At school I am surrounded by vegetarians. We even have a whole house devoted to vegetarianism (no meat allowed on premises). As more and more of my friends converted to vegetarianism, I merely scoffed at them (Save a Cow, eat a Vegetarian!). The truth is, I envied their self-discipline. I myself, having tried multiple times to convert to vegetarianism, always gave in after a few days. However, this time I have started again and hope to maintain this lifelong habit!

I realized that what I lacked before was motivation. Previous attempts were merely out of curiosity – to see if I could do it. This time, I found a diet avoiding meats as a way to improve acne. Since my acne has been a constant source of shame since my tween years, and after years of various products, doctors, and regimens – I decided, “why not?”.

I intend to gradually wean myself off of my normal diet. I will publicly make a promise right here that I will continue to be vegetarian unless I see no improvement in my acne for 2 weeks. After one day of not eating meat, I already noticed a huge improvement in my skin tone! Encouraged so, I have already been meatless for a week! Next, I plan to cut eggs out of my diet. I’ll let you all know how well the vegetarian plan is going.