May 26, 2004
Its over... and that's ok.
seriously.
I am ok with it.
Last night the CKD ended with a bang... there was no way to ignore the screaming of my body for carbohydrate replenishment. Perhaps it was the 5 mile run (that felt fabulous, and really made me appreciate my body again!) that did me in... I don't know. Whatever it was, tho, by 5 o'clock last night there was no denying the screaming of my body for carbs (not my brain mind you because I honestly didn't WANT to eat sugar or starchy carbs at all last night, I just wasn't craving them! It was my body all the way.) My muscles were knotting up and sore (and no ammount of water was helping) and my joints (especially my knees) were feeling stiff and achy and the rest of me felt woosy (low blood sugar) and dizzy (again) and just downright off.
So I made the conscious decision to listen to my body and stop the CKD right in its tracks and eat.
I didn't binge (thank god!)... I ate shredded wheat with skim milk and a drizzle of honey. I also ate a good healthy dinner and a couple of spoonfulls of low-fat chocolate sorbet. And within an hour of consuming the carbs my knotted muscles were un-knotting and my sore and aching knees were returning to their normal state of painlessness. (is that a word?) And perhaps most importantly the woosy off feeling was a thing of the past.
So that's it... it seems I have a mind/body that needs long runs and a body/mind that needs carbs to recover afterward. NO biggie... it was almost time to change things up again anyway. I will begin a pretty well regimented diet again on Monday and until then I will eat well and ballance my carbs/protein and keep the sugars low and the fats low and healthy as well.
I really don't see this as a failure (tho I somehow feel the need to explain why it isn't!) because I know if I had not done what my body asked last night I could have very easily pushed too hard today and injured myself. Injuries are the athletes worst enemy and I simply wasn't willing to risk it.
Oh... and in a completely different vein... the bikini bottoms I ordered arrived yesterday... and they're too big. Its a Victoria's Secret Medium for chrissake!!! How the HELL can it be too BIG??? So, I'll call and get a smaller size on the way today... one more delay in the bikini picture progress, but life WILL go on.
Posted by Lexy at May 26, 2004 08:01 AM
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It's great that you listened to your body that way. Cardio and carbs kind of go together, and it makes sense that you felt better after refueling with the carbs.
And hee! The medium isn't too big, it's you who are too small :) I hope the itsy-bitsy bikini gets here soon for more pics.
Speaking of which, I love your Tri gallery! Thanks for posting the pics... it looks like it was really fun.
Posted by: nuni on 05/26/04 @ 04:37 PM
I'm proud of you, Brenna. Thank you for listening to your body and doing what was/is best for it. I truly believe EVERYONE should be so tuned in to what their body NEEDS and abide by it.
I don't think anyone will look at this as a failure, just as *you* shouldn't. In fact, I happen to think quite the opposite. I think you had great success with it, in more ways than one. You learned something, and that is ALWAYS success.
Hmmm. The medium was too big?? Damn girl! Now I *really* can't wait to see those pictures. (If I could whistle this is where I would insert a cat call. *grin*)
Posted by: Lee on 05/26/04 @ 08:35 AM