Food Hangover

Ahhhhh Christmas.

I did well yesterday - or - started to. I went over to the in-laws and there was an array of food.. grilled chicken, roast beef, gravy, yorkshire puddings, roast potatoes, parsnips, brussel sprouts, baby carrots, spinach.. salad (my contribution).. rice.. naan.. I'm sure I am leaving out some things.. let's just say the table was heaving. My strategy was to bring salad which I then piled my plate high with, and had a small piece of roast beef, a couple of yorkshire puddings and loadsa steamed veg. So far so good.

Dessert - mango cheesecake, new york cheesecake, molten chocolate pudding, mince pies, pavlova.. I steered clear, had a big cup of tea - I was after all stuffed on salad and veg tbh and there was nothing really healthy-eating friendly.. and it really was a case of out of sight out of mind. I even managed to resist the pringles and walker's sensations as well as the big chocolate tin of Roses I'd bought (4 months chocolate free my friends)..

So why is it when I got home (J dropped me and went back for some boy time with his cousins as they planned a long one and I needed my rest).. I found myself scoffing things I didn't even really want? It started off with a bag of skinny popcorn, then another. Then a packet of sunchips. Then a solero. Then, I am ashamed to say, 2 Eat Natural bars and a bag of cheetos.

At the end of it I felt sick. Damage wise I think I totalled 2300 calories give or take. Not a train wreck given I should be eating about 1900 calories a day and I've been eating healthily and working out the rest of the week, but an unnecessary binge, and something I haven't done in a long long time. I feel a little bit annoyed at myself yes, but I'm not going to make myself feel guilty. Because everyone has one of 'those' days..where you sorta lose the plot. It's kinda expected on Christmas. And, well, in the past I would have done the same thing but NOT exercised. Having been three times this week and planning a nice run tomorrow I am not going to beat myself up about this, because thats not what this process is about.

The positive thing? How cr*p I felt when I woke up. I felt bloated and dehydrated.. probably from all that sodium, and just generally rubbish. It was like I had a food hangover. Granted, not nearly as bad as a normal hangover.. I wasn't about to throw up and the room wasn't spinning or anything, but rubbish enough I hope, to not do it again.

I received some compliments yesterday about how good I was looking which felt great.. I know Ally is worried about me, I love you for that, but don't. I won't let myself look scary or go below a healthy BMI. I'm going to focus more on toning, an amount of cardio thats enough to keep my body healthy and strength training.. because, well, at MY AGE I need to start doing some weights to prevent loss of bone mass... or I'll get osteoporosis right baby? After all, my sixties are just around the corner :P

I'm not proud about yesterday, but I've learnt something. And in the end thats what matters more than a temporary jump on the scale.

Thanks for listening :)