I discovered that running without music SUCKS. Don’t ever do it. With music, every minute feels tough but at least I have something to distract me. Without music, I thought I was going to die. Talk about torture. Basically, I’m in pain today. But it’s a good pain. On an unrelated note, I hate when trainers/people tell me what I can and can’t eat. Trust me. I know. I appreciate the advice, but I hate the “you can only eat a fist size of carbs” a day suggestion. That stuff is bogus.

Note to self: research glycogen storage. I want to know exactly how carbs get turned into sugar storage and how long that storage lasts in your system and how long it takes to burn it off. If anyone knows anything regarding GLYCOGEN, please share.

Oh! New addition to the blog: The Daily Bite! I’m too slow at updating recipes so I decided to just show the pictures first and take my time with the recipes. I also uploaded the PHOTOS section too.

Consumption: 1159 calories, 6.35g of fat. Total steps: 11,329

Data for March 8.

Workout: 5K run/walk. Wood chops. Squats. Crunches. Push-ups.

It was a bad idea to start the 5K A Day Challenge a day before I had a free consult with the personal trainer at my gym. Since he sees me at the gym all the time, he knows what I’m capable of, and let’s just say, he kicked my ass. I was sweating pretty hard after a 20 minute workout. And I thought super sets were intense. He triple setted me. Squats + raises, then kick + lunge, followed by 20 crunches. Then we did wood chops and inclined girl push-ups. I found out that inclined push-ups are actually harder than flat ones because it uses a smaller group of your chest muscles, and those are weaker usually. But, flat ones FEEL harder because you’re coming down further and there’s more weight on your arms. Either way, good workout except I was drained by my run. I did manage a run/walk 5K in 42 minutes (not bad, I suppose) so still accomplished but no picture since I left my phone in the car.