I've been keeping tabs on my food intake via the Absolute Fitness app for Android. Just keeping track of what I eat, without intending to change any of it, has helped me make some more.. intelligent decisions over the last few days. I'm updating my spreadsheet with an estimated daily calorie total, as well as an estimate on calories burned, and from that a "net" calorie intake for the day. The point is first to see how much food I have been eating, and then to see if there is a trend as my training continues.
I've been doing some research in to what kind of diet a runner should have, and one that I've seen in a few places is the Paleo diet. I've given this some thought, thinking of gradually making a move towards this kind of diet, though I haven't settled down on this -- for now, I am just working at eating what is conventionally "better" -- i.e. no more Oreos, Hamburgers, French Fries and the like.
I am making an effort in this mindset to change the way that I see food. I have always been a pleasure eater -- almost never hungry, because of my eating habits. I see food or think of food, and I want food. My goal now is to change my thoughts about food from a source of pleasure to a source of energy, and if I can convert my mind to this type of thinking I should be able to provide myself more regularly with the fuel I will need as training goes on.
Tomorrow is the "big" three mile run for the week. I've run three miles fifteen or so times before, so I'm not at all worried about not finishing it. I will post my time and splits tomorrow as an overview, as well as update them in my training spreadsheet.
