vegans/vegetarians?

[HotDamnImAPhiMu]

On the vitamins - I'm already on a pretty good system for the blood disorder. So I should be okay on that. To be honest, I'd heard switching off meat changes your, um, output. And there are other changes that indicate... not exactly a vitamin deficiency, but a change in diet. Like your skin gets worse. True/false?

Any guesses as to why there seem to be more female than male vegans? Or maybe I just know more?

Those of you who are vegan - when you're making dinner/lunch just for yourself, what do you make? I think that's my biggest source of confusion. I can picture making healthy grain-based pasta meals, etc. for two, but I eat a lot differently when it's just me. Soup (which has beef stock in it), sandwiches (are there sandwich meat substitutes?), and at work sometimes the TV dinners I'm embarassed to own up to.

Plus, what about fast food? Do you just have to cut it out of your diet? I know, it's bad for you anyway - but between work and class, every once in awhile I thank God it's so convenient.