Week 1 of 4-wk Program

So I made it through the 1st program...amazing and now start the 2nd one....4 weeks to increase my distance before I begin the 16 week..ultimate stretch. Goal for these 4 weeks is to increase mileage so that while I'm in the 16 week program I'm not drastically trying to increase mileage on top of speed. If I can get my distance up then that will hopefully put me in a good place to do both.

So here's how it lays out...3 days a week and in miles
Week 1 - 2/3/3
Week 2 - 3/3/4
Week 3 - 3/4/5
Week 4 - 2/4/6

So starting this week I had to take my workouts indoors....just too hot. There is a community center with an indoor track but the down side is that it takes a gazillion laps to = a mile and my GPS watch doesn't work indoors so I have to 1) count my laps which sucks 2) don't get a good idea of pace...yes I can do a proxy but still not great.

Day 1 - Did the 2 miles with no problem...which was great coming off my first 2 mile run Sunday.

Day 2 - Did 3 miles....first 2 didn't feel so great but as soon as I hit my 3rd mile I was in the zone....all was going great until halfway and I felt as though all the fuel in my body had been used up. I'm really struggling with my food....balancing calories with the workouts. I think I've been eatting too little so it's going into starvation mode. Conceptually I really struggle with this because I'm trying to lose weight on top of trying to increase my workouts and I can't find that balance. I work out harder and eat less and don't lose weight...how can that be...I get it...but I don't know how to find the balance. Do I do more protein, more carbs...I don't know. I have a crap load of storage that can be used if you know what I mean :) I know that's not how it works but I'm a numbers girl...all about the plus and minuses...so it's not working for me :) What % of carbs, protein, fat etc..is needed ?? I have to lose more weight if my body is going to carry me the distance. It's doing great right now...but somethings gotta give.

Day 3 - Did 2 miles...was short on time and got that in...I was fine with that because I knew I had two more days at 3 miles next week to prepare for the increase to 4 by the end of that week.

On top of each workout I've been swimming 30-40 minutes right after....very tiring but use that time to focus on my upper body and build arm strength on top of cardio. And the water feels great on my sweaty body and sore limbs after the run.

Can't believe I did 3 miles non-stop when just 4 days earlier I was stressing about doing 2 miles....increase by a mile in 4 days...I'm becoming a believer :)

So plan for the week is to figure out the food thing...any advice would be great!