maybe I'll give it another day. Or the weekend. I'll do a tag video on Sunday night. Maybe. Anyway.
This morning during registration, I Scooped a few vegan articles on Scoop it! My new English teacher introduced it to us on Monday - it's like the Reading List feature on Safari, and you're able to make countless (is it?) topic folders to store web pages. I also looked into a few vegan athlete blogs last night, because I was getting concerned about the nutrients I was losing from this project. So far, they all seem to be saying the same things: vegan diets are brilliant for athletes because they're clean, more raw, blahdeeblah.
But they also mention how we're losing creatine, a nitrogenous organic acid that helps supply energy (in the form of ATP - sorry, Bio slipping in here) to all living cells in the body. We receive creatine only from meat (as the nutrient is present only in vertebrates), and insufficient amounts of it in our system may limit us during 'short bouts of intense exercise, like sprinting'. Also, the vitamin B12, found only in meat as well, is important for endurance athletes. B12 affects erythrocyte (red blood cell) production, and as we all know, the fewer erythrocytes, the less haemoglobin, the fewer haem groups, the fewer oxygen molecules bonding with the haem groups, the less oxygen in your system. The less oxygen, the less ATP is formed (due to limited aerobic respiration); with less energy, performance is not at its best. Whew. My point is, I will be performing short bouts of intense exercise, like sprinting for sedan tryouts, and cross-country will keep me doing endurance training. I seem to have a problem here... Does this mean I'm not performing to the best of my ability now? ... I'll get back to you on this.
Breakfast FIRST TIME MAKING JUICE WOOO Ok uh it was juice with Granny Smith apple, raspberries and blueberries. And water. 'Twas brilliant. Then I had a handful of raw mixed nuts :D
Long Break Quinoa + diced tomatoes
Lunch I originally had training, but today MY BIFFLE FROM ENGLAND VISITED - the last time she visited, I was at training - I had to give it up to see her! So. Pasta + mixed veggie tomato sauce. It was very carb-y. I think I'll take advantage of this and do a 6k tomorrow morning :D Yeah, make today a carb day, and see how I perform tomorrow! Exciting ~
Snack Fruit bowl! Kiwis, oranges - I know, same as yesterday, but it's only the second day it's been the same. I'll be okay. And fortified unsweetened soy milk.
Dinner Red rice, chili tofu stir-fry, yellow bean glass noodles + carrot, mushroom, wood jelly strips, choy sum
I got hungry... I feel like if I slept earlier, I would be able to eliminate this snack Red Delicious apple, trail mix bar | Nature Valley
Thoughts:
I've thought about it. An alternating diet, I mean. Remember in my Project Vegan post at the beginning of this journey, when I was considering having alternating dietary weeks? (Penultimate paragraph, line 5) September Week 1: Vegan; Week 2: Vegetarian; Week 3: Everything, including meat; Week 4: repeat. Something like that. This will in no way make me a full-on-farm-animal-rescuer, but it will help me regain lost nutrition, which I very much need for training. I'm so torn.
I don't want to be thinking too far ahead, anyway. I don't even know if I'll enjoy meat after a week or two living meatless. It may become a chore, which is the last thing I would ever want to happen. That, and boring y'all on Thoughts by jaaananannn :D See? I pay attention to what I'm writing! Back to the point, I'm don't even train that much; it's not like I do gym or crossfit (yet - maybe - more details in another post), so missing out on dairy, eggs and meat may not really do that much harm. Right?
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Information in purple has been taken from this article by Gretchen Reynolds for NYTimes.com. Quotes are from Nancy Clark, a registered dietitian and board certified specialist in sports dietetics.
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