I should mention that I already eat very little meat because I don’t particularly like it, but I do eat a lot of cured meats.

What is the reason behind your mentality that “meat is disgusting and murder” that I fail to understand?

It’s easy to make the switch to veganism, no matter how you feel about it mentally.

Start small, experiment with some vegan substitutes for your future meals, and then progressively add more ones as you go. A wonderful place to start would be to transition to vegetarianism.

It doesn’t make me feel repulsed. In my experience, when people embrace being vegan by default, they kind of automatically start thinking about what they eat. When I think about eating animals, the first thing that comes to me is “is it worth a life to eat this,” and I think the answer to that is no. Many individuals simply express revulsion, but there are many others in the “Yeah no evil for me thanks” camp who share my sentiments.

I became vegan over night; the first thing to do is to understand your motivation. Purchasing vegan versions of the products you already purchase is the second step.

It’s a moral decision. I think your issue is that you don’t really see the urgency. You don’t see the blood, guts, feces and entrails. You don’t see them cry out, beg for mercy, jump away from the kill box and their cries for help that goes unanswered while the slaughterhouse worker prods them with an electric shock. The bellowing from a mother that just lost her baby. These may be just words to you, but I assure you it’s very real.

A vegan is not someone who just stops consuming animal products, they are people who understand that animal agriculture is the most violent, disgusting and brutal industry ever created in the history of the world, and they don’t want to support it.

It’s what I always say, being a vegan is about growing a backbone and doing what is right, it’s not simply a dietary change. It’s about putting your foot down and saying no to the most evil, selfish behaviour that humans participate in.

I rapidly went from Omni to Vegan, and it wasn’t difficult at all. Making adjustments, cooking, and grocery shopping enjoyable for me.

I don’t find meat or dairy repulsive; if they weren’t, I doubt that meat substitutes would be as popular. I just consciously decide not to consume them.

It’s great that you’ve reached this stage and want to change!

Watching gruesome videos from my nation’s meat and dairy industries was what most aided me make the shift. There’s no longer the temptation or want to devour their bodies because of the tragic sight of what happens to those lovely animals.

Take it one meal at a time; don’t overthink it.

What should I eat because I’m hungry? Baked potatoes, hummus and crackers, beans on toast, and peanut butter sandwiches.

You can add more vegan cuisine alternatives in the future.

Even with gradual progress, animals nevertheless die—a half-dead pig is still a half-dead pig.

When I was thirteen, I suddenly became vegan and started cooking everything from scratch. Why not take it slow, particularly when you already assert that you eat very little meat? You seem to be completely out of touch with vegans, in my opinion. Perhaps you should watch Domino or something.

If you’re having trouble making the mental transition, I HEARTLY recommend this book. It crushed my heart and made me realize how utterly false my excuse for eating animal products while professing to love them was. Although challenging to read, it is essential. Please pay heed to this comment if you read any others.

Ed Winters: "This is vegan propaganda (along with other things the meat business tells you).

That kind of forced perspective adjustment is not possible. That is something that develops organically throughout time. The greatest thing you can do at this time is just concentrate on ceasing to support animal abuse and educate yourself by reading, viewing films, and other media.

It’s just that your brain will work harder to rationalize your actions the more you consume something you enjoy even though you know it’s wrong. Usually, it takes months of not doing that activity before you begin to see how bad it was. Not just vegetarianism, but anything is covered by this.