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June 18, 2009
Accountability
I often use my blog to tell 'the world' (meaning my readers, of which I cannot imagine I have more than ten, but who knows) things I plan to do or not do so that I will be held accountable. This seems to be a pretty good strategy except I think sometimes I get all fired up when I am blogging and then I forget about it 10 minutes later. But here is my latest wacky goal - I am not going to eat sweets until after my race on Sunday. Then after that (if I do not die, my afternoon 'I have not eaten any refined sugar' headache does feel somewhat life-threatening), I will not eat any sweets until the day of my next race on July 11th.
You may wonder, because probably two of my favorite things in the world are training and eating, why I would train all the time and deprive myself of cookies, candy, cake, and other delicious sweets that I must deserve. Well, that is exactly why - I have entitlement issues. It is true that I train more in a day than most people exercise in a week. But that does not mean I should be able to eat dessert after lunch and dinner every day. Even though I don't gain weight, these are not quality foods to fuel my athletic performance. Also, I know my power to weight ratio on the bike was better last year when I weighed a few pounds less. So I am going to curb my addiction to sweets and now I have told all of you so I have to do it.
Today is the first day of my no-sweets adventure. Except for the debilitating headache (okay, I am exaggerating a little), I seem to be doing fine. This will be a fun challenge! It may also help with my other addiction to Noodles - I don't know if I'll want to go there twice a week if I can't get an enormous rice krispie treat! Maybe I'll go on Sunday...
In other news I am in the first day of my taper for the 5430 Sprint on Sunday. Hooray for free time!! It is 4:06 pm and I do not have any more training to do until Saturday morning, and that is just a light pre-race swim, bike, and run. I am excited. Tomorrow I am sleeping until 6:45, going out to lunch, and running an errand after work. It will be so nice to get things done, and of course to sleep! I am also getting excited about the race. It is amazing what reduced volume can do to a person's feelings of well-being! I have put in a lot of work this spring and I am hoping to see a PR but who knows. I guess I will just be keeping my fingers crossed and hoping that I do not go into a sugar withdrawl coma!
Posted by barb at June 18, 2009 3:44 PM