I've been vegan for 25 years and my weight has been up and down both before and after being vegan. The one thing that everyone should agree on is that there are

I've been vegan for 25 years and my weight has been up and down both before and after being vegan. The one thing that everyone should agree on is that there are a TON of factors that influence weight gain/loss. Obviously anyone will lose weight on a calorie restricted diet, but it isn't that simple in the real world--specifically, the level of effort involved in maintaining a low calorie diet varies greatly for different people. There are people who can skip meals and not notice, there are others who are constantly hungry. I'm excited that we're slowly figuring out why that is.