Endometriosis and running

Although my endometriosis is a lot better then it use to be, it's still not completely gone and I do still suffer from some pain from time to time. I experienced a bit of pain this week so I decided to eat like I should to help prevent endometriosis pain. I feel like my body needs it, plus it's a great way to eat very healthy which will help my training for the half marathon in May. So I planned ahead, did groceries, and got into the kitchen today to prep some things for my lunch this week. I first started last weekend with preparing more kombucha

 

My brother gave me a scobby and some of the fermented drink in order for me to make my own. He gave this to me a while back, and I have been making more cause it's delicious! You have to let it ferment for at least 7 days, and this is it all ready, which it's been 9 days since it's been fermenting. I kept the scobby and some of the drink for another batch that I'll start in a few days, and the remaining I put into bottles with a slice of ginger in each. Now they need to sit for 3 days before it can go in the fridge to drink it up. I can't wait cause I ran out today.

I took out a cookbook that I haven't looked at in a while called Quinoa revolution and saw a recipe for a breakfast that I wanted to try out. I tasted it and it's really good! I can't wait to have that tomorrow morning. It only made two batches so the rest of the week for breakfast, I'll probably have some eggs with healthy bread or maybe just a protein shake with some oatmeal. Here's the recipe and my two bowls

Next step was getting one more thing ready, I sauteed some tempeh with a bit of gluten free tamari and some turmeric powder. I haven't had tempeh in a while so I tried one and it's just as good as I remember it. So simple and a great source of protein. I didn't have to prepare that many things today, cause during the week I made a brown rice risotto. I used some vegetable broth and added in some mushrooms and at the end I put in a bit of goat cheese to add some creaminess to it. I have a bit left over so that will make a good lunch along side my tempeh or I also bought some Falafel, another vegetarian option for protein. They have nothing but healthy ingredients and I have had them before and they are so yummy!. I saw they had a black bean burrito salad that looked and sounded good so I grabbed that as well at the health food store to try it out

I also have some salad and veggies and dip to have with these during the week. Suppers will be salmon, shrimp or vegetarian dishes. I did also do some running today. There's still way to much snow out there, you can actually see how our BBQ is almost all buried from the snow in the above picture, plus it's cold and icy so I play it safe and run on the treadmill. Although it's really tough to do cause I don't find running on the treadmill as fun as running outside. We are getting closer to March though so hoping the weather starts getting warmer soon so I can get out there. In the meantime, today I managed to do 10 km

Yes I do have my tablet with me with a video of someone running through the woods. It makes the run a bit more interesting cause as you can see our basement is not finished and there's junk down there so there's not much to look at, so my tablet helps. This run took me an hour and 8 min, not the best time but pretty good considering it's on a treadmill. I'm feeling it now, my legs are sore and I'm feeling quite tired but I'm doing pretty good so I can be ready for the half in May.

I did another recipe from the quinoa revolution cookbook for supper tonight that sounded really good. It did have chicken in it and my plan was to cook it aside but it was just easier to cook it all in one pan, and I thought I could use the protein since I did run 10 km. So I enjoyed one meal with chicken for supper and tomorrow I will start fresh with avoiding meat, meaning vegetarian, fish or shrimp only.

It was delicious! It had a nice kick of spice to it but nothing crazy. We both really enjoyed it. It's called Kung Pao chicken quinoa. There's two lunch size containers of left overs so my hubby will get to enjoy it for his lunch this week. Tomorrow's supper will be salmon and I can't wait!

So this coming week will be 2 more runs of 5 km each and a longer run over the following weekend, and I will also do some weights cause that's also important in my training. I am looking forward to enjoying the food I have prepared, and I want to take a look at more recipes for more ideas on what I can make for the following week.