I follow a plant based diet, although I eat only a small subset of the foods on the list I think I can answer some of your questions. > how do you not feel hun

I follow a plant based diet, although I eat only a small subset of the foods on the list I think I can answer some of your questions. > how do you not feel hungry? Lots of starch. Carbs and eating more volume vs. when I ate meat is what fills me up. It's a bit of an adjustment but you get used to it. After doing this for three years I don't feel a need to eat meat/cheese/eggs etc. > What of those who work by the hour? most don't want to spend 2 hours cooking regularly. Being plant based really limits your eating out options and options for convenient processed foods. Granted cooking your own food takes significant time. I work full time and I'm taking masters classes. I make it work because eating healthful meals is important to me. I find efficiencies in batch processing. I cook my whole weeks worth of food in a few hours on the weekend. I'm faster than I was when I started, probably because I have built up muscle memory and also because I select foods that I know I can make quickly. > Maybe it just doesn't work for everyone? One of my friends wants to go plant based, but she has a small stomach. So eating more volume is a problem for her. Different people are going to experience plant based diets differently. For me the first month was the hardest to transition because I was so used to the SAD diet before. For me the second month was easier.