Today we got our May schedule for Team in Training and that is what it says for today. I actually think it is a bit of an exaggeration...well, for now. I mean, Saturday practices are at 9am. That isn't too bad. But we do ramp up again pretty quickly. I mean, by the end of the month I am already running 8 miles again.
Anyway, one of my goals this year is to get FAST.
So one of the steps I am taking to do this is eating like a runner should. To do this, I figured I should actually figure out what I am eating now, and what I should be eating. So I tracked my nutrition yesterday.
According to Runner's World, I should be consuming 1820 calories a day to maintain my weight of 140 lbs. 50% of my diet should be carbs, 25% protein, 25% fat.
The results from yesterdays totals were surprising to me...
Calories: 1797
Wow. Not enough calories...even with a chocolate egg I scarfed down because I got hungry while the oven was pre-heating for dinner.
Carbs: 62%
Really? Whoops! I had no idea I ate so many carbs. I mean I didn't even have anything that I would consider "full of carbs". I considered myself to have eaten pretty healthily yesterday (minus that chocolate egg).
Protein: 18%
Definitely need more protein, but I already knew that. Having peanut butter midday helped me out there.
Fat: 20%
The surprise there was that it wasn't more. I think if you would have done these totals 2 years ago that number would be much higher, but luckily Bill has steered me along the right path when it comes to consuming less fat.
I am really going to try to be vigilant about keeping track of all of this as well as paying attention to my energy levels. I think this whole nutrition this is a big miss for me and could make me go faster if I am smarter about it.
This probably includes saying goodbye to my drinking friends as well :)
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