Last week was a bad week in terms of me accomplishing any of my aforementioned goals. I didn't stick to my training schedule, though I ran a lot, and I had such a hard and fast attack of The Chocolate and Starch Munchies, for about two days straight, that I'm certain my body is still recovering from it all.

On a related note, adding a teaspoon of reduced-fat Jif to a single serving of No Pudge is pretty far out fantastic. Man oh man.

I kept moving along as well as I could, but this month I kind of gave in to whatever my body wanted, which usually mean an extra Pudge brownie or two. I kept telling myself that it was OK, that it would pass, that this month, for whatever reason, my period just hit me harder than usual. In every way possible. And that I just had to ride it out the best I could, and get back up again when the hormones weren't as strong.

It worked.

Over the past two days, since my period ended, I've been eating normally again, with healthier foods and smaller portions. I ran hard this morning and I just now returned from a particularly hard yoga class. I have tofu baking in the oven and I just had a couple of slices of this incredibly good Kerrygold cheddar that my best friend brought us for St. Patrick's Day. Glin and I are planning our running route for the morning and all seems a little more right with the world.

But man. Sometimes the week of my period just feels as though I get socked in the face and it's all Invasion of the Body Snatchers and I have no idea who I am or what's taken over me. Other months I barely notice it all and can manage just fine. I'm trying to take a zen approach to it all and be patient but it's hard. Over the weekend I did some research in the hopes of heading next month off at the pass. More iron, more calcium leading up to the actual event - we'll see what happens.

I think for now, though, I'm going to make sure I have some really good cheese and dark chocolate on hand to take care of those munchies and don't try to eat everything in sight.

Posted by Erin at 11:00 PM | filed under: Random