Day 16

I just got back from the grocery store, stocked up on beautiful greens, lean meats, bright reds, vibrant yellows and eye catching oranges. This is the 3rd week of making my grocery list from recipes and it makes me feel amazing. I love the direction I have in the grocery store, with a list I don't even look at the other food I am so focused to get all of my ingredients and there is no room for anything else in my cart.

This weekend was so strange, I had my company Christmas party and the morning of I woke up and actually worked out! Finally I had the urge and actually did it, which may have been a bad idea in hind sight because I also went curling for the Christmas party. These 2 sets of workouts, along with my healthy breakfast and healthy lunch led to a hard core binge on Saturday night. I didn't even see it coming, I knew I was going to be my cheat night but it seemed to get out of hand so quickly and.... then I was puking. Terrible right? According to my alcohol consumption I shouldn't have gotten sick, I only had 6 drinks over 7 hours, but I think it was the mass amount of nachos I forced into my mouth at rapid fire speed when we arrived at the party, then later there were the wings, and the poutine. When I got home I laid down on my bed and that was it, all the food came out of my stomach immediately.

I learned a valuable lesson, when you are only putting good things in your body it does not appreciate being forced to eat a mass amount of garbage food (no matter how delicious). Cheat days are good but moderation is the key. Try not to eat everyone else under the table, oh and maybe eat slowly to actually taste the food you eat. Lesson Learned.

The good part about my binge is I got right back on the horse/ wagon, I felt less terrible in the morning than I thought I would so I focused on drinking water and planning my weekly meals. The recipe I tried last night was cauliflower crust pizza! It was really tasty, though I should have doubled the recipe, I will know for next time. My sister also pointed out today using flour would cut down on the stickiness of the crust because I was having issues with it sticking to the pan.

I think the best part about keeping control of my eating is having the energy to run my errands. I shoveled my walk today, and it felt good. It's like my body is finally getting that addiction to being healthy I've always heard about but thought was made up by healthy people. I am so happy with my progress, I am so proud of myself.