I forgot that this blog was not only supposed to be about calories and protein, it's also about how eating this way makes me feel. Today is the 5th day of eating nearly totally "clean" and I gotta admit I feel great. I popped out of bed a little earlier and quicker this morning and it feels like my head is relatively clear. I feel just a little bit free from the bad energy I get from eating too much processed foods.
That being said, I think it is important to think deeply about why eating clean feels good and gives me such a dramatic shift in my mind. I think it has to do with one thing, the fact that no matter what is going on in your life the one thing you can control is what you put in your mouth! I think human beings are hardwired to feel pleasure from control and for some of us that wiring can get out of control. 15 years of Yoga or not, I am still one of those people. I am much better today at accepting the things that go on around me than I was years ago but I'm just a simple human and sometimes it feels like no matter what I do certain things will unfold around me that are unpleasurble. Finances, relationships, the fucking week-long broken elevator in my building, all these things and more can leave a person feeling helpless. When my head is clear and my body is not processing a bunch of crap from a late-night binge it seems that I can just put a simple healthy meal in my mouth and feel a little, "aahhh, that's the way things should be, I'm doing things right for once". The fact is that the feeling of control is 100% illusionary, it is not real at all. The things that you can not control are still out there doing their thing, my mind simply becomes distracted from them to give me a moment of relief. I dont really have much to add to that because I really do not understand this fully myself!
On my way to workout and then teach my 12-1pm Runyon Cayon Bootcamp.
930am
coffee/agave/almond milk - 50 cals
banana - 100 cals
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