Calories

This marathon training actually has me struggling to maintain a normal weight. And I don't mean keeping it down. About two weeks ago my wife said I need to eat more. The next morning she fixed me egg burritos and packed extra snacks for work. Before the training I hovered around or just under 150 pounds. The past few weeks I have been creeping closer to 140. This morning I weighed just before run: 142. I had a feeling that after my 15 mile long run I could see sub 140. Two or so hours later, 139.6. Crazy. That was with quite a bit of water intake before weighing. I promptly ate about three eggs, a small bowl of cereal, a cookie and more water. Back up to 142.

The interesting thing is that with the training program I am on, I actually don't run huge mileage. September's mileage was about 150. The FIRST training plan only has three days a week of running. The cross-training days are typically biking and don't burn near as many calories.

For lunch I just had a leftover chicken enchilada, a few leftover ramen noodles and a cinnamon roll (didn't see those at breakfast time). I guess I just need to start snacking a bit more often. And maybe get some protein bars to eat after the workouts in addition to whatever meal may be coming up.

I suppose this is a good problem to have. I don't feel guilty eating, but I also can't over stuff myself all the time. That just makes me sleepy.