Oh yes! Im puffed out and chuffed proud after my first run in ages! I thought i did quite well at it as well so i give myself bonus points! hehe.
Sundays are always the worst days. No where is open to exercise and everyone is having big family meals. Well...we have the Sunday Roast here in England, so thats what its like here. Big meals on Sunday.
I had such a task getting myself out of bed today. Not only had i had lack of sleep from the night before, but it was also swealtering hot outside. Perhaps, im sure you would agree, not the best day to begin my running! lol. However i got up finally and was ready when the bell went.
Oh yes! Im not a loner - i had arranged to go with my godmother who has been running for years but due to a bad knee meant she cannot exert herself too much. This meant we would both be running at about the same speed and ideal running partners.
So we set off and it was particularly nice run. I wont go into detail and explain where we went because there would be no point. But, despite the hot weather and pain of it, i enjoyed it. We didnt run too fast, and ran in 5 minutes intervals to begin with, then increased running time and reduced walking time. We were out 50 minutes.
I will say now - that run made me feel better than alot of the other activities i have done so far. Although i only burnt 380kcal, in comparison to the 600kcal i burn in circuit training.
Afterward, i ploughed on forward and had a shower, changed my sheets, did the hoovering and polishing. I lay on my bed around 12.30 and found myself nodding off. I find that its easier for me to have a sleep in the middle of the day than it is for me to sleep at night! I woke up around 2.30pm although i still felt tired and drained.
For the rest of the afternoon, i read some of 'Perfect' (am almost at the end of it) and went on the internet to check out this site. Towards 5pm, my sister's friends came around for her pre-birthday celebration of movie and sleepover. Her birthday is on Tuesday - a daunting prospect to say the least! I tipped half a soup away for lunch to give the impression i'd eaten it for lunch.
At little further on around 6pm, tea for the three girls was served - pizza and dough balls. My mum offered if i wanted to go down and have some with them - i declined. When they went down, i flicked through my calorie book until i had found the calories for the dough balls and pizza, then i felt safe enough to go downstairs. It wasnt as if i was going to have any, but at least i knew - it was like a safety net.
I was offered pizza and doughballs more than once and declined politely each time. Eventually food was binned and plates put away. They then all vacated the house - my sister and her friends would go see the movie, and my parents would go have a meal out. I was left alone.
Immediately i fancied, not soup, but warm cheesy pasta. I tried to convince myself out of it and eventually managed to. But rather than do this by running out of the kitchen, i went from one cupboard to another. i eventually calmed myself down and picked up a black cherry yoghurt for 50kcals, and one oatcake for 45kcals. The oatcake was no problem, it was only when i was trying to eat my frozen yoghurt (which was SOLID!) that i gave up. I dumped it in the bin and grabbed an ice cream from the freezer. Then i, in a mad frezy, ate another lolly, and another then a cake bar. All this stuff should be BANNED from the house, or at least have a lock on it!!
I purged enough to constitute one lolly but my stomach seemed to be clinging on for dear life to the food i had just swallowed. I took four diet fat-burning pills and wallowed in my guilt until i got a phone call.
My friend said did i want to meet up. I had planned to for that evening so i agreed to meet up. I would have loved (perhaps thats not the right word) to sit there and continue to purge till i had got more out but i didnt. We met up and spent the rest of the eveninig watching films. At least it kept me out of the way of food. I was grateful for that.
Finally now i have spent the evening on the beautyisbones forum, which i am proud to say, has been busy today and following with support and advice! Thanks to all of you came on today - its been really fun and i hope to see you again!
I am looking forward to tomorrow as i am planning two lots of exercise. One gym session in the morning, and then my second circuit training session at 7-8pm (oh joy! here i come achingly-painful thighs!). I will also be preoccupied tomorrow as i have many phone calls to make and am going to see mum at work. And, if my pattern prediction is correct, tomorrow should be my restricted day. Today has been my mini binge day.
Before i write to lily, i will just conclude today for me, with my tables:
CAL SECTION:
MEAL FOOD CONSUMED CAL
Breakfast
Nothing 0kcal
Lunch
Nothing 0kcal
Tea
Nothing 0kcal
Snack
*mini binge* 639kcal
CAL FOOD TOTAL 639KCAL
What can i say about that other than i am disgusted with it. Its 339kcal over what i should have had, so i will try to fix it over the next few days by reducing my cal intake so as to level it out.
EXERCISE SECTION:
EXERCISE CALS BURNED
Running slowly, 50 mins, slight resistance 380kcal
walking, 20 minutes 50kcal
TOTAL 430KCAL
Right, now onto a little note for Lily and any one else who might find this useful. There can be many reasons why you feel faint, and none of these things may be able to prevent it, even if you do try them, but its worth a shot. What we are doing is not normal, and the body's response may be to shut down for a second, but i will try to help you prevent this from happening if possible.
I trawled the internet to find reasons for fainting and what foods to prevent it. If you are feeling weak, it may suggest a low amount of iron in your blood which means that you are getting a lack of oxygen to the brain. This can lead to feeling weak, tired, and headaches, to list a few.
Here are a few foods which can help increase your iron levels (items with asterisks next to them cant be eaten by vegetarians):
Eggs - especially the yolk
Oily fish e.g. tuna, sardines, pilchards, cockles and mussels*
Kidney, liver, heart *
Lamb, game, beef *
Black pudding, corned beef, faggots *
Oxo, Bovril
Wholemeal bread and flour
Iron-fortified cereals - Bran, Branflakes, Weetabix
Beans and pulses e.g. lentils, chick peas, haricot, kidney, pinto, baked, butter, peas
Nuts - almonds, cashews, Brazils, walnuts
Dried fruit - apricots, figs, dates
Green vegetables - watercress, spinach
If you prefer the easy route, you can take iron pills. For fainting, some people suggest salt pills but given that ana and mia's potassuim levels are always a but wavery, its not recommended. Also, it could be due to a potassuim low, or a dip in your blood sugar the easiest soloution?:
One small banana - 90kcal
sorts out both problems in one fruit!
I hope this helps you Lily, let me know.
Must go know, time to sleep!
*X*!* Poppy *!*X*
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