Holiday Eating and Back to Reality
“Time to get disciplined about my eating”, I thought to myself this morning as
I popped another handful of chocolates into my mouth…hmmm….the day after Christmas and my feelings of sluggishness and flabbiness are not going away just yet. Okay, time to brew one of those caffeine-free teas and start hydrating. Do you think if I drink enough I’ll flush away everything I’ve pigged out on over the past week? Likely not, but I know what will take care of it – a couple of sessions on the erg. There’s nothing like a 3 hour row to burn off some stored “fuel” that is spilling over the top of the drawstring on my stretched sweatpants…
I know I’m not the only one feeling their turkey and pie today – are you suffering from pangs of guilt or the pain of too much eggnog? Solemnly swearing to make a fresh start on January 1 seems to be the accepted ritual in our society – I’ve done it many times, and I made sure I stuffed my face in a final frenzied countdown to NO MORE FUN in foodland…it was like partaking in my own last meal before the executioner came.
But I’m not doing that this year. I’m just going to pretend that nothing major happened, and just make a few changes to get things aligned. And row. And row. And row.
Back in September, I wrote a blog entry on how I would change my eating habits to optimize my training over the coming months. Here are the things I aimed to achieve:
1. Drink more water.
2. Boost immunity through juicing.
3. Reduce refined carbs
4. Pack my lunch.
5. Eat enough.
I think the only thing I’ve achieved is number 5 – with glee I might add 
So starting right now, I am using this magic list of 5 as my guide to better performance, more energy, and pants that fit. Even if I meet only one or two of these goals, then it’s better than what I’m doing now.
3 glasses of water down and 7 more to go…
