day 2 part 3: records.

first things first! i changed the colors a little bit. is it easier to read now??
 okay, on to le post.

things i believe:
-in order to make healthy eating sustainable, you have to eat things that are delicious and sometimes even bad for you. if you don't, one day you will be sitting in front of something tempting and fattening and before you know it, all of it will be on your thighs. all. over. your thighs.
-i need to get better at actually following my exercise plans and not trying to be more ambitious than they're asking for. since i was injured december-the beginning of april and couldn't run, i need to ease myself back into running, which is not easy for me since in my brain i can still do an easy nine miles. to make myself start and build slowly, i'm doing a 10k plan from fitness (my favorite magazine in the universe) that includes cross-training, intervals, hills and all the fun stuff. today it said run 25 minutes. a year ago, i would've made that 45. today i ran 25.
-it takes good friends to keep you on track. i had a lovely dinner with some dear friends tonight and it was fantastic
-running at night is a revelation when you haven't done it since the winter. also, broken social scene "anthems for a seventeen year-old girl" is brain/running/nostalgia crack when you haven't heard it in awhile and it comes on shuffle at the end of your run
-i am a runner. i forget this. i forget how addicted to it i get, and how good it feels. why does anyone ever stop exercising after they start? if we could figure that out there would be a lot of hottie, healthy americans walking around, n'est pas?




food
daily needs:
calories - 1500
protein - 73
fiber - 25

2 eggs: 126c, 6p, 0f

papparadelle with peas and mushrooms: 615c, 27p, 3.5f
1c chilled avocado soup: 152c, 6.2p, 4.5f
2 chicken momo:188c, 6.5p, 3f
1/2c white rice: 85c, 2p, 1f
random nepali food (estimated based on the fattiest of all nutrition facts): 280c, 8p, 4f
1 truffle: 100c, 1p, 0f


totals: 1546c, 56p, 16f
need: -46c (any ideas on how to make that happen?), 17p, 9f


exercise
running:
25 minutes, about 307 calories



NET: 1240c


and i spent about two hours outside today, at least. and i've begun to think of running as meditation, since i can only focus on one big goal at a time. it's my moving, brain-clearing meditation, the pounding of my feet on pavement. and whenever i'm tired, i just think about how grateful i am for the amazing things my body can do. thanks, body.

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