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Completely Conflicted About Whether I Should Stay Vegan
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I've been vegan for about 2 years now and... I'm wondering if it's really any good for me.

I became vegan because I had read and seen so much about how our meat is cultivated and produced and I just didn't like it. I didn't like reading about how certain animals were confined or how hormones were being injected into certain meats... After a while it just made me so uncomfortable.

First I started trying to source grass fed meat or organic eggs and stuff and after a while it either became really difficult to find good quality meats or it was just so, so expensive.

My friend was already vegan so I sort of had it in the back of my mind to transition across to a similar diet. I did it gradually - first by going pescatarian. Prior to this I'd been eating a lot of meat... I mean a lot... every day for almost every meal and I'm pretty sure it was making me sick. My stomach seemed to have digestion issues and overall I felt sluggish and not that energetic. After moving to pescatarian I did feel much better. Six months later I ended up going full vegan.

I'd say for the first year or so I felt great - super healthy and felt really happy to be doing what I considered was something really positive for my body. I felt like my adult-acne-prone skin was showing signs of improving also and I liked the fact I was cooking more from scratch.

Cut to now, some 2 years later and I suppose I just feel fatigued by it all. I still have the same mentality when it comes to meat but I suppose I miss having variety. I don't eat any 'vegan alternatives' and so majority of my meals are vegetables - casseroles or curries or roasted. That or salads or something with lentils and pulses. I find myself eating the same things and getting bored.

I've also found lately that my adult acne isn't as calmed down as it used to be with more regular flair ups etc.

Perhaps it's just that I've got into a rut and I need to try some different recipes or maybe I'm just tired of having this lack of choice when it comes to food. Or what I perceive to be a lack of choice.

Anyone else found themselves sort of torn about what to do?

Part of me thinks I could perhaps just go back to pescatarian. At least that way I can add some more variety to my meals with salmon and other fish (which I always used to love). I think the omegas and health benefits of the fish might also help my acne... But then I also would feel somewhat defeated that I went back from veganism.

I guess I'm conflicted. I honestly can't see me going back to eating meat... At the same time I want to be as healthy as I can be and I want my adult acne to improve and stuff and I worry that just vegetables alone aren't enough for me now I'm in my late 30's.

Any advice (sorry for the long rambling post!)?

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