Rainy Days and Mondays always get me down
Mondays are always the easiest for me these days, both in terms of running and eating 1600 calories. I remember early on that I was having troubles on Mondays, and that is why I decided to skip one weekday running to make sure I can run on Saturdays.
But now that I keep splurging on the weekends, eating 1600 calories and running 30 minutes is easy on Mondays. No cramps, no feelings of weakness, no real hunger pangs. When I am finished running on Mondays, I don’t have that starvation feeling that I get sometimes (I usually eat lunch at noon during the week, and don’t finish running until 6:30-ish pm.) I feel good. I feel accomplished. I fell healthy after sweating it all out on the treadmill.
But recently, when Tuesdays hit, and I want to eat it all. I want to have that pastry at breakfast. I want to have that bag of chips with lunch. I want to eat tons of ice cream after dinner. And I don’t know why, what has changed, why I haven’t been able to get back onto the path I was on earlier this year. I know I am in better shape that I’ve been in the past, and I know that I am now healthier, but I want to get healthier, I want to lose 15 more pounds, I want to not have to worry constantly about losing the extra 5 lbs I put on over a weekend.
As a matter of fact, I don’t want to have to worry about a weekend at all. I want to eat regularly, not weigh everything I eat, not write down everything I have eaten every day, not run to the internet to figure out the calorie count of everything I have eaten.
I want to be a real boy! I want to live like a real boy one day, and eat like a real boy one day.
Although I have no problem with the idea of running on a regular basis for the long haul. I enjoy it enough that it isn’t a problem, though maybe after a few years I will be able to run 3 times a week instead of 5 times a week.
So, in conclusion, yesterday was fantastic…today, not going so easy. How am I supposed to last all week eating well when Day 2 is giving me problems. And let's hope I don't get cramps tonight while running.
But now that I keep splurging on the weekends, eating 1600 calories and running 30 minutes is easy on Mondays. No cramps, no feelings of weakness, no real hunger pangs. When I am finished running on Mondays, I don’t have that starvation feeling that I get sometimes (I usually eat lunch at noon during the week, and don’t finish running until 6:30-ish pm.) I feel good. I feel accomplished. I fell healthy after sweating it all out on the treadmill.
But recently, when Tuesdays hit, and I want to eat it all. I want to have that pastry at breakfast. I want to have that bag of chips with lunch. I want to eat tons of ice cream after dinner. And I don’t know why, what has changed, why I haven’t been able to get back onto the path I was on earlier this year. I know I am in better shape that I’ve been in the past, and I know that I am now healthier, but I want to get healthier, I want to lose 15 more pounds, I want to not have to worry constantly about losing the extra 5 lbs I put on over a weekend.
As a matter of fact, I don’t want to have to worry about a weekend at all. I want to eat regularly, not weigh everything I eat, not write down everything I have eaten every day, not run to the internet to figure out the calorie count of everything I have eaten.
I want to be a real boy! I want to live like a real boy one day, and eat like a real boy one day.
Although I have no problem with the idea of running on a regular basis for the long haul. I enjoy it enough that it isn’t a problem, though maybe after a few years I will be able to run 3 times a week instead of 5 times a week.
So, in conclusion, yesterday was fantastic…today, not going so easy. How am I supposed to last all week eating well when Day 2 is giving me problems. And let's hope I don't get cramps tonight while running.
posted by Mike at 10:14 AM
3 Comments:
Maybe you are looking at the cramps the wrong way. Do you think they are menstrual?
Brian, I have been considering raising the amount of calories and the level/type of workout to include some light weight training. I own a Bowflex machine that I have conveniently left at my parents when I moved in to my new place; I think it might be time to bring in to my place and start using it.
I don't know about the calorie addition. I've read that if I am doing weight training I should incorporate more protein in my diet, so I will have to look into it, but I fear that if I allow myself 2000 calories/day, it will only be more snack type things.
I also have to finish upgrading my house to full electric. I only have a gas stove, and so the past few months I've been without gas, therefore without a stove and have been eating much more "convenient" type foods instead of making it all myself. I hope this weekend to be able to get a new electric stove and then start cooking myself.
Basically, until I start weight training, I'm not going to upgrade my calorie count. Until I get the new stove, I'm not going to upgrade my calorie count. Until I get my Bowflex to my house, I'm not going start my weight training. I got some work to do.
oh honey i know some day its gonna hit me i go thru a bag of lays and onion dip every other day! 1 day i am gonna wake up and b as big as a barn.
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