Day 12 & 13

Weekend recap, because I was having so much fun eating bacon and other meats I didn't have time to write about it. Actually, I only had meat a few times, but it was glorious.

• Drove a few hours in the car to visit nature, drove a few more to do some volunteer work at a school. (Lots of drive, -15 points)
• The meat eating took place, of course. (-10 points) but it was part of the plan (+7 points)
• Leftover boxes from said food. (-5 points)

So I made it through a week of vegetarian eating and now all I need is to do it 5 more times... well it could be worse, could be raining.

Day 11

It's like I can smell the bacon it's so close.

• Shower and wearing clothes I didn't make myself
• Drive to school
• Use of paper coffee cup
• Snacks tat came in plastic packaging
• Drive back home
• Drive to Thai place
• Eat Thai food
• Drive home
• Sleep

Day 10

Well it's Thursday, which means it's almost Friday, which means it's almost time for me to get some bacon. As expected, I'm very excited and can't wait to hit up somewhere with awesome bacon, like Alexa's Cafe, or maybe make my own... or both. Despite the challenge of avoiding meat I feel like I've been eating healthier because of it, even though that probably isn't exactly true. Alright, carbon time.

• The usual shower and car rides, but no extras. (-3 points)
• Food was all meat-free (+4 points)
• No plane rides (+7 points)
• The usual power usage (-6 points)

I think this is where some renewable energy might come in handy since I don't see myself reducing my computer usage any time soon. However, then I'd have to do more carbon footprint analysis on the PV panels, wind turbine, damn, geothermal power plant, or hamster-in-a-wheel device that I picked to help supplement my power intake.

Day 9

Victory. Another day without meat, including fish.

• No more driving than normal (+3x^[4+y]/9x)
• No meat or things waste of plastics (+Q=325*0.89*ΔT)
• Took a long shower (-3.14)
• Used plenty of power :(

The food was good, I think avoiding meat is actually more difficult than I thought it was going to be, in part because I'm at school most of the day. To avoid buying a ton a little snacks I have to bring a lot of my own food, or I really should be bringing a lot of my own food. I have been, but it seems like I'm always hungry now even though I can't eat that much at one sitting. That's not a bad thing though, I know it's healthier to eat a bunch of little meals than a few big ones.

Day 8

Bad news everyone...
Today I ate more salmon. I know, right after I said it was like cheating and I wouldn't be doing it anymore. How could I help it though? I was hungry and it was a free meal. I can't even afford free meals because I have -$3 in my bank account, which means I can't even take free things unless people give me $3 with it. Admittedly, I live with my parents so it's not like I can't just bum some money from them, which I already have.

So what was on my menu Tuesday?

• Protein bar and almonds for breakfast
• Teriyaki salmon for lunch
• Trail mix and more protein bars for snacks
• Tomatoes and cream cheese for more snacks (weird, I know)
• Finally, white bean and orzo soup for dinner

Other carbon items include the usual drive to and from school, I bought a water bottle but I refilled it a few times, maybe I should remember to bring my own from now on, and unfortunately the teriyaki salmon can in a styrofoam box which probably kill 30 baby seals and put 1337 pounds of carbon into the sky... and made the O-Zone hole over the arctic a little bit bigger.

Day7

Monday, official start of the week for not eating meat. I made a mistake in eating plain old eggs for breakfast... won't be doing that again.

• No meat for day 1! (+9 veggie points)
• Drove to meet mom for lunch  (-3 Earth points)
• "Dinner" at school with a bunch of snacks with plastic wrappers (-10 points)
• Salmon patties for dinner, they smelt so good I couldn't help myself. I've hear fish doesn't count, I suppose it does so I'll try and avoid it. (+/- 5 points)

I have a feeling this would be much easier if I had remembered to save some money because I wasn't getting paid for a while.

Day 6

Shockingly, I didn't have any meat on Sunday, which is probably a good start because the weekdays are certainly going to be hard enough to avoid being carnivorous... or omnivorous, or both. I also managed not to leave my house.

• Some biscuits for breakfast and broccoli for dinner, recycled packaging (aww yeah)
• Didn't use any gas (awwwww yeah)
• Used electricity being Batman on my computer (I am Batman...)
• Used a reusable cup to drink tea, then composted tea bags. (Winning)
• Took a really long shower (Losing)