Welcome Snow Bunny!
I've been vegetarian for 15 years and have had periods of veganism thrown in there. I enjoy vegan food very much, but sometimes I find it challenging. I know many vegans will disagree with this and shun me as they don't even believe in the concept of "dietary vegan" and believe it's 100% an ethical choice.
But anyway! I am trying to get back to eating vegan at home and my fiancee (an omni) wants to go join in with me and go vegan together Jan 1.
I don't have much other support...my sister and hubby don't eat red meat/pork and are totally open to veg meals and most of my friends are fairly open too, but no other veggies I know are in real life.
Oh, and the last few times I went vegan I lost weight too, and that was eating vegan cakes and chocolates and whatever I felt like basically. It just seemed that all the veggies kept me eating less overall.
Good luck to you!