Salad It Is.

So, as I mentioned before, I've taken up running. So far I've found the best motivation for staying on track with my training is to sign up for a race. The fear of total embarrassment in front of total strangers keeps me on task, for the most part. Good thing my husband is an experienced runner (He ran the Bay Shore Marathon last year....HOLLA!) as he is the one who creates my training plans for me. If it were up to me, well, let's face it, if it were up to me I'd be knee deep in ice cream right now.

Anyway, when you're training there are different things you do each day. Different distances to run, different ways to run, different forms of exercise to do, and even resting. In my plan, I have 2 Rest Days a week. Sounds awesome right? If you said "yes", you are what I like to call "wrong".

My wonderful husband also introduced me to a fitness app which makes me keep a food diary. I was really curious about how many nutrients I was lacking in so I signed up.

Yesterday was Day 1. I ran 3 miles on Day 1.

Today is Day 2. Day 2 is a Rest Day. It is 3:08pm on Day 2 and I have only 110 calories left on which to feed. Herein lies the ugly truth about Rest Day.

No, no, I have not been pigging out and yes, I did some mild exercise in the form of yoga with my 2 year old. But come on! I ate 2 servings (1 cup total) of Bran Bits for breakfast this morning and that ALONE was 400 calories!!! WHAT?! I never noticed THAT before. Where are all those calories coming from? Bran Bits, people. Bran Bits.

So, on I trudge through Day 2 feeling a rumbly in my tumbly and all bummed out. It looks as though unless I call off Rest Day and go run around, I will be choosing between a couple bites of dinner and a glass of red. Which one do you think I'll choose.....