yes, i would like something to eat...

I met with a nutritionist and dietitian last week. I've been in kind of a slump over the past few months just not really feeling like I was putting everything out there that I could during a workout and not recovering from them very quickly either. It's hard to have the constant lead-legs feeling.

Well, unsurprisingly- they don't think I eat enough. Based on my body fat, age, weight, etc they say I should be eating about 2400 a day-- when i DON'T workout. And then on those big workout days- you know a 18 mile run or 50 mile ride I get to chow down on about 4500 to 5000. Hooray! And they think I need to gain just a couple pounds. Permission to eat? Yes!!!

However, this is much harder than I thought. I feel like I'm never really at home- and I honestly haven't been much. Between work, working out, friends and hanging out with a boy- I feel like I've only spent enough time at home to sleep, do laundry and repack gym bags. Oy. Luckily the boy feeds me pretty well. Last night was some delicious BBQ followed by chocolate cake while watching a movie. A girl could get used to that!

In short, I'm really trying to keep a better eye on my protein/carb intake. Apparently I tend to overestimate the amount of calories in food.

For example- Saturday morning I got up at six and very slowly got myself ready to run up in Lake Stevens. I was planning on doing as much of the could do of the 70.3 course safely. (I wound up doing 18 miles). However, I only ate two hard-boiled eggs, a bagel and some mixed nuts before I ran. I drank Gatorade Endurance the entire time and took two GU. And when I finished- my feet hurt!!! I tried to nosh on some more nuts but they were seriously gagging me. Luckily, I'd thrown some Perpetuem powder into a bottle so I was able to get some calories from there.

I guess I recovered pretty well. Enough for another fire pit/s'mores night anyway :)