And on the third day...she did not rest.

Three days in. So far, I'm loving the accountability factor of writing this blog. BUT I'm only three days in. I think most people still like new things on the third day. So, I'm not calling it a major score yet. But I think it's going to work. I definitely feel a bigger push to get out of bed in the morning, knowing that if I miss a day of workout, I have to document it here, as a permanent reminder that I slacked off.
My workout today was Week 3, Day 2 of the 10K training. Still the same as Monday's - a 5 minute warm up, run 5 min, walk 5 min, repeat 5 times, 5 minute cool down. The difference between Monday and today is that today I gave myself enough time to actually finish! I tried increasing my speed by .1/mph each run cycle. I started running at 4.2, and ended up at 4.7. I feel like for where I am right now, that was a good pace. I don't feel like I let myself coast through, and I don't think I pushed myself too hard. Ultimately, yes, I would love to be an overall faster runner. But one thing at a time. Right now I'm just trying to build up my endurance to be able to run for longer periods of time/longer distances. For now I'm trying very hard to not worry about my pace per mile. I find that it's just discouraging at this point.

Three days in. Apparently this also the time the bad cravings begin, because all day I had to keep talking myself out of eating trash. I wasn't necessarily overwhelmed or bombarded by cravings, but I definitely noticed that my brain started trying to lean more towards unhealthy things like high-carb, high-fat, high-sugar foods. As hard as it's going to be to get back into a routine of regular exercise, it's going to be even harder to get back into a routine of healthy eating. But I've done it before, and I know I can do it again. I'm finding a lot of new recipes on Pinterest that are of the healthier variety, and that's definitely helping to keep the "junk food" cravings at bay. It's extremely helpful and exciting to have a wide variety of options, so I don't always feel like I have to eat the same 5 meals just because they are "healthy". I made this recipe tonight and it was outstanding!

Cardio X tomorrow morning, definitely need to get in bed soon to get rested up for that!