What makes the difference between feeling good about your "healthy lifestyle" and feeling terrible? I've concluded its all about the diet. It doesn't matter how long I work out in the morning or how hard I run or how many calories I burn. If my diet sucks for the day, I feel gross.
Monday is the perfect example. I worked out for 45 minute at the gym--intervals on the track (5 sets of 1000 meters), then some stairs and finishing off with a good ab workout. I burned over 300 calories. Awesome, right? And then I went home and spent the day crafting with friends and eating junk. The main foods consumed were chips with queso dip and M&M's. Oh so grand. I felt GROSS. That feeling even continued into Tuesday. My diet Tuesday was mucho better, but its taken until Wednesday morning for me to feel somewhat normal and not like a fat loser. (Harsh, but true.)
So the diet is the thing. I have got to eat healthy, drink lots of water, and be happy.
2 comments:
so so true. It's been so good for me to pay attention to how I feel after I eat, it's more motivating for me to think "I'm going to feel like garbage if I eat this" rather than "I might gain a pound if I eat this" who knows why, but its true.
That's a good idea. Because sometimes I'll be thinking "I shouldn't eat this" for the weight reason, but you know--if I can eat it and still feel okay, then what's the big deal. It should be more about how I feel than what the scale may say. Hmm...
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