I am a real nighttime snacker – and I am ok with that. I just wish that the nighttime snacking wasn’t perhaps the following:

But boy, it was good.

Anyway, onto this morning’s run. I did find it difficult to get up at 6.45am (I used to be such an early riser!!!What happened?), but I know that as I progress into the Marathon training, the awakening will only get earlier…

I did a 10km run according to MapMyRun, and it was 59min. As per usual with my morning runs (well, most runs really), it took me until about the half and hour mark to feel really good. Was a great run and it just started spitting at the end so that was quite nice to cool off.

Post Run was some creamy banana oatmeal and my first time with chia seeds!

Chia Seeds are high in Omega 3 and fatty acids

My  oatmeal contained:

-1/2 cup oats

-1/2 cup water

– 1/2 cup milk

– 1/2 banana

I mixed in Chia seeds quite near the end of the cooking of the oatmeal (stove-top), so they were crunchy, yum yum! I’m not actually sure how you are supposed to use them.  Also added as toppings to the oatmeal pecans and coconut. Breakfast for champions!

That combination kept me full from around 8.30 to 11am which is pretty impressive with this girl’s belly and after a run! The rest of the day there were quite a few pistachios consumed. This also lead to a messy office floor late this afternoon.

Me legs are weary again tonight, but nothing to complain about, just the end of another day!

On a different note, I am trying to cut back on drinking Moccacino’s at the moment, and I must say, what a difference I felt even today just sticking to long blacks and green tea. I have tried to set myself a challenge to just not drink them for a month, and then if after a month I feel like adding them back in then I will. Yesterday was day1, and well that was a fail, but the boss was doing a Starbuck’s run and white mocha was really the only way to go!

I am not actually a dieter in anyway, I don’t thinking a “diet” will help anyone, as from experience I certainly tried many diets in earlier days and the restriction led to binges 100% of the time. I am a big believer in moderation for every element in your life, so I am just trying to make a few healthier changes. I feel that the mocha’s I was drinking (5-6 at least a week, sometimes a load more!), were just too loaded with sugar or syrup and I often feel sick after 1 (or 2-3).

I think that if I tried to cut out a whole lot of foods at once, that is when I fail. And, at the end of the 4 weeks/month, if I really can’t live without drinking them, then bring it on! I think I will find that I thank myself for making the change.

Not sure on run tomorrow, I will see how the body is feeling, plus meetings from early morning. I think I will hit the library to check out some more marathon books.