Okay funny story.... well not really, my husband and kids won't say it's funny but we can laugh about it now. If you would have asked me before where my burst of anger come from I would have said... HORMONES. Right, I mean doesn't every woman have that out? It's hormones and we get away with it! So after this past year of learning all about nutrition, exercise and how my body reacts.... I have learned it about 90% food related... 10% hormone related. Let me give you an example.
This past weekend my husband was actually home for a full weekend so I decided to go to my Sat. bootcamp class. I got back home about 9:30 time is important here cuz I want you to understand how often this body needs to eat. I had a really good breakfast at 6:30am. When I got home I chatted for a bit then took 20min to ice my knee. And did NOT grab anything to eat. At this point my mood was normal, great morning so far. Then I decided to take a shower..... no go eat!!!! you are not being smart you should go eat!....... after the shower my husband say's "should I cook up that bacon?" YES bacon! I start getting ready, meanwhile I can smell the delicious bacon cooking in the other room. Now for those of you that are reading this and know I am on the 28 day.... NO bacon is NOT on the 28 day, but because of certain metaphysical reasons I every so often get to add a little extra fat to a meal. This does NOT mean you get to! :) It's almost 11:00.... timeline here.... have not eaten since 6:30- 4 1/2 hours and I had a hard workout in there. I walk out to the kitchen to make my delicious salad with my 1piece of bacon that I have been drooling over, only to find the plate of bacon is GONE.... YES... GONE! All that is left is little remnants of what was there and a pool of grease! I said..... are you kidding me? Meanwhile my husband stands there with a grin on his face and the kids smiling as well. NOT mama........ look out cuz mama bear just went from 0-10 in less that a second and needs to enter anger management! I got so angry, and let them know I was angry and stormed off to the bedroom to finish getting ready.... and still didn't eat..... My husband waited the 10 min cooling off period and came in, at that point my mind was racing, thinking of every little stupid thing I was going to be angry about. And my words to him were "you better leave before I say something I regret" This anger fueled for the next 15 min until I finally went out, made myself something to eat with a balance of all the things my body needed, and within 20 min... my anger..... GONE, my mood back to normal, my smile back on my face, my tummy and my brain happy again. FOOD related! I mean seriously WHO gets that upset over bacon?????
I am telling you this story to point out one thing..... honestly and truly.... food, what we put in or don't put in our body, drives a lot of emotion and energy. So the next time you are angry, uptight, lethargic or just plain off.... think about your last meal? how long ago was it? was is balanced with the right carbs, fat and protein? And if you need help with these things.... email me mendedbygrace@ymail.com I can give you the tools to help you get started!!! ......... Now excuse me while I go get some food! Happy Monday!
Jen
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