Last week I touched on the fact that I have been working with a Naturopathic Doctor on my diet. Basically what I am following now is what she calls an anti inflammatory diet. I'm not supposed to eat dairy or any other animal milk products...believe me, I asked about goat cheese. I'm also not supposed to eat red meat or gluten products. This makes my diet very limited but I'm adjusting. I can't say I've made it through an entire week without cheating but I feel if 90% of my meals follow this plan I'm doing ok.
Fish, chicken, chickpeas and quinoa have been my main staples, and I am trying to learn some more interesting options.
I've also been filling up on a few supplements: B6, glutamine, magnesium and 3000mg of fish oils.
Overall, I have been feeling a lot better, I don't have nearly as much pain as I thought with the training regime. At the same time, I'm not having the GI issues I normally get with training.
Training regime this week included:
~ 3 hours of running - missed another 5km of running because of hockey
~ 4 hours of biking
~ 2 hours of swimming - missed one swim this week
I have been working with a coach to help me build around hockey and it has worked fairly well so far, but I still miss a couple, as we are getting closer to the finals. In just under 3 weeks provincials will be over, and my training regime will change. Biking will be the biggest build afterwards, a little bit more running and a bit more swimming, hopefully this anti inflammatory diet will continue to work with the increase in training.
Alright, enough rambling, I will end with one of my favorite triathlon quotes:
"Just keep swimming, just keep swimming" Dory, Finding Nemo.
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