I've logged 12 miles this week. That is more than I've ever ran in a seven day span. Ever. The race I will run at the end of this is actually 13.1 miles. In one day. The magnitude of this fact has not fully sunk in. I don't know that my brain can wrap itself around the idea that my body will run that distance all at once. We'll see.
This week, while I've gotten up and done the motivated thing and gotten up around 5:20 every morning to workout or go for a run, my children have been sick. All three have run fevers. Two were throwing up. Lily was so bad that I called the doctor for drugs to keep her from puking to the point of dehydration. Today is Drew's turn to be sick. He thankfully has not thrown up, but he is feeling under the weather. Drew is easily my most dramatic sick person. I cannot imagine if he'd gotten the influenza with Lily this winter. He might have thought he needed to be hospitalized.
The getting up early and working out has been good for my mood during the day. I feel good about completing my workouts and it gives me a boost. This is a very good thing, mostly because I'm so tired from getting up at 5:20 and then staying busy or taking care of children, that I can hardly see straight I'm so tired. I don't know the solution to this besides going to bed earlier. I've been in bed at 9 the last two nights...only to be awakened by children throughout the night. I'm sure this will get better when they are feeling better...but holy cow! I could use some sleep. So much so that I actually took a nap yesterday.
The other thing I've noticed since my workouts have increased in day and duration, that I'm hungry all day. I feel like my blood sugar is always too low. I snack a lot. I can't seem to keep up with the demand. Do any of you have any secrets to keeping my energy level up, filling up with healthy foods and not gaining a ton of weight? Any advice would be much appreciated.
This is the end of week two of training. Only ten more weeks to go. I'll keep you posted as I go.
4 comments:
When I run in the morning I am sooooo hungry all day, too! (not so much when I run at night) But remember that you are burning a lot more calories than you are used to, so you should be eating more. I just eat a lot of small snacks throughout the day adn always keep almonds or a banana near by when I get hungry. Not that great of advice but just would throw it out there!
Thanks Morgan. I think my issue is not choosing the correct snacks. I need to eat less grains and more fruits and veggies. I have been eating too many cookies and such with the excuse that I'm working out enough to excuse it. Not a good combo! :)
eat more pringles and cheetos, it works for me
Humus!!!!!
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