1 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:21,960 Speaker 1: Good morning, Hello, good afternoon, good evening. 2 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:24,440 Speaker 2: Whenever you are listening to this Emily here, you are 3 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:27,640 Speaker 2: listening to five minute Friday from Hurdle. 4 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:29,640 Speaker 1: I hope that you had a good week. I had 5 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:30,160 Speaker 1: a good week. 6 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:32,520 Speaker 2: I will say that this what we're calling it fake 7 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 2: spring in New York, these fifty something degree days that 8 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:40,239 Speaker 2: will not last through the spring months. I know we're 9 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 2: going to have like another cold reprieve. It's okay, we 10 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:45,839 Speaker 2: are tough enough to handle it. But it was so 11 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,559 Speaker 2: necessary for me and so many of you. I am 12 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:53,480 Speaker 2: sure this week. I had a thought on the couch 13 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:55,639 Speaker 2: today and that's what I'm here to talk about, and 14 00:00:55,680 --> 00:01:01,959 Speaker 2: that is about bagels. I have been, like everyone you're 15 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:06,840 Speaker 2: following on Instagram and TikTok and whatnot, on the protein 16 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 2: bagel kick. The recipe is super simple, makes five to 17 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 2: six bagels. It's two cups of all purpose flour, a 18 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 2: teaspoon of baking powder, a half a teaspoon of salt, 19 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:21,040 Speaker 2: and two cups of either cottage cheese or Greek yogurt. 20 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 1: I go cottage cheese. 21 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:25,039 Speaker 2: I've been on this kick and I've been making the 22 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 2: bagels at least once a week, and when I was young, 23 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 2: I ate regular bagels for breakfast honestly almost every day, 24 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:38,480 Speaker 2: and when I in college changed the way that I 25 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 2: was eating and as a result lost a lot of weight. 26 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 2: I mentally put bagels in the bad category. Like in 27 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 2: my mind, I associated eating and consuming a bagel as bad. 28 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 2: And I am someone these days that really doesn't like 29 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 2: to label foods at all good or bad. I believe 30 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 2: that you can have everything in moderation. Like this is 31 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 2: coming from a woman who once a week enjoys what 32 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:10,360 Speaker 2: we call Pastry run Club on Fridays. We run and 33 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:13,960 Speaker 2: try different pastries every Friday, me and some friends, and 34 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 2: I firmly believe that there is room for everything. Needless 35 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:21,359 Speaker 2: to say, with all that said, I still have this 36 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 2: thing where I don't eat a lot of bagels. 37 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 1: I just don't do it until now. 38 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 2: And every single day I'm not exaggerating, for the last 39 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 2: two weeks. I wake up, I use the bathroom, do 40 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 2: my skincare, take medication, walk into the kitchen, take out 41 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 2: the toaster from the cabinet, put a protein bagel in 42 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 2: the toaster, and make my coffee. Once the bagel's ready, 43 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 2: I put on a little bit of butter. 44 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 1: And I walk over to the couch. 45 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:55,519 Speaker 2: I sit on my couch and I do my whole 46 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 2: morning routine, and the only thing that's new is a 47 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 2: part of that morning routine is the I have eaten 48 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:03,800 Speaker 2: a bagel every day for the last two weeks before 49 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:07,360 Speaker 2: I move my body in the morning, and I'm noticing 50 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 2: a lot of differences. It feels like I am able 51 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 2: to function better in my body. I have never been someone, 52 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 2: with the exception of long runs, that fuels before a 53 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 2: morning workout. It's just never been something that felt necessary 54 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:27,800 Speaker 2: for me. And this energy that I'm giving my body, 55 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 2: I truly feel the word giving, like I am giving 56 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 2: myself a gift, like I am embracing my inner child 57 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 2: by eating this bagel, which sounds I'm like hearing myself 58 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 2: say it. 59 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 1: It sounds so silly. 60 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 2: It sounds so silly, but it feels like such a gift, 61 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 2: and it feels so good, and it's something that I 62 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 2: look forward to. And I know that often people have 63 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 2: what they call fixation meals. I guess you could say 64 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 2: that right now, this specific bagel recipe is my fixation meal. 65 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 1: But it does feel so healing, and I know. 66 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 2: That I'm not alone in having things in these categories 67 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 2: of thinking that they are quote unquote bad. I've done 68 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 2: so much work to combat that, but today was just 69 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 2: one of those moments where I had this thought, and 70 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 2: I thought about how beautiful it was that I was 71 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:21,480 Speaker 2: enjoying this moment with my bagel on the couch, and 72 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 2: that I was hugging my younger self, and that felt 73 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 2: really nice. I don't know if you're laughing listening to this, 74 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 2: that's okay, that's okay. This is just what's going on 75 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 2: with me. I don't necessarily have a prompt for you 76 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:40,039 Speaker 2: about bagels today, but this does lead me down the 77 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 2: road of talking a little bit about protein consumption. 78 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 1: I'm not going to get into it. 79 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:48,599 Speaker 2: A lot here right now, but with the bagel and 80 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:51,680 Speaker 2: the overnight oats and a protein shake, now I'm in 81 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 2: this place where I'm consuming at least almost sixty to 82 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:59,360 Speaker 2: sixty five grams of protein in the morning before lunch, 83 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 2: and that has dramatically changed both the way that I 84 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:04,799 Speaker 2: feel in my body and the way that I'm able 85 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 2: to execute candidly in my body. So my prompt for 86 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 2: you this week is, what is one choice that you 87 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:19,280 Speaker 2: have made lately that improves you your mindset your health 88 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:22,359 Speaker 2: for the better. What is one choice that you have 89 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 2: made that improves you your mindset your health for the better. 90 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 2: There you go, and now a listener question. Hey, Emily, 91 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 2: my name's Olivia. I'm throwing at you a few questions 92 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:37,559 Speaker 2: up to you. Which one you use? 93 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:39,600 Speaker 1: We love options here? Thanks Olivia. 94 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 2: I know that you're a pretty fast runner these days, 95 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:45,880 Speaker 2: but I'm curious about the journey. How long after you 96 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 2: started running did you run your first race? And then 97 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 2: how long after that first race did you run another one? Okay, 98 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:56,719 Speaker 2: this is a good question. Gosh, I don't remember what 99 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 2: happened before the first half marathon that I signed up for, 100 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:03,360 Speaker 2: but I do remember that I had a couple of 101 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:07,919 Speaker 2: five k's under my belt. So I started running in 102 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:11,720 Speaker 2: the summer of two thousand and eight, and I ran 103 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 2: my first half marathon in the fall of two thousand 104 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 2: and nine. Yeah, so I was running for a little 105 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:23,600 Speaker 2: over a year before I ran a half marathon, and 106 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 2: the first summer I literally was running no more than 107 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:28,479 Speaker 2: a mile. 108 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 1: Every day for sixty days. 109 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:33,760 Speaker 2: After that summer of learning how to like running and 110 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 2: then eventually to love running, that's when I started stringing 111 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:42,040 Speaker 2: together five k's five miles. It took time, but I 112 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:45,839 Speaker 2: definitely had a very gradual build. And then my first 113 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:50,480 Speaker 2: half marathon was the ig Hartford Half in the fall 114 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:54,359 Speaker 2: of two thousand and nine, and it was such a 115 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 2: joy for me. I believe my next race I ran 116 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 2: the more fitness at the time, it was called half 117 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:05,720 Speaker 2: Marathon in Central Park and that would have been in 118 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 2: April of twenty ten, so that was the progression. I 119 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 2: ran a half marathon for the first time in the 120 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 2: fall of two thousand and nine, then another half marathon 121 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 2: in the spring of twenty ten, and that's when I 122 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:20,440 Speaker 2: really got the bug and started running more and more 123 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 2: half marathons. I didn't run my first full marathon until 124 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 2: twenty and twelve, so three years after I started running, 125 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 2: I ran a full marathon, which in retrospect is I'm 126 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 2: even impressed. I don't remember that timeline being so concise, 127 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:37,120 Speaker 2: where there's a why, there's a way. Running made me 128 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 2: feel really strong and capable and good in my body, 129 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 2: just like it does right now, and I really leaned 130 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:46,720 Speaker 2: into kind of hammering down each distance, making sure I 131 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 2: felt comfortable with each distance before gradually leveling up to 132 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 2: the next one. Always here for your questions, feel free 133 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:58,200 Speaker 2: to email me over at Hello at hurdle dot us 134 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 2: and keep up with hurdle over on Instagram. It's over 135 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 2: at Hurdle Podcast and I'm over at Emily a Body, 136 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 2: Another hurdle conquered. 137 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 1: Catch you guys next time.