Two weekends ago, while competing in the Nor Cal qualifiers, I had what you would call a “cheat day(s)”.  My reason for sharing this is not to boast, but to demonstrate that if you eat really good 95% of the time, it’s ok to cheat every now and again.  Because I’ve learned to enjoy many healthy food items, I rarely crave most junk food items.  However, on this particular weekend, the combination of little preparation to ensure I had my normal food items, going much longer than I normally do between meals, and the junk food items being readily available, all combined in just the right combination for an apocalyptic binge that I haven’t experienced since the days of cutting weight for wrestling.

During the course of two days, IN ADDITION TO my normal meals, of which I would consider healthy food items, I also had:

12 Large homemade chocolate chip cookies (3 of which were devoured in a cookie sandwich: one cookie in the middle, sandwiched between two more cookies!… completely eaten during a 40 second elevator ride!)  Pure deliciousness!

2 Cokes (while waiting for dinner on Saturday night.  first time I’ve had any in a couple of years.  Bubbles, sugar, and caffeine… what a fantastic combo!

8 Sausages (salty, greasy, and made with mysterious animal parts… scrumptious!!)

2 bowls of ice cream (one of them was topped with some of the chocolate chip cookies listed above)  Amazing! 

I was rewarded with a splitting headache on Sunday, and a strong feeling of nausea after completing the workout.  My point is, even with two days of horrible eating habits I didn’t gain any measurable weight… the reason for this is the other 95% of the time is healthy eating.  Another effect of binge junk food eating (if done sporadically enough) is that the negative feedback you get after eating it (i.e. you feel like crap), is a good reinforcement tool for eating healthy.  The KEY here is that you have to be eating really healthy to notice the difference, Subway, fat free Yoplait yogurt, and Jamba Juice smoothies is not considered healthy eating.

Post your guilty pleasures to the comment section.  (Food related only please.)

 

Tuesday’s WOD:

2 Rounds:

400 meter row
20 KB Swings
10 Knees to Elbow
15 Wall Balls
Run 403 meters
20 KB Swings
10 Knees to Elbow
15 Wall Ball

results:

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