I Miss Sunshine

I really feel like I'm missing one key ingredient in my overall health: Sunshine! I got so spoiled living in California. Even in the winter I was outside nearly every day exercising and enjoying the beautiful sun. There's such a difference between a walk on the treadmill and a walk in the outdoors in fresh warm air with the sun beaming down on your skin. I am not going to last long in Vermont- already I'm planning to move next fall, but I'm not sure where I'll go. I'll need to take on a second part time job though b/c my full time job pays just enough to cover the bills and basic needs, and moving can be pretty expensive. I am such a nomad, I wish I could just sit still for a minute but I've lived in 6 places in the past 11 years and just got used to that lifestyle. For my next adventure I've got Colorado, Oregon and Arizona in mind. I've never been to Oregon or Arizona before, so that would be exciting. Colorado is just beautiful and I LOVE the mountains and evergreens and healthfulness of that state.

Today was a day off from work and I ran all my errands but didn't do much else. I wanted to go for a run (well, a treadmill run) but I feel really low energy today and ended up napping with 3 of my cats for half an hour. After that I braved my freezing basement where the exercise equipment is and power walked hills for half an hour and then lifted upper body weights & did some half-hearted abs exercises for another half hour or so. I think the cold is just making me tired. I don't feel like moving at all b/c every time I move I get colder! The high here in my neck of the woods was 0 today.

I also wanted to eat no overt fats today but ended up having a Lara Bar b/c I really felt like having some heavier food and I was sick of bananas. I was feeling guilty about not doing what I set out to do, and not running, and then I just told myself to stop it. I am eating completely raw and I exercise regularly and I'm probably one of the healthiest people on the East Coast for crying out loud! I don't need to be perfect every day, and I don't need to feel guilty about eating something raw and healthy with fat in it. That's not what this is about. It's about listening to my body and improving my life. That said, here's today's menu:


-green smoothie w/ 2 bananas, frozen mango/strawberries/blueberries, kale. Another 3 bananas.
-banana while out
-another green smoothie w/ 2.5 bananas, frozen mango/strawberries/blueberries, and kale, and the other 1/2 banana plain. Also an apple & 2 clementines
-Lara Bar
*workout*
-got stuff for a big huge salad w/ mesclun (isn't that also a drug?), romaine, cucumber, carrots, red pepper, tomatoes and vinegar! Very excited, I missed having salad yesterday! Plus a handful of baby carrots

Just green tea later, I ate a ton this afternoon.

Oh this is hilarious- the iphone JUST came to Vermont today. We had them in LA like over a year ago...gotta love living in the middle of nowhere!