Okay, so I'm breaking into the blogging about four weeks after V and I have started training for a half marathon. Food logging will also be involved. I realize to do this I'm going to have to either A. log on multiple times a day in order to record every morsel that I shove in my mouth (read: highly accurate, with a risk of emotional break down after I feel the need to EXPLAIN why I shoved said food in mouth) or B. record the previous day's intake in a concise manner (read: possibly less accurate but more coherent). Choices.
We're four weeks in. Four weeks. That's a month. I read something on Pinterest today (yes, I Pinterest frequently. It's not the act of pinning that excites me; it's a one stop shop for recipes, work outs, interior design. I'm a "liker". Not a pinner. Enough.) The Pinterest wisdom said (and I'm paraphrasing...) "Are you doing today what will help you get where you want to be tomorrow?" Or something like that. And the answer is: probably not. As the runs get longer (6.5 miles tomorrow, eeeeee!) I was hoping to feel better during them - a la someone who runs. Regularly. Like me. But I don't. Sometimes I feel winded. Mostly I just feel mushy and crampy and... gross. My muscles and joints seem to be cooperating... My iPod cooperates thanks to my new headphones at V's recommendation... It's all there, and I get out of my front door because of V... and bleh.
So at the four week mark, I realize that no, I can't eat crap and expect my body to just magically get up and slug out 6.5 miles at a pop. I also realize that perhaps, maybe, just maybe I should be doing more than just running in order for my body to totally acclimate. Who knows. So in the spirit of that, I got up this morning and did a 60 minute ballet strengthening workout. I know what you're thinking - Ballet, how is that going to help you run? But I've never felt my thighs burn quite so intensely. And while I'm not whipped out right now, my lower abs and inner thighs definitely feel like they've done something today.
I also - in the spirit of "good in, good out" (also, ha, the whole point of this blog) packed my lunch and took it to school - I mean work. It consists of the following:
1.5 cups of a rice, wheatberry, black bean concoction that tastes similar to turkey stuffing (if that's even possible) It's quite delectable. I promise.
1/4 cup chipotle hummus - damn good.
1 cup(ish?) of baby carrots (for said hummus)
An apple and about 2 servings of these brown rice/quinoa cracker/chip thingys. All paired with water.
At this point, it's 9:30 and I've made it through half my crackers and all of my carrots and hummus. While I'm not hungry anymore, I can feel it coming. I kinda wanna break into my rice, but then there'll be nothing left, which leaves the vending machines, which equal death and, I'm almost certain, a crappy 6.5 mile run tomorrow. Perhaps I'll get started on my other goal - drinking an excessive amount of water. Note, empty water bottle to my left, right beside my Engine 2 Diet Cookbook from which I'll choose a recipe for dinner. All the tools are right here. Sigh.
Alright - I'm going to attempt to post this now... only 9 more hours left at work.
We're four weeks in. Four weeks. That's a month. I read something on Pinterest today (yes, I Pinterest frequently. It's not the act of pinning that excites me; it's a one stop shop for recipes, work outs, interior design. I'm a "liker". Not a pinner. Enough.) The Pinterest wisdom said (and I'm paraphrasing...) "Are you doing today what will help you get where you want to be tomorrow?" Or something like that. And the answer is: probably not. As the runs get longer (6.5 miles tomorrow, eeeeee!) I was hoping to feel better during them - a la someone who runs. Regularly. Like me. But I don't. Sometimes I feel winded. Mostly I just feel mushy and crampy and... gross. My muscles and joints seem to be cooperating... My iPod cooperates thanks to my new headphones at V's recommendation... It's all there, and I get out of my front door because of V... and bleh.
So at the four week mark, I realize that no, I can't eat crap and expect my body to just magically get up and slug out 6.5 miles at a pop. I also realize that perhaps, maybe, just maybe I should be doing more than just running in order for my body to totally acclimate. Who knows. So in the spirit of that, I got up this morning and did a 60 minute ballet strengthening workout. I know what you're thinking - Ballet, how is that going to help you run? But I've never felt my thighs burn quite so intensely. And while I'm not whipped out right now, my lower abs and inner thighs definitely feel like they've done something today.
I also - in the spirit of "good in, good out" (also, ha, the whole point of this blog) packed my lunch and took it to school - I mean work. It consists of the following:
1.5 cups of a rice, wheatberry, black bean concoction that tastes similar to turkey stuffing (if that's even possible) It's quite delectable. I promise.
1/4 cup chipotle hummus - damn good.
1 cup(ish?) of baby carrots (for said hummus)
An apple and about 2 servings of these brown rice/quinoa cracker/chip thingys. All paired with water.
At this point, it's 9:30 and I've made it through half my crackers and all of my carrots and hummus. While I'm not hungry anymore, I can feel it coming. I kinda wanna break into my rice, but then there'll be nothing left, which leaves the vending machines, which equal death and, I'm almost certain, a crappy 6.5 mile run tomorrow. Perhaps I'll get started on my other goal - drinking an excessive amount of water. Note, empty water bottle to my left, right beside my Engine 2 Diet Cookbook from which I'll choose a recipe for dinner. All the tools are right here. Sigh.
Alright - I'm going to attempt to post this now... only 9 more hours left at work.
That is super moto how you brought your Engine 2 cookbook to work!
ReplyDelete...and you can feel "what" coming? Nature?
I wanted to add one more thing:
ReplyDeleteI found a podcast called The Natural Nurse and listened to an hour of it today. Lo and behold they mentioned the lack of education with nutrition these days. Things I wish people would think about:
Why do people focus so much on these buzz words "protein" and "calcium"? It seems as if those two are the only things that keep our body running. They justify their food choices based on what we learned growing up. Protein=meat, calcium=milk. Why not other vitamins? Amino acids?
People at work who generally run out of food turn to the vending machine. That's normal, but not good. Packing a sack lunch is a great step to portioning and keeping tabs on a good diet that will lead to a less complicated body in the future. Next time you feel like reaching for a snack, reach for the basket of fruit you have -- an apple, a banana, some dried prunes, raisins, etc.
Remember on the boat we were loaded with fruits! And even so, it was equally easy to find our way to the cookie tray. Active choices...
I just think to the visual of Jamie Oliver in Food Nation, where he showed people a truckload of sugar to demonstrate how much soda killed our bodies. Natural juices and carbonated water can do the trick... I see it being sold more in stores, so the popularity is catching on, but it's moving slowly.
Lastly, why do I feel like males don't give a shit about any of this stuff, but I (and other females) am just too excited about learning about this type of change?