Eating Clean

There is a big difference between dieting to lose weight and eating clean to get lean.

I think for a long time I’ve tried to diet to lose weight not realizing that it’s a bad BAD idea in my case because:
         #1: I don’t need to lose weight
         #2:I am a long distance runner (need actual energy to perform well during my workouts).

After much self-convincingI decided to start the Eating Clean deal along with tweaking my exercise routines. I will be focusing more on building muscle rather than losing overall body mass.
Thescariest thing about all of this is the amount of food I actually have to eat…….. and the fact that I have to eat every 2-3 hours. It’sscary because is new and I have never ever done this before. If I have to look back and point out a moment in life when I was eating clean: ZERO. I’ve tried diets and abstaining from fast food as punishment. Even starving myself from time to time in order to feel like I was actually going somewhere.

Did I get anywhere?Nope.

I am honestly still kinda lost with this new style, but we’ll see how it goes. So far it’s been two days and I have a headache from all the sugar withdrawals…. I drink way too much sugary crap. MY GOODNESS. I know it’s normal until my body levels off once again.

Other than that everything is fine. I have a 5.0 mile run later today so I’ll definitely see how that goes.

Okay so I am a horrible blogger……..

I have been MIA for the past months.

I am truly sorry. I just got busy with life. I hadn’t spent much time on tumblr since God knows when, until a couple of weeks ago when I started checking out some blogs.

Then I realized I used to blog.

Then I started hating myself for being all sucky and what not.

But here’s to new beginnings! (Literally)
I will post tomorrow what my new life will consist of for the next… months;)

(And yes, it is fitness related).

I have missed you, tumblr!

Recovery. Oh recovery.

I love eggs.
I am seriously gonna miss them.

Today I had a hard-bolied egg and a slice of sourdough bread (best one ever) with butter. Duh. And that was it for my pre-workout meal.
Then I headed out the door into the cold…ish morning. My run was really smooth and nice. It was all flat and nothing really bothered me.
The total was 7.1 and the time was 62:00 minutes which is another 8:40min/mi average run, which is FREAKING AWESOME.

After that I had breakfast in my car… oh yeahhhh. I had a mushroom/kale omelette and a cup of chocolate soy milk:D and then a banana and plenty of water.

For the rest of the day I have no idea what my meals look like yet… maybe soup since it’s cold? And I will be doing ab workouts later on as well.

Sunday.Monday.Tuesday: Where’s all the running?!

SUNDAY:
Got up at 6AM and was ready to go by 6:30AM. Went on what I thought was a 5.0miler but in reality was a 4.6 miler…. UGH.
I felt so slow at the beginning and it was because I was tired, I was sad, and I felt like a hardboil egg was not enough food. My stomach felt empty… I had a bit of trouble breathing:/
My total time was 43:00ish which is a 9:00ish min/mi pace… which is not BAD but I had been doing so great lately it was sort of a letdown.

MONDAY:
I didn’t run. I just wasn’t feeling it. I just wanted to curl up in a ball and stay like that until prince charming came over and asked me to marry him. So I went out with one of my closest friends and just got my mind off things.

TUESDAY:
A.k.a=today.
I was not feeling it either. But I forced myself to get on the treadmill. It was a good workout. Speed. I did 6 x 400m. at 7:30min/mi pace. Actually it was 5 x 400m. and an 800m at 7:30min/mi pace.
I did a warm-up mile and a cool-down mile at 9:00min/mi for a total of 5.0 miles in 42:00 minutes. Not bad, right? Right.

Today I ate broccoli and rice for dinner and then my cherimoya :3 
BEST DESSERT EVER! I hadn’t had a cherimoya since I moved to the U.S. 8 years ago! OMGSH so yummy…..
Tomorrow I am planning a 7.0 miler. Fingers crossed. I want to get to 8 by Fri.

OMGSH…

I ran 7.3 miles in 63:30mins which is a 8:40min/mi pace…..
HOLY CRAP!

I am speechless. I am so proud of my hard work paying off. I am SO gonna keep pushing myself and killing myself doing speed workouts because IT WORKS!! :D

I really don’t know what else to do now… haha I was just running a 10min/mi pace two weeks ago…. TWO WEEKS AGO. How crazy cool is that?! I KNOW! haha sorry I am just reallyyyy happy:) I just made my day!

5.0 miles in 42:00 minutes. Mhmmm.

So I ran today:)
And it was great, and I was fast, and I was energized!

It went something like this:
1.0mi warmup @ 9:00min/mi
400m @ 8:00min/mi
400m @ 9:00min/mi (recovery)
400m @ 7:50min/mi
400m @ 9:00min/mi (recovery)
400m @ 7:40min/mi
400m @ 9:00min/mi (recovery)
800m @ 7:50min/mi
400m @ 9:00min/mi (recovery)
800m @ 7:40min/mi
400m @ 9:00min/mi (recovery)
1.0mi cool down @ 9:00-8:40 min/mi
TOTAL: 5.0 miles in 42:00mins.

Then I did my core/abs workout and worked on my arms as well. I had an awesome time, seriously. I am glad I got to get my run done as a speed session and now I am mentally prepared for tomorrow’s 6.0 mile run!

Now I am having some of this…
Yogi tea:) “Stomach Ease” to help me digest my dinner (steak with potatoes and rice). And also, my sister and I are now watching Friends and hanging out. Later on I am gonna… do some arms and plan my meals and read running articles! haha

Hope everyone is doing great!
It’s ALMOST Friday:)

Random post about my recent failures.

So I failed at running last night.
I failed at NOT eating anything before bed.
And I fail at Fitocracy.

So I didn’t run last night. I would’ve had to go to the gym at 9:30ish and that was just too late for me. So instead? I had a piece of coffee cake and milk. I think I’ve been getting random food cravings because of that time of the month coming up. It is so not an excuse to eat like that but my goodness sometimes I just put things in my mouth and then I wonder what they’re doing in there.

And then there’s Fitocracy. Yeah, that takes more effort out of me than actually getting a run done. I am so SO bad at logging workouts on a website. So I believe I am officially giving up:D I am just happier keeping track of my workouts in my head. Or in my running charts that I once made… (I should upload them here!).

Today I have no clue about my workout yet. It depends on the weather. I didn’t bring long sleeves to school and it’s rainy, so I might have to go home and then do a speed workout on the treadmill. We’ll seeeeeeeeeeeee….

OH man…..

I just had dinner = lentils and rice
And then I had a hot-dog (in a bun)
And then I had grilled chicken….

…

No, it’s not a binge. I had an awful day at school and hadn’t eaten since 10AM!! (got home at 5PM). Of course I feel bad about eating so much and yes I am rather full but I was just so hungry, it wasn’t fun having an empty stomach all day long:( But I gotta blame myself for eating my lunch at 10 :D

Anyway. I didn’t have time to run. BUT I might do a speed-ish workout at like 9PM.
(this post seems to have a bunch of time-related numbers)
Then eat a banana with a cup of milk and go to bed! After I shower of course.

So right now I’m gonna look up fun speed workouts everywhere! I shall let you know what I find;)

Pushing the limits.

Today my run was a killer.

There was a point where I wasn’t running with my legs anymore, I was running with my mind. I pushed myself through a 6-miler. I wasn’t supposed to run 6 miles today… I just hit 6 miles last Friday. But man, there’s something inside of me that makes me wanna compete against my self, test my limits you know? Well today was that day.

This run has a killer hill, pretty darn bad… where by the way I saw like 20 lizards, a snake and plenty of bunnies. And although it was hard and my entire body is in pain, I am so darn proud that I did it!

Therefore, this week, my longest run could be a 7-8 miler. I am so pumped! SO excited! I cannot wait until I get to 10+ miles. So I am definitely looking forward to my long run. Also, I looked up some speed interval training and found some pretty amazing ones. I’ll be trying them out soon and posting them here as well.

Hope everyone is having a happy Tuesday.
It’s ALREADY Tuesday!

5.1 mi speed workout

YES!!!
I ran 5.0+ miles. Total time 43:00mins. So proud.

1.0 mi warmup @ 9:00min/mi
400m @ 8:00min/mi
400m @ 9:00min/mi (recovery)
400m @ 8:00min/mi
400m @ 9:00min/mi (recovery)
800m @ 8:00min/mi
800m @ 9:00min/mi (recovery)
800m @ 8:00min/mi
800m @ 9:00min/mi (recovery)
1.1 mi cool-down @ 8:40min/mi

I felt great. I love this running thing… especially when I start getting back in shape and whatnot;)
After that I did arm workouts and now I’m snacking on some yogurt and cereal before heading to rest.

Tomorrow I will be doing a recovery run, probably 5-6 miles and then work on my core. I also started reading Born To Run for like the 10th time and I’m loving it, highly recommend it if any of you hasn’t read it. It’s truly inspirational!

Hope everyone had a good day and that this week keeps getting better and better! Stay strong, run fast and smile often.