I was in seriously rough shape yesterday morning. I knew I’d pushed it with the swimming the day before but I woke up with a pounding headache and legs so sore I could hardly get out of bed. Not to mention that I slept almost ten hours straight! I also think that maybe I didn’t get enough protein or something my body needed to start the recovery process because I haven’t had such sore muscles in a long time, no matter how hard I trained.
So my morning started with an electrolyte tablet in a big glass of water (I was really hoping it was a dehydration headache because that is easy to fix), then breakfast, then a couple of painkillers, then a bath with muscle salts. By about noon I was almost ready to face the day. Then I was out all afternoon, after which my headache returned, so I had a rather substantial snack at 5pm. From a timing point of view, not the best move as I wasn’t hungry for dinner at all so just had some beans. Can you guess what happened next? No points for saying an evening of snacking on the couch! On the plus side all the sugar did wonders for my mood and energy levels. And there are now no mince pies or chocolates of any kind left in the house.
Clearly I need to get better at listening to my body when I’m training and fuelling it properly after!
The Score:
| Calories: | Protein: | Carbs: | Fat: | Alcohol: | Fibre: |
| 2458.47 | 82.45g | 335.64g | 87.16g | 0 | 26.46g |
| 13% | 55% | 32% | | ||
| Calories burned through exercise: | Rest Day | | |||
What I ate:
| Time | Item | Amount |
| 09:45 | Vitamins - Centrum Advance A to Zinc, 400iu of Vitamin E, 1000iu Vitamin D3 and 500mg Glucosamine sulphate | 1 each |
| Cold water | 200mL | |
| Orange Nuun electrolyte tablet in water | 500mL | |
| Essential Waitrose unsmoked British back bacon medallions | 80g | |
| Gluten Free fruit muesli | 70g | |
| Alpro Soy milk | 120mL | |
| Essential Waitrose Pressed apple juice | 200mL | |
| 10:30 | Lemon and Ginger Tea | 250mL |
| 12:00 | Black Tea | 500mL |
| 12:45 | Turkey and butternut squash risotto | 300g |
| Skim milk | 210mL | |
| Homemade sugar cookies | 38g | |
| 17:00 | Genius brown bread toast | 1 slice |
| Brussels Mini Pâté Packs | 20g | |
| Waitrose Wensleydale with Cranberries | 30g | |
| Red Grapes | 100g | |
| 18:00 | Orange, mango and cinnamon tea | 250mL |
| 19:30 | Heinz Beanz, reduced sugar and salt | 200g |
| Tomato | 130g | |
| 20:15 | Sainsbury's Freefrom iced topped mince pies | 2 pies |
| Waitrose Cornish Quartz Cheddar | 32g | |
| 20:45 | Quality Street chocolates | 4 pieces |
| 21:15 | Homemade candied almonds | 20g |
| 2 Satsumas (Mandarin oranges) | 125g |
Plus 500 to 1500mL of cold water sipped from a water bottle throughout the day.
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