I've been a vegetarian for basically my entire life although I'm not nearly as strict as vegans, these days I have adjusted it for protein availability and crue

I've been a vegetarian for basically my entire life although I'm not nearly as strict as vegans, these days I have adjusted it for protein availability and cruelty concerns. I eat probably 80% plant based but I eat eggs (farm raised ideally, free range and then cage free by order of priority) some cheese and some fish (though more and more I'm looking to cut that out entirely). When anyone I know decides to try being a vegetarian they usually ask me about it (or just tell me about it) and my observation has been that a lot of people decide they want to be vegan and will do it for a few months before they drop back to just being a normal vegetarian and maybe a few months of that they drop back to just a reduced meat diet. I try to warn people to not go from a high meat diet to vegan because a) afaik its not good for the body and b) its much harder that way but people rarely listen. The end result is OK in that they reduce their meat consumption but its much easier to do if you have realistic goals. You are not going to decide to run a marathon and just immediately do it, you need attainable goals along the way and that is what I think a lot of people miss. That and the more restrictive you are the harder it is socially (going out to eat, parties, etc) although that has gotten a LOT better in the last 10 years.