Vegetarianism

So I haven't updated in a really long time, and I apologize for that. I stopped having things to talk about and got incredibly busy with schoolwork for the past semester.

I could recap everything that happened in my life but I don't really feel like it.

Right now I recently finished reading a book entitled Eating Animals by my favorite author Jonathan Safran Foer. This book is his only non-fiction piece and it's about his discovery of what exactly we're eating when we eat animals, along with the way that these animals are treated when they live on factory farms. So, I decided to become a vegetarian. So far I'm doing well, it's been about two weeks and there has been no meat consumption. I did eat a piece of cake at a graduation party before I realized that cake has eggs in it and I can no longer eat non-vegan cake. I haven't cut out dairy from my diet yet, just because it's so prevalent in everything that I eat. I'm hoping that eventually I'll either be able to cut it out or only buy products from places that treat their cows humanely.

I am also currently in a production of three one-act plays in New Haven. The plays go up this upcoming week, on the 17th, 18th, and 19th of June. I'm hoping that whomever would like to go will come. Tickets can be bought here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/114112

or at the door.

I have also started exercising at the gym. I got a gym membership for the summer at Southern's fitness center. I went Monday, Tuesday and Thursday of this week and it wasn't that bad. I'm hoping to get to about 135 pounds by the time the semester starts up again, and continuing to get back to my old weight of 120. I would be happy if I stayed at 125, however.

As well, in July I will be studying abroad for the entire month in Spain. I'm incredibly excited and I hope to use this blog to keep everyone back home updated on what I'm up to overseas.

Losing Weight & Textbooks

So I started keeping a mini food diary on my computer earlier this year, but it was too hard to keep track of on my computer since I wasn't going on it every single day.

But yesterday I bought myself a cheap composition notebook, and have decided to keep up with it. I keep reading recently that studies show that keeping a food diary helps you lose weight, and those that do usually lose more weight than those that don't.

The reason I'm becoming so adamant about it is because I've gained probably five or six pounds this summer, and fifteen pounds since I stopped going to NYU. The constant exercise I was subjected to at my studio, plus the walking around, helped me keep to a nice weight. However, now that I'm home and not jumping around in dance two times a week, I've put on a few pounds.

At first it wasn't a huge deal, but now some of my clothes aren't fitting properly and I can't put on the jeans I worked so hard to be able to fit into. I'm determined to lose this weight. Obviously two weeks isn't enough time, so a goal of by the end of the summer isn't plausible. I'm going to shoot for getting most of the weight off by the end of the semester, and reward myself if I get it off before the beginning of November.

On another note, I like to be prepared for the start of classes, and I'm really upset about my child psych class. The teacher decided two weeks before classes that it was finally time to put in her order for the textbook, and it just appeared. Now I have to spend another $60+ to get another textbook on top of the other $240 I've already spent. Most of my books are newer editions, so I've been having a hard time finding good deals on them. With the fact that refund checks don't come right away, it's hard to shell out so much cash for textbooks without any relief in sight.

Well, that's all for now. I'll keep you posted.