I've been excessively tired and cranky this past week and I'm not really sure why. I can only imagine it's because of my change in diet. Yes I'm still eating relatively healthy but two things have changed. 1) I'm not "frontloading" my calories anymore so that I can save room for dinner at night - and dinner usually gets consumed relatively late as opposed to the protein shake on the bus or walking back from the gym. 2) I've been eating a lot less protein in favor of cereal and pastas. My solution, or at least experiment, is to try to get in more protein so instead of cereal (which we're mostly out of save for some crumbs anyway) I went with some egg whites and turkey bacon with some applesauce on the side. It was pretty satisfying and I'm hoping that it stabilizes my mood a bit better. I also need to eat my pre-workout snack a lot closer to actually working out. I ate my snack at 4:30 but didn't get on the treadmill until 7:15 and I was really gassed. Granted I started the week 2 of the C25K so I was expecting it to be slightly harder but I wasn't sure if I was going to make the last run segment. So, here's to trying something different in hopes that it will help me feel better.
Summary:
1/2 cup egg whites with pepper
2 strips lean turkey bacon
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
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