Isn’t the palm tree design creative?
Loving the addition of pink!
Workout
I was initially planning to take the day off from the gym this morning, but when Ryan got up to go and I got out of bed to use the bathroom, I didn’t feel all that sore anywhere other than my quads and decided to go with him and do a simple arm workout since I’m sure this week will be pretty low key on the exercise front with Thanksgiving on Thursday.
I did something a little different today and upped the amount of reps in a bunch of the sets and was surprised to find that I was able to go past my usual 15 reps without too much trouble. Maybe it’s time to up the weight?
My workout looked like this:
I finished my workout with a bit of ab work on the exercise ball.
Breakfast
Breakfast this morning was a recreation of Friday’s delicious eggnog overnight oats, only with more Greek yogurt and no banana because we’re all out.
Served right out of the Tupperware! No need for extra dirty dishes this morning.
I’ve also been drinking water like a mad woman ever since yesterday’s race.
After the race yesterday all I wanted was salty food and water (once I stopped feeling pukey, that is)! That probably explains why I ate French fries, a pretzel roll and a bunch of pork with gravy for dinner. Craving = Met!
My sweet tooth is gradually returning this morning, though salty foods still sound awfully delicious. I almost busted out tortilla chips for breakfast but opted for some string cheese after my overnight oats instead.
Post race cravings always amuse me.
I always think I’ll crave indulgent baked goods, ice cream and my usual favorite foods, but inevitably all I want is salty food, watery fruit and veggies. Seriously strange.
Question of the Morning
- Do you notice a change in your food cravings after a particularly hard workout or race?
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I don’t think I run hard enough yet to notice a difference, but I usually lose my appetite right after a workout and it doesn’t return for over an hour!
Congrats on another half under your belt!
i’m the same way!
It might be dehydration. I used to run and I would have to lay down all sweaty on the couch feeling like death afterwards. I starting drinking 1/2 a coconut water as SOON as we ran through the door and it helped.
If you are craving sweet things and salty things at the same time, it is imperative that you break out the chocolate covered pretzels. Obviously.
I ran 15 last weekend and I think I ate a small idaho farm’s worth of french fries. It happens.
ha! i swear mcdonald’s french fries never tasted as good to me as they did yesterday!
Well if you’re going to eat french fries, McDonald’s is definitely the way to go.
My food cravings go crazy after a tough race! The same thing that happened to you yesterday (Humid + Heat) happened to me this summer in Chicago & when I finished I couldn’t even think about food! Therefore the day after I was a monster in the kitchen 😉
yes! for a good two hours after the race when i felt nauseous, i couldn’t even stand to hear my family TALK about food. i felt so pukey! thankfully once i started to sip on sparkling water, my appetite returned and i felt SO much better. humidity and heat = NO joke!
I always want salty food too…it must be all that salt lost through sweat!
I’m glad you’re feeling strong again Julie! I’ve noticed that I crave protein most in the days following races. I’m normally more of a fish person, but post-race, all I want is chicken (exceptionally odd, I know!!)
I’m a really saltly sweater so I always want salt. Pickles, chips, salt packets, whatever. I ate potato chips in the middle of my long bike ride yesterday.
PICKLESSSS! sounds amazing right now.
I don’t seem to be too picky. I just want to eat anything and everything! After my first 5k, I wanted salty too! Maybe it is our bodies way of shifting electrolytes.
Congrats on finishing the race! The palm trees are cute!
I’ve never run a marathon before, but post-workout or after any long amount of exercise, I almost always have a protein shake. I think it really helps with my appetite and cravings. However, when I did a 26-mile bike race, all I wanted was bread afterwards!
After my long runs, I tend to lose my appetite! When my hunger kicks in, I want sweet carbs like cake, and I want ’em bad!
Congratulations Julie!. I’m glad to heard you are a believer on compression calfs :-). It seems you have the same problem I do and unfortunately the chomps or regular gatorade will do nothing to your body. I will definetely suggest to incorporate in your long runs some salt tablets.. and some glucose shots! I definetely think you are a very strong runner and will not be surprise once you have your low sodium under control you will be flying. I admire your commitment. Awesome time after all ! Congrats.
thank you so much for the compression sleeves. they were GREAT and i am seriously in love with them – not sore AT ALL today!!! thanks for the fueling tips. definitely something to keep in mind, especially since i clearly need more salt! again, THANK YOU!
You more than welcome! Yesterday I put together a goodie bag for you with some of the supplemts I take.. I have tried most part of them and finally stayed with this brand that are gentle in your stomach and you will really see the results inmediately.
Thank You for all your amazing cooking recipes! I have shared with a lot of my triathlete friends and we absolutely love them.
i crave sweets like a crazy person after a long run! lately it’s been peanut butter puffins, though, that are my go to post-run fuel.
I usually have absolutely no appetite for up to an hour or two after a particularly hard workout, so I’ll sip a protein smoothie while my hunger kicks in. Once it’s there, everything is game lol
Congratulations on the finish!!! That medal is awesome! All of mine (all 4 that is!) are round. The only one that is slightly different is the Rock and Roll Chicago! I aspire to have a palm tree shaped medal one day!
I actually wanted to ask you about the Disney Half Marathon coming up in January!
I’m from Connecticut, so I’m not all that familiar with races in the Orlando area.
Any info would be awesome…
…plus I think the medal is shaped like Donald Duck 🙂
Congrats on the race! Love the medal! Hope you have a wonderful day!
I generally crave salty over sweet naturally, but after a race, those cravings are even more intense! I always want a burger and fries, but I also do crave watery vegetables. You can sure tell when your body has lost a ton of water and salt in sweat!
Hmm…after a particularly grueling workout, I want chewy and salty. Like a really good soft pretzel, maybe? It’s definitely out of the norm for me, because I normally crave super-sweet things all day (for real. Wake up wanting frosting).
Congrats on another half!! Me and my best friend are going to do one together next year! You are definitely one of our inspirations! 🙂
That medal is so cute! Perfect addition to the wall of medals.
I totally notice an increase in my cravings for salt after a hardcore spin session! It’s inevitable. I welcome it with open arms – gimme that sea salt popcorn! 😉
I am never able to run in the heat or humidity, I literally swell up within 5minutes, I would rather run in below zero temps! You’re an inspiration, congrats on powering through. I have to say though, your cravings are anything but weird, you probably lost alot of electrolytes through sweat. What about baked sweet potatoe fries with salt on top? Potatoes are better than bananas to help restore potassium levels too!
Love those palm trees!
After I do a full-body weights workout, I crave meat. Like right then and there!
I did not have any weird cravings after my first half. I know all I wanted was liquid, but after that I stood/sat around chatting with other runners for almost an hour and felt no hunger pangs.
Yet sometimes after a simple run all I want is oatmeal!!
I LOVE that the medal is pink and a palm tree! So fun! Congrats again on doing such a great job!
Way to go on finishing the half-marathon. I am not really a runner, but I thinking I want to try to start working on trying.
I also wanted to say ( a little late) that I loved American Wife and I am recommending it to my co-workers!
I made overnight oats last night with Chobani Strawberry Banana yogurt and skim milk and they were absolutely delicious!
I love this website…and I hope to be commenting more often 🙂
thank so much for your comment! and i am definitely not a “natural” runner. i started w/ a 5k and worked my way up. you can definitely do it, too!
I think you’ve inspired me to do another half…and I swore I wouldn’t do it again!
The last time I trained for a half, all I wanted were Baked Lays, Helluva Good Dip and gallons of water. I was probably sweating out a lot of salt & needed to replenish…yeah…I’ll go with that.
Congrats on finishing your 4th! That’s a huge accomplishment 🙂
Hi Julie,
I love your race medal holder, where did you get it?!
thanks! my mom got it for me last year from a shop on etsy.com.
I am so getting one! Love it!
After a long run, I am always craving tortilla chips! I think we lose so many electrolytes when we run that we crave salt? I can easily eat half a bag after running. So good!
I haven’t raced (yet), but after my long runs I lose my appetite for the rest of the day but wake up MASSIVELY hungry for salty goodness!
Love the palm trees and pink on the medal! Looks so Lilly!!! I always crave fruit after long runs, then sugar about 4 hours later.
GREAT job on the half. I don’t usually want much except a cold beer when I am done. Then later I will eat something.
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My cravings are always different! Sometimes I’m starving all day wanting salty foods and sometimes I’m not hungry till the next day. Are your weights total or two dumbbells of the weight?
I definitely notice a difference. Usually I’m a sweet tooth all the way so after races when I’m craving salt I know I’m deydrated and force myself to down some gatorade or coconut water. It does wonders 🙂
Love the medal!
I’m the same way—I usually crave a big cheeseburger or nachos or something after a half marathon! It takes me a good three hours after I run to actually be hungry at all though!
I just generally crave food after a hard workout haha. And I love the edition of the pink race medal!! And it’s bright pink too…so cute :D. I see there is a pinterest pinner button below your workout, is there a plug-in for that? Wow that totally just made me feel like those commercials where they’re like “there’s an app for that” haha. Anyway, I hope you have a great day Julie!
That’s a gorgeous medal! I love it! Great supersets. I always crave PIZZA!!!!!!! Any. Kind. Of. PIZZA!
Congrats on the medal! Pink always makes me so happy. 😀
I do notice a difference in my cravings after my workouts. It actually kind of depends on what I’m doing, but if it was particularly difficult, I actually end up not really craving anything to the point where I sometimes have to force myself to eat. I think I just get tired and want to rest, but that actually makes it worse.
Congrats on your fourth half marathon… look’s like you’re gonna need a bigger rack for those medals!
although I’ve never ran a race, I may be convinced for a pink styled medal 😉
I definitely crave salty foods and fruits/veggies + TONS of water. I get so thirsty 🙂
I love a good upper body workout–and yours looks awesome!
Woo, congrats lady- that pink medal is awesome. 😉
I have a probably stupid simple question about posting your workouts on the blog… I’ve been trying to post my workout plans – which are typed out into Excel – onto my blog, but I can’t figure out how ot upload them, and copy and pasting didn’t work.. Any tips?? I have a Mac, not sure if that’s a problem… And if you have no idea, don’t worry- just thought I’d ask!
Yup…usually the day after I want salty foods and/or carbs. I love that medal and also your wall of medals! Need to get one of those!
After a long run I am usually just ravenous the rest of the day and feel like nothing can fully satisfy me!
As soon as I saw the pink and palm tree, I squealed a litte. SO CUTE!
You should try adding another set to your exercises. You can increase the weight, but you can also just use the same weight, do 4 reps, and only give youself 10 second rests in between to up the intensity. I always change up my weights and the amount of sets/reps/rest time, I feel like it keeps my muscles from getting used to the same thing.
Where did you find that medal holder? It’s so cute! I totaly want one. All of my medals are in a bag in my closet, which is just so sad. So I need to find something nice to display them on! 🙂
Usually I like smoothies after my hard workouts/long runs, but this weekend all I wanted was an egg sandwich on a whole wheat English muffin—with lots and LOTS of hot sauce. So weird!
That is such a cute race medal!!! And definitely bump up the weights, I bet you’ll surprise yourself! I always crave carbs after long runs!
Lately I havnt noticed food change habits after races, but when I first started running half marathons, I would crave Chocolate Milk, and alot of it. Im not sure why…but I would finish a half gallon of that stuff within 24 hours after a race
I also did a half marathon yesterday and I was surpised how hungry I am today! Let´s just say I ate my lunch at 11. weird! I´m hoping my apetite goes back to normal soon.
Yes! I always increase my carbs on leg and back day!
I’m no trainer, but given how well conditioned you are, I think you can DEFINITELY go up in weights…and I’d experiment with HIIT — fewer reps with very heavy weights.
I am a trainer (NSCA certified) and I just want to suggest that you start with exercises that use larger muscles and are mutli-joint (like the chest press, push-ups, rows, pull-ups, etc.) and then move on to exercises what work smaller muscles and are single-joint (front and lateral raises, bicep curls, tricep extensions, etc.).
I see this all the time with healthy living bloggers who are not certified… and make up their own workouts. It’s just a smart, general rule of thumb when strength training – larger muscles before smaller muscles, multi-joint before single-joint, and higher intensity before lower intensity. (There are some exceptions… but those are usually saved for people who are quite advanced and who are working toward a very specific goal.)
I love that advice — thank you! Plus, it seems like some of that can be done with dumbells at home, rather than relying on the big machines at the gym.