You Are What You Eat

Overall I have been doing well following my clean diet. I have eliminated a lot of the sugar and nearly all the artificial colors, flavors and preservatives. I have been feeling pretty good, but did not actually take much notice of that until this past weekend. Zach and the girls went out of town Friday night so I treated myself to dinner at Panera. I had salad and soup-not bad. The next morning however, I decided to treat myself again, but this time I got hot chocolate and a croissant from Java Crew. I felt sick all morning. I have been used to things like steel cut oats, chia pudding, or in a rush a glass of milk for breakfast. Not sugar loaded drinks and baked treats! I did better the rest of the day. But then Sunday rolled around and I was not home. We visited friends and I gorged myself of pizza and birthday cake. When I got home, I was still hungry (I can't imagine why?!?) so I ate some m&m's. Yes, this was a day of one bad choice after another. When I woke up on Monday morning, I hurt all over. My lower back and legs were especially sore. My stomach hurt and I was cranky. My thoughts were completely disorganized, I had no patience and was just generally moody. I ate clean all day yesterday, hiked around silver falls and today feel about 100% better. It is sad that it took feeling awful to realize that I had been feeling good, but I was grateful for the eye opening experience.