Marathon Training Nutrition Intervention & Giveaway

When I was doing the LIVE Fit program I was eating extremely clean and sensibly.  I would eat all my protein and my small meals throughout the day.  I was feeling fit, clean and strong.  Cue Marathon training season.  Marathon training really brings the worst out in my appetite.  I am hungry all the time and I want to, and often do, eat everything.  I don't mean rewarding myself with a bagel post run, I mean I eat a double serving of peach pie at 9 p.m. with milk while lounging on the couch.

Yes, that chicken is fried.

Doesn't this scream "help me"?

I desperately need an intervention.  I am headed back to my old ways and it's not a pretty place.  I need to curb the afternoon sweets and late night snacking.  I think the best way to do that is to eat sensibly throughout the day.  I have a trip to Trader Joe's on the schedule for tomorrow.  However, I need a shopping list.  I need to know what I should be eating.  When I moved from heavy (for me) weight training to a running focus, I got lost in the carbs.  So much for my recommitting...

So, I am revisiting it.  It all starts in the kitchen.  According to Runner's World's August issue, I should be eating some "good for you" foods that I actually love like raspberries, eggplant and goat cheese (just to name a few).  I am happy to go out and buy these foods.  BUT every food cannot be string cheese and bananas.  You cannot just grab an eggplant and take a bite.  I need some easy go-to snacks and meals for marathon training.  Please focus on "easy."  I do not have time, energy or desire to even spend all day Sunday cooking in my itty-bitty kitchen.

Challenge:  Can you please give me a simple recipe for a snack or meal that is good during marathon training?  It can be as simple as "smear peanut butter on whole wheat bread" (now that one is taken though, okay?).

Incentive: I have the "Spirit of the Marathon" on DVD.  I bought it and I watched it once and because it is Fall and I love pumpkin lattes, I'll throw one in as well.  Just let me know if you prefer Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts.

Leave me a recipe or snack idea in the comments and "like" my Facebook page by Monday, 9/24/12 at noon (EDT) at noon and I will pick a winner at random.