Aspen & Misty- I am the same way regarding cheese. I'll cut out almost every other form of milk but cheese by far is going to be the hardest thing for me.

Twisterdog- Veggies come in all shapes and sizes just like omnis do. For example, I have been veggie for roughly two years and am a size 18. Yes, I lost some weight initially, but there are plenty of veggie things that pack on the pounds too (I for one, am addicted to peanut butter on Ritz crackers).

Why did I become veggie?

Hm, I guess it would be for way the animals live before they are slaughtered. 3-4 chickens in a cage roughly the size of a sheet of paper, turkeys pumped so full of hormones their legs can't carry their weight to walk around, calves and pigs kept in pens so small they can't turn around, etc. etc.

And then of course, there is the way they are slaughtered, but I won't go into that at present.

There are the health concerns too.

A thought I came up with for myself was, if I couldn't kill it myself, how could I justify eating it. For each person it is different though and not everyone is cut out to be a veggie.