Quote Originally Posted by rocknrollgirl View Post
I am starting to think that I may not be fueling correctly. I think I have my hydration down, but I am hungry all the time.

hmmmm.....
I have almost the opposite problem - I know I need to be eating more but I just don't want to, I seem to have no real appetite, which is a bad sign for me (usually means my blood sugar levels are not brilliant). I could eat extra chocolate no problem but I don't seem to want to eat more of the things I should (fruit, complex carbs etc) as I find they make me full quite quickly and I just can't seem to fit any more in.

I'll eat plenty over the christmas period but first thing I'm going to look at is fuelling on my long run, I think this is key.

I do my long run on Saturday morning - I can't eat anything solid before so I have 500ml of sports drink then head out the door. I had one Powerbar gel half way round my run but was starving by the last mile. I have a recovery drink when I get in then some proper food. Next long run is going ro be another 11 miler so I will try to have at least two gels and maybe carry some energy drink instead of plain water? Anyone do both on a run? I also need to drink more when actually running as I just don't. Then I need to work on eating regularly throughout the day, I'm really bad at it on weekends.

Its all getting complicated! I also think the extra running is quite a shock to my system and I just need to let my body adapt for a while.