Thursday Night Out

I almost forgot to mention that today is exactly one month until my very FIRST 1/2 marathon. It’s a little nerve racking, but I know I will be fine.

So it’s nearing the end of the work day, and what a CRAZY day it has been. I guess that is a good thing-makes the time go by faster. I felt really sluggish this afternoon. I had the worst head ache, and my body felt like it needed nutrients. But I didn’t understand this because I felt like I had eaten so much already. Maybe I’m just burning more calories running then I thought? Or maybe its just one of those days? I’m really trying to be in tune with my body, and eat the nutrients I need to keep me energized to run and work out, but not over-do it at the same time. Sometimes it can be very tough!

I had a frozen lemonade Popsicle, and that didn’t do anything. I walked to the 7-11 (it is seriously the only thing around my work to get snacks), and I got a bag of pretzels (the bag with the least amount of calories in case I ate the whole thing), and I found some Whole Raw All Natural Almonds. So I chose those as well. I ate about 3/4 of each one (more then I wanted to) but it really worked. The combination of protein and carbs curbed my hunger and made me feel so much better.

This picture was taken AFTER I ate 3/4 of each bag. Oh well!

I had planned on having some of my moms home-made lentil soup for dinner, but I’m not even hungry yet. However, I know Chris and I are going out tonight for a birthday party and we will be out late so I want to eat SOMETHING for dinner before I go. I had a small bowl of the soup before I left work.

We are having drinks and small plates, but it won’t be until 9:30, and I rather not eat anything that late so I chose to have dinner before hand. I have such a hard time turning down delicious looking food when I start to get hungry late at night so I plan to bring an apple with me to munch on on the way there.

Pictures to come tomorrow of tonight’s fun!