If you’ve been looking into going vegan or just veganism in general, you may have come across The 7 Day Vegan Challenge.
But what is The 7 Day Vegan Challenge? What is it, how does it work, what’s the point, what are its benefits…??
These are all important questions that should be answered before getting into it, and in this short post I’m going to tell you all you need to know about this challenge.
It’s completely free to do and just takes a little bit of willpower on your part.
Well first let me point out that there are many different variations to this challenge. But, on the official website (7dayvegan.com) it is described as a “easy challenge for the planet, for compassion, for your health”, but of course that really doesn’t tell you much.
In a nutshell, The 7 Day Vegan Challenge is a fun and easy way to get into veganism. Becoming a vegan is often seen as being complicated and overall just too darn difficult to do. This challenge is a simple way to immerse yourself with an all vegan diet.
But you may be wondering, what’s the point of all this? Why create a challenge around becoming a vegan?
There our a lot of different points to going vegan. Everyone has their own reasons, but generally speaking it seems that there are 3 main reasons that people decide to go this route… Environmental reasons, for better health, and for the love of animals.
For many people veganism is more than just a diet, it is a lifestyle. However, with this challenge, it is only about your diet. You do not have to change your entire lifestyle around. This is good because it is intended to give beginners an easy way to get started. A way that isn’t too intimidating.
The challenge part of it all is to spread awareness.
So how does the challenge work?
Well… It’s pretty simple. For the most part you just simply do not eat any meat, poultry, seafood, dairy or eggs for 7 days in a row.
Simple as that!
And yes… They don’t want you to be eating any eggs. I know this is a bit of a controversial topic amongst vegans, some eat eggs and some don’t. But here, for this challenge, eggs are not to be eaten.
It’s a Challenge
And besides the eating part you are also supposed add your name to the list of challengers and to announce this challenge to your friends, to get as many people to do it as possible. This is what makes it more of a challenge and a little more fun to do.
You can add your name to the list of challengers here.
Should You Stop Wearing Leather Shoes and Sell That Leather Purse/Wallet?
As mentioned above, this challenge is only dealing with a vegan diet. It is nothing too crazy and you don’t have to stop buying leather products and other animal based things, although you should still think about it.
It is no secret that being a vegan makes it more difficult to get a well-rounded meal. While a lot more restaurants and stores are starting to accommodate for vegan diets, it still can be a pain, especially when it comes to getting good sources of protein.
And… As we all know… Protein is absolutely essential for living.
So to help you out, if you do think you’re going to give the challenge a try, below is a list of some good protein sources that you will be able to eat…
Meal Plans:
There are also a lot of meal plans out there to help you get through the challenge. If you don’t feel like coming up with your own meals multiple times a day, then following a simple meal plan makes things a lot more easy.
There is a list of a bunch of different recipes you can take a look at on the main website here.
Also, there are 3rd party sites that have some good meal plans as well. There is a pretty tasty looking 7 day meal plan on eatingwell.com that you can use for this challenge if you want to lose some weight in the process.
You can also Google vegan meal plans and you will find tons of good results.
Just to reiterate, The 7 Day Vegan Challenge is a free challenge that was created to help people go vegan and spread vegan awareness. It is simple, easy to follow, and makes things a little bit more fun so that you don’t end up quitting after only a couple days. Participants are encouraged to spread the word and get others to join.
So if you were ever thinking about going vegan but didn’t really feel like it, now is the time. Take the challenge and see how you like it. After all, it is only 7 days.