Every single day I just keep realizing how important diet is.

Isn't Grace Ping faster than you?

Umm...Ever heard of Jordan Hasay?

You do realize that the daily recommended intake of sodium is 2500 mg a day for someone who is sedentary and does not run. Same goes for fat- the recommended daily amount is about 50g. However, seeing that you are a runner, you really need much more than that. Please stop worrying about sodium and fat and you will see that your running will really excel.

Don't know too much about vegan options, besides the obvious, but yes, diet is quite important. GIGO = garbage in, garbage out.

You are unhealthy. Healthy long-term vegan is only possible for a few who are lucky and/or extremely informed and diligent...maybe. You need to eat healthy (pastured) saturated fat with your developing body and brain. Human bodies evolved for over a million years to a diet centered on meat. Veering from that is fraught with problems.

"Americans should limit daily sodium consumption to 2,300 milligrams, but this is an upper safe limit, not a recommended daily allowance." - That is the upper safe limit, I want to be in the best amount.

For running shouldn't fat be only like 15% of your diet, 70% carbs and 15% protein? 50g of fat is 10% of 2000 kals. I doubt I even eat 1600 if I tried. I cant seem to eat a bowl of grapes without getting full, running shuts down my appetite and running twice a day made it worse. So I think 35-40grams would be a good amount.

I am planning on eating more caloric - dense foods since I've been lacking a proper amount of calories, but as far as me "not being healthy" my doctor would disagree. My blood test came out amazingly well, my resting heart rate is low - mid 40's and b12/iron/zinc etc...all came out great after a year of being vegan.

Your brain and reasoning function s clearly being damaged with this eating disorder. Get professional help now!

You still never answered my question why an 8th grade girl is faster than you?

Probably because I didn't give a sh** about health and was overweight until June of 2016 and also had high blood pressure and high cholesterol at the age of 12. Also running 10-15mpw on and off for 6 months probably didn't help. If I was running since I was a kid and doing Xc skiing in the winter then I guarantee I would be faster than her. But hey I guess we'll never know.

RejectRunner wrote:

Probably because I didn't give a sh** about health and was overweight until June of 2016 and also had high blood pressure and high cholesterol at the age of 12. Also running 10-15mpw on and off for 6 months probably didn't help. If I was running since I was a kid and doing Xc skiing in the winter then I guarantee I would be faster than her. But hey I guess we'll never know.

And yet you think you are going to be no 1 in a few years? Wow, delusional.

How many pounds have you lost since June?

RejectRunner wrote:

Probably because I didn't give a sh** about health and was overweight until June of 2016 and also had high blood pressure and high cholesterol at the age of 12. Also running 10-15mpw on and off for 6 months probably didn't help. If I was running since I was a kid and doing Xc skiing in the winter then I guarantee I would be faster than her. But hey I guess we'll never know.

Haha this is totally wrong. 100 percent wrongo bongo mister. Sorry but NO.

Mzungu Magnifique wrote:

You are unhealthy. Healthy long-term vegan is only possible for a few who are lucky and/or extremely informed and diligent...maybe. You need to eat healthy (pastured) saturated fat with your developing body and brain. Human bodies evolved for over a million years to a diet centered on meat. Veering from that is fraught with problems.

Factually inaccurate. If you look at any country other than America, they eat significantly less meat. Our diet should NOT be centered on meat. Just bc people can eat meat doesnt mean they have to and in Kenya and most african countries they eat meat 2-3 times a week... So their diet isnt centered on it..

Alright dude, im vegetarian and I run, so im not sure about vegan, thats tough.

I eat a lot of yogurt and granola..

Get some supplements like a multivitamin.

Most runners just try to eat a lot in high school and eat veggies and stuff, but dont worry if it has sugar or what kinda fat it has.. dont worry just eat a lot of stuff and try to get good healthy stuff in too

I'm going to make a long reply because it was more than just lost weight, and it wouldn't give it credit to just shorten it.

Well at June I was no longer overweight but not race weight as well. I was 157lb's 5'7 and could only do 16 seconds for a 100m but I was running 10mpw for 2 months and managed a 5:32 mile 2 weeks before the end of school. I started eating more carbs and at the last mile run of 8th grade got 5:23. When school ended I wanted the best diet and I took it really serious and got down to 145lbs and last couple weeks of summer I didn't even run, it was just cutting crap foods. I hit a growth spurt and now I was 5'10 at the start of XC. I skipped 2 weeks of practice because my doctor wouldn't allow me to join. I got my physical, joined and ran 20:53 5k as my first race two days later. Now I'm 5'10 and a half 141-143lbs.

January 1st 2016 - 5'7 167lb. - 10min mile

December 1 2016 - 5'10-5'11 143lbs - 5:09 mile.

I was a vegetarian (included dairy) in high school, 6'0, 143 lbs then, but none of the fluctuations you are undergoing. Ran OK but often broke down all through college (PRs 10:00 2 mile, 2:38 marathon). By mid-twenties having all kinds of issues related to my diet. By 30 I had to quit grains and sugar and started eating healthy fats and meats. This kept me out of the hospital. Went on to become a world-class masters in my 40's with even better results in another sport requiring upper body strength, despite my lack of younger athletic talent.

It's all about balance. You do not appear to be in balance, with wildly fluctuating growth, fitness and weight, yet despite your inexperience in this area, you stubbornly refuse to listen to those with much wider experience. Good luck but your future does not look good on this path. Most of the profiles like yours are young women (with an unhappy ending), but eating disorders are a problem for guys too. You need to keep educating yourself with a more open mind and with stronger guidance. I can't imagine what your parents must think at this point.

A freshman, right?

You're wayyyy too young to worry about the minutae of running, like "race weight". Stuff like core work, dietary restriction, and form change is the icing on the cake. The base, which you should be focusing on right now, is putting in miles and, most importantly, developing an eternal love for the sport. Befriend your teammates. Do some great adventure runs with them. Get competitive with them at the end of long runs and on race day. Watch great running movies with them. Learn about legends of past, like Pre and Shorter.

Dieting down to race weight at this age will hinder your long-term mental and physical growth.

*Just run baby*

I ate meat in 8th grade. 22 min 5k.

Gave up meat after xc season (for ethical reasons)

Ran 18:30 5k freshman year.

now you may point out that I had only trained for 2 months in 8th grade and then a year for freshman year.

Yep, you're right.

It's about running baby. Run baby run.

XC Racer wrote:

You do realize that the daily recommended intake of sodium is 2500 mg a day for someone who is sedentary and does not run. Same goes for fat- the recommended daily amount is about 50g. However, seeing that you are a runner, you really need much more than that. Please stop worrying about sodium and fat and you will see that your running will really excel.

Is there any evidence for the sodium bit? I can see if you are running in high temps or sweat a lot, but where is the evidence that in day-to-day life runners need more than 2500mg? I ask seriously because I have tried to cut back the sodium recently, mostly because I realized I was eating a ton of it (way more than 2500). I've cut down to 2500mg and have not noticed any detriments to my running at all at 60mpw.