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Starting my vegetarian/veganism journey as an autistic person

Hi! I recently got inspired to start becoming vegetarian/vegan by the video essayists The Leftist Cooks after their most recent video Why Don’t Fascists Eat Vegetables?

The biggest obstacle for me currently is that I have a pretty narrow diet that is considerably meat heavy that mostly contains my safe foods.

Stuff like chicken nuggets, fried shrimp, sushi, and
beef with rice.
I know that there are good substitutes for many of those things, I have even eaten vegetarian chicken nuggets and steak tips and I do genuinely enjoy them.

What I am hoping to do is expand my diet before I start restricting.
I struggle to eat stuff I don’t already know and like, and can have a pretty visceral reaction when I don’t like something I’ve tried.

I’ve given salad another shot and it turns out you aren’t supposed to just be rawdogging lettuce with no dressing. Which makes me feel more confident that I might be able to actually make vegetarianism work for me if things are allowed to taste good.

I also tried vegan cheese for the first time today on pizza and it was really delicious!

So long ramble aside, are there any good tips for exploring vegan food?
What stuff should I try out based on my current preferences? And is it ok for me to take it slow?

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u/TransGuy0nReddit — 3 hours ago
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The cops got called on us at a slaughterhouse (Part 1)

I, John Thomas, recently went to a slaughterhouse vigil in Orlando, FL, with my best friend Alex (@yourveganmentor1), to livestream it with @itsmelandsteve and @itsprojectlivestream - to spread awareness for what happens in factory farms and to document that these animals once existed.

We had the honor to meet and say goodbye to Annabelle, before she went inside to be slaughtered. We’ll never forget Annabelle.

She’s one of the unlucky ones who was a dairy cow and got sent to slaughter along with around 14 other cows like her. We can only hope that she’s finally at peace now. 🌈❤️‍🩹🐮

During this, we had an unexpected encounter with a Sheriff. Stay tuned for part 2 to see how this conversation turns.

u/thebodybuildingvegan — 4 days ago
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I'm 33. Been vegan for almost 21 years and bodybuilding for 18. Ask me anything about nutrition, training, and PED use as a vegan. Any question is welcome. Thank you for being vegan 🙏💚🌱

In these 20 years as a vegan, I’ve been met with a lot of criticism and misinformation. The first time I ever stepped into a public gym, a trainer told me, “You need meat to build muscle.”

I proved the trainer wrong and built an impressive physique by my early 20s before my first bodybuilding competition.

Here’s a side-by-side of myself as a vegan in 2012 at 200 lbs, fully natural (not even caffeine), and today (13 years later) at 270 lbs, fully not natural and still vegan (until I die): https://imgur.com/a/bJGcHfJ

I didn’t quite plan to become vegan, or a bodybuilder, they just felt right to me at the time, but now with my platform (both my physical presence and online social media) I view it as my responsibility to share the message that hit so hard to me: the animals need our help. 

I have seen misinformation holding a lot of people back from giving the vegan lifestyle a try. The truth is, it’s not that difficult to get all the protein you need on a plant-based diet.

I use a variety of protein sources like TVP, seitan, tofu, tempeh, mock meats, and of course some from foods like beans, lentils, and nutritional yeast.

Over the years in the gym and learning about vegan nutrition I became a coach. I have worked with over 500 people, showing them how to thrive on a plant-based diet.

Any question is welcome. Thank you for being vegan 🙏💚🌱 

u/thebodybuildingvegan — 13 days ago