Faster, Stronger

I hit the gym pretty early today! I can't make up my mind as to whether I like going first thing in the morning or in the evening. It's quieter in the evening, and I enjoy that. Also, I usually weigh myself every morning...don't worry I'm not obsessive :) I just like to see the miniscule changes throughout the days. Believe it or not, it actually helps. Then sometimes I'll do days between weigh-ins. Just depends on my mood, and lets me know if I need to work a little harder. The scale's weight has kind of been stuck the past couple days (which is fine) and I figured out why. I have a body composition scale that measures not just your weight but muscle mass, water weight, body fat %, etc. So since I've started working out, I've lost almost 5% of my fat and gained 4 lbs of muscle!! That's huge...so I'm guessing I've just gained muscle recently and thats why it's stuck because I've been doing everything right. The key is to not get discouraged! Keep on truckin! I also track all of my calories and fitness at Livestrong.com's MyPlate. It's statistically shown that when you keep a diary of all the food you eat, you lose more weight. I think it's because you're making yourself more aware of what and how much you are eating!!
Anyways, on to todays workout!!
Today was run #3 of week 3 of my 5K training! I also wasn't paying attention during 1 part, which made my run a little different than usual. I also improvised at the end, and did more running!

Workout
Brisk 5 min warm up walk @ 3.5 mph
Run 1.5 min @ 4.5 mph
Walk 1.5 min (all walks are at 3.5)
Run 3 min
Walk 1.5 min (actually was supposed to be 3 min, but I wasn't paying attention oops)
Run 5 min (was supposed to be 3 min, but I improvised)
....and this is where I completely added on to the run....
Walk 1.5 min
Run 1.5 min (all runs were @ 4.5)
(did those alternating intervals 3 times)
Cool down walk of 6 min @ 3.5 mph

Total Miles ~ 2.39 miles!

Also, my trainer gave the P90x dvd set. I tried the ab ripper one yesterday, and it was pretty intense. My abs are def. hurting today, especially when I laugh. I'm definitely looking forward to week 4 of 5K training! This is where it starts to be mostly running with only minimal walking! I'm psyched!!!