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If you have been keeping up with the vegan community (because who needs “Keeping Up With the Kardashians”, right?), you probably have known that quite a lot of influential vegans from social media announced their retraction from veganism. Some of these explanations were very much to heart and some were much more absonant

First and foremost, sorry for the horrible lighting in these photos. However, I could not make time to take prettier shots to save my life, so we’re rolling with the punches

Let me tell you something–actually, two things: first of all, I am not one to explicitly discuss my love life, but I do share experiences that feature people I’d be seeing or in a more committed relationship with. Now that I have encountered some experiences with guys, I genuinely believe that my understanding of how health and fitness come into play with relationships is a lot more credible. This isn’t to say that fitness isn’t beneficial for someone who is newly single, either. There are far too many routes that a couple can journey towards (i.e. letting themselves go, changing in different directions, or allowing their relationship status define their entire identities), but in the end, whether the union persists or not, the learning experiences ultimately serve their purposes and the journey doesn’t have to end there.

One mechanism of eating may seem restrictive and the other might be excessive, but to certain individuals, such as those following a ketogenic diet, consuming around a butter stick’s worth of fat is a daily ritual, whereas anyone on a lower fat diet or even on a budget wouldn’t even think to wonder if not keeping oil in the kitchen is disordered. Personally, I cannot say that I’ve done any of these rituals before, but man, there are days where all I want is to wear a face mask and eat a huge slice of vegan carrot cake in my room in peace instead of working out for the second time in the day and chugging another protein shake. For a long time, I ate three servings of nuts a day and/or multiple tablespoons of peanut butter accompanied by a vegan protein shake (just vegan protein powder, water and/or almond milk, and Stevia) with a tofu or vegan chicken vegetable dish for dinner and Health Warrior bars for dessert. I genuinely believe that the true roots of diet culture’s issues pertain to profiting off of people’s impatience (the desire for quick fixes), extremes (“clean” foods vs. “dirty” foods), and the illusion that people are never enough (the desire for unnecessary changes).