I’m thankful that I am at the point I am with Jess, where I can ask her to bring me out some snacks when I get to her house for the run. She understood the assignment.
When I pay my dentist the amount I pay him, I feel justified in us stopping at his office lobby for a drink break mid-run. 45°F, and we felt like we were running through Death Valley in July.
Because tacos are cheaper on Tuesdays, I was practically saving money by stopping by El Tio for my favorite Grilled Shrimp tacos instead of eating at home.
He calls hiccups piccups, and I don’t want him to grow out of these things.
We hit up another park, and this one was the one where Andrew broke his ankle.
Luckily, there were zero broken bones yesterday.
We also got to play our current favorite game with my nephew. PS my tree back there refuses to grow.
Megan asked, “You seem to have such a healthy balance in your diet – between treats vs “healthy” food and eating out vs cooking at home. Would you be able to share how you got to that place and what a typical day balancing your meals and snacks with recovering from running looks like? I feel like I tend to be more on one side vs the other and would love some inspiration on how to have more of a balance 🙂”
-When I started really thinking about this question from Megan, I realized my eating is actually pretty out of balance, but thank you! The one thing I do most often is have fruit and vegetables with each meal (my sister taught me this when I was a teenager) and as much water as possible. One day, I start things off with a green smoothie; the next day, I crush 100 grams of protein a day and forget all about greens, and the day after that, I may live for Cinnamon Life. The week before my period, I’m pretty sure I only ingest carbohydrates, and the week after my period, I forget treats exist. Some days, I know the exact meal that I am dying to cook at home with homemade rolls and a salad, and the next day, I am sitting in the Chic-fil-A drive-thru for the second time in a 12-hour span of time. I used to be incredibly rigid and spent many hours each day thinking about what I would eat or guilty for what I had already eaten. I wasn’t flexible with what I would eat or when I would eat, and it came before other much more important things in life. I cannot even imagine what my 24-year-old self would think about the way I eat now… but I’m so much happier and healthier this way. It includes listening to what my body/soul/mind needs that day and being flexible with my family’s schedule. I don’t track anything personally besides a day here or there when I’m trying to up my protein if I’m in the mood. I think it all balances out in the end. There are foods I pay attention to and how they make me feel… i.e., if I eat pork, my stomach hurts for hours. If I have a meal with protein, fats, carbs, veggies, and fruit, I feel ready to conquer the world. But sometimes, I know the brownie ice cream sundae will give me a sugar crash, and I eat it anyway because life is short;). As far as recovering from running, I always eat something before my run, and I have protein and carbs directly after my run. No matter how I feel, those are non-negotiables because I know injuries come for me when I skip any of those things. Also, when doing longer runs, I am SO much less sore and recover faster when I make sure to get in enough calories DURING the run, too (100 calories every 4 miles is the jackpot for me). I think I got to this place of eating with age, therapy, gaining hobbies/interests outside of food, seeing my body as the paintbrush (tool to CREATE THINGS, not the painting to sit there and be stared at), and wanting to be a ‘normal’ eater for my kids. I know I could change so many things about my nutrition, but really, I’m content, I’m able to do the things I love to do each day, and I don’t deny myself beautiful meals and desserts, and that makes me very happy.
One aspect of health that I EXCEL in is sleeping. I think it is so valuable, but it is often not the focus because who can make any money from us sleeping for our health? There is so much money to be made in supplements/diets/gyms/workout gear, but probably our most valuable health tool is sleep, which companies don’t make money off of, so we don’t hear about it often. Read Why We Sleep if you need a push to prioritize your sleep a bit more.
I cannot adequately express how good this nap felt on a park bench. I can indeed fall asleep anytime my body is horizontal, no matter where I am.
Also, I loved using this affirmation podcast this morning. Try it out!
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Does anyone else have the talent of being able to sleep anywhere at any time?
How would you explain how you eat/balance nutrition, etc?
Are there any foods or drinks that kill your stomach?
Anything you’ve been doing that makes your mornings better?
