Anyone else a Aspie Vegan?

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I've been trying to go vegan for years now, but I'm really struggling. I've been completely vegetarian for about 3 years before, but for some reason I started eating meat again during my 3rd pregnancy. I'm really bad at resisting my cravings, I think that's why... But I try my best to be as close as possible to vegan.

Been a vegan aspie for 21 years now and I've finally found a vegan cheese I like after all this time!

Beans are expensive in Alaska?

Sorry. But seriously, when I went vegan, I just replaced meat with beans. How about Soymilk, is that expensive? (Do you have a Costco up there?) How about veggie patties, they're cheaper than meat patties in WA. (As for cheese, I don't really eat Chao cheese except for a treat. I don't put cheese on things.)

I've been vegan for over half a year at this stage. Great change, feel better for it. The first few weeks of veganism were ugly, though. For anyone considering the change: the beginning stage does not involve much glamorous frolicking through fields of flowers filled with the light of purity. Prepare for toilet trouble and gas. It does pass however, and thank god for that.
As time has gone by, I have become stricter in terms of what defines me as a vegan as well. It started with the food I was eating but hasn't stopped there as animal cruelty indeed does not stop with the food we consume. Threw out/donated/gave away my favourite boots, my bag... all my makeup... expensive perfumes... tonnes of things. Felt like a great loss at the time, but after a few months absence I realised I missed none of it. The value I attached to these old gifts and purchases turned out to be a vapid, spindly thing. Veganism has taught me so far to break away from the fake, consumerist delusion that, women especially, need a million products containing a million ingredients in order to 'be' healthy.