Running block

[abejita]

So I started the couch to 5k program a couple of months ago. I went from not being able to run 60 sec to being able to being able to run for 20 something minutes without stopping. It all has gone down hill from there. It seems like I can run less and less now. I'll run for a couple minutes and then stop. I am not getting out of breath and my legs are not getting particularly tired...I just stop. In my head, I can't go anymore. I know it is a mental thing, but I am not sure how to get past it. Having the same issues with cycling. i don't want to get on my bike and ride. When I do, I enjoy it and I am so glad that I went, but I have trouble getting started.

I think that some of this has to do with me gaining weight. I gained 4 lb in the last month and it is really messing with my head. I know that it is not much...but it seems to have unleashed my inner fat girl. Over the past year and a half, I have steadily lost weight. I went from 220 and wearing stretchy 20 pants, to 135 and wearing 4/6s. This is the first weight gain since I started loosing and it is messing with my head a bit. I even suspect that most of it is muscle because my clothes are fitting the same or maybe even a little looser...the fat girl inside is just whispering otherwise. I haven't really changed my eating either and I still track my food intake 95% of the time.

Any suggestions on how to get over this mental block. I took up running to help my cycling and so that I would have something strenuous to do in the winter when I am not cycling so much.