My Pet Tapeworm

He's baaaaaack. Constant hunger. Metabolism is racing like a good BBQ fire. Throw more wood on it! I don't think it matters how much I eat now, as long as I E-A-T. And try to match that to my training. This is not easy, but I'm trying.

Yesterday, thankfully, I got my Bitch back. All with SRM re-energized with new batteries, speed sensor works, recalibrated, bike all tuned up, gosh I missed her. So I needed to do an FTP test yesterday.

I was supposed to do a brick run, but that would need to wait until later in the day, since it took some time getting to the bike shop, and then I needed to wait for new cleats to put on my shoes (luckily I spotted the worn out metal on the old pair last weekend). The run would get done after work.

I had about 300 calories at breakfast, I ate a banana, I snacked on jelly beans, and I started on a can of Ultra Violence before the workout. During the workout (my FTP hasn't changed, by the way, still holding at 171), I polished off the UV and a little Gatorade. When I finished (around 1:45PM), I drank a serving of Endurox R4 and had about 300 calories of lunch. So at this point I'm up to about 1400 calories.

At about 6:15 I went to the Y to do a short run. I figured I'd run on the treadmill just to keep my QL/piriformis issue in check, and then I'd stretch afterwards. I drank a 20-oz. bottle of Gatorade during and finished up while I stretched. I got home at 7:30 ready for dinner, relaxation and sleep.

As soon as I got into my house, I felt a little dizzy and weak. My good friend Mr. Hypoglycemia had come to visit! Since I knew what it was (although I was a little surprised--I didn't think I was that depleted), I decided to gamble a little and see how long I could wait to eat something before passing out, or at least falling over. But I threw my dinner into the microwave for 2 minutes 45 seconds, and when it was done I finally sat and chowed down. I literally shovelled the rice into my mouth, because I was no longer willing to mess with Mr. Hypoglycemia. About 10 minutes and 700 calories later, I felt fine. Actually the dizziness passed within minutes of getting the rice down (see this is why sometimes you need to eat high glycemic foods). But it made me laugh, and I wouldn't have written a post if this hadn't happened. I figured I was still low on calories for the day, so I polished off the remainder of a package of Jordan almonds, maybe 20 of them? It doesn't matter. I needed calories.

I lasted about :45 reading before it was lights out. And I went down FAST, by 8:45.

I know that tapeworm is still with me because I woke up hungry, ate, went to the pool, was hungry while swimming, and I'm eating again. About 4 more weeks to deal with the tapeworm and then it will be taper time! But it's totally worth it to be on the lean side; it's what I want for Ironman Brazil, and dealing with some level of hunger is worth the effort.