My Plan for the Aftermath

Is it Wednesday already? Sheesh. This week has speedily flown by. I have had a lot of people ask me what my “now what?” plans are since the marathon is over. Well…I will tell you.

My friends like to talk about me as two separate people, old Megan and new Megan. (Or as they jokingly say, Fun Megan and New Megan.) They say that “old megan” ate treats, and pizza, and whatever else. New Megan has a boring diet. They say this totally jokingly, of course, and they also realize that I have been eating this way for over three years now, so it is nothing new to to them.

Anyways, SB asked me on Saturday what the one menu item I’d been DYING to have since I’ve been in my “new life” was…and since I’d finished a marathon she thought I should probably have it. I thought about it, and guess what I was craving more than anything else? A Pizza Factory Salad and some frozen yogurt.
Truth. Crazy right? You would think after running 26.2 miles I’d feel at liberty to eat a house. BUT it wasn’t that I didn’t feel like I could. I just didn’t want to.
I have been eating Paleo for over nine weeks now. I ended up having to add in some carbohydrates before my long runs, because I didn’t feel like I was getting enough energy from the paleo carb choices such as sweet potatoes and quinoa. I plan on doing a post on my thoughts on race nutrition because I learned a LOT this past training go-round. The three days before my race I added in carbohydrates as well. There was a DRASTIC difference in the way I felt. One of the things I have noticed in cutting out grains is that I do not feel bloated like I used to. I feel more tight and compact. I like the difference. I could physically tell what the grain carbohydrates that I was eating were doing to the way I felt.
With that being said, once the race was over I was already thinking about how I was excited to get back to my paleo eating. I think it is because I have found a groove of how it works for me. I don’t feel like I am being deprived. I have felt the benefits it has had internally, and seen the benefits it has had physically.

Here is my projected outlook for the next few months as far as my exercise and eating routine is concerned.

Eating:
Back to Paleo
I’m going to try and share more of the details of what my diet looks like with y’all so you have a better idea of what I’m eating, and I will surely continue to tell you if its working for me or not. 🙂 
Lunch today consisted of my favorite, Avocado Chicken Salad and Roasted Veggies. Divine.

Exercise:
This is where I get really excited.
Circuits, interval training, cross-fit-esque type workouts, and TONS of functional exercise. This is the type of stuff that I LOVE to do. It is fun. It is fast. I’m done with the long arduous cardio sessions for a while, and we’re going to see how I do! I have been doing this with all of my clients for sometime now, and they love it. I’ve been adding these workouts into my marathon training as well, but I couldn’t ever do it fully how I wanted to. Now I can, and I seriously can’t wait!

Post Race Report:
I have been REALLY sore all weekend. I actually haven’t worked out since the race because I’m trying to do this thing where I listen to my body 🙂 Soreness-wise I am feeling awesome today. The only negative thing I have to report is I think I re-injured an old stress fracture in my foot. You may remember last year when I ran too far/too much in my Nike Free’s and got a stress fracture. Wellll.. I think he’s back. 🙁 I am trying to stay off of it and let it heal, but I’m bummed about it.

On a side note…this is me facetiming with my parents from the NY airport yesterday. They are on their way to the French Rivera. I think they forgot to invite me?