working it 4 miles at a time

The weekend:

I did not get to my Saturday run like I should have. I told myself that if I started doing too many miles too soon, I would just be setting myself up for injury. Which is true, but I'm sure doing a mile or two wouldn't have any detrimental effects on my body.

I did however work on my goals to set up a routine eating schedule. Three smaller meals with healthy snacks in between. I wasn't perfect, but I did make some real meals. Instead of popping a frozen pizza into the oven or eating random food around the house.

Today:

I ran 4 miles on the treadmill and it felt awesome. I took it at a slow jogging pace, but threw in some faster 1:00 intervals at mile two. It's amazing how much I loathe and love running. It's so difficult to make myself keep going when my lungs and legs are burning, but when I get through it I'm filled with an amazing sense of accomplishment. I also get a kick out of telling my non-athletic skinny friends that "I went four miles today." And then asking if they want to come next time. Mwahahaha.

Goals to focus on this week:

*Solidify an eating schedule
*Get three more days of running in
*Go weight lifting one day
*Buy a scale for my first weigh-in

Consistently Inconsistent

Okay.... So after some brief observation of my personal eating habits, I realize that I'm completely screwed up. Not only do I eat way to much junk way too often, I eat really inconsistently.

For example - today I had some peaches for breakfast but then didn't eat again until 3:00 when I had a large lunch because I was starving. But because I ate so much at lunch I wasn't hungry for dinner at a normal time. But the hunger pangs struck at 11:00 and that just can't be very good for a body. Conclusion: My eating habits are consistently wacked up.

So here are the goals as far as food goes:

1) Eat 3 medium size meals at consistent times
2) Eat 2 small snacks in between meals
3) Stop putting junk into my body
4) Replace the junk with healthy options such as whole grains, fruits, & veggies.

Of course I'm not going to try and tackle them all at once, but I think I'll try for achieving #1 this weekend.