Pushing Things Back

I know you guys are probably tired of me by now cancelling every plan I make.  Well, SO AM I!  This past weekend I was supposed to do my 2.4 mile swim and 56 mile bike.  But, I was also planning on squeezing each part into a 2.5 hour window on Saturday. 
Friday I realized that this was the DUMBEST idea I have ever had.  I'm not a superhuman.  I can't be in 2 places at once.  So, I'm pushing it back until Thanksgiving week.  
It sucks but, you do what you gotta do.

Salad and Smoothie Round Up Round Up

For the past few days my stomach hasn't been the greatest.  My last post I told you I was trying to start controlling my eating due to the added training.  This has finally caught up with me.  My stomach has decided it does not enjoy being a trash can, shoving whatever I could find to eat into it. 

For the next week I'm going to stick to smoothies and salads.  I actually really enjoy salads.  You can add almost anything into them.  My fall favorite has romaine, roasted sweet potatoes, mushrooms, onions, and sunflower seeds.  Smoothies are just as versatile as salads. You can stick almost any fruit and even some veggies into them.  My favorite smoothie is yogurt or protein powder (depending on which I have), raspberries, a banana, and spinach.  I used to put chia seeds in it but I got aggravated with them being stuck in my teeth for the rest of the day.  If you can find a way to keep them from annoying you then they are a really great thing to add.

Since I am the type of person they doesn't really think out her smoothies and salads I have found some great salad roundups and rounded them up for you.

Smoothie Recipe Roundups

Diabetes Daily -- Recipe Roundup: Smoothies

Jessica Gavin -- Roundup: Healthy Smoothie Recipes

Meghan Telpner -- Shake-up Showdown

The Daily Meal -- 10 Smoothie Recipes So Easy (and Good) You'll Never Skip Breakfast Again

Hungry Hobby -- 18 Unique & Delicious Protein Smoothies

Salad Recipe Roundups

Jessica Gaven -- 15 Summer Salad Recipes

Joyful Healthy Eats -- Summer Salad Roundup

Meal Planning Magic -- Leafy Greens Salad Recipe Roundup

Rachael Ray Mag -- 5 Grilled Salad Recipes

Kudos Kitchen -- Sensational Salad Recipe Roundup 


Do you plan out your salads or just pick up whatever looks good?  

Finding Balance

Balance is something I'm having difficulty with the past week.

Balancing my work
Balancing my emotions
Balancing my budge
Balancing my kids

BALANCING EVERYTHING

Sometimes I feel like the Cat in the Hat.

I have recently hit my biggest snag yet.  I am having a hard time balancing my extra training and proper nutrition.  Why am I training extra?

I have been wanting to do an aquabike race for about a year.  {An aquabike is a triathalon without the run}  I decided that I wasn't going to wait for a race to come around.  I decided that I was going to do my own.  This was a personal challenge so, why not just run my own race?  

I set the goal date of October 20th.  I started adding an extra hour of training on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.  Those days I would swim about 1.25 miles.  Tuesday and Thursday I would do a quick strength workout and then bike at the gym in the mornings for an hour.  Since I started this I have been hungry ALL THE TIME. 

The first week I could not control myself.  Nothing in the house was off limits.

This week I got a bit better.  I also stocked the fridge and pantry with good, semi-healthy stuff.

Walmart sells bags of apples this time of year.  Every week the variety of apple changes but, they are cute, and littlem and 98 cents a pound.  We buy atleast one a week.  

I also bought:
Hummus
Vegetables
Applesauce
Raisins
Yogurt
Nuts

No matter where I turned there was something healthy-ish to snack on.  

Next week I plan on cutting back on the carbs so that I don't feel as heavy all the time.  

Have you ever trainined for a long race?  How did you handle balance?  How did you do in your race?