I eat; Therefore, I run

I have been diligently running. I have been running 3-3.5 miles 3 days a week for a while now. I made sure to run while on the cruise, and I made sure to run while at my folks' house over the holidays. I keep waiting for it to get easier and to feel better. But it doesn't. Every single time I get my shoes on and hit pavement, I start to psyche myself out. I don't want to do it, it's too hard, my legs hurt, I'm tired..... I usually manage to push through and make it to 3 miles, but there has been a time or 2 when I didn't. And just to mention it, I am usually pushing the double jogging stroller with 2 whining girls quarreling in it. So its loads of fun all around.

I was doing 5 miles before I got pregnant with Rylee and got too sick to do it anymore. Then I didn't run until this summer. Is it the nearly 3 years off that's killing me? Or have I really lost my running mojo?

I thought it might also be something else. The Marine Corps Times had an article in it focusing on 6 different athletes and their diets. Yikes! I cannot imagine restricting my diet the way they do! I love my sweets and I love my variety. I could not eat that healthy every single day. I know that what we eat effects our performance, but I was hoping that just referred to people who's performance might hinge on a second's difference! For a 10 mile a week runner, shouldn't I be able to stuff whatever I want into my pie hole?

According to the scale, apparently not. Sigh.