I have not yet broken my vegetarianism, which means that I have not consumed any meat for two weeks (ok, so there was this one time when someone offered me a Thai biscuit and only told me afterwards that there was meat in it). So far, it hasn’t been too hard to stay veg. I don’t have cravings for meat, although sometimes I find it hard to resist if I start thinking about how yummy meat fat tastes. Eating more vegetables has also increased my appreciation for their taste, so that now well-cooked vegetable meals taste delicious to me; whereas before I would have found them unbearably bland; although it sucks when the dining hall has no good vegetarian food and I have to content myself with eating huge portions of salad and fruit.

These days I eat:

• lots of fruit (oranges, apples, cantaloupe, grapefruit, pineapple – I avoid bananas because I heard those can aggravate acne)
• lots of salad, especially spinach
• cooked vegetables
• soup
• eggs
• bagels for breakfast
• pasta
• tofu
• rice
• soymilk

I originally started a vegetarian diet to see if it would improve my skin. The first few days I noticed significant improvement. However, I think the diet is starting to backfire; I don’t eat enough during actual meals, which means that I have to eat another meal late at night. However, the only dining options available at that time are fries and other fast food. I guess I should start trying to eat more tofu and carbs.