Look how much I ate!

Yesterday's training was supposed to be 4-5 miles. I had no way of telling the mileage, so I ran for 60 minutes and hoped that got me enough (don't see how it wouldn't...unless I was really THAT stiff). My hamstrings were REALLY tight and it took me a while to get into it.

My hamstrings are really tight today as well. I'm moving pretty slowly...I feel like an old lady! Farm work is TOUGH! =) But I'm sure I'll get used to it soon. Training is specific...so since I've never really done this type of work, my body will take a period of time to adjust.

I hope I feel loose enough tomorrow morning for my training run...the bending over and weeding is tough on the hamstrings after a while.

But enough complaining. Other than feeling stiff, I feel fabulous. I feel as though I'm in better health than I've ever been in (and I probably am!). It feels great to be so active...and now I REALLY enjoy my food.

Speaking of food...it's been a bit of an adjustment there, too. For the first few days on the farm, I was eating something along the lines of this: watermelon for breakfast, bananas (sometimes with celery) for lunch, tangerines followed by a huge salad for dinner (tangerine juice for dressing, usually). Or maybe instead of the salad, a blended veggie soup (toms, cukes, pepper, celery). Then I would crave dried fruit late at night before bed. So I realized that even though I am eating "as much fruit as I care for" during the day...it's not enough calories for my much more active lifestyle here on the farm! I didn't see how I could cram in many more bananas at lunchtime, since I was already pretty much at my limit (11, 12, 13 bananas...how much more can I eat in one sitting, haha)...so for the past 2 days I tried replacing the watermelon with more bananas at breakfast. Works like a charm! 9 bananas down the hatch in the morning! And no nighttime cravings! Perfect =).

So, today was a "rest day" in terms of training...but my job was hard work! I ate:

Breakfast - 9 bananas blended into a smoothie
Lunch - 13 or 14 bananas and 2 stalks celery blended into a smoothie
Dinner - 10 large honey tangerines. 4 or 5 tomatoes. Did some evening chores, then made a HUGE salad: 2 romaine hearts (shredded fine), 5 tomatoes (chopped), 1 orange bell pepper (chopped), a few leaves cilantro (chopped), and 1 haas avocado (chopped, and the first overt fat I've had in a week). Tossed that all together, than ate it inside whole romaine leaves, like a taco (used 2 more romaine hearts for the shells!).

I can't believe I ate that much! But it doesn't feel like "too much", and I probably won't have any cravings tonight, haha. Seriously, though, I don't feel like I'm going to burst at all! But it took a damn long time to eat all that food. It was SO good though.

Can't wait until height of season, when I get most of my produce for free and fresh from the farm!