Saturday, October 24, 2009

WARNING! Do not eat Chinese food after and while you are eating clean!

I know, I have not formally introduced myself and only created this blog today, but I had an experience I just had to write about today!!
I have been eating clean for a few weeks now and really really pushing hard in the gym. I have not "cheated" once and have been really proud of my progress. Well my children had social engagements tonight and my husband is out of the house too. That left me at home with my four year old. Our Microwave has been broken for about 3 months and I decided that we didn't need a new one. I forgot to get food out yesterday to defrost for tonight, sooooo... I of course opted to go out to a "dinner date" (that's what my 4 year old daughter calls it) with her.
We almost went to Mexican but I knew that would be bad, so we opted for chinese. .....Wrong Decision. We ordered sweat and sour chicken, egg roll, and egg drop soup.
Everything was fine until we got home and boy I am sick. In the past this would not have bothered me. I think when you cram terrible food into your mouth everyday your insides get covered in the yuck (just my opinion, I'm no doctor, but this is how it feels) Everything just passes right through. I used to have no sensitivities when it came to food. After you start cleansing your system with great whole foods all the yuck stuck to your organs is washed out and you feel great. But WARNING!!!! If you eat the yuck and your body is all clean inside it really messes you up and you feel really bad. I feel disgusting!!!!!
I am an optimist and realize that this one slip will not destroy my effort! I will ride my elliptical while watching a good show tonight so no big deal. It makes me want to put signs all over the place reminding myself how I feel after eating junk. Feeling this way is a great motivator to not want to feel this way ever again.
When you eat whole foods and only shop around the outside isles of your supermarket your body rewards you in soooo many ways. I feel more energy; I lose weight; I am never hungry because I get to eat alot of the good stuff; my skin looks and feals better; I GLOW!!!!! I know that sounds funny, but seriously when I have a diet rich in good fats (extra virgin olive oil, nuts, fish)I lose that dull look. My oldest daughter actually thought I had lathered on the glistening lotion the other day when she was looking at my legs.
Don't sabatoge your eating clean efforts with yucko food!!! If you do, You will feel bad physically. Don't let that get you down mentally though. Keep on trucking and make a mental note of your feelings about the event.
Love yourself no matter what!

1 comment:

  1. I wish I'd seen this about an hour ago!! I got chinese take out and just finished eating about 15 minutes ago. Now I feel absolutely horrible! I've changed my eating habits because my roommate was recently diagnosed with celiac disease. She has been out of town so I decided tonight I would get something that I wouldn't eat if she were here. I will never do that again! Hooray clean eating! Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day!
    Just wanted you to know that you aren't the only one!

    Goodnight!
    B

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