Wholly Monday...

My gosh, this last week was longer than the length of the equator. (That's 24,901.5 miles for you science kids.) I had a migraine from last Tuesday evening that wavered back and forth until it came on in full force on Thursday. The madre picked me up from the U, and we headed home with a mission in mind. Picking up the prescription magic that is better known as Imitrex. She ran inside to Walgreens, as I in my nearly comatose state awaited her return in the car. I passed out after locking the car door only to wake up to her anxiously knocking and yelling my name. Apparently that had taken awhile.

So we're finally home in E-town...I slept on Thursday evening from 7:45-9:45 pm, was up for a few and hit the hay again from 11:00 pm  until 12:00 pm Friday. I then followed this up with a dessert course of another 2 hour nap from 3:00-5:00 pm. I may have forgotten an hour or three but at least 15 hours of sleep for one day. Dear Hey Zeus....it was a rough week. My migraine finally went away yesterday. THANK God. Clearly this put a damper on my workouts, although kudos to myself I did make it to yoga on Saturday.

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Remaining healthy and 'health' conscious isn't an attribute I acquired genetically and I want to be in shape for my entire life. Someone I know has been following a great runners diet that I have taken on as my own. I have been getting nauseous/sick every time I eat and am going to get started on some allergy testing tomorrow. My cousing was recently diagnosed with food allergies to apples, cherries, gluten and lactose...my bet is that its simply lactose. Fingers crossed.

The Runners Diet:

• Lean protein 
• Chicken, Tuna, Turkey and Salmon
• Nuts (I have chosen Walnuts due to their high-protein/low-fat content)
• Organic Eggs (not necessarily healthy, but packed with Omega-3)
• Vegetables
• Lots of colors
• Sweet Potatoes (currently out-of-season but searching for them anyway)
• Yams are a current good subsitute...a little higher in sugars but packed with nutrients.
• Drawbacks of not being the real deal? May remind you too much of that Thanksgiving dish your grandma makes that you take out of obligation every year
• Fruits
• Fruits high in potassium, Vitamin-D, and anti-oxidants
• Low Carbs
• Temporarily less carbs to build muscle
• I have a storage of carbs already
• Dairy
• Seeking calcium in the form of Organic Soy Milk (I prefer Silk Vanilla)

Morgan's Leaning Out & Building Strength Diet


Breakfast (circa 7:30 am)

• 2 organic eggs
• 1 slice rye bread
• 1 T Butter 

Lunch (circa 12:00 pm)

• 4 oz. of meat
• 2 C salad greens 
• Veggies: broccoli/ cauliflower/ pepper/ cucumber/ olives/ carrots AND 1/2 C of fruit
• 1/4 C nuts or sweet potato

Dinner (circa 6:00 pm)

• 4 oz. of meat
• Veggies, rice, or sweet potato
• Olive Oil or Butter

Snacks (mid-morning, mid-day and after dinner--9:30 am, 3:30 pm, and 7:30 pm)

• 3 slices of deli meat (Applegate or other natural/organic brands), 1/2 C of fruit, and 3 T of cream cheese
• Protein Shake 
• Cottage cheese, 1/2 C fruit, and nuts
• Protein Bar (not too sure about what to buy yet)
• Berries and Cream
• 1/2 an apple and real PB (there is a TRUE difference...no hydrogenated oils and it tastes 1000x's better. The drawback? It has to be refrigerated.)

Supplemental

• Green Tea ( I love the Yogi brand) 1-3x's a day
• Vanilla Organic Soy Milk
• A Nalgene full of water (You myst if you want to keep things flowing (no details please) with all of that protein!
• Extra fruit anytime

This day has been dragging on which means that its wholly Monday. I just finished dinner as I was writing you all and now I'm going to hit the treadmill for a bit. Kudos to my accomplice, Michael J. Magnus on his very own endeavors. Last week was kind of a drag for both of us, but like Tim Brewster...You (pun intended) aren't giving up quite yet. Thanks, Tim...you make us dream.

I will be back sooner than the time between this and last.
Happy Monday, everyone!

Morgan