Running v.s. Food and Drink.......... ACCOUNTABILITY TIME!

  The truth is I eat what ever I want!!!  Unfortunatly I like to eat a lot of things that don't help my run!  Not to mention what I drink.... please let's not go there!  I have been thinking about this a lot lately.  Yesterday it all caught up to me!  I planned a nice 8 miler with a couple of my teamates for the You Go Girl race coming up in less than 4 weeks!  I mapped our route and chose some new territory that I am not familiar with.  I told the girls there wouldn't be too many hills, if any and we went on our way.... It was sooo nice to catch up and chat for the first 3 miles.  I was feeling great!  We came to a campground that I didn't have planned but decided to run a loop through it, it was a little hilly but not too bad.  We took a quick break and I took half a GU, thought I would start trying them out again to see if my stomach felt ok.  About a half a mile later I saw a huge hill coming, I new this was here but I thought it was short and sweet.  It turned a corner and I saw a MOTHER OF A HILL THAT NEVER ENDED!  I stopped and walked, ran, walked, ran, walked, ran......... the girls were way ahead of me and I was feeling pooped.  Once we got to the flat point I told the gals where we were going and that there would be another incline coming up, not a hill, but a LONG GRADUAL CLIMB!  I was not in it anymore, I HAD NO ENERGY! ( Pause, do you always think that food is energy?  I realized that I ate some ravioli the night before, and BEER.)  I walked and ran and walked and ran...... until we reached the top again.  Now the pressure. I am a team Captain for crying out loud!  What kind of an example am I setting here?  I was complaining and laying it all out there for these girls to listen too.  I'm sorry you have to wait for me!  I eat too much!  I drink too MUCH!  I am not ready for this race!  I am tired!  I have no energy!  Yadda Yadda Yadda!  Finally I told them, that is it I am in need of accountability!  So starting today until race day (Sept 26th) I am going to post everything I eat and drink on my blog!  Woops!  Did I say that?  YES I did......
  Back to the run.... we kept going and the next hill I walk ran walk ran walk.... yelling just go ahead ladies I will catch up with you later.  Now my brain is shutting down, I am thinking my foot hurts, my back hurts, I am tired....... I take a little short cut and finish my run at 7 miles.  Walking back to the gym like a sad little puppy with my tail between my legs.   I felt the guilt setting in.  And was TIRED!  POOPED!  Just wanted to go home and go to sleep!  


SO Back to what I ate......

Sept 1.
Breakfast: 2 eggs with cheese and half a pb and jelly toast, coffee with cream
Gatorade G2 mixed with water
Lunch: Half tuna sandwich, only pickle mustard and lettuce and Half a Clif Builder bar
Veinte Black tea with one splenda
Snack: grape nuts, skim milk, raspberries
Dinner: Pork Tenderloin, Baked sweet poatoes diced in EVOO, Corn on Cob, Green salad (Romaine, carrots, cucumber, mushroom, red pepper, celery, a few little gold fish and Cottage cheese for dressing).
Dessert: Chocolate Skinny Cow Ice Cream Sandwich

I was so hungry YESTERDAY!  This was toning it down a bit, does it look like it? I mean sure you don't know what I normally eat, but I did burn 1000 calories on my run, so I think I did pretty good. 

My Goal with all of this is to drop a few lbs before the big race!
Current Weight: 193
I would like to be at 185 on race day! 25 days to go!