The time seems to be flying by. I can't believe it's halfway thru KFB. I remember halfway thru PCP and I felt like I was in a pit of despair. So miserable, trudging thru workouts and chowing down food in such agony. But with KFB, it's halfway and I find myself looking forward to the workouts. I find myself looking forward to eating the good, medicine everyday. Plus I'm way excited to have more amounts of food in my diet this week! Hunger pangs are gone!
On the otherhand, mindful consumption #2 did not bode well for me. I had the same thing as mindful consumption #1, a chicken and cheese burrito with a side of steamed broccoli and a dollop of guacamole. Just like the first time, I picked around the tortilla to get to the cheesy-chicken goodness. But this time, it didn't taste as good. This time it wasn't as satisfying and I felt ubber full, ubber fast. Disappointment and staying awake for most of the night is what happened next. I felt ubber full for the entire night as the food just sat in my stomach. I felt heart burn, indigestion and mega-bloating.
The next morning, despite my tiredness and overall cruddy feeling, I went for a run. I ran for 40 minutes, hoping to help my system get the food from my mindful consumption out, it did help but the cruddy feeling remained for the rest of the day. Tried to stay active all day long and also drank tons of water. But I knew my Saturday of feeling good was not going to happen due to the food choices I made yesterday.
I was able to sleep on Saturday night and so I woke up feeling pretty refreshed Sunday. Got my workout in, got my breakfast in, went to train volleyball for an hour and then just walked around the city because it was a beautiful day. Sunday was a better day - body feeling wise and I felt thankful to feel good again.
In conclusion, 24 hours of crappy feeling is not worth the consumption of such food. Next mindful consumtion I will need to do better and I will.
Wow, that burrito sounds like it really wasn't worth it. (Where did you have it? I'll have to remember not to go there...) Seems like you experienced something like PCP valley--but shorter, like 'burrito canyon.'
ReplyDeleteBut it sounds like you really got a lot out of the epxerience, even if it wasn't positive.
And yeah, I second the extra veggies. And third them!