...crab apple city!

i find this song extremely motivating :)

...starships were meant to fly
hands up, and touch the sky
can't stop, 'cause we’re so high
let's do this one more time...

nicki minaj - starships

the proof is in the pudding, literally... okay so maybe not literal pudding, but cupcakes, chocolate and other such goodies.

this was our first cheat weekend since starting the zone.  we used to cheat weekly (which may be why we were losing weight at a snails pace), now we save it for the super special occasions.  and though it was certainly a special weekend and i welcomed the indulgence, i can't say it went off 100% without a hitch.

the fact of the matter is our bodies adjust to habits, patterns, exercise, the way we eat... after 6 weeks in the zone my body has grown to expect the same thing daily, this includes very little sugar (unless it comes from fruit) and very few carbs (once again only from fruits or veggies).  this weekend we blew both of those patterns out of the water.  yes i gained a few lbs (of which i know will fall back off rapidly after a few days), but what bothers me the most is how i feel.  at almost the first sight of high glycemic carbs and sugar my energy level was zapped.  yesterday was the first day in a LONG time that i actually felt like i could use a nap and fell asleep watching TV on the couch.  every weekend we have been pushing ourselves to run errands, hit the gym, etc and yesterday as much as we certainly needed the rest, i also didn't even have my normal energy to attempt to push myself.

being back to work today i was wondering why i was feeling kind of crabby for the first time in quite a while.  then it hit me, my eating was completely off track for 3 days and my body was feeling it.  when we started the zone diet i had felt like a fog had been lifted, literally.  after just a few days eating poorly the fog rapidly returned.  i am happy to know that it was just a weekend indulgence and that i am back on track and ready to push it hard again, but it was an interesting revelation to see just how well our bodies respond to eating a certain ratio of healthy foods.  i actually look forward to our homemade chicken barley soup and salad for dinner tonight! which is something i love about this diet!

i should also mention the extreme pain i felt in my stomach from being WAY too full after our big fancy meals and the horrible time i had adjusting back to smaller portions today ... not so fun!

in other news, have been wanting to try p90x for a while now and i just saw that one of our girls (the one and only teela tucker) is trying the insanity workout.  this has further peeked my interest.  more to come on this later!

sorry for the lack of uppercase letters, i felt like trying something new in honor of today's lethargy lol.