Lessons Learned

This morning as I woke up knowing I was going to be on a "field trip" of sorts for work I packed a healthy lunch bag including an egg and sausage sandwich with the cheesy biscuits I posted earlier this week.  Also a bunch of fruit, some celery sticks and my beloved granola combination.  On the way to said field trip, traffic was HORRENDOUS (thank you MN weather) and I thought sure I was going to be late, so I snarfed down my banana and granola while driving....it was messy lol, but I made it work.  I arrive to the field trip only to find out I didn't have to be there until 9 and it was 10 minutes to 8.  Needless to say I had some time to kill, which I spend depleting the battery on my phone while surfing Pinterest for new and exciting Paleo recipes. 

The demo started and the whole while I was easily satisfied with water and the banana granola combination I had on the way in.  All of a sudden a Pot Belly parade began.  First came the "Box 'O Sandwiches", then the deluxe salads (with bleu cheese) and the cookies.....ooooooh the cookies!  I had NO idea they were providing lunch and while I knew I should eat the lunch bag of goodies that was tucked away in the fridge, I didn't.  I said "What the hell", filled my plate with the AMAZING salad they offered and chose an oil/vinegar based dressing, good choice right?  Yup!  Well then a "Wreck" (sandwich) mysteriously ended up on my plate.  Now granted the bread was brown, I can only assume it was likely wheat (VERY loosely defined) and it was packed with veggies, but it was also packed with loads of processed lunch meats.  And then just after the sandwich, this rich, chocolatey goodness appeared in all its crispy on the edges, chewy gooey in the middle glory.  Yes, my friends, I indulged in a chocolate chocolate chip cookie!!!  Why? Because I wanted to and I enjoyed every morsel UNTIL......the sugar spike, and then my poor body put it's pituitary gland in to over drive and the insulin flowed like I fully expect every river in Minnesota to do this spring....flooding, overflowing.  The insulin spiked just as high and hard as the sugar and when the carb crash set in and my insulin still surged....the worst headache I've had in a VERY long time set in.  I knew EXACTLY what was happening, I promptly popped 4 pain relievers to no avail.  It has happened.  My body was PISSED that I would dare poison it not only with the carbs of the bread and the dairy of the bleu cheese and the chemicals and poisons that are know as "preservatives" and other artificial ingredients, but I also sent my blood sugar on a rollercoaster ride and I paid dearly for it.  I still, 6 hours later, have the remnants of the headache and am battling to keep my eyes open.  BLECH!  I will think twice before indulging in such "treats" again.  Likely I will opt for the more nutritious and beneficial treats I have packed away and prepared in my cheery flowered lunch bag.

It makes me realize that even though my pant size hasn't changed and I haven't lost a considerable amount of weight on the scale, my body IS changing and DEFINITELY for the better thanks to the Whole Life Challenge!

So what did I do for dinner?  Well, rather than throwing the whole day away even though I'd wasted all of my nutrition points on the lunch I had, I chose to stay 100% compliant with a chicken and steak fajita salad. I'd had the steak and chicken marinating in a combination of olive oil and homemade taco seasoning for a couple days and combined it with:

Spinach

Fire Roasted Salsa

Black Beans

Avocado

Sauteed Garlic Seasoned Onions and Peppers

and

Jalapenos

It was DELICIOUS!!!!

So that's all for my hump day!  Tomorrow I'm in the office and have a chicken and steak fajita salad packed along with the egg sandwich I didn't eat today and all the fruits and celery I had in my lunch bag already.  It's bound to be a much more nutritious and insulin controlled day!