I had a really stressful nights sleep, I don't know what the trigger was yesterday. I have run out of magnesium, amazon delays, and I know that preciously when my electrolytes were not correct it could effect my mood. I will search some out tomorrow.
Glucose: 5.1
Ketones: 0.9
Breakfast: Broth & butter
Pre-lunch: Butter coffee
Lunch: Roast pork belly, crackling, cauliflower mash, buttered cabbage, 0.5 bottle red wine
Dinner: Chicken, courgette, butter, rocket, dressing, cheese
Ride: 59.3k hills, 162aW, 1654cal, beetroot juice, 3/4 cliff peanut bar
Sitting in the van I was cursing Simon for not confirming he had changed the ride time, not 100% sure of 07.00/07.30 I text him at 07.20 but not reply. I then saw his ride past the end of the road, by the time I called he was gone, I quickly got ready but couldn't see him. I thought he must have just gone ahead for a ride by himself, should I just head home? Just then I saw him again, I shouted loudly, result he heard me.
We called each other pricks for 5 minutes, well mostly me calling him one for not following the simple instructions, my stressful mood had already been stretch thinly by 06.30!! We set off, it was still pretty murky but soon we were on a pretty quiet Box Hill, it was good to see Simon, ride with someone else and to ride some different roads.
I enjoyed this ride a whole lot more than my miserable ride with JamesS 2 weeks ago. I expect for many reasons, firstly today was damp, not pissing down, I was not having ride at my limit the whole time, and my adaptation really does feel to be making progress.
I enjoyed the hills more that I thought having not ridden then for a few months. The 6.5kg I have lost I am sure helped make it somewhat easier than it could have been. I enjoyed the undulation of my efforts, harder up the hills and then recovery down the other side, basically rough intervals. Recently I have been riding the flat route to Windsor and back, just trying to hold some sort of constant pace depending on my company or lack of it.
I had considered riding out to meet Simon but though better or it as I have been finding over 3 hours some what difficult recently, I know we only did 2.30 hours today, but it felt pretty good.
The ride definitely helped my mood, but I was still a bit stresses and wanting some sort of stimulant and sustenance I stupidly had a butter coffee, which certainly wasn't going to help. In the end it was not too bad, but my cravings were pretty strong in the afternoon.
I was very busy before lunch, which Lucy and I made a joint effort on making. I cleaned the bike, took the girls old beds apart, ready for their bunk beds, sorted food for the week and left a big mess of toys for Lucy to sort out. After that I managed to sit down and enjoy my lunch with a few glasses of wine, I even managed a cheeky afternoon nap.
I did feel a bit woowy when I got up but salt and a pint of water seemed to do the trick. I was really full but having strong sweet cravings, I thought I would not need any dinner but suddenly about 20.00 I was hungry again.
After dinner Tax return and blog and bed, a busy weekend.
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