low points

readers, our deepest and most sincere apologizes about the lack of blog post yesterday. we have to admit, it was a rough day, with a few defeats.

1) while sitting in my curriculum and methods class, i noticed a strange dark discoloration on my hand. it looked as if i had spilled chocolate ice cream on i hand and it dried, or i had a tanning accident gone bad. however it was neither of those. after a lot of thinking and discussing with the vegan guru (chelsea tarnas) it came to our conclusion that my skin condition called hyperpigmintation has returned. i decided to do some research on it because it has been a while since i have had it. hyperpigmintation is caused by two things: overexposure to the sun and/or hormonal change.

it turns out food does strange things to your body. when you change your diet in anyway, weird things happen. your hormones are wack and you get hyperpigmentation, you feel tired but are so energized--more energized than you have felt in a while, or you poop alot. it's weird how much control food has over our bodies.

2) marlee and i decided from the very beginning that on wednesday, the half way point, we were going to make vegan brownies as a reward. marlee pulled out her vegan, gluten free brownie mix and instead of giving us specific directions on what to add, it said, subsitute egg and milk with vegan ingrediants. so we just threw in ingredients based on our prior knowledge. we put in a banana, soy milk, blueberry soy yogurt and mango peach applesauce. we would have liked to put in regular applesauce, but we only had mango peach. turns out these brownies were DISGUSTING. even our two friends who are gluten free hated them. major low point of the week.

3) for the first time this week, i craved a piece of chicken.

4) today was a really hot day and i really wanted ice cream

however, marlee and i have been great supports for one another. neither of us have let the other one fall or dwindle. we both have been tempted to drink pop and check our phones. luckily we have each other, and we have you, the readers.

tonight, we are having our last vegan dinner of the week. our last meal will be tomorrow during lunch.

it has been a fun week and we have learned a lot. i can say for myself that i have never thought more about veganism and the vegan way of life as much as i have this week. there are bumblings of continuing this diet. however, we will see what our bank accounts say and the cheese and the meat that we need to eat before the school year ends.