Day 54: I Don't Feel So Good.

I woke up this morning feeling very sick to my stomach.  It was so bad that I wasn’t able to really eat anything until about 2PM, for this reason there was no AM exercise.  It had to be done after I got home from work. 

Yes, it is still raining non-stop and I was going break back out the Wii and get in some Wii Fit Yoga. Luckily around 2:30ish the clouds broke and the sun came out for a little while.  Our poor dogs have been cooped up for the last three days and needed a walk. 

We did almost a mile and had to return them home, they were both panting pretty heavy.  Kelly and I kept going and got in 43 minutes of total walk time. 

For the life of me I can’t figure out what made me so sick.  I believe it was the usual suspects, aka all the crap that only eat on a holiday.  Let’s see, that list included two types of homemade ice cream, a banana and a Heath bar toffee, pasta salad, brownies, baked beans, shall I go on.  Why do we do this to ourselves every holiday?  Why are the holidays full of food that we shouldn’t eat? Who started this tradition of stuffing ourselves until we can’t move?

I wish I had an answer.  All I can say is I am tired of it.  I was thinking yesterday that I should make up the Quarter Cup rule.  It would go like this. 

On holidays I could eat a little bit of everything, but no more than a quarter of a cup and absolutely no seconds.  Would this have helped yesterday?  To be honest I don’t know it was just a thought. 

I know that I am not the only one who feels like something is missing if I don’t partake in all the holiday food.  Why is it so easy to say no to a chocolate brownie on June 29^th but impossible to do so on July 4^th?  What changes in 5 days that makes a brownie so irresistible? 

All these questions and I still don’t really have answers. 

In addition, I am sore from the 360lbs squats.  Walking hasn’t been painful but I have felt it all day.  I feel like I get stronger every day.

Dailey Recap:

Matt & Kelly: 43 minute walk.