Eating Clean

There is a big difference between dieting to lose weight and eating clean to get lean.

I think for a long time I’ve tried to diet to lose weight not realizing that it’s a bad BAD idea in my case because:
         #1: I don’t need to lose weight
         #2:I am a long distance runner (need actual energy to perform well during my workouts).

After much self-convincingI decided to start the Eating Clean deal along with tweaking my exercise routines. I will be focusing more on building muscle rather than losing overall body mass.
Thescariest thing about all of this is the amount of food I actually have to eat…….. and the fact that I have to eat every 2-3 hours. It’sscary because is new and I have never ever done this before. If I have to look back and point out a moment in life when I was eating clean: ZERO. I’ve tried diets and abstaining from fast food as punishment. Even starving myself from time to time in order to feel like I was actually going somewhere.

Did I get anywhere?Nope.

I am honestly still kinda lost with this new style, but we’ll see how it goes. So far it’s been two days and I have a headache from all the sugar withdrawals…. I drink way too much sugary crap. MY GOODNESS. I know it’s normal until my body levels off once again.

Other than that everything is fine. I have a 5.0 mile run later today so I’ll definitely see how that goes.

Okay so I am a horrible blogger……..

I have been MIA for the past months.

I am truly sorry. I just got busy with life. I hadn’t spent much time on tumblr since God knows when, until a couple of weeks ago when I started checking out some blogs.

Then I realized I used to blog.

Then I started hating myself for being all sucky and what not.

But here’s to new beginnings! (Literally)
I will post tomorrow what my new life will consist of for the next… months;)

(And yes, it is fitness related).

I have missed you, tumblr!

1hr of running + 1hr of gym = OH YEAH

HI. I rock.

Today I woke up and headed to my local coffee shop;) to daydream and email and check tumblr and write letters and read my Bible. Totally an amwesome “ME” time. Then I headed to…… the trails!

Before I started my run I spotted my ex-boyfriend with one of his friends (little did I know at that point in time that he wasn’t gonna be the only “out of the blue” thing I was gonna be seeing this morning).

I waved effusively (yeah, we’re friends) and then I just started my run. Run up and down little trail mountains… run, run, run. Then at mile 1.5ish I spotted LIONEL!!! Last summer I blogged about this one cute turtle I found on the trail once… and I named him Lionel. I saw him today again! (almost a year later!). Kept running with a huge smile on my face, hit the turn-around point at 2.5 and ran back.

I was approaching the park when OMG SNAKE! A couple of weeks ago I spotted a snake, but it was half of its body out from like a bush and it wasn’t moving… but this one WAS MOVING, across the trail. I jumped over it and freaked out. Stopped. Turned around and walked back to watch it do its sliding thing.

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING! haha. Then I drove to Mother’s Market to get soy milk, Boca burgers and chick’n strips;) LAWL.

THEN, I went to the GYM!
I did a speed workout. 4 x 400m. and 1 x 800m at pace 7:30min/mi and 7:00min/mi. Then I proceeded to do arms and core.

TOTAL MILEAGE: 7.5

Came home, took a shower, ate and left the house to get my sister and drive her places. Now I’m home again. I’m about to have some coffee with toast YUM! And then I’ll call it a day.

If all of my days were like today, I’d have a killer body in no time.
  

7.8 run

Yeah. I almost walked.

I didn’t mean for it to be that long. I was planning a 5-7 run and today was not the best day to run 7.8 under the sun. At the end of the run I was very dehydrated and dizzy, and I still don’t know how I drove home because I don’t remember driving hahaha……. :/ I just remember sitting in my car, outside my house wondering how I got there. BUT ANYWAY, I made it alive (both the run and the drive home).

I ended up eating pasta and separating as much of the turkey as I could from it. I added some broccoli to add greens and later on I just had a cup of coffee with some toast and then an apple. I should be good to go now… go to bed that is.

Tomorrow I am hoping to do a speed workout on the treadmill at 6AM…HA, we’ll see. And arms and core are also tomorrow. Now, I am just gonna go to bed and try to sleep.

Hope everyone had a good Monday:)

About to run…

7.0 miles

It’s sunny today. Very sunny and pretty and I’m at a Starbucks getting mentally ready to go out and get my run done.

I didn’t run yesterday. I know, know shame on me but I really had a busy busy day. Today is the beginning of a new week and I should start it strong and determined and that’s what I’m gonna do!

I had an egg with wheat bread and a cup of chocolate soy milk this morning. I believe I’m having pasta later on but no meat for me! I haven’t been doing great with that but it hasn’t been awful either… just getting used to it I guess.

Okay, I think I’m ready to leave now. I will post details later;)

8.0 miles.

I am really tired.
I could nap until tomorrow, but I have rehearsals for an event going on tomorrow and therefore I must endure this sleepy pain.

My run was awesome. It was hard because my shoulders were really tight:/ but other than that, I was just very into it. It was rather flat but that’s okay… it was a longggg one.
This means I’ll be on the double digits in two weeks! So excited for it!!!

Okay, I’m done.
I’m gonna take a mental nap.

Recovery. Oh recovery.

I love eggs.
I am seriously gonna miss them.

Today I had a hard-bolied egg and a slice of sourdough bread (best one ever) with butter. Duh. And that was it for my pre-workout meal.
Then I headed out the door into the cold…ish morning. My run was really smooth and nice. It was all flat and nothing really bothered me.
The total was 7.1 and the time was 62:00 minutes which is another 8:40min/mi average run, which is FREAKING AWESOME.

After that I had breakfast in my car… oh yeahhhh. I had a mushroom/kale omelette and a cup of chocolate soy milk:D and then a banana and plenty of water.

For the rest of the day I have no idea what my meals look like yet… maybe soup since it’s cold? And I will be doing ab workouts later on as well.

Sunday.Monday.Tuesday: Where’s all the running?!

SUNDAY:
Got up at 6AM and was ready to go by 6:30AM. Went on what I thought was a 5.0miler but in reality was a 4.6 miler…. UGH.
I felt so slow at the beginning and it was because I was tired, I was sad, and I felt like a hardboil egg was not enough food. My stomach felt empty… I had a bit of trouble breathing:/
My total time was 43:00ish which is a 9:00ish min/mi pace… which is not BAD but I had been doing so great lately it was sort of a letdown.

MONDAY:
I didn’t run. I just wasn’t feeling it. I just wanted to curl up in a ball and stay like that until prince charming came over and asked me to marry him. So I went out with one of my closest friends and just got my mind off things.

TUESDAY:
A.k.a=today.
I was not feeling it either. But I forced myself to get on the treadmill. It was a good workout. Speed. I did 6 x 400m. at 7:30min/mi pace. Actually it was 5 x 400m. and an 800m at 7:30min/mi pace.
I did a warm-up mile and a cool-down mile at 9:00min/mi for a total of 5.0 miles in 42:00 minutes. Not bad, right? Right.

Today I ate broccoli and rice for dinner and then my cherimoya :3 
BEST DESSERT EVER! I hadn’t had a cherimoya since I moved to the U.S. 8 years ago! OMGSH so yummy…..
Tomorrow I am planning a 7.0 miler. Fingers crossed. I want to get to 8 by Fri.

Breakfast

Morning!
Today is Day01 and breakfast was a tad tricky… mainly because it took me a while to decide. But eventually I made a burrito!

(on the go)
It tasted….. like paper after a while, but that’s my own fault for not really flavoring it:/ But my next one is gonna be supper yummy and with time I’m sure I’ll master the burrito art;)
For today I’m having an apple as a snack and once I get home probably rice with broccoli. And later on a salad of some sort.
Running today looks like 6+ miles, and since it’s chilly and rainy it should be a mellow run.
Honestly, lately I’ve been just feeling like I wish I could move to a far-away land where I can grow my own food and run. But the chances of that are pretty darn small haha.

Hope everyone has a good day!
Happy running to all the runners out there:)

Vegetarian, Vegan, Dairy-Free, ALL NATURAL… you tell me.

Hiiiii
Tomorrow is MAY. Creepy. Time flies by!

Less than a week ago I decided to give veganism a try. For the summer. And honestly, my greatest fear was telling my parents… they don’t like the idea of vegetarianism or veganism. They believe that meat and dairy is good for you. I do too. I like meat, I love eggs… chicken is my weakness. However, I am so intrigued by Scott Jurek’s experience with veganism that I really want to give it a try!

Tonight my parents told me they were okay with my decision
:D
So… May, here I come.

What I am planning is to mix vegetarianism with veganism at first. Twice a week I will eat a vegan diet and the rest of the week just avoid meats. And add more vegan days. I am planning to be strictly vegan by June. And stick to it until the end of August. If I like it… I will keep it that way. If I don’t I will tweak it. But I definitely want to eat cleaner.

Also, the whole deal with this is not to be vegan so I don’t eat animal products period. I want to eat more “all-natural” stuff. I don’t want to replace meat with packaged stuff or french fries and chips. I want to do this in order to eat more raw stuff. More veggies, more grains.

Overall, I am trying to not freak out too much. I have tried to stick to vegetarianism before and failed within days… or hours… but now I am not focusing on what I cannot eat, but rather on what I can and the options I have. It’s all in my head;) I’m excited tough. It’s gonna be hard at times, but I know is a good change in my routine.

I just hope I don’t fall into temptation when people push my limits…
STRONG MINDSET! I’m doing this for me:)

Another good run:)

Ran 5.3 in 45:30 ish wich is a bit less than 8:40min/mi.
ALRIGHT!

Making progress feels awesome:)

Have a great Saturday everyone!!
xxo