It’s as simple as not buying it. There’s no trick.

Check out some stuff like the vegan home cooks discord for some recipes, some blogs in whatever cusine you enjoy. Then make those foods.

Don’t feed your troll

I can’t give universal advice, I can only tell you what has worked for me. Every person is unique.

Expectations: I think you have to free yourself from being able to become a vegan in one day. The whole thing is a transition that can take many months. You try to find animal-free alternatives step by step and replace them bit by bit. At some point you get used to it and can’t imagine anything else.

Motivation: I watched the worst and cruelest documentaries on animal exploitation/suffering that I could find. I cried a lot and still forced myself to finish watching them. This cemented my decision to become a vegan and stay vegan. I also talk to other vegans whenever possible, which also helps a lot.

Food: For example, I don’t enjoy cooking complicated dishes and keep it simple, so it’s easier for me to motivate myself to cook something quickly. Here are a few examples of what I often cook: salad with garlic bread, beans with garlic and onions, broccoli casserole with vegan cheese, Brussels sprouts with potatoes, rice with beans, pasta with tomato sauce, etc. Between meals I eat bread with hummus, tomatoes, peppers, cucumber, jam or lots of fruit such as apples, pears, grapes, peaches, apricots, depending on the season and nuts. If I absolutely can’t bring myself to cook, then I order vegan delivery food or make vegan ready meals. But I try to avoid that because they are often unhealthier and more expensive.

Clothing and other goods: It’s quite a lot of work to research every purchase to see if what you want to buy is really vegan. There are vegan labels that are helpful, but it’s still a lot of work sometimes. Depending on where you live, there may also be stores that specialize in vegan products. This means you don’t have to do all the reseach by yourself. I try to consume less, repair broken things and generally avoid products that can’t be repaired. Second-hand is also often a good idea.

Limits: It’s okay to have limits. Nobody is perfect. It’s better to avoid 98% animal suffering than not at all. Drugs/medicines, for example, are unfortunately the line I draw, as there is often no choice of animal-free alternatives. So sometimes I only have the choice of avoiding medication altogether and then staying ill. I very much hope that this will improve in the future and that more animal-free medicines will be available.

Without knowing your specific experience, I’ll say incremental change might be easier. Start with cutting out only dark meat, it’s the worst for you anyways. Opt for more meals including vegetables and such rather than focusing on cutting because that would be the space your moving into anyways so you’ll need to get comfortable eating that way.

If that’s all that’s holding you back, then just try all the meat substitutes like Beyond, Garden, etc. If you’re looking to be turned off of meat so you don’t want it anymore, then just watch some footage of a slaughter house.

What worked for me:

1. Watch Dominion https://www.dominionmovement.com/watch

2. Try these recipes: https://www.badmanners.com/recipes

You dont need meat to get your protein as there are ethical alternatives such as pulses, peas, beans, lentils, nuts, seeds and whole grains.

It just takes a little relearning at first before it becomes routine. You learn at https://veganuary.com/try-vegan/

i’ve been trying for the last decade or so as well and i think i will have to make peace with the fact that i’m never going to fully succeed; only minimize as much as possible.

i think that lentils are the closest thing to a meat replacement you can find; but they usually have a lot of carbohydrates. the fiber and protein helps a little bit in keeping the glucose level down and adding in fats/oils while cooking/preparation helps too; but i find that i sometimes have to pair it with meat to give my pancreas the break it needs.

some lentils are better than others and i place emphasis on the good ones to help me stay away from meat; but all the best & most delicious lentil recipes i know have been handed down through the generations and only seem to work with the “less better” lentils like pinto beans. (vegan and vegetarian restaurants have great recipes, but they’re expensive and sometimes won’t share their recipes).