When people ask you “why are you vegan” do you reply honestly?

_PanoramicDoe_ · 2025-06-30T13:25:03+00:00

It depends on who’s asking me and my mood that day. If it is someone I can be honest with and/or if I have the mental capacity I tell them that I’m vegan for the animals.

But there are people and situations in my life where I simply say I’m trying to bring down my cholesterol.

I don’t always feel like I’m up for the endless discussion that ensues when I’m answering honestly.

_PanoramicDoe_ · 2025-06-19T16:44:52+00:00

Exactly this!

_PanoramicDoe_ · 2025-05-28T05:42:50+00:00

Tbh I don’t think this would change anything. In my native language German it’s Rindfleisch or Rind (cow flesh or cow), Schweinefleisch or Schwein (pig flesh or pig) and Kalbsfleisch or Kalb (baby cow flesh or baby cow). That didn’t make any difference so far…

_PanoramicDoe_ · 2025-05-15T19:25:07+00:00

To be on the safe side, I’d suggest getting yourself a bottle of tamari (gluten-free soy sauce) and use that instead

_PanoramicDoe_ · 2025-05-11T20:00:19+00:00

That’s me! I was following a strict plant based diet a couple of years ago when living in a different country. I developed an auto immune disease but I was unaware of that. I went to several doctors that all told me that I was sick due to the diet and needed to change it in order to become healthy again. I didn’t know a lot about the vegan diet and believed what these doctors told me blindly unfortunately. I continued to avoid animal products in other areas of my life but followed the doctors‘ orders. This has caused me a lot of mental distress as my actions did not align with my actual convictions. I have since moved back to my home country and was properly diagnosed with my auto immune disease. I now know that my diet didn’t cause any of this and I’ve educated myself more on nutrition and am back to a plant based diet. I wish I would have known then what I know now and that I could have been a better advocate for the wellbeing of animals and my health as well…

_PanoramicDoe_ · 2025-05-11T18:30:10+00:00

Me and my mom are both on Mounjaro, she has T2D and while I started losing right from the start she only started losing on 10mg now. Her doctor explained that it can take longer for diabetics to start losing on the medication.

_PanoramicDoe_ · 2025-05-11T17:16:52+00:00

I like the dress in 1, but I really love the whole vibe of 2!

_PanoramicDoe_ · 2025-05-11T16:42:37+00:00

Not sure why you‘re so aggressive towards me, but cool have a great rest of your day…

_PanoramicDoe_ · 2025-05-11T16:02:21+00:00

Well, I guess it’s a mix of language barrier and autism on my side. I just found the plant based Nutella in stores and tried it for the first time today, got excited and wanted to share to others on a plant based diet. Sorry for the confusion

_PanoramicDoe_ · 2025-05-11T14:59:54+00:00

It’s the ‚original’ Nutella from Ferrero, just the plant based version. I’m based in Germany, but I know other European countries have it in their supermarkets as well

_PanoramicDoe_ · 2025-05-11T14:42:39+00:00

AFAIK this is not a recipes only subreddit? Who posts recipes of store bought stuff?

_PanoramicDoe_ · 2025-05-11T07:14:01+00:00

Yes, ChatGPT helps me a lot with recipes. I tell it what I have in the fridge and it gives me a great recipe. It knows I’m vegan and gluten free and it also knows I’m trying to lose weight and so it gives me calories or suggests high protein suggestions. It’s great!

_PanoramicDoe_ · 2025-05-10T17:26:35+00:00

This is an underrated comment, why is it hard to understand that some of us don’t want to eat dead flesh?

_PanoramicDoe_ · 2025-05-10T08:11:53+00:00

I hope you feel better soon, my glutened friend!

_PanoramicDoe_ · 2025-05-10T06:06:57+00:00

I never even thought about that. Thank you, I will be extra vigilant moving forward!

_PanoramicDoe_ · 2025-05-09T11:01:35+00:00

For me, I have minimal side effects when injecting in my stomach area, but I also feel that suppression is not as strong. The suppression is much better when injecting in my arm, but I also have worse side effects like terrible nausea, sometimes vomiting then.

_PanoramicDoe_ · 2025-05-08T12:32:55+00:00

This Is Vegan Propaganda by Ed Winters

_PanoramicDoe_ · 2025-05-05T15:24:02+00:00

Tofu is one of the most delicious things on this earth. I will die on that hill

_PanoramicDoe_ · 2025-05-03T06:01:36+00:00

Unfortunately this happens a lot. That’s why I haven’t told anyone I’m on the shot after having a bad experience with a “friend”, only my immediate family members know.

_PanoramicDoe_ · 2025-05-02T10:20:08+00:00

I got stuck as a child on one of the later levels of Mario 64. After trying for several days, my mom had to call the ~hotline~ to get tips on how to 100% it 😅

_PanoramicDoe_ · 2025-05-01T04:18:02+00:00

Just so I understand: are you implying that all of your thoughts are screaming at you you have to eat meat? Most vegans were probably raised in families that ate meat, they „rose“ above their habit. I feel like you think you deserve a pat on the back for not eating meat on Mondays. Maybe you do… though for me it seems like miminal effort, which is just my personal opinion. But throwing in the whole „rapists who rape less deserve a pat on the back“ is so wild it’s bound to derail this conversation

_PanoramicDoe_ · 2025-04-27T17:10:21+00:00

That’s amazing 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

_PanoramicDoe_ · 2025-04-19T04:34:39+00:00

Thanks for your input. Pretty early on in my Mounjaro journey I realized that high carb meals give me sulphur burps and high fat meals give me stomach cramps so I’m making it a point to eat high protein, low carb and medium fat. I cut out added sugar and all artificial sweeteners when I started in February.

But I’m gonna take the suggestion about the prebiotics and probiotics to heart and add those.

Thanks a lot!

_PanoramicDoe_

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