Day 9: Sleep is Key

Sometimes I feel like I am invincible. No sleep, no food…psh! I don’t need it! That stuff’s for weaklings! PSYCH! I went to bed last night at 11:30PM and thought I would be fine and dandy today…no way Jose! Not to mention , CO is having some crazy pollen issues and I have decided that this is the year for me to develop allergies…nice, Alyssa. I woke up in a terribly agitated state with an ear itch that was driving me insane! Hubby was sweet enough to get me some Sudafed which both knocked me out and got rid of the itch…it was so itchy it was painful.

I got up today at 4:40AM to go to Body Pump. I really love Body Pump class…it is challenging and a good workout. Check out the stats from this morning’s session:

Before my workout I had a mug of Yerba Mate and some cream of rice with Yams and Whey protein and blueberries. So good! I wasn’t that hungry so I only ate half…I promptly finished the rest after class.

I got to work and was starving again! More cream of rice with a tbsp of my homemade almond butter…that was the last of it 😦 I also have pepita seed butter from Naturally Nutty and some of Costco’s Organic Peanut Butter, so I really don’t need to make any more right now…but I can dream of it until my next batch!!!

Speaking of peanut butter and nut butters in general, I just bought a Groupon today for OPB&J!! It is a local restaurant in Colorado Springs that makes crazy versions of Peanut Butter and Jelly…I’ve been wanting to go, especially since they carry GF bread! I’ll let you know what I thought 🙂

Before my second workout of the day, I had 2 HBE and some egg whites…they are pink because I cooked them in the leftover pan from sauteeing my beets 🙂 kind of fun!

I went to the gym and ran 5 miles during my lunch…trying to juggle marathon training and weight training is HARD! I think I will have to focus on my running for now and weight train when I have time. After the race, I’ll up the weights and decrease the running.

After the run, I was starving! Here are the stats from the run, I imediately replensihed those with my post workout snack of oats, berries, and yams and whey protein powder 🙂

Speaking of oats, I think I may have made a discovery. I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this, but I’ve had a chronic headache for about 3 weeks. I thought it was dehydration, then a tension headache, then stress, then sleeping funny…I’ve finally settled on the fact that it might be gluten. I’ve been trying McCann‘s Irish Oats because I heard they were not contaminated but not marked GF. I’ve also had a headache for the duration I’ve been eating them. Coincidence? I felt great today until my post-workout snack, which happened to be oats. Prior to that I was eating cream of rice which is GF. I think I’ve found the culprit. After I weed it out completely, I’ll let you know if my symptoms have subsided. Hubby was a dear and found that Calcium helps to get rid of headaches (if you are into the natural remedy). Look what he found in the cupboard!!

They’re even GF!

I actually had been hiding these because I was eating them like candy 🙂 Calcium is good for you, right!?!

Dinner was 3.5 oz of top round steak, small sweet potato, and 1 cup of roasted veggies tossed in Bragg‘s and ground pepper.  I sprayed the veggies with PAM to keep them from sticking…turned out wonderfully!

Hey, Grandma and Grandaddy, can you tell which cup I’m using?? 🙂

Last thing…look what came in the mail!

I had no idea that Artisana made so many varieties!

Do you believe in homeopathy? What remedies do you swear by? Ever tried Artisana?