Christmas "Coma"

Saturday, December 26, 2009

Never fails that I over indulge during the Christmas Holliday on foods that I know are not good "food stuff." Why do I do this? Well, simply it tastes good and we don't normally eat these foods, in these quantities. But, it never seizes to amaze me that I feel so poorly after I eat a large glycemic load of carbs. This "carb brain" phenomena is not so uncommon to all of us after we have eaten lots of sugars in a meal. So, when I woke up this morning I decided to make note of how I felt after eating poorly yesterday. Here are my internal thoughts!

"What happen, who hit me with a mack truck, why do I feel like I have been drugged, where is the exit? Ha, ha! This is not how it is supposed to end. Is this legal? Ok, I am not going to do this again. BTW, when is the next holiday, oh yeah, next week? Dang it! Dare not step on the scales and see how much sugar I stored last night. Let's see how those max effort snatches and cleans go today. Ok, get over it. It will be over sooner than you know it. Do my joints ache more than usual, I think they do?"

Thus, the ramblings of a high glycemic loaded post holiday goer! Now, good clean breakfast and everything will be better.

Food is fuel, but there is also something to be said for the cultural and social value that it has. We should just make poor eating an exception to the rule and not our daily habit.

Posted by: Darin Deaton

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Troy commented on 26-Dec-2009 09:50 AM

I always get chewed out in my home for trying to be the health nut
all the time.
Its hard enough as it is and the kids sure don't make it any easier, but I am
determined to make better food choices.

Dman commented on 26-Dec-2009 03:21 PM

The proof is you! You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make'em drink. Next time someone complains about their body cosmesis, just smile.

Terra commented on 27-Dec-2009 08:44 PM

Coma...is the best description. After six weeks of super-clean eating and redefining portions and having an incredible amount of energy...I came down with a sinus infection/cold. I went into the holiday season resisting all kinds of platters, appetizers, etc. or at least eating reasonable portions and making the best selections possible.

Then, I realized the worse I felt physically, the worse I ate, it was the easy thing to do and I guess they don't call it "comfort food" for nothing So, after four days of sugar/carb/crap loading, I am like, where did the definition that was coming on go after ONLY four days of bad eating and five of not working out.

I am so grateful for my CF journal. I have journaled most of my spiritual life, but never my fitness/eating...and it's awesome to see the difference in how I feel...mentally and physically. I have never been so aware of why I am making choices until I started journaling. If I haven't said it a million times, thank you for all you put into training your athletes to be their best. Rambling thoughts of a carb-sugar-loaded...blah...blah...blah.

Dman commented on 29-Dec-2009 06:55 AM

Luv it Terra! Comments from the self realized!

Matt commented on 30-Dec-2009 10:21 AM

Troy, I feel your pain brother. It is hard enough to make the right choices when unfavorable food is constantly in front of us; but when we add in the guilt, misplaced by others on our shoulders for eating healthy we are challenged in an entirely new way. A great discussion topic: How to navigate the social pressures associated with eating. My goal in this new year is to be mindful of others feelings associated with diet, but I will not feel pressure or guilt for making good food choices, for doing the RIGHT thing! If that makes me an ass to some people....so be it. And I will not use social guilt/pressure as an excuse for making poor decisions.

Dman commented on 30-Dec-2009 11:52 AM

Rock on Matt! We have been so brain washed by the general populous as to what is "normal" anymore. Well, look at the national health statistics and I don't want to be "normal." We don't, and won't, always make the right food or life choices, but every good choice makes a difference. Others want to misdirect their own sense of guilt and weakness on us to somehow decrease their own personal responsibility. If we are seen as weird, then so be it! I kind of like weird anyway.

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