Life now

exams

papers

projects

more exams

nannying

running

sometimes sleeping

trying to figure out what to eat

eating things that upset my stomach because I dont have to time to think about food

being frustrated with my stomach

exams

projects

papers

lift weights

gynamstics, tennis and piano with the girls

did I mention exams?


I'm a student and my life is a marathon as of late.

Balacing an elimination diet, with work, training (my race is saturday!!), and school work is a mess. Yikes.

Be back to report on the musings of my life as soon as possible.

Until then, (if I make it to the other side alive!)
Janie

Recent moves and eats!

What a week! Whew!

Here are my workouts so far:

Monday-
BBB workout A (30 minutes)
Heavy full body weights (25 minutes)

Tuesday-
6 miles intervals
Abs circuit

Wednesday-
BBB workout  B
Heavy full body weights
10 minutes elliptical
3.5 miles sprints

Thursday-
4.75 miles easy outside


It's been a busy week. I have been doing 2-a-days with my workouts. And I LOVE IT! but today I decided not to do my other workout because I was super super sore. I am regretting that now as I am sitting in my room being lazy, but I just knew my body wasn't up for it.

Plus, I have big workout plans for tomorrow. Yippee!!!

How's the diet going?

Well so far I have reintroduced
- sweet potatoes
- quinoa
- cucumber
- steel cut oatmeal

and it's been going well!

I am still having serious headaches and fatigue in the mornings.  I think it is the almonds might be causing me some issues so I am cutting them out as of tomrrow.

Tonight I am going to try chickpeas (mostly because I am out of blackbeans)

Exciting life I lead, right?

Elimination Diet

With all of my stomach problems, my doctor has decided to put me on a very strict elimination diet to figure out what foods are causing my issues.

So, starting last Tuesday I was allowed to eat these foods:
1. Brown rice (and brown rice protein powder)
2. Kale
3. blueberries
4. carrots
5. peas
6. edamame
7. almonds/almond milk

How did I pick these foods? We went through each type of food (so vegetable, protein, fruit, etc) and found a very neutral food within that group that I could eat. Brown rice is very easy to digest. Kale, carrots, and peas are all easy to digest vegetables which is why they were chosen. We picked edamame as the protein source because beans are usually hard for people with IBS and soy is a complete protein. Almond milk is necessary in my life and the doctor said that she doesn't think it is causing any problems.  When she asked me to pick a fruit, I knew apples were out because raw apples cause IBS problems and bananas give me headaches so I went with my favorite little guy- blueberries. I have to say after 5 days I was really really sick of everything on this list except blueberries. They never seem to get old!

So what have I been eating? Well the first day in the morning went great, but then after lunch I felt completely horrible. I had a giant pile of edamame and some veggies and I was so fatigued and mentally fogged and my headache was insane. So I e-mailed by doctor and she said to cut out the edamame and replace it with black beans. So, that is exactly what I did. And let me tell you, I felt so much better the next day. Actually all the rest of the week my main meal (brown rice, kale, peas, carrots, black beans) has made me feel so wonderful! No headaches, no fatigue, none of that! It is truly incredible.  Here's a look at my exciting (ha) meals:

On Saturday I reintroduced quinoa and zucchini. No problems yet so far so I am hopeful moving forward!

Foods to Add back:
Monday- chickpeas
Wednesday- celery, shoots, and cucumber
Friday- strawberries and sweet potato
Sunday- tofu

And I will keep pulling away at my list!

Workouts this week

Here's my workout schedule for the week!

Monday:
 rest day

Tuesday:

AM-spin class, BBB workout A, heavy full body weights
PM- 4.5 miles HITT intervals, abs and core videos

Wednesday:

AM- 20 minute elliptical
BBB workout B
Tabata circuit B
PM-hardcore, 40 minutes elliptical

Thursday:

AM: 6.5 miles with half mile repeats
PM: Insanity workout day 7

Friday:

AM: rest
PM: 3 miles easy, 30 minutes elliptical, BBB workout C


Saturday:

Workout videos, one hour of cardio, core work

Sunday:

12 miles

Alright- let's get to it. Here we go!

Running company

I did not go to church on Easter Sunday. Instead I did something much more important to me-

I went out for a long run. Since I am home I got to run on my favorite trail which is just such a treat!! This picture does not do it justice because this was the most beautiful day in St. Louis. It was sunny but cool (around 50 degrees) with clear skies.

I decided to run from my house to the trail (about 2 miles) instead of driving to the trail like I usually do. I thought this would add a little bit of excitement to the run and change things up. So I started out, but the first two miles were very rough! I was seriously lacking energy and my calves were so tight. I almost called my mom to pick me up at mile 2, 2.5 and 3. I didn’t know why they were so tight but they were. I kept telling myself to just go a little farther and then I could stop. I didn’t have to run the whole 11 miles if I didn’t want to at that time. This trick tends to work for me every time and once I got going there was no way I was going to quit before my run was done. I really hit my groove around mile 4.

The best part of my run was that I picked up a running partner for a few miles. I have never run with another person. I know, right? I have been  running for almost two years and  always run solo. When I first starting running I was self-conscious about my running. I was slow and I didn’t want to hold anyone back or be pushed too hard. And then I just got into the grove of solo running and it worked. I am pretty uptight and have a busy schedule so I didn’t want to rely on someone else’s schedule for my runs.

But then yesterday, I was running along and slowed down to change the song on my ipod. There were tons of other runners out there, but it was a friendly smile wave and keep running kind of situation. But when I slowed down this guy came up behind me and said wow I thought I was never going to catch up with you. And then I laughed and we started talking. We fell into pace together and he pulled out his earphones so I did the same. It was so natural and so normal to just kind of be running along with another person. We chatted about running and other things and it was A LOT of fun. I think we matched paces pretty well but I didn’t feel beat down or like I was moving too slow. I don’t know why I didn’t start running with people sooner. It made the time fly. We ran together about 2 miles and then I had to stop off for water. I told him I'd catch up to him but when I did he was ready to turn around. He didn't run a lot and I think I wore him out, haha. But wow,  I need to find a running partner for the future. So much more fun!

 Since I usually run just on the trail I did not do my math right. In my head I thought “oh okay I will run out until about 6.5 miles (I reached the trail at about 2.5 miles). I ended up running out until about 6.8 miles and then I started running back. Obviously my math was wrong and finished my run still 2.5 miles from my house. Ooops. I looked at my watch and saw 12:09.

I had family coming over for brunch at 12:30. I would not be making it home that quickly- running walking or anything. So I called my sister to come pick me up from the trail head. It happens.

I went hope for Easter brunch and enjoyed some of this delicious coconut pineapple cake.

It was yummy and I enjoyed a piece with Easter brunch. My family also enjoyed it. Vegan success. Quite the Easter Sunday if I do say so myself.