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Being vegan may or may not be as hard, but it involves a total change in not just your thinking about food, but your lifestyle. It probably starts with understanding what veganism means. One definition means you get rid of animal products such as a leather belt or purse. Or if your mom tells you to wash your mouth out with soap, it should not be made from animal fat. Or you care about the environment and animals, so you try to fix non-existent global warming. If that isn't veganism, then please enlighten me.
What Is a Vegan and Why You Should Consider Veganism
I don't know if this was directed to me, but when did I ever claim otherwise? I've been vegan for almost 4 years now, of course I know that it's not a diet, it's a complete paradigm shift in the way we think about animals, and this world. Here is the definition that most vegans go by, but at its core it's simply about not exploiting animals or harming them unnecessarily.
"Veganism is a way of living which seeks to exclude, as far as is possible and practicable, all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose." source
But getting back to what I originally said, it's not that hard these days. And even the article you linked to said that in the very first sentence, lol. So I'm not sure what you were objecting to?