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Category: Diet
August 13, 2014
Not So Sweet News…
A few weeks ago, a co-worker was surprised to hear that I don’t drink coffee, get up to run at 5am, and seldom drink alcohol. He chortled “What, do you want to live to be 140?” In a roundabout way, I do! The crazy running I do is just part of a healthy lifestyle to which I’m aspiring. But, if I intend to live that long, I obviously would like to have all my organs and body’s systems working well too. Age without youth may actually be a course… It may sound superficial, but the physical benefits of being healthy[…continue reading]
June 12, 2014
So Rungry!!
With the increased volume of intensity, I’m finding myself increasingly hungry. A term that went around the internet a while ago once called it ‘rungry.’ I’m trying to make a controlled and conscious effort to combat it effectively. At first, I was just ignoring it and trying to power through. It was an amazing to think I could lose weight, so I felt every sacrifice was worth it. That was until I had that ‘diabetic emergency‘ and had to make an emergency intake of simple sugars. I don’t want to repeat that! At the same time, I don’t want to[…continue reading]
May 30, 2014
Overdoing It?
I felt absolutely awful yesterday morning. I planed to run at 5am, but when my alarm went off and I tried to get out of bed I felt so dizzy that I went right back to bed. Eventually I stumbled out of bed because I had to go to work. I felt a little better after breakfast. That’s when I realized I was probably low on sugar. I consumed a bag of gummi’s and felt well enough to drive. When I got to work, I had a bag of chips and bottle of orange juice. Not long after, I[…continue reading]
