El Bloggo de Josho

Well, up to this point we hadn’t really splurged on our diet at all, and we hadn’t missed a workout.  We had to move our Kenpo workout both weeks so far from Saturday to Sunday due to activities on Saturday.

After Dave and Marie left yesterday the superbowl was on and Emily and I started talking about food.  Papa Johns, pasta, etc.  Mmmm.  I decided I wanted a big bowl of cereal and Emily wanted Ramen noodles.  We didn’t have much because we boxed up all of the “bad” food in our kitchen so we wouldn’t be tempted.  We went for it.  Those had to be the best tasting Lucky Charms I have ever had even if they were “Marshmallow Matey’s”.

I think it was a really good thing we did it too.  Here’s why.

1. After I ate that big bowl of cereal I felt lazy.  Really lazy.  I felt like I didn’t want to do anything but sit around and lounge all night.  The superbowl was on and I had no reservations about laying on the couch and watching it the whole time.  That isn’t like us.  Emily just slept on the couch.  Lately we have had much more energy and have actually been feeling better.  This lazy feeling kinda sucked.
2. I actually had guilt.  I don’t think I have every felt guilty in my whole life about eating a lot of food.  I never have had self confidence issues when I was (still am) fat and I never felt bad about eating.  In fact, I love the really full feeling.  After that cereal, however, I had a feeling like I needed to get in shape, and needed to start eating better even though I kept telling myself I had eaten well for 31 days and had been working out hardcore for the last 14 days.  It was a crappy feeling.
3. We went ahead and did Kenpo X last night (we talked about skipping it) after the Superbowl was over.  I felt like I was trying to do Kenpo X with an extra 40 lbs.  My stomach was full and I felt like hell the whole time I was trying to work out.  It was obvious that after working out for 2 weeks, even when full with good food, was no big deal compared to that damn cereal.  I could actually tell a difference.

There are definitely changes going on in our bodies, and they are for the better.  This is only about  1/6th of the way through.  The sites told us that after 90 days your eating habits will have changed, and I don’t think they were lying.  If last night is any indication of the future, I’m not going to have a desire to overeat and eat crap all the time.  I’m sure we’ll splurge once in awhile, but I think the days of eating lots of bad food all the time may be over.  Good riddance I say.