4 Day Weekend!

Hello everyone! I promised a much more optimistic post today so here it goes. Today is the start of my 4 day weekend! Hope you all have a wonderful holiday weekend.

I decided to take today as a complete rest day since my legs were dragging yesterday. It was nice to be able to sleep in before work and I am taking care of someones dogs this week so I headed over there before work.

I woke up and had oatmeal, pb, and blueberries. This is seriously my fav meal. It would have been better if there was a banana to add but my sister eats bananas like crazy and there was none left.

Work was okay, I can't tell if the guy I am working for likes me, he is really hard to read. I am doing a good job though and the day flies by which is nice. I packed a wrap filled with tuna, low fat mayo and lettuce along with a nonfat Breyers vanilla yogurt and some strawberries and pb cereal to mix in. I finished my lunch off with a peach.

Later on in the day I had a choc rasp luna bar and a graham cracker. I got out of work early, 5 instead of 5:30 so I headed over to take care of the dogs and then came home and snacked on some pretzals and a balance bar...I NEED to stop snacking after work. It is more of a habit than anything.

My dad and I got Subway for dinner and I got the veggie delight on flatbread <3 it was SO good. I just read the new Runners World (my FAV mag!) and ate a few more pretzals and some strawberries.

A friend suggested to me that seeing a nutritionist might be a good idea and I cannot wait to get a full time job and have some money so I can go see one. I want to eat well enough to fuel my running but not eat too much. I have no idea each day how "well" I ate and I end up being aggrevated with myself because it always seems like too much. I guess it is just a result of gaining so much weight in college and working so hard to take it all off that I have a permanent fear of gaining even a pound more. I just need to see someone that can give me pointers and let me know if I am eating the best foods/correct amounts to adequatly fuel my running and keep me healthy.

How do other people who run long distances/exercise a lot know that what they eat is enough/too much? Any advice for me?

Well I'm off to let the dogs out one more time and then bed...meeting a friend for a 6 mile run in the morning then helping my parents get ready for our 4th of July BBQ. I'm spending my 4th hopefully taking a 24 mile trail bike ride with a friend and then a family BBQ. Also, I think I have a date at some point this weeekend with a guy I met at the gym:)