hungry; tagged
i switched back to a more high carb diet (re: more normal diet) about 1 week ago. right on cue: i have been so darn hungry. this is still a fairly clean diet but i'd say the carbs are more in the 60% range. seems like no matter how much i eat i'm still hungry. i know, add the fiber vegetables blah blah blah.
lets see, today i had: english muffin with egg whites in the middle (of the e. muffin) and a small piece of ham too, for breakfast. one medium skim latte when i arrived at work. one apple. about 10 pretzel bite things. a chicken b. sandwich with small bun and mustard. one turkey sand on wheat bread with lettuce and a piece of cheese. 2 6 oz. cups of ff yogurt. a 170 cal low fat but sweet choco cake snack thing. i was supposed to have a garden salad for lunch too but i skipped it. i'm so hungry right now. i think i can hold out for another few hours but it'll be a close one. ps i drank so much water today i was swimming.
last night i did the circuit workout from the Abs Diet book. good stuff. particularly when a certain person is working a lot. i think i will do it again tonight. chest, biceps, triceps, shoulders, abs, back, traps, 30 second rest periods, repeat twice, prepare to puke. i'm skipping the legs stuff though. i will do this circuit tonight too.
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tagged! i was tagged with stephanie's cool survey, by the (it's a) beautiful april anne life... heee.
Q: What are you training for now?
A: twin cities marathon. sometimes i think about it all day. its a little tricky to push it out of your mind when you have all of these training runs every week eh? today on one of my spreadsheets that i use at work i typed out in bold blue letters: "You have a 15-miler on saturday! keep focused!!" thats my cue to not eat candy.
Q: If you are raising money for a cause, what is it and why is that cause important to you?
A: i'm not at the moment. but i think about people i've known who aren't able to race with me, and i think about people i don't know, that have been through it and back and will be racing with me. raising money is great way to support, and i am very much in awe and inspired by those who do. i donate money to cancer causes throughout the year. but for this race, i am running in support of all those who cannot, without raising the money. i made that decision very early on. i hope that makes sense to someone out there besides just me.
Q: What is the furthest distance you’ve run in your training and what is the furthest distance you will run before your event?
A. 13, 20.
Q: What is your favorite flavor of gu? (or other sports gel)
A: tried strawberry and raspberry clifshots--both tasted like jam. fine by me. i was actually thinking about trying them for a snack! i better not though, only i could get hooked on gu shots.
Q: How many days a week do you run?
A: about 4.
Q: Are you injured in any way right now? If so, what are you doing about it?
A: nursing along the shins the best i can. via jedi mind tricks and tai chi.
Q: What is one item of running clothing/gear (shoes don’t count) you can’t run without?
A: see #1-5 below. if you want specifics, i can't run over 2 or 3 miles without #1 from below.
Q: Do you have a talisman you are planning on taking to your event? If so, tell us!
A: nope i do not.
Q: Share one thing about yourself we don’t know.
A: hmmm. The first time I ever flew in a plane was in 2000 (I was 25). Been to lots of places since then. I cant think of anything else right now.
lets see, today i had: english muffin with egg whites in the middle (of the e. muffin) and a small piece of ham too, for breakfast. one medium skim latte when i arrived at work. one apple. about 10 pretzel bite things. a chicken b. sandwich with small bun and mustard. one turkey sand on wheat bread with lettuce and a piece of cheese. 2 6 oz. cups of ff yogurt. a 170 cal low fat but sweet choco cake snack thing. i was supposed to have a garden salad for lunch too but i skipped it. i'm so hungry right now. i think i can hold out for another few hours but it'll be a close one. ps i drank so much water today i was swimming.
last night i did the circuit workout from the Abs Diet book. good stuff. particularly when a certain person is working a lot. i think i will do it again tonight. chest, biceps, triceps, shoulders, abs, back, traps, 30 second rest periods, repeat twice, prepare to puke. i'm skipping the legs stuff though. i will do this circuit tonight too.
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tagged! i was tagged with stephanie's cool survey, by the (it's a) beautiful april anne life... heee.
Q: What are you training for now?
A: twin cities marathon. sometimes i think about it all day. its a little tricky to push it out of your mind when you have all of these training runs every week eh? today on one of my spreadsheets that i use at work i typed out in bold blue letters: "You have a 15-miler on saturday! keep focused!!" thats my cue to not eat candy.
Q: If you are raising money for a cause, what is it and why is that cause important to you?
A: i'm not at the moment. but i think about people i've known who aren't able to race with me, and i think about people i don't know, that have been through it and back and will be racing with me. raising money is great way to support, and i am very much in awe and inspired by those who do. i donate money to cancer causes throughout the year. but for this race, i am running in support of all those who cannot, without raising the money. i made that decision very early on. i hope that makes sense to someone out there besides just me.
Q: What is the furthest distance you’ve run in your training and what is the furthest distance you will run before your event?
A. 13, 20.
Q: What is your favorite flavor of gu? (or other sports gel)
A: tried strawberry and raspberry clifshots--both tasted like jam. fine by me. i was actually thinking about trying them for a snack! i better not though, only i could get hooked on gu shots.
Q: How many days a week do you run?
A: about 4.
Q: Are you injured in any way right now? If so, what are you doing about it?
A: nursing along the shins the best i can. via jedi mind tricks and tai chi.
Q: What is one item of running clothing/gear (shoes don’t count) you can’t run without?
A: see #1-5 below. if you want specifics, i can't run over 2 or 3 miles without #1 from below.
Q: Do you have a talisman you are planning on taking to your event? If so, tell us!
A: nope i do not.
Q: Share one thing about yourself we don’t know.
A: hmmm. The first time I ever flew in a plane was in 2000 (I was 25). Been to lots of places since then. I cant think of anything else right now.
posted by brent at
9:04 PM
6 Comments:
I find the whole high-protein in the morning thing annoying, but I tell ya, I don't get hungry until about 1, and I'm not hungry after lunch either. The idea behind it is to have about 1/2 your protein in the morning (for me, 30 grams), then a quarter with lunch and dinner, and lots of low-glycemic carbs. I completely fall down on the low-glycemic thing.
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vj, at 10:07 PM
Or, like me, you can up the fiber through grains and fruit (I'm not a big veggie guy, and really dislike salad).
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Scooter, at 10:42 AM
hey, want to know the difference between hunger pains and 'this is the usual time i eat so i'm going to growl' pains? add a day of fasting to your schedule. once a week, every other week, or monthly, it doesn't matter. what does matter is that you have a regular day that will let you exercise your self control and let you focus on what are real hunger pains, and what are just phantom hunger pains.
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Unknown, at 11:34 AM
When I was training for San Diego all I did was eat eat eat. The hard part is when you get hurt and can't run for a while. I'm 2.5 months on the bench and it was very hard to stop eating like I was while training! But I had to or I would get fat!
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Tiggs, at 12:38 PM
These are not the droids you're looking for.
I just wanted to say thanks for the comment you left, because it's soooo true! I think you're definitely right about both things - it's going to feel awesome to run again, no matter how "slowly" I go, and, it's not going to be as hard to get it back as it was to build it up in the first place. Let's hear it for muscle memory!
Thanks again, I needed to hear it!
xoxo
Mia
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Mia Goddess, at 1:53 PM
Try adding almonds - I'm finding they really are filling.
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M@rla, at 6:26 PM
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