Anyone who is vegetarian or vegan knows that, after the first few weeks of adjusting, it feels awesome to know how impactful and beneficial the switch is for a whole bunch of reasons. But being in college and staying committed to the lifestyle is no easy task. Here are just a few of the struggles of being vegan on campus.

1. No options.

Some days all you want is a simple and delicious meal- yet the only entree options that aren’t entirely made of meat include some sad looking carrots and the salad bar. It’s a hard life.

2. The salad bar.

Okay, who doesn’t love a good salad? And of course I appreciate there being a salad option at most hours of the day, but come on. Limp lettuce and the same two toppings every day gets old fast. Some variety would make my life better, and the freshman fifteen much easier to avoid.


3. “Is that vegan?”

Yes, I get it that you are not a vegan or vegetarian so you don’t know about the specific ingredients that we choose not to eat- but if I am vegan, and I am eating something, then yes it is vegan. Thanks for checking up on me, though!

4. Everyone thinking that vegan equals healthy.

I wish. People don’t realize that there is the same amount of junk food that’s vegan that there is non-vegan. I’ll be in my room eating dark chocolate and Ben & Jerry’s non-dairy if you need me.

5. Munchies.

Getting back from going out on a late Friday night/ very early Saturday morning when all of your non-vegan friends are ordering pizza. This is the truest test of strength, but sometimes you just have to give in and order a cheese Domino's pizza that you just know isn’t going to satiate you. But hey, you knew what you were getting into when you went vegan.