Sunday, November 14, 2010

Diet

I don't care what anyone tells you - my trainer is right - diet is 80% of the weight loss/fitness equation. You can bust your butt in Crossfit every day of the week but you won't progress the way you will with the right diet.

For me, the diet has been the hardest part. Crossfit is a challenge but it's 1 hour and you are done. I see progress and I have a lot of cheerleaders in there. Eating is a different story. I don't binge anymore and I eat on target about 50% of the time right now...but the other 50 is killing me. How did I get here? Too much to do. Too little sleep. Stress. Anxiety. I'm sure a lot of you are there right now and are thinking, "This is all too much - give me a sandwich so I can be done with this meal" or "Let's just order a pizza, there is too much going on." Then, it becomes a horrible cycle.

The cycle happens inside your body. Your hormones go awry and you are fighting your own body chemistry. It starts to feel impossible. Thankfully, there is usually a point where my body shows me that the pain of eating bad far outstrips the momentary pain of ignoring my manic hormones to get back on plan. Last night was that night.

It was date night. We were at home and we decided to have pizza, salad, and a beer. Then we ran to Home Depot and I had a crazy ice cream craving. We stopped by Publix to pick some up. I'm usually ok with feeding these weird cravings because they come so rarely. Unfortunately, this one came after a couple of weeks of bad eating and my body was over it. We had dinner and watched a movie and then I had ice cream. I was immediately MISERABLE. Pain in my stomach. Tired. Gassy (yes, that's a great thing on date night). My boyfriend looked totally dejected because I didn't want to touch because I felt bad. Yes, I'm one of those horrible people that doesn't like people touching me when I'm sick.

That was IT! The ice cream and left over pizza were purged and I went to bed with the 'this is enough' feeling. I woke up feeling hung over but I had a great Paleo omelet with mushrooms, onions, and basil, a banana and a cup of tea with almond milk. After just one 'on target' meal, my body and mind feel clearer.

Back on track. Yes, it's the holidays. I don't care. I started this to be healthy, to not feel this way all the time - and one night of feeling that way tells me NO MORE! Here we go - back on it, people! If you've given up on the diet...suck it up and get back on it. Your body will thank you.