I recently decided to become vegan. I have been for several months now, But I'm finding it difficult to cope with and I believe it's effecting my schoolwork and other such things, but I don't want to quit now because everyone will ask me lots of questions and give me @#$%. What can I do?|||what do you mean difficult to cope? perhaps its your diet? try getting a book on healthy foods for a vegan diet. You can't survive on side dishes and have to cook yourself main meals that provide protein and iron. perhaps you should go to your doctor and if you want to be vegan don't let them persuade you but help you to eat better foods. Ask for a blood test to check for iron, protein, calcium, b12, and zinc and more.. if done correctly living on and maintaining a vegan diet is not that hard. Good luck|||You shouldn't be worried about peoples opinions. Instead you should ask yourself if the hard work your doing is worth it, since your helping animals. If you care about animals then veganism is worth it because you know your not supporting animal cruelty. But if its just health reasons, then you can slip up every once in a while. If youve been vegan for several months, its going to get easier soon. Just keep looking online for recipes so you dont get bored with it. The more you know, the easier it is. Look on PETA's Accidentally Vegan List to get a list of foods that are easy to come by at a grocery store. PETA's opinion about veganism, along with Mercy For Animals, is that if you try to avoid EVERYTHING then its hard on you and makes others see veganism as too difficult. If you boycott products that are 99.9% vegan, then this sends the message to the company that there is no market for these products that contain little to no animal products and they stop making them (causing more animals to suffer). So just try to avoid what you can, but dont go so crazy with it that you stop all together. Good luck!|||What you can do, and should do, is not worry so much about what others think. Is that the problem that's effecting you? Be secure with your choice and let the critic's words slide off of your back like water off a duck's back. "Veganism, not the right choice?"--all depends. Is your choice more importsnt as you see it, or as "everyone" else sees it?|||Make sure you're eating healthy. Not eating the right amount of fruits and vegetables, along with proteins and vitamins and minerals, can greatly effect your concentration. Make sure that you take some kind of calcium, B-12, and iron supplement. [You can, however, get these from eating the right kinds of vegan foods.] I get tired of other people's crap too, but I've learned to ignore it. It doesn't matter.|||There's no way a diet will affect your schoolwork unless you're not feeding yourself proper nutrition. The same is true with omnivores...if they eat crap, their studying will also be crap. You need to eat, eat, eat GOOD, HEALTHY food! So do a little studying...on nutrition...and you'll be fine.|||eat better... you are ingesting fresh fruits and veggies.. right? learn about what you are eating... most should before they dive into something they don't understand.. ignore the dingbats out there who preach gospels they can't even sing... whenever someone gives me lip.. i just look up and down them.... then smile. that does the trick 90% of the time.... (why? because obesity is an unfortunate and now overly common side effect of a processed food and meat diet.) that's why it fails.|||Research how to stay healthy, what foods to eat. When I first went vegan I didn't do any research and ate fairly unhealthy but after a little I decided not to be slack and fix my diet up haha. Now I feel great, long as you eat decently you'll probably end up better off than before.|||is the diet affecting your schoolwork or the being singled out for being a vegan affecting your schoolwork? if you jumped from an omnivore to a vegan, maybe you should try being a vegetarian first and then go vegan. in this carnivore world its hard to be a vegan, menu planning is so much harder.|||try being a vegetarian. cutting out eggs and dairy is pretty hard. i mean, you cant even have milk chocolate. btw if your doing this just for a health factor, you dont have to be so strict. its ok to break a rule every now and then.|||Eat lots of beans and corn bread to get your "heavy" nutrients. Eat lots of fresh fruit and veggies. Don't worry about what they or we say. It's your life.|||I'm not sure what you mean by "cope". Go to the bloody library and get some recipe books, and start cooking. What's all this coping business?|||Get over yourself|||I would see a doctor. Did you just up and go vegan? Because its best to ease into such a diverse change of diet.|||Eat what you want. Who cares if people will give you ****? Don't let people control you.|||let me write you a prescription for two n.a.d.s.|||I don't think it's effecting schoolwork unless your not eating right. Did you know the consumption of meat, eggs, and dairy products has also been strongly linked to osteoporosis, Alzheimer's, asthma, and male impotence. Scientists have also found that vegetarians have stronger immune systems than their meat-eating friends; this means that they are less susceptible to everyday illnesses like the flu. Vegetarians and vegans live, on average, six to 10 years longer than meat-eaters. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the consumption of meat causes 70 percent of the food poisoning cases in the United States each year. This is not surprising when you consider the fact that meat can be contaminated with a host of dangerous bacteria—including E. coli, salmonella, and campylobacter. Sadly, adults aren’t the only ones who feel the effects of this contaminated food. Recent outbreaks of E. coli have shown that these pathogens can be deadly when consumed by children. Here are some veggielicious Lunchbox Dishes * Spread some veggie ham with vegan cream cheese and roll up for a fun and easy-to-eat lunch box treat. * Make a veggie dog in a blanket—wrap a veggie dog in a crescent roll and bake. Pack ketchup for dipping. * Create crunchy triple-decker PB&Js: Cut rice or corn cakes in half with a sharp knife and spread on jam and a nut butter, and then top with the other half. * Spread bread with eggless mayonnaise (try Nayonaise or Vegenaise) and pile on veggie deli slices—such as faux ham, faux turkey, or “phony baloney”—and Tofutti American soy cheese slices (www.Tofutti.com). Cut into triangles or fun shapes using cookie cutters. * Make a mock chicken-salad sandwich with Morningstar Farms Meal Starters Chik’n Strips or Worthington’s Chic-ketts, available at health-food stores. * Pack P.B. Slices (www.PBSlices.com), individually wrapped slices of peanut butter, with bread or crackers; kids can combine them at lunchtime. * On those hectic mornings, toss a Smucker’s frozen PB&J sandwich in your child’s lunchbox; it will be thawed and ready to eat by lunchtime. * Make burrito roll-ups by spreading tortillas with Tofutti Better Than Cream Cheese; add olives or diced veggies, roll up, and cut into bite-size pieces. Olé! * Make your own “good lunch” by packing meat-free Smart Deli Pepperoni slices (www.Lightlife.com), soy cheese slices, and crackers. * Spread a bagel with Tofutti Better Than Cream Cheese, top with veggie pepperoni, and cut into halves or quarters. * Make a mock tuna-salad sandwich by substituting Worthington’s Tuno (Available at health-food stores or at www.NoMeat.com) for tuna in your favorite recipe. * For a healthy alternative to egg-salad sandwiches, try eggless “egg” salad: Mash together tofu, soy mayo, turmeric, salt, and spices. Click here for a recipe. * Pair veggie kebabs (try cherry tomatoes, cucumber slices, sweet peppers, and baked tofu cubes) with “ranch” dip (combine Tofutti Sour Supreme with McCormick Spring Onion Dip Mix—it’s vegan!). * Cut mini-pitas in half, and stuff them with hummus and chopped tomatoes, falafel, or your favorite sandwich filling. * Prepare an easy pasta salad by combining cooked spiral pasta with diced cucumbers, tomatoes, and/or peppers and chunks of baked tofu, veggie Canadian bacon, or Morningstar Farms Meal Starters “chicken” or “steak” strips; mix with your favorite vinaigrette. * “Shake ’N Bake” mock chicken chunks instead of the real thing. Several Shake ’N Bake flavors are vegan—just use chopped Chic-ketts, Morningstar Farms Meal Starters Chik’n Strips, or White Wave’s wheat meat (www.WhiteWave.com); it’s great hot or cold. * Pack hard breadsticks with dip, such as pizza sauce, peanut butter, or hummus. * Make a mini pizza by topping toasted English muffins (Wonder Bread-brand muffins are vegan) with a dollop of pizza sauce, a slice of soy cheese, and veggie pepperoni. Hot Ideas for the Thermos * Make some homemade “sausage” gravy and pack some biscuits for a comforting cold-weather meal. * Fill the thermo with veggie meatballs in tomato sauce. Pack it with a roll to make a veggie meatball sub. * Spice up lunchtime by filling your kids' thermos with vegan taco meat or refried beans. Pack taco shells and their favorite taco toppings. Try Tofutti Sour Supreme and salsa. * Warm your kids up on cold winter days by heating Hormel canned vegetarian chili and packing it in a thermos. Pack a baked potato so they can top their spuds. * For another easy heat-and-eat treat, try Campbell’s tomato or vegetable soup. (Please be sure to check labels—some soups contain beef or chicken broth.) * When you have a little more time, make alphabet soup using vegetable or faux-chicken broth instead of chicken stock and diced mock chicken. Make a pot over the weekend, then reheat it on Monday morning to start your kids’ week off right. *

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