Have been a vegan going on three years. It's been hard to incorporate it into my diet, not eating any animal products or meat, nor eggs or dairy or any other animal-derived substances, but it makes me feel accomplished.
 i imaging it is tough being a vegan i have never tried it
Yeah, there's dietary vegans who follow the diet, and then those that consider them ethical vegans, because they follow the diet but also incorporate it into a larger philosophy and other areas of their lives, trying to avoid animal use for any purpose. I'm just dietary, though.
i eat meat but not a lot so i could go vegetarian but not full blown vegan
I could understand that. Some people choose vegetarianism also because of health reasons, as well as political, environmental, cultural, aesthetic/economic reasons as well. So, it all depends on your motivation.
i would do it for health reasons
Well, for vegans, for example, their diets can reduce the risk of certain types of chronic disease, especially heart disease. So, if you take a look at your family's history of medical concerns, maybe changing to one of these diets could benefit you.
i eat fairly healthy so i can gradually go more vegetarian without to much suffering
aesthetic, economic, or personal preference. There are variations of the diet as well: an ovo-lacto vegetarian diet includes both eggs and dairy products, an ovo-vegetarian diet includes eggs but not dairy products, and a lacto-vegetarian diet includes dairy products but not eggs. A strict vegetarian diet – referred to as "vegan" – excludes all animal products, including eggs and dairy. Avoidance of animal products may require dietary supplements to prevent deficiencies such as vitamin B12 deficiency, which leads to pernicious anemia.
Veganism
Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products, particularly in diet, and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals. A follower of the diet or the philosophy is known as a vegan. Distinctions may be made between several categories of veganism. "Dietary vegans" (also known as strict vegetarians) refrain from consuming animal products, not only meat but also eggs, dairy products and other animal-derived substances. The term "ethical vegan" is often applied to those who