Hey There Delilah Virginia

agirlnamedally:

I just wanted to address something after having a conversation with a friend and realising there is a slight misconception when it comes to protein, as well as getting it from plant based sources.

Our recommended protein intake daily is 0.8 grams per kg of body weight. The average woman aged 19-70 needs roughly 46 grams daily. Some people think we need 100g or some crazy high amount, but unless you’re doing strenuous exercise or activity, we don’t need much more than 46-48.

The second misconception is that vegetarian or vegan diets make it hard to obtain protein. I just logged my breakfast and lunch into tracking website, and before even adding dinner or snacks I have already eaten 51 grams of protein. All I’ve had is homemade cereal, oats and almond milk. Completely plant based, very high-carbohydrate foods, and I have already met the RDI before 1pm. Dinner is usually a much more protein-rich meal, including things like lentils, spinach, broccoli, beans, mushroom, tofu, tempeh, veggie burgers, etc, but even with simple grains my needs have already been met for the day.

As long as you’re eating nutrient rich foods and eating sufficient calories (i.e. 2000-2200+ daily), it is practically impossible to be protein deficient.

lazyyogi:

So often on social media I see people who are struggling to like themselves. 

Why? Because they want to be happy. But how to be happy?

We are steeped in a culture that objectifies our lived existence into play dolls. Is your makeup on point? How about your clothes and accessories? Do you have a sixpack? Are you tall enough, rich enough? Are you working on that thigh gap?

From television and film to billboards and magazines, the equation of identity with body/circumstance is continually re-enforced until the only way we know ourselves is through things.  

Then how do we seek happiness? Through those things! Delusional. 

It’s one thing to be healthy, it’s another to be fixated on appearances. It’s one thing to have direction in life, it’s another to rely on roles and outcomes for a sense of self. 

Happiness that is the result of anything is only a fleeting shadow of the Real Thing. Happiness is your actual self, the mood of your fathomless existence. You already are it! But because you have falsely accepted yourself as something finite, limited to body and circumstance, you have lost touch and feeling with this fundamental reality. 

You don’t need to like yourself. The self that can be liked or disliked is not your actual self. What you need is to know what you are not. You ride this body but the body is not you. You use this mind but the mind is not you. You manifest these circumstances but they do not define you. 

Trace the feeling of liking, of being happy, of being at peace, of loving, to its source within you. The same place you feel these things is also their source. And it is You.

Free yourself from the trap of needing to “like yourself.” 

Namaste

(via lazyyogi)