Not eating enough to run

[cyberjelly]

Help,
I have been doing slimming world now for over 2 years so know what I am doing works.
My problem is that I am training to do half marathons and are therefore running alot. Typically Tues 3/4 hour gym speed interval session, Wed 3/4 hour gym speed interval session, Thursday timed 3.2 mile run, Friday anything between 3 to 6 miles, Sat Park run 3.2 miles.

I was talking to a trainer about trying to improve my running( stayed the same minute a mile for the last year and need to decrease it).
Having looked at what I typically eat on Slimming World they have told me that there is no way I'm eating enough to help with my running.

I don't want to stop Slimming World as I enoy it so much and have now been the same weight for over a year (after losing 5 stone don't want to go back), and still lokking to shift another stone.
I am also having to see and endocrinolgist about other hormone problems which need sorting out (already have an underactive thyroid)
So do I increase my food intake and go over syns on the days I run to give me the energy or just stick to the fact that I will never improve my time because I can't fuel my body ennough without going way over syns.

Ned help to get this sorted.
Cyberjelly

 

[AnnaFaraday]

. . . . . . So do I increase my food intake and go over syns on the days I run to give me the energy or just stick to the fact that I will never improve my time because I can't fuel my body ennough without going way over syns.

I don't quite understand - why would increasing your food intake necessarily mean increasing your syns? Why couldn't you just increase your intake of free food?

 

[Happy Holidays]

I don't quite understand - why would increasing your food intake necessarily mean increasing your syns? Why couldn't you just increase your intake of free food?

My thoughts exactly.

 

[cyberjelly]

I don't quite understand - why would increasing your food intake necessarily mean increasing your syns? Why couldn't you just increase your intake of free food?

I can't eat too much fruit or bran as I also suffer from the dreaded jogger trots.

So I have been advised to eat
Whey protein shakes – plus any of following:
Wholemeal sandwich (any filling)- Pack of oatcakes AND small tub of cottage cheese or hummus- Fruit AND pack of oatcakes- Maltloaf (at least 2 slices) AND fruit, 1 x Banana large1 x Jam sandwich,1 x pack of sweet oatcakes (5? Biscuits) 1 x wholemeal bagel with filling of choice (can be sweet or savory)

Alot of this has syns in it which will mean nothing for evening dinners.

 

[Happy Holidays]

Have you thought of doing either red or green days, then you can have two hexb & 's? I'm not too sure if this is what you already do though.

Do vegetables give you the same problems? I like carrots as they are easy to eat cooked or raw, or how about butternut squash that's a nice veg to eat & you could put lots of other things with it.

 

[SlimmingKitchen]

Things like lean ham, cucumber batons, carrot batons and cherry tomatoes are all things I like to eat when I'm working out or after I've worked out.
At least they are free foods too.
I don't think you necessarily need to have more syns, that just seems a wasted effort in the workout to me.

Plenty of yummy free food will help you xxx