Day Two and Day Three

Hello Everyone!

I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to write yesterday, I was too exhausted from basketball practice to do anything except my math homework and sleep. Besides being tired, which it seems that I always am, yesterday was a good day. I walked to school and had class all day then basketball practice from 5:30 to 7 and then I walked home with Margot.

I ate a wonderful mixture of apple sauce, apples, apple cider, spelt bread, winter salad greens, tomatoes, and cheese.

I've been thinking and for those who might not know me very well, I should explain some things about my lifestyle and how this affects my ISP. 1) I am an ovo-lacto vegetarian and have been one for ten years. This dietary restriction has had a negative impact on my project. Vegetarians tend to find their protein sources in nuts and beans (and milk and eggs for some), which are not grown in my region. Thus my main sources of protein are left out of my new diet. And I have been a little more hungry than I would like. To eat locally as a meat eater would be easier in many ways than it is as a vegetarian since there is an abundance of local fish, poultry, and meat choices available for consumers. 2) I live in New York City, where there is a cornucopia of "green" transportation alternatives available to the average citizen, sadly many of us do not take advantage of these opportunities. For my ISP I have decided that I would like to walk more than take the subway, since normally already take the subway to school. I chose this because the goal of my project is to lower MY footprint.

Today was different than the past two days have been. I woke up to around five inches of snow covering my city, but we did not have a snow day. I decided that walking to school this morning would waste too much of my own energy and might become a dangerous hassle, and so I took the subway. Taking the subway was a restful and much needed change to the 3.5 mile walk to school. For a couple of minutes I felt guilty for taking the "easy way out" today but have reassured myself that it still is a green form of transportation. I ate a beautiful mixture of local food today including homemade pasta a la my mother made of local wheat flour and eggs sauteed in tomatoes and topped with mozzerella. Basketball practice was athletic to say the least and I am already sore. I am ready for the weekend.

More tomorrow!
xoxo Green teen