Monday: My husband and I decided to take advantage of the kids being in school and run 9 miles. I stashed a water bottle for us at the 1/2 way point thinking that we wouldn't need any other fuel. Everything was going great, we were staying under 9 min/mile (it was mostly downhill) until we hit 6 miles. It was then that we had to climb a hill. It wasn't a huge hill and it was about 1/4 mile distance. But I hit a wall. I was hungry, thirsty, hot and just grumpy. My husband, being the fittest person I know was chipper. This made me even grumpier and I was not pleasant for the next 3 miles. What did I learn: fuel, fuel, fuel. I need to make sure that I get a gel or sports drink of about 100 calories every 45 minutes.
Tuesday: I'm finding that it's harder to get my protein and fat compared to my carbs. Today I made a conscience effort to divide each of my meals into the 50/25/25 and it worked so much better. I'm eating some rice with my dinner in hopes that I'll have a little more energy for my 12 mile run tomorrow morning.
Wednesday: I felt fabulous on my run!!! I went with my friend, Priscilla, and we talked a lot about clean eating so I'm going to reaerch that some more for next week. I went to lunch with my sister and husband at our favorite Mexican food place. I got my usual but I stayed out of the chip bowl. Little steps:). I also went grocery shopping and I concentrated on whole grain and fruits and veggies.
Thursday: Need a quick meal idea? Just google it!!! I wanted to make tilipia, but I don't make fish very often. I googled it and then I was able to come up with a simple dinner in minutes. I just baked the tilipia, sweet potatoes, and zucchini tossed in a French vinaigrette dressing. It was delicious! I have had a terrible craving for chocolate today. I have been dreaming of what kind of chocolate treat I'll eat on Sunday.
Friday: Today I ate very clean until dinner. I went for an 8 mile run after work, about 3:30 pm. I ran about 5 miles of rolling hills and then 3 miles downhill. I felt so good! Then I decided to get pizza for the family. I got my self a thin crust vegetarian. It had a white sauce and tons of cheese. When will I learn??? Now I'm bloated and gassy and I feel miserable. I just need to limit my dairy to Greek yogurt only. I think I would have done better with a marinara sauce and took off most of the cheese.
Saturday: I'm still feeling the effects of that pizza. I felt sluggish on my run today. For lunch, my sister and niece wanted to go to chilis. I got the Santa fe chicken salad without the tortilla chips and dressing on the side. It was really good. What I'm most excited about is the pumpkin lasagna a made. I actually didn't eat the noodles and I'll make some changes next time (more mushrooms and zucchini and less onions). I used the rest of the pumpkin to make pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. I substituted the white flour for wheat and honey for the sugar. My son said they were the best cookies. They are more like pumpkin bread than cookie,but still super yummy. I'm not quite sure how I feel about the butter. Part of me wants to find a substitute, but the other part of me thinks that once in a while a little bit of butter is a good thing. The recipe called for a 1/2 cup for about 40 cookies,so that's about 1/2 tsp per cookie.
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