During this semester we were challenged to go vegetarian for one week. A challenge much harder than it sounds ( I like my bacon with a side of bacon after all). This challenge however was a true eye opening experience for me, and taught me a lot about our world in general. I was able to keep up with the challenge for the first few days but I did notice I was eating very unhealthy food. I ate a lot of pasta, due to the fact I had no other vegetarian food at home. In the campus center I discovered vegetarian options were limited as well, so I ate cheese pizza frequently as well. Doing this I became very self conscious and very aware of what I was eating. The only experience that could possibly relate to it was trying to avoid travelers illness in foreign countries. After a few days my stores of vegetarian food ran out and I began eating meat again. I had done my weekly shopping trip before class and before knowing the challenge. I did return to the store before breaking the challenge but I was surprised to see the high cost of healthy vegetarian foods. It became ever more obvious that we live in a society that does not support vegetarianism, both in food culture and socio-economically, a lesson I shall soon not forget.
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