Health is kind of a big deal in my life.

I love yoga, but I also really love working out- cardio, lifting weights and HIIT workouts.

I fell in love with health because being a 21-year-old college student means I have to make really crucial health decisions now because they will stick with me for the rest of my life, unless I undergo some intense diet change.

But there are days that I just hang around the house and watch Netflix, because who doesn't have those days?

One late night I was scrolling through Netflix documentaries and found What The Health. What a perfect fit for me, right?

I don't want to spoil it for anyone, so I won't be giving many details, but the documentary basically explains why people should go vegan.

After watching it I was completely moved, "I have to go vegan. Starting tomorrow."

I instantly popped on Pinterest and looked up a bunch of vegan meals, followed some vegan Instagram accounts, and went to bed to get a fresh start.

Here's what I learned from going vegan for two weeks:

1. It is expensive, no matter what they say.

Sure, veggies and fruits aren't that bad to purchase. My family buys fresh produce like apples, bananas, lettuce, peppers, etc every week so that was no added expense.

Then I realized that if I wanted to have dinner with my parents, I was going to have to make something other than a salad every day.

That's when the bill went up. I bought tofu (which is surprisingly good), tofu dumplings, soy sausages, rice, noodles- not processed with eggs and soy/almond/coconut milk.

It was so. much. $$$.

So I stopped cooking for three and just fed myself.

2. My stomach "shrunk."

Disclaimer - I don't actually know if this happened.

Since I was new to the entire vegan thing, I wasn't quite sure on how to eat.

Every morning I have a smoothie, lunch was usually coffee and veggies or fruit and dinner was tofu or soy sausage (except one night I had vegan mac and cheese, and it changed me).

It's known that veggies fill you more and longer, and that's exactly what was happening.

I found myself making vegan stir fry, spaghetti, and mac and cheese and couldn't finish all of it. Probably because my body was getting used to eating water based foods.

When I had my first meal that wasn't vegan (it was a shrimp lasagna with spinach and tomatoes), I took a few bites and was done, when I would normally finish it no problem.

Getting back into my typical food made me feel terrible and heavy all the time.

3. I felt a pep in my step.

Because I wasn't eating food that left me feeling so full that I couldn't move, I felt energized.

I never once felt bloated. I felt full after every meal and wasn't upset about eating.

There would be meals like chicken, veggies and rice I would eat and I felt terrible after, but when eating my fresh fruit smoothies or veggies with hummus I felt amazing.

I also realized I was lacking in my daily intake of calories, vitamins, protein, fibers and pretty much everything except for water.

You don't need to be a doctor to understand that is not good.

4. No one really gets it.

My youngest nephew was baptized and everyone was invited over for a party after church.

At said party they served: mac and cheese, burger dip, chicken with bacon, lasagna, chips and salsa, fruit and a cake.

I had fruit and chips and salsa.

Needless to say I was starving and had to leave the party early to go have a vegan meal at my house.

No one in my family is vegan, nor am I asking them to be, so they did their own thing and everyone said the food was amazing.

Whenever I would talk about being vegan with my friends I got weird looks, harsh comments (even though they were just joking), training on what to eat and so on.

Being vegan felt impossible, and the only support I had was Instagram posts from vegan accounts.

In the end...

I'm not longer vegan. I am back to eating animal products, and if I'm being honest, I don't like it.

I feel back to myself, and it's not the best feeling.

I stopped because it was just not the right time and place to be vegan.

I definitely will be making some changes in my diet but for the most part, I'm going to be eating and using animal products in my life.