Strength test: For most of the last week, I've felt like I was on some sort of blood sugar roller coaster, with the accompanying dizzying highs and rock bottom lows. A rough two weeks of work haven't made the cycle any easier.
Before working out today, I was thinking about how my energy levels have felt moderate, but in a way they were somehow superficial, as if, when I really needed the energy for a hard workout, or for a race, it wouldn't be there. Wow, for today at least, I was very, very wrong. Six repeat miles on the track with 2 minutes rest between each, progressively faster. Closing out the final one at 5:41 came as a bit of a shock. Cruising out a 3 mile cool down didn't feel bad either. I have to say, roller coaster or not, I haven't had a workout that good in a very, very long time.
Food: On the weird vegan food side of things, tonight I made a quinoa pasta with fresh corn and brocolini, some onion, garlic, chili flake and to add protein...some...well, I couldn't make up this name; Protein Nuggets (bulk section at Rainbow Market). They look like tiny hunks of super well done flank steak. Only greyer and, as they were cooking, with more chewy texture. I know at this point you're drooling over your laptop from my description, but once cooked and tossed with the pasta and veggies and soaking up some of the spice from the chili flake, it actually made a decent stand in for sausage. Not my finest pasta, but it was edible, and I consider any such meal on this diet to be a victory.
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