(slurping noise)
(coughs)
- I think this is bad for me. (laughs)
Like a lot of young people,
I think I take my health for granted.
I don't get enough sleep,
my diet relies too heavily on grilled cheeses,
and I spend a lot of my work days sitting on my ass.
Recently I went to the doctor,
and I found out that I'm anemic.
What that means is I have an iron deficiency,
so there's not enough iron in my blood and it's a possible
explanation for why I don't have a lot of energy.
The iron deficiency in itself is fine,
I am taking iron supplements and I should be totally okay.
I am okay, but it was kind of a wake up call.
I want to make a change and that's why I'm attempting
to live the healthiest day ever. Cue fireworks.
(fireworks popping)
This day is going to serve as a crash course,
where I spend all of it doing healthy things
that I want to make habits.
Now what actually constitutes "healthy habits"
varies a little bit depending on your source, which is why
I'm using the greatest source of all, buzzfeed.com.
I found a couple Buzzfeed articles
that list a bunch of healthy recipes.
I found articles with charts that tell you how much
sleep you can have, how much water you need to drink.
I'm gonna be using those articles
to inform everything I do tomorrow.
I'm gonna make sure I get enough sleep. I'm gonna make sure
I'm eating healthy and I drink enough water. I'm gonna make
sure that I'm exercising and then I'm also gonna make sure
that I'm taking care of my mind and my emotional well being.
Look me in the eyes. Get used to this, this smile.
The smile of a healthy person.
Alright friends, so I'm gonna kick off
my day of healthy living tomorrow.
But to start it off, I gotta get a good night's sleep.
So according to the National Sleep Foundation,
as found in a Buzzfeed article,
I should be getting seven to nine hours of sleep.
So it is currently 10:30 p.m.
and I'm going to go to bed
and then we'll be rocking a full eight hours.
(happy music)
Alright, it's early in the morning and I'm whispering
because I don't want to wake up my roommate.
My hair looks crazy but yeah.
If you did, get up early if you want to go for a run
in Los Angeles, because by the time it's 8 a.m.
it's already really hot.
Exercise. This is the part I'm least looking forward to.
I used to be a pretty active runner. I'd probably go
for a two mile run every day, if not every other day.
That has not been true since I graduated.
It's 6:30 in the morning and it's 67 degrees already
so I'm in workout clothes
and I am going to go for a run
for probably the first time in a year and a half.
So I'm proud of myself 'cause I just got back.
I ran about two and a half miles and I actually ran it.
I only stopped to walk the last two blocks
'cause they were uphill, but I feel like if I do this again
I would be able to power through.
Also I just rewatched the footage of me jogging.
I look and sound like a fucking dying seagull.
During my healthy day, I'm gonna try
and drink eight cups of water.
I know when it comes to water, I need to drink way more.
So I'm at Trader Joe's and I'm picking out the ingredients,
based on a Buzzfeed article, so that I can have
a healthy breakfast and a healthy lunch.
I got to work a little bit early
so I'm actually not going to be late,
which is very healthy even though it was unplanned.
So I made it to the office. I'm gonna eat breakfast here,
I'm gonna do some work, I'm gonna try and stay active
during the day. Gotta drink more water.
This day is just sort of going to be a test to figure out
how purposeful I can be with choosing healthy foods.
According to Buzzfeed, the healthy breakfast
I'm going to have is an easy yogurt overnight oat.
I have my yogurt, flaxseed,
and raspberry delight right here.
I just keep having to go the bathroom because I'm drinking
so much damn water and I don't like it.
I have to fucking pee again in an hour.
It is lunch time. So I found a Buzzfeed article
that gave a recipe for an avocado egg veggie sandwich,
which sounds delicious but unfortunately I'm at the office
and I don't have access to a stove,
so I'm not gonna use the egg but I am going to include
all the veggies and the avocado.
We have a setback for my healthy day
because I fucked up a little bit.
What's wrong with that avocado? Why can't I use it, Kristin?
- It's green and it's hard.
(trumpet deflating) - What does that even mean?
- It's gonna be like cutting into a bowling ball, my friend.
- Kristin's also going to make a sandwich
'cause we're sandwich girls.
- Yeah, also I saw that Jen had sandwich fixings
and I was like, "Yup."
- She's a-fixing for my sandwich.
That's a lunchtime sandwich, baby.
- It has a little hat.
- I can't wait to eat it.
- Am I just gonna film you eating lunch?
- I ate my whole sandwich.
We had a good sandwich time. Right, Kristin?
- It was a great sandwich time.
- On my healthy day, I'm actually gonna try and slow down,
and take specific time to check in with myself.
I found a Buzzfeed video that said when you're working,
every half hour to hour you should get up
and walk around for a few minutes.
So I'm gonna incorporate that into my work day.
I'm just going for a little bit of a walk,
just to get the blood flowing.
And I meditated for a bit after lunch,
just set aside 20 minutes just so I could sit, be peaceful.
Things are going okay.
This water thing is really pissing me off though.
I was finishing up a cup of water
and earlier my allergies had been acting up
so I blew my nose, and when I was drinking that water
I realized there was a used tissue at the bottom of it
that I didn't know was in there.
So that's fucking disgusting.
(laughs)
After work, I'm gonna eat a healthy dinner
and then I'm gonna go to my friend's art show,
and I think that it'll be a really good way to just
be at peace, and be thoughtful,
and be with people I care about.
When it comes to mental health on the healthy day,
I'm gonna be as introspective as I can.
So now I'm out to dinner with friends,
I didn't get anything 'cause I'm gonna cook dinner at home,
but I have been drinking my water
and I did have to go to the fucking bathroom again.
This is part of me trying to make sure that I'm taking care
of myself, but spending time with people I care about.
This salmon recipe looks really good, pretty simple.
I'm gonna make this for dinner.
My healthy day is less about whether I'll feel 100% better
after one day of being healthy, and it's more about testing
how easy it is to incorporate these habits into my life,
to see if they're things that I could actually see
myself doing every day going forward.
The whole day was a little bit exhausting,
just to keep track of the things that I needed to do.
It was hard to remember to drink all that water,
and then it was annoying to have to go
to the bathroom all the time.
It was also really frustrating just to keep
having my workday interrupted, but honestly
I felt really good the entire day.
I felt really energized 'cause I got enough sleep,
I really enjoyed most of the meals I had,
and the best part was I felt really calm throughout the day,
and I'm generally like a person that's running around.
I just felt calm, I didn't feel scared or anxious
or anything, and then seeing my friends at night
just was the cherry on top because it was, like,
hey, this is a great way to cap off a day.
So it's good to be able to see your friends
and support them and feel supported by them,
that's like a powerful way to end the day.
I also think that introducing some of these elements
and making sure that I try to exercise a little bit more,
maybe not every day but maybe every other day,
will be pretty helpful for me going forward.
A healthy day, lady tested,
lady probably healthier. Maybe.
(upbeat music)