Hey friends! Happy WIAW! (What. I. Ate. Wednesday.)
Time to take a look at what this Semi-Health Nut ate on Tuesday.
Breakfast {9:30 a.m.}: Kashi Blueberry Waffles, peanutbutter, “grandma jelly” bottle of water and coffee (with splenda and cinnamon vanilla creamer)
Snackaroo {11am}: Dark chocolate chips with string cheese
(Made me feel less like pulling out my hair while doing Chemistry.)
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| If it takes me 2 hours to do 14 problems, and I have 21 problems to do total, how long until I chuck my Chemistry book out the window? |
Lunch {12:15pm}: Leftover homemade healthified lasagna
and a bottle of water
(This lunch was a forced one as I was not hungry but I knew I was going straight to the gym after school and I needed to eat before class.)
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| How messy did this get in the microwave!? |
Gym bag all packed and ready for the gym after class! Although I drove right by my house on the way to the gym from school…this nixed the chance that I would get home and get comfy on the couch and not want to leave again. (Anyone feel me here??)
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| Check out the pink: Pink backpack, gym bag, sweatshirt AND headband. I. Like. Pink. |
Pre-run/Post-run snackaroo {3:15pm/5pm}: Half of a Kashi Go-Lean Peanut butter and Chocolate bar and a bottle of water about 20 minutes before run and half of the bar after. Plus more water.
I had an amazing run yesterday!
I ran over 4 miles on the treadmill and I haven’t done that in a couple of months! I am sure that it had to do with aspects of my diet such as:
- No carbonation the day of a run
- Plenty of water! I had 3 bottles (6 servings) before my run.
- Making sure I am properly fueled. It’s no good if I’m running and I start to get hungry…the run just goes down hill from there. If I’m eating a meal before, I’ll eat an hour before, but half of the bar (above) was fine 20-30 min before my run.
The run also went well because I warmed up properly. I tend to get stitches in my side if I start up too quickly.
Here’s sorta how it went:
- I started walking at an incline of 3.5 with a speed of 3.5. Good numbers yes? I did this for 5 minutes.
- I left the incline at 1.0 (for most of the run) and sped up to 5.5 for a few minutes.
- Then I alternated between 5.5 and 6.0 a few minutes at a time. Basically untimed intervals. I tend to pace based on my ipod music. Not sure if this is good or not…but I think it helps.
- I stopped to walk at the 3.5/3.5 pace to drink some water at mile 2.
- I kicked the intervals up to 6.0 to 6.5 till the three mile mark.
- Then I got really excited it was going so well and went an extra mile varying between 6.0 and 7.5. Felt. Amazing.
- Total time~43 minutes
I’m also not sore today which is sweet!! I stretched really well (it felt amazing to stretch). Seriously one of the best runs of my life. W00T!
Dinner {7pm}: An amazing wrap:
Whole wheat tortilla, cottage cheese, spinnach, diced peppers, and chicken tenders, asian zing wing sauce and a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese (with carrot chips.) So filling I really didn’t eat the carrot chips till half an hour after the meal. Carrot chips make a delightful algebra homework snack. 😉
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| 1.5 tenders fills the wrap so I had half a tender to dip in the zing sauce |
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| This is making my mouth water right now!! |
Dessert: The other half of this amazing strawberry pie.
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| Just figured out how old this was…. |
Late Night Snack {11pm}: Bedtime tea and graham crackers…more graham crackers than I planned on…
I feel pretty good about my eats yesterday. And I feel awesome that I ran 4 miles yesterday and feel like a million bucks today!
What do you eat to fuel for your runs?
Do you have a fitness brag? Do tell! I’d love to hear from you! 🙂
Check out some other WIAW posts! I am linking mine to the Peas and Crayons WIAW party as well!
