Running and Binge Eating
“There is no time to think about how much I hurt; there is only time to run.”
Yesterday, following my accidental 10 mile run, my Achilles was hurting. That’s not going to keep me from running my 14k today.
I’m also keeping track of my food consumption because, after all, my ultimate goal is to lose weight.
Binge eating is the one thing that probably plagues me most. And undoubtedly I’ll post again about that evil little green monster that’s in the fridge pointing to what I should eat, and how much of it I should eat.
This goes back to my running though. I binge ate on Saturday and today my run suffered, despite running farther than usual, my run suffered. Tomorrow I know it will be better and I know I’ll feel better because tonight I didn’t binge eat.
I truly believe that binge eating is an illness and I am working on conquering it. Much like alcoholism or drug addiction: binge eating controls individuals behavior.
With no time to think about pain: I’ll avoid binge eating, and ice, compress and elevate my foot so that tomorrow my run is going to be great!
Be carefully not to over do it. If your Achilles hurts, maybe take a day off. You don’t want to tear that sucker.
Molly Nitka
January 2, 2012 at 11:03 am
Binge eating is every bit as big a deal as alcohol and drug problems…..food is addictive too, the difference is that while you can give up booze or drugs, you can’t live without food.
Take it easy on the Achilles…..but good for you for all the running!!
Maggie
January 2, 2012 at 4:37 pm
You’re totally right– it makes it so much more difficult to control: the problems with alcoholics is they don’t want one drink, they want three or four, the problem with druggies is how they’re going to sustain the high. These problems only start once you begin. No one can live without eating, its impossible: but the same principle applies as does to alcohol and drug addiction.
I only ran a 5k today, I looked at the miles I had to do this week, and found a way to get it done while taking it easy today!
never320again
January 2, 2012 at 4:40 pm