Well my trash situation is the same, the food, is getting and harder to find something appetizing to eat at the dinner. Today I fell to temptation and went to chipotle. I think that’s just because there is nothing ever good in the dinner and is just the same thing over and over again so a little change was necessary. Besides today, I have been doing really well with my project. I think the only hard thing about this project is the presentation. Besides going almost vegetarian I started saving more energy, but I have to way to show that because we don’t get a bill individually.
With the change on my eating habits I have notice that I started eating more fruit, and a lot more liquids, because usually meat is what fills me up and now I have to find alternatives to that. Having this change makes me feel a lot better about what I but into my body, and motivates me even more to take care of my body, like go to the gym or for a walk more often.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Progress Report 2
Progress report
This is my second report of my project. So far I think I have been doing pretty well with the no eating as much meat. In school is not much of a challenge to not eat meat since I already don’t like the food here; however I’m finding hard to get a good nutrition because I just end up eating cereal or a quesadilla. Then when I go home, that is the big challenge. Last weekend my best friend invited me to a birthday party and they were serving tacos!! And I had previously taste them (in other parties) and they are delicious!! So I just had to eat some, or a lot. Anyways, the good thing is that I had not eaten meat that much so is not like I really did follow my rules. By the way if you don’t remember, my project is to eat meat ONLY two days a week.
Another, thing that I love about my project is that I get to eat all of these other foods that can be made without meat and are still Mexican and it makes me feel very good about myself. In addition, last weekend (mother's day weekend) I went shopping with my mom and my project was a big influence on the things we bought. My mom is a really open minded person that respects my decisions and tries to help me out, thus she is not buying as much meat as she usually does, and she’ll try to eat like me.
Definitely this project has helped me feel good about myself, and I will be helping to save some animals. Furthermore, after have done this project it seems like my body is just automatically rejecting meat, my stomach gets upset and I can’t take the taste of meat out of my mouth. Another thing that it has help me do, is lose some weight, plus I obtained more energy, which helped me because I can get more things done and I’m not as tired or desire to sleep as much.
This is my second report of my project. So far I think I have been doing pretty well with the no eating as much meat. In school is not much of a challenge to not eat meat since I already don’t like the food here; however I’m finding hard to get a good nutrition because I just end up eating cereal or a quesadilla. Then when I go home, that is the big challenge. Last weekend my best friend invited me to a birthday party and they were serving tacos!! And I had previously taste them (in other parties) and they are delicious!! So I just had to eat some, or a lot. Anyways, the good thing is that I had not eaten meat that much so is not like I really did follow my rules. By the way if you don’t remember, my project is to eat meat ONLY two days a week.
Another, thing that I love about my project is that I get to eat all of these other foods that can be made without meat and are still Mexican and it makes me feel very good about myself. In addition, last weekend (mother's day weekend) I went shopping with my mom and my project was a big influence on the things we bought. My mom is a really open minded person that respects my decisions and tries to help me out, thus she is not buying as much meat as she usually does, and she’ll try to eat like me.
Definitely this project has helped me feel good about myself, and I will be helping to save some animals. Furthermore, after have done this project it seems like my body is just automatically rejecting meat, my stomach gets upset and I can’t take the taste of meat out of my mouth. Another thing that it has help me do, is lose some weight, plus I obtained more energy, which helped me because I can get more things done and I’m not as tired or desire to sleep as much.
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Progress Report 1
“Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.”
General George S. Patton
My project was a lifestyle changing project. Due to the trash inventory assignment I notice that I was wasting a lot of plastic bottles. Then thanks to the environmental last quarter I learned that although, I recycle all plastic bottles, the recycling process produce a lot of pollution, thus I’m still harming the environment in a very crucial way. Therefore I decided to stop drinking water from plastic water bottles, and drink from the water fountain. I had issues with the water that comes from there because it tastes really bad, but to solve that problem I bought flavor powder so it tastes better. So far I have been saving so much plastic. Usually, I drink about 3-4 plastic water bottles, thus I’m saving all that plastic by changing a little bit of my habits.
The second thing that I changed about my lifestyle was energy wise. I use to leave my computer on all day, sometimes even when I went to class, or dinner. Thus, I have decided to make it a habit that every time I am walking out of my room, no matter for what I will put my laptop to sleep, so no energy will be consumed. However, I don’t know how to calculate how much energy I am saving since the bill doesn’t go to me. Even if I divide the whole bill with how many people there are in the building I still wouldn’t know.
Finally the third challenge I took on myself was to stop eating as much meat. I am only allowed to eat meat two days a week. So far it has been very hard since the options that the dinners provide aren’t too appetizing. However, I have stuck to my plan, and what I’m seeing is that I’m eating less meat than what I had set my mind too. Another observation is that I have been eating more fruit and way more carbs too. I am worry about my protein because they don’t have a lot of non-meat options that contain protein, which is why I didn’t want to go fully vegetarian. I like this because I feel like im not contributing to the slaughter of animals, also it makes me feel good about myself. After, watching the documentary in class I am very happy that I have chosen to stop eating meat for a while.
So far im succeeding in what I have set my mind to and im very happy with the results.
General George S. Patton
My project was a lifestyle changing project. Due to the trash inventory assignment I notice that I was wasting a lot of plastic bottles. Then thanks to the environmental last quarter I learned that although, I recycle all plastic bottles, the recycling process produce a lot of pollution, thus I’m still harming the environment in a very crucial way. Therefore I decided to stop drinking water from plastic water bottles, and drink from the water fountain. I had issues with the water that comes from there because it tastes really bad, but to solve that problem I bought flavor powder so it tastes better. So far I have been saving so much plastic. Usually, I drink about 3-4 plastic water bottles, thus I’m saving all that plastic by changing a little bit of my habits.
The second thing that I changed about my lifestyle was energy wise. I use to leave my computer on all day, sometimes even when I went to class, or dinner. Thus, I have decided to make it a habit that every time I am walking out of my room, no matter for what I will put my laptop to sleep, so no energy will be consumed. However, I don’t know how to calculate how much energy I am saving since the bill doesn’t go to me. Even if I divide the whole bill with how many people there are in the building I still wouldn’t know.
Finally the third challenge I took on myself was to stop eating as much meat. I am only allowed to eat meat two days a week. So far it has been very hard since the options that the dinners provide aren’t too appetizing. However, I have stuck to my plan, and what I’m seeing is that I’m eating less meat than what I had set my mind too. Another observation is that I have been eating more fruit and way more carbs too. I am worry about my protein because they don’t have a lot of non-meat options that contain protein, which is why I didn’t want to go fully vegetarian. I like this because I feel like im not contributing to the slaughter of animals, also it makes me feel good about myself. After, watching the documentary in class I am very happy that I have chosen to stop eating meat for a while.
So far im succeeding in what I have set my mind to and im very happy with the results.
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