Despite beginning to run between 8 and 16 miles a week for the past 2 months, I haven't lost one pound. Not one! Can you believe it? With all this additional exercise you think my body would notice. Well, I have noticed something. I've noticed that I'm hungry ALL THE TIME. And when you combine that with a work place where all the food is free and you are never more than 500 feet away from all this wonderful food, you have a recipe for disaster.
I took my time making my way through all the information thrown at new runners. I read about not over doing it (hah!) and stretching a lot (no problem) and staying hydrated (I can confirm the frequency of bathroom visits has significantly increased). And eventually I got to the chapter on nutrition. The first sentence I read said, "Just because you're running more often doesn't mean you can eat whatever you want." What?! Are you kidding?
However, the news got better. All the sources I've read agree that one form of nutrition you can comfortable increase your intake of is carbohydrates. Now, I'm Irish and that means that I like bread. In fact I love bread. So the news that I can eat as much bread as I want is too wonderful to express. Focusing on this high point, I've made a real effort in the last week to cut down on the chocolate and crisps that I had been resorting to in an effort to calm the demanding gurgling tummy. Our micro kitchen at work has fruit, yogurts and mini packets of baby carrots that I've been munching on instead.
I feel better about these choices but it hasn't made me any less hungry. Now I'm just wondering how many carrots you have to eat before you start going orange...
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