BONK!!!

It’s a thing you expect to happen when you are out for you “long” bike ride or “long” run….
Not today. It has been a long time since I last “bonked;” I would like to call it a “semi-bonk” because I at least made it home before I collapsed onto the floor and lay still for 30 minutes.

Now, this new “diet” is not so easy, I am eating things I have never even heard of, and to be honest, I don’t track calories these days…but, that changes today. I decided to try Quinoa flakes with some cashew butter this morning, and it filled me up to the brim!! I am talking about a “hearty meal.” Like the full you get with 2 eggs, bacon and pankcakes full!! So I figured I was more than well “fueled” for my 2hr ride.

I was soooo wrong!! I got about 45 minutes in b4 feeling a little “fatigued” and thought perhaps it is because I am too hot from being overdressed or I was getting dehydrated. I drank some water and carried on. At 90 minutes, I thought I was holding on for dear life..at 2 hours, I was surprised I wasn’t lying on the side of the road! But, I made it…I then tried to find answers and looked at the nutritional content of my breakfast; I found out the meal I had this morning contained less than 300 calories!! Now, we know where the problem lies…

Good news is that I got to miss swim practice, honestly I couldn’t even do one push up after my bike bonk! Lesson learned…

Tomorrow I am having rice cakes with eggs and nut-butters and anything else I can find chocked full will “good” calories!!