The workout today was fabulous.  On Tuesday I ran 2 miles, walked 8 min, ran 1/2 mile, walked 5 min, ran 1/2.  Tonight I ran 2 miles (20 min), walked 5 minutes, ran 1 mile (10 min).  I was running at 6.2 mph and walking at 3.8 mph.  This means that I have now run 5K– albeit not consecutively.  My “big” goal is to be able to run 3 miles or 5K straight in under 30 minutes.  My trainer says that should happen in under two weeks, so we’ll see.  Tomorrow (my third day of running for the week), I plan to try to do what I did today over again.  Next week I’ll attempt to do 25 minutes or 2.5 miles of running consecutively.  Still, I can totally see the progress, and while I still hate running and don’t like it when I’m doing it, I am getting kind of excited about it.  I’m even toying with the idea of signing up for a mini marathon.  I’m not going to jump the gun, though.  My first goal is the 3 miles straight, then my next goal will be 4 miles straight because that’s what my trainer runs, so if it’s good enough for him, then it should be good enough for me.  After that, I’ll reevaluate.

Food went well today, too.  I ate the extra 1/2 bar like they suggest, and it really helped.  I’m not hungry, and I’ll be in bed in a couple hours, and once I’m there, I’m usually safe!  Tomorrow is WI, so I’m hoping to see a good loss.  I’m down on my scale at home, so we’ll see what theirs shows.  I also have a body analysis at my gym (every two weeks we do them now), so I should have some fat % numbers to post.

Breakfast:  cheese toast (125), egg white (20), HNS (70)—  215

Lunch:  choc. wafer bar, very yummy (210), HNS (70)— 280

Dinner:  rst. beef and pepperjack sandwich (180), HNS (70)— 250

snack:  1/2 bar (80), applesauce that I skipped at dinner (50), hot cocoa HNS (70)— 200

Grand total:  945

Calories burned at workout:  600

Net calories:  345

weight at home:  161 (down 1 lb. from yesterday morning– this bodes well for WI tomorrow!)