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Category: Diet
June 26, 2012
New Diet: Week 4 – Hungry
This was an interesting week for my diet. I was finally able to officially start training this season. I started with a total of 5 runs, adding up to over 40km. Tuesday and Wednesday were particularly challenging because they were so hot! I’m definitely feeling the effects of the diet, and not in a good way. During hard workouts, I feel tired and worn out, like I want to go to sleep. I think this is because I have fewer carbohydrates and free sugars in my system. During slow runs, I’m fine and it feels like before. But the fast and[…continue reading]
June 19, 2012
New Diet: Week 3 – Low Energy
This week was an awkward learning experience. I was unable to exercise for a lot of this week because of my recent Laser Eye Surgery “Enhancement.” It was particularly frustrating on Tuesday and Wednesday because I’m a marathon clinic co-instructor at my local Running Room. It was hard to see the group go out without me. In addition to the no exercise, we had an all-you-can-eat wings event last Wednesday. I don’t imagine 27 honey mustard chicken wings is good for a diet. I did finally get back to running on Saturday and got a good 10km in. During this[…continue reading]
June 12, 2012
New Diet: Week 2 – Derailed
I guess things can’t go as expected. They never do… I knew I was going to need a Laser Eye Surgery “enhancement” but I was expecting it later in June. through some scheduling voodoo I would up having it last Friday. Now I’m medically forbidden from exercising for at least a week. It also didn’t help my diet that I missed last Wednesday’s run due to the thunderstorm. So unfortunately, no weight loss this week, and probably none in the week to come. I’ll make up for it when I recover, I hope.
