Week 3...

Week 3...2/2 - Day 15Weigh in - 80.8kg.  Down - 1.9kgRun - 15.3k with dad.  1hr 27min 34sec (forgot to stop the Garmin for about 5min...), Average pace - 5.42min p/km.  Stepper - 13minSuper stoked with my weigh in this morning!  Worked very consistently and well this week and I again reaped the rewards!  My biggest problem for so long has been consistency so now I am doing that I am seeing some good results!  Stoked with this weeks work!I had a super enjoyable day today with a nice run with dad to kick things off.  We ran past where Tegan and I got married which I don't think I have seen since that special day!  That was super rad!  After returning home I did the school drop off and had coffee with Corle and Jodie, head out to uni for a meeting with one of the support ladies which was great, head to do some shopping then home for a rest.  After picking up Pria the girls and I relaxed at home, did some gardening and had a super awesome Mexican dinner.  Man I fricken love Mexican!  I could so so live in that country!  Vegan fair everywhere!I felt super good today about how things have been going and I just seem to be going from strength to strength.  Even with little things...I used to eat far too much food after a weigh in (silly I know) and I haven't even felt those temptations lately.  The consistency is paying off!  A good day!  Oh, and Home and Away AND My Kitchen Rules started again!  HAhaha!  I don't watch a lot of TV (apart from sport) but I have a few dirty pleasures I indulge in from time to time!  Enjoy before uni starts!Food/drink journal - Nice cream (six bananas, blueberries, coconut water, six dates, carob, iodine), dirty chai, clean chips, lentil loaf 'mince', vegan 'cheese', baby spinach, olives, mango, coffee, Mexican tortilla lasagne with avocado, lime and vegan sour cream, tea.3/2 - Day 16Run - 20k with 16 slick grass hill repeats.  2hr 2min 41sec.  Average - 6.08min p/km.  Gain - 232m.I was a bit flat on my run this morning.  I don't think I ate enough yesterday.  I really need to make sure that I keep on top of this for my training.  Whilst I am eating such clean fuel, I need to eat more and not be scared of 'extra calories' as they are such nutritionally dense foods, it doesn't really matter as they are doing what they need to in my body then moving through.  Every day is learning!Today was so rad!  After my run we got sorted and dropped Pria at school.  Corlè, Tegan and I then did a quick road trip to Hervey Bay to buy Corlè a bed.  We had a nice lunch then head back.  It was real nice to go for a drive and relax with two of my girls before picking Pria up.  I also got a new mower today so naturally had to try that out!  A nice arvo and relaxing night.  I whipped up our favourite pumpkin soup too and even made bread and it turned out AMAZING!  So stoke with that!I might have eaten a little too much today but I felt in deficit from yesterday and still a little low in energy so it was good to get some sustenance back into me!  I also set a new little banana record of 13....getting up there now!    All in all a great day!Food/drink journal - Nice cream - nine bananas, two fruits, hemp seeds, coconut water, four madjool dates, iodine drops, cinnamon), coffee, vege focassia, latte, decadant nice cream (four bananas, four dates, soy mylk, carob, coffee, peanut butter), pumpkin soup, home made bread, tea, three homemade Engine 2 oat balls.4/2 - Day 17Run - 7km family outing with Pria on the bike.  42min 57sec.  Average - 6.07min p/kmToday was a bit non-eventful however I had a fun really nice arvo at work.  Wednesdays are always fun with the crew that is there.  I have felt a little flat today for some reason.  Just kinda un-motivated and flat.  I had too many hot drinks again which I want to fix in my diet.  Apart from that pretty good.I have decided to do a little 'drop coffee from my diet' program.  Just dropping the amount each week.  Slowly but surely it will work and hopefully I won't feel the affects of going off it too bad if I do it slowly.Additionally to this, for those who know, I had a pituitary tumour a couple of years back and have been on thyroid medication since.  I, through my personal study etc don't believe that any of us should be on ANY medication long term.  I believe the body has incredible healing power and can rectify any aliment we throw at it...particularly if we create an environment for it to do so through a super clean diet!  I am also going through a process of going off this medication.  I am doing this slowly too over a period of months and going to monitor how I feel and as I get pretty regular blood tests that will show results too.  It will be interesting but I HATE taking medication every day so I trust my body, going to fuel it right so it can sort itself out.  If any of you have any constructive advise or professional help you wish to offer in this regard that would be great!Nice relaxing night, kicking back, ready to do it all again tomorrow.  Yes!Food/drink journal - Nice cream (seven bananas, blueberries, coconut water, seven dates, carob powder, iodine drops), dirty chai, lentil loaf 'mince' on my home made bread, mango, three nectarines, two mochas, roast vege salad with avocado dressing, tea, three madjool dates w peanut butter.5/2 - Day 18Run - 22.1k with nine of The Tough Laps.  2hr 8min 45sec.  Average - 5.49min per/km.  351m gain.I had a strong run this morning!  I felt light, fuelled and good on the hills at Cano with some tough laps! Well fuelled on Wednesday for a good run today.  Really happy with that!The rest of the day was really nice as well.  Corlè was a bit whingy but apart from that all was good!  Buzy but relaxing in the same way!  I got a ripper deal on a crap load of ripe spotty bananas which ALWAYS makes me super happy and some great gear food shopping.    We had a yummy lunch together before heading off to work.  The day was a good one!  More good food and good feeling.Something I have been meaning to write about the last couple of days too is that I fully feel my body changing.  Even when I lay down to go to sleep, I feel like my jaw bones are more exposed!  My stomach fat feels leaner too which is great!  I am so super stoked with how this journey has gone thus far and I am only such a short way in!  Good times ahead thats for sure!Food/drink journal - Nice cream (nine bananas, coconut water, water, blueberries, carob powder, peppermint), latte, home made chips, salsa, blackbeans, corn, avocado, coffee, latte, smoothie (two bananas, big mango, coconut water, three madjool dates, cinnamon), creamy vege curry with brown rice, tea.6/2 - Day 19Run - 15k zigzagging with the the girls.  Pria on her bike.  1hr 26min 46sec.  Average - 5.47min p/km.Today has been a bit of a flat day again.  I think it was the super hectic winds that have been blowing that have dampened my mood a little.  In saying that, I got a decent recovery run in, cooked dinner, did a heap of jobs on the computer and relaxed, reading some books before starting work.  So, all in all, it wasn't too bad of a day!  I had another little smoothie after lunch as I was feeling quite blah so if in doubt, carb up!I also finally got my act together and made a new video for YouTube. It has been so long since I posted one, I thought it was high time I got the GoPro out and started doing some filming!  Hopefully there will be plenty more videos to come!I am however looking forward to my runs this weekend.  Gonna put in some solid k's and it is always satisfying to me to get that long run tiredness in the legs.  Bring it on.Night note - I had my biggest moments of weakness this afternoon and tonight for no real reason!  I just felt weak and like binging.  I was at work and did succumb to some raw deserts, sweet chai and banana bread.  Whilst this might not sound like much to y'all, I was disappointed I gave into temptation.  I am actually embarrassed to write what I ate but I promised honesty, so there it is!That being said-in the big scheme of things, it wasn't that big of a disaster.  I learnt again from that splurge that whilst I have been going really really good on this plan so far, I need to stay vigilant to temptations and the desire to return to some old bad habits are just around the corner if I am not aware of them.  I am really looking forward to the weekend, getting some super clean foods back into me and learning from todays little stumbling block.  Thanks for your graciousness in my little fall.  Straight back on the horse to smash the clean carbs tomorrow!Food/drink journal - Smoothie (seven bananas, apple, grapes, vanilla, coconut and normal water, seven dates), coffee, sweet potato, cherry tomato and greens salad with Engine 2 home made dressing, Nice cream (three bananas, five tiny dates, water), coffee, dirty chai, grapes, udon noodle stir fry with kicker greens, three bits of raw desert and a piece of vegan banana bread, latte.7/2 - Day 20Run - 31km long fun.  2hr 55min 51sec.  Average - unknown as watch froze on the way home.Had a REALLY solid run this morning.  Felt great the whole time, no real tiredness and just smashed through it!  So stoked with this one banked!Had a really nice relaxing morning also taking Pria to acrobatics, grabbing coffee at one of our favourites, Sea Gypsy and generally relaxing.  The only downer is that the wind the last two days has been hectic!  Really enjoyable day though.Work was great, super busy in the night but good!  Not tempted at all tonight by the not so good food/drink and stayed carbed with dinner and some dates after.  All in all, a good day today!  I will sleep well tonight!Food/drink journal - Three GU gels, one electrolyte drink, smoothie (10 bananas, blueberries, coconut water and water, carob powder, iodine drops, four madjool dates), latte, roast veg salad with tahini dressing, smoothie (four bananas, grapes, five small dates, water), udon noodle miso stir fry, half strength latte, four little dates, two madjool dates with peanut butter.8/2 - Day 21Run - 20.26km beautiful morning run with dad.  1hr 56min 17sec.  Average - Unknown due to watch not working.  Dads did though so was able to get some data.Had an absolutely beautiful run out this morning with dad.  Hit the trail though the Barolin reserve and just had a great end to the weeks running.  Got some good k's in this week and felt good pretty much the whole week.Had a yummy pancake breakfast when I got home and then off to church.  After that, we head home for a relaxing afternoon before heading to work for the night.Overall, this week has been another solid one and 21days into this journey, I am really happy with my progress!  More can always be done, but day by day I am learning, growing, and getting more and more inspiration in all I do.  So so stoked I embarked on this journey! Bring on week four!Food/drink journal - Two GU gels, banana pancakes with raspberries and maple syrup, coffee, nice cream (9 bananas, two fruits w juice, carob powder, At One Foods bar, iodine drops, coconut water), two mangos, leftovers (roast veg, cherry tomatoes, brown rice, salsa) on cos lettus, latte, mocha.This week - 130.8km.  12hr 40min total time running.