Exercise: So far this week has been better. I originally planned on taking Monday off. Rob was in Portland all day leaving at 5:30 AM so I had no time I could exercise. Monday has generally been my day off so schedule wise--it is fine. Yesterday I did a track workout at South Salem High running a total of 7 miles. I did a 2 mile warm up, 2 mile build, 3 x 800, 1200 cool down all with 400 recoveries. It was so incredibly dark out and was still pitch black when I got home, but there were other runners out too on the track. It felt great to run again after a little break. I know I pushed myself because I am a little sore today. Today I swam with my swimming friends. I really felt slow seeing as I have not been in the pool the past two Wednesdays. I like I was dragging at times. My goggles were on too tight giving me a horrible head ache that was started to make me queasy. Once I loosened them, I felt better. I still felt like the workout kicked my butt. My abs are sore and I can't figure out if it is from Power last week, swimming, or picking up toddlers--maybe a combo of everything.
I did register for the holiday half so I will be doing a half marathon in December!
Food: I am not struggling with meals...still eating pretty healthy. I am struggling with sweet cravings and this always happens around Halloween. Someone brought us a plate of Rice Krispie squares which I love...and Derek won a carrot cake so we've had carrot cake the last two nights. I don't know how much is OK to have. Seeing as I burn a lot of calories every morning, but I can't use that as an excuse for everything. I have not weighed myself in a couple of weeks so I don't know where I'm at right now.
Sleep: Monday was sunny and the only sunny day we've had in awhile. I hung laundry outside, took kids for a walk, played in the backyard with the kids--I felt great. Tuesday was blustery rain starting around late morning and being in the house gave me cabin fever. I felt overly fatigued. I took a half hour snooze while Kara and the infant I watch napped. I ran with Hailey in the afternoon. But I still felt so tired. Rob and I watched Office reruns and I fell asleep at 9:30 and just went right to bed. I didn't realize the cat (who never ever sleeps in our bed) was curled up next to me. At 2:30 AM when I went to the bathroom, she was still there. Not sure if this is going to be a new thing sleeping in our room--normally she sleeps in the girl's room or on the mats in the eating area. Today even with getting up early for swimming I had way more energy. I did take a short power nap at 5 PM, but other than that I don't feel the fatigue. Sometimes it's hard to know what the root cause of it is. My caffeine intake was the same both days--just a cup of coffee in the morning.
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