lunch prepping

goooood morning!

i've had two cups of coffee and i accidentally dropped a lot of brown sugar in my oatmeal this morning

i fished some of it out

but it was still a lot

and when i got to work it was a syrupy mess

i tried to eat some of it

but...it was icky

now i'm still hungry and on a slight sugar/caffeine high

i'm trying to get back to prepping my breakfasts and lunches again

i had completely forgot how to cook my oats in my rice cooker - it had been so long!

and i tried to keep it healthy at lunch time by running to subway

but running out every day for lunch was getting old

so last night i cooked up about 8 HUGE chicken boobs

and let them cool - bill and i had chicken, zucchini, and corn for dinner- but

with the leftovers i shredded to use for salads

i portioned out a tupperware of salad and added some chicken

hard boiled a few eggs - and packed two last night

i was out the door at my usual time AND i had breakfast (which was a fail) and lunch packed - i'll take this one as a win

before the cooking began last night i got my run on - just a mile - but i shaved about 20 seconds off my last mile

woo!

i feel like my running spirit is back

i have the urge to push harder to get back to my faster (for me) miles

i also have to credit starting the couch to 5k program

i downloaded the app on my phone

i felt the earlier weeks were too slow for where i'm already at - so i started with week 4

monday was the first day i did the program - and the first day i added more distance

it was tough - i had decided to treat it like a speed workout

but i hadn't been used to running for the total distance, and i burnt out pretty early

my last couple of jogging reps were pretty slow

but i stayed with it and completed it

i could probably mess with my garmin to set up something similiar

but this app is just so easy - i highly recommend it - even if you just want to use it for a sprint/fartlek workout- the intervals are based on time and there is a voiceover when it's time to walk - or slow down if you're using it for fartleks

today will be my second day of the program - i plan to follow it through - while working on speedier 1 mile runs on the "off" days.

i knew going in to this "40 days of running" that it probably wouldn't take me long to set another goal

the past year i was setting goals that were achievable, but my heart wasn't in it - and i was setting myself up for failure - and i knew it

having a chance to start from the bottom again and work my way back up has rekindled a fire - working on the basics and building my endurance slowly makes me want to work harder and enjoy the small hurdles

instead of muddling through a training plan and feeling defeated instead of proud of the accomplishments i have made

i'm not ready to schedule any late spring or fall races just yet...

i just want to solidify my base and see how i feel after a couple of months.

but...i know how this running bug goes

give me about a month and i bet i get race fever and sign up for something  :)

happy trails!