My Body Said GO!

I almost forgot to blog tonight! I showered and was about to crawl into bed and then I remembered… so here I am :)

I ran 6.2 miles tonight!! My mind was fighting me all day but my body wanted to run. It was slower (1hr 5 min) but I really finished strong! I always sprint at the end and feel on top of the world! I came home to do 20 minutes of strength training and lots of stretching. I’m icing my shins now!

Morning started with the creamiest oats I’ve ever had! I don’t know why they were extra-creamy but they included a banana and raw cacao nibs. Yummy way to start a Wednesday!

 

For lunch I had a peach-naner-protein green monster and a granola bar.. naturally!

 

Snack was 1/2 a microwaved sweet potato. How’s that for a clean and nutritious snack? :)

 

Dinner was amazing. A while ago I tried to make vegan pad thai and it didn’t turn out so well… but after sitting in the freezer and being reheated tonight it was amazing!!

 

A fruit bar and soy milk…

I wasn’t hungry after my run and it was late (10:30pm) but I figured I should eat something to help my body repair… I enjoyed 1/4 of my microwaved sweet potato and a few sips of soymilk.

I wish I could day this was it and the day was as great as it is right now, but I’d be cheating you. Sometimes when I am stressed I eat.

Today I came home with so much on my mind and dealing with feeling of stress and sadness and betrayal… and I was drawn to the kitchen. “Eat this and you will feel happy,” my mind said. I tried to distract myself but nothing worked. I ended up eating two waffles sometime around dinner and some grits. I’m not worried about the big boost of calories when I wasn’t even hungry because the foods fueled my run- and I’ve already moved on. Since changing my diet, quitting counting calories and accepting myself more, emotional binges have come up so much less… but it’s something I still deal with.

I wanted to share this because I’m human and I mess up. If you deal with disordered eating, know you can move past it and little bumps in the road don’t mean the end of your path!

Do you deal with emotional eating? How do you handle those “cravings”?