No, not me! Heidi!!
I went to a wonderful baby shower today for my amazing friend Heidi and her twins! She is absolutely glowing, and beautiful carrying those little ones. (Heidi is responsible for igniting my hiking addiction, which eventually lead to my running addiction. Thank you Heidi!!!)
I am SO happy for her and her husband Bill! They do not know the genders yet, and will be waiting until they are born to find out. Today was full of green, yellow and ducks! “There can never be too many ducks!”
Even I felt the slightest bit maternal, for about 5 seconds. Don’t tell anyone.
Molli brought the ridiculously yummy cakes from Nothing Bundt Cakes. OMG I was out of control eating them! I had three (kinda little) pieces!!
Wow. That is all.
More ducks! I love onesies! I even have one of my own….again, don’t tell anyone.
You’re doing so well practicing, Heidi!! 
More ducks!
I am so amazingly blessed to have such a great group of women as friends. What a fun group! It turned out to be a beautiful day, as well!
After the shower, I came home and actually did a few one productive things. Ok, I started a load of laundry, too, so that counts as two, right? I also took a nap! Three!
Since I increased my mileage, especially after yesterday’s 10 miler, my appetite has been out of control! Does anyone else have this problem? Thank God I run!! I had fro-yo again tonight, and the dinner of champions:
Yes, that is a Pretzel Lean Pocket. Lean Pocket, ok? Not processed at all! I also found some yummy flavors of Laughing Cow light at the grocery. Queso Fresco and Chipotle, and Sun-Dried Tomato something. They were good. Oh, and that’s caffeine-free diet Pepsi with cherry behind the food. Like I said, dinner of champions. Don’t take nutrition advice from me. Ever.
Now, Ali and I are having girls night. Watching TV, blogging, reading blogs, and planning some fun stuff for San Francisco next week. Yes Cameron, that is Ali in the bed. That’s what happens when you leave your girls unattended. When the cat’s away, the mice will play. She’s curled up by my legs at the end of the bed on my side, don’t worry.
Do you become a human garbage disposal when you run a lot?
Are you hungry every 2-3 hours?
To what extent do you taper the week before a half-marathon?
Hope ya’ll have a great weekend!
Happy Trails!
Long run days always give me the never ending hunger!! You have to realize that in 10 miles you’re going to be burning like 1000 calories. I usually like to use long run day as my night to go out to eat and get whatever I want! But even on normal days, I’m hungrier in general now that I run more. It’s normal 🙂
Thank God! I don’t remember being that ravenous after hiking Camelback last year! I’ll just keep doing it, and keep eating! No problem!
This is a great post Stacy! LOVE the “dinner of champions.” (shaking head) Since you’re experiencing increased hunger its a great idea to keep healthy finger foods on hand at all times. The only problem is remembering they are there and then choosing to eat them when you are hungry. I keep strawberries, bananas, kiwi, and apples in stock all the time. A little chopping action and I have a plentiful fruit salad which obviously gives the spike of sugar needed for energy and fills you up enough to hold you off for a couple of hours.
I probably didn’t even need to tell you that, but there it is anyway. A gentle nudge in the direction of unprocessed whole-food. 🙂
I’m starting to work running into my workout…starting. I go back an fourth between running/jogging for a couple minutes and walking 4mph. I ran an entire quarter mile the other day! Lol. Seems like so little in comparison to your 10, but I’m not a runner so that’s a good start. Maybe soon I’ll be joining you in your marathons.
Congratulations to your friend Hiedi! Good luck in San Fran!!!
I think that would be a really good idea for me to try and do after the half once we are back. I have a tendency to let the fruit go bad before I get to it….maybe I need to focus more on it, lol! I am so glad you are running! You really do have to start with low mileage and increase slowly, for stamina purposes and to prevent injury. I learned that one the hard way….which is usually how I learn, unfortunately. When you are ready to run your first 5K, you let me know and I’ll run it with you!!
Stacy, I love how you describe things…you make me laugh. Good luck on your run this weekend and HAPPY BIRTHDAY, (I think it’s coming up…both of them?)
Aloha, Kathy
Thanks, Kathy! Glad you found my blog 🙂
Yes, and so glad I did!
opps, forgot “E” in STACEY!