I was so hungry allllll day. I mean, I guess it’s to be expected after running 11 miles, but I mean nothing I ate filled me! Maybe you haven’t noticed, but recently I’ve been documenting more of my daily eats than I normally do. I’ve been doing that because I am running more and more for the half marathon and I thought it was important to represent how that affected my appetite. Sometimes it has no affect, but today I was feeling the run! That and I think I am also a little bored with my food. Dare I say I might be sick of nut butter?

Before work I had a piece of bread with a healthy amount of pecan butter.

Then at work I had an Oikios Greek Yogurt. 

I noticed that it doesn’t expire until July 4th – how exciting is it to think the summer is so close!

After work I had a handful of Triscuits.

I ate several more directly from the box. I used to love Triscuits, but now they seem like a salt fest.

Both Sabrina and Mara asked what my go to meal is. I am not sure I have one specific go to meal, but I do have a go to meal genre – bowl meals! Anything that has veggies, a grain and a protein is usually something I love to eat that is quick and simple to make. I made a Bowl Meal tonight.

In my Bowl Meal

• Brown Rice
• Diced Tomatoes without added salt
• Black Beans
• Corn
• Garlic Powder
• Chilli Powder
• Smoked Paprika
• Pinch of Salt
• Cilantro
• Cheddar Cheese

It was perfect and filing, but inevitably I was hungry again soon! On any other day this bowl would have been perfect! But today when nothing satisfied me I needed a banana and some Homemade Strawberry Sorbet.

Then I was done! On a day like today I think it is important to listen to your body and your hunger cues. I really believe that your body will tell you if and what you need to eat. I could have ignored my extra hunger today, but I would be doing myself a disservice. Food is an experience, but it is also fuel and without proper fueling I would break!

I took a picture of my tree bridge for you! This pretty street is the first 2 miles of my run.

Running Stats

• Miles: ~ 5
• Time: 43:49 (but I did stop to take pictures)
• Av. HR: 160 (that’s high!)
• Max HR: 181
• Cals: 343

After this, I did some Mixed Level Shredding and had a quick snack of an EAS Myoplex Lite. I guess Mark bought these at some point. This was certainly a first for me, but we were seriously low on food and I needed to rush to the market before work.

At first I thought it was disgusting, but by the end I kind of liked it and would like another.

I did some grocery shopping at Stop & Shop. All this was about $70

I had a buy one get one for the cereal and almost everything else was on sale. I got kiwi per the recommendation of rhodeygirl and Krista. I hardly ever eat them and have never bought them, so this is exciting.

On the way home from the store I had a cutie banana.

I had a super quick lunch of hummus on a wrap and goldfish (look at their smiles). The wraps are not good. They are bland and thick and just not good La Tortilla Low Carb nonsense. Sometimes cheap is not the way to go. Stop & Shop NJ, please start carrying Joseph’s brand wraps.

And a bowl of yogurt with pecan butter and flax.

I went to the Gap after work because they are having a big sale – 40% off all sale items, but I didn’t get anything. Of course, nothing I wanted was on sale. Isn’t that always the case! I liked these blue shorts and ridiculous dress even though it makes me look like a hot air balloon.

By the time I got home I was pretty hungry, so I had some cheese and crackers while making dinner.

I had a really great dinner. It was lentil burgers from 101 Cookbooks. This post is already quite long, so I will hold off on discussing further until I eat it for lunch tomorrow.

After dinner, I had two delicious City Girl Country Girl Chocolate Chip Cookies. A perfect end to a fabulous day!

Night!