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October 31, 2005
Figuring Out Lunch
Lunch is turning out to be a very tricky meal. At my previous job I brought the same lunch every day, although it wasn't all that healthy. For the past few months at home, my lunch has been a cross between healthy and grazing. Now that I'm working and do not really have the access to everything that I have been eating, my lunch has not been quite satisfying. It is significantly healthier than it previously had been, but I can't seem to figure out the volume. I had been starving on Friday, but thought that was due to running errands in the morning and not being able to have breakfast until almost 10:30. Today's lunch was bigger, but it still didn't really do the trick. The problem is that if it is too big, my stomach won't take it during a workout. Today was the opposite problem....
The group at the track tonight was really small, probably both because it is Halloween and it is dark out now. Doing workouts in the dark is extremely difficult for me because of my very poor vision. My balance isn't very good either, so with that combination, the first few runs in the dark are very awkward. We were doing 400s with a 200 float, we decided that because it was dark to not worry about timing each one, to just do them for half an hour. I felt really good for the first five or so, but then in the last fifty meters of the fifth 400 I got really woozy and dizzy. I stopped and fixed my shoes and tried to re-group. I made it through two more before the feeling came back even stronger. At this point I made the executive decision that it was healthier to just run easy for the rest of the workout. I was too afraid that I would stumble and fall, or even worse, faint. I did do the warm down, which was probably not a very good idea because I was still feeling light-headed. The drive home was a bit iffy and I've been trying to eat to keep my blood sugar up right now, but I still feel off.
I'm planning on getting to bed early tonight and getting a good night of sleep. Things can only be better tomrrow.
Posted by Blondie at October 31, 2005 08:07 PM
Comments
Yikes. That sounds really scary, but at least you made the right decision to run the rest of the workout easy. I used to have the same problem when I did track workouts. I actually found that eating some candy 30 minutes before the workout helped - it digested quickly and I didn't feel hungry. That said, I do not usually experience the low crashs from blood sugar that other people do so I do not know if I recommend eating sour patch kids before a workout!
Posted by: bridget at November 1, 2005 01:02 PM
I find if I eat too big of a lunch at work, I get drowsy in the afternoon, and if I don't eat enough I am famished. I have resolved this by eating a big salad - lots of assorted veggies - with high quality protein (chicken, tuna, etc.) for lunch and grazing on fruit when necessary. I have always struggled with blood glucose levels (whether too high or too low) and have found the low glycemic index of most vegetables and fruits allow for a steady blood sugar level.
Posted by: Scott at November 1, 2005 01:51 PM