5 miles

Mason's exercise plan for me included a 5 mile run for today. I can't say I ran the whole thing. Someday, I will, but I have to work up to that. Right now, the farthest that I can go without stopping/walking is 1.5 miles. I know it's just a mental thing, but I have to get over it.
Anyway, I ambitiously wore my Reebok easytone shoes when I set out on my 5 mile journey this morning. I've had problems in the past with them pinching my toes and cutting off the circulation, making them go numb. That didn't happen, though. When I was at 3 miles, I stopped to see why my big right toe was hurting so bad. My shoes had scraped off a chunk of skin and my sweaty sock fibers were irritating the wound. I ran the 1/2 mile from the track at the school back home, changed my shoes, and did the last 1.5 miles of my workout on the treadmill at the office.
Then I did a 20 minute cool down on the exercise bike, per Mason's suggestion because I want to shrink my butt. I felt it mostly in my calves, though. Then I did the standard 300 crunches. I think my form was slacking toward the end when I just wanted to be done.
I think tomorrow I'll try the elliptical.. maybe I'll test out the Tabata Protocol too. It's basically like short HIITs: 20 seconds full intensity at the highest resistance, 10 seconds off, repeating for 4 minutes. It's supposed to be an excellent fat blaster and will probably work it's way into my routine since I can't do my regular HIITs from TurboFire right now since my mouse and keyboard are currently out of commission.

Meal 1: 9:30am (+320 cals)
3 apple cinnamon pancakes (+250 cals)
applesauce (+70 cals)

I know my breakfast was lacking protein, but I wanted to have some carbs for fuel for my long run today.

Exercise: (-668 cals)
5 miles running/walking (-552 cals)
20 minutes on bike (-116 cals)

Meal 2: 11:30am (+265 cals)
1/2 sandwich on potato bread:
light herb mayo
provolone cheese
ham
lettuce
tomato

Meal 3: 1:45pm (+265 cals)
1/2 sandwich on potato bread:
light herb mayo
provolone cheese
ham
lettuce
tomato