Beat It

After spending my long weekend camping in the beautiful surroundings of the mountains in Kananaskis I'm not having an easy time adjusting to work today (or the early morning wake up call from my alarm - in fact I think I'm still half asleep)
I had such a great weekend with the family and our friends and I definitely can't wait for the next trip! :)

One thing about my weekend that wasn't so great was my diet, I completely fell off the wagon (Again!) and it was horrible.
I brought some veggie burgers for my meals and thought that would work out for me just fine but being my first camping trip without meat it turned out not to be, I slipped up and ate a few pieces of beef kabob - my first taste of beef in over a month! Then I had a hot dog... then bacon for breakfast... then another hot dog at lunch, pork kabob for dinner, more bacon at breakfast, and a smokie the morning we left... I overdosed on red meat after being off of it for one month.

The saddest part is I didn't even really want to eat it, it was just there and easy. I had my veggie burgers one night but they just didn't appeal to me the next day as much as the pork did... the fact that I am blogging about my latest slip up isn't really related to eating the meat itself, I gave myself a break for the weekend and I knew I would slip. The point of this is actually the fact that I felt sick after eating and I still feel sick today.
It's almost as if I can still feel the meat sitting in the pit of my stomach as it gets digested... gross...
And I'm not saying the thought of it makes me sick, it's the fact that IT has made me feel sick.
I feel sluggish and heavy, bloated and disgusting. (Oh and I also decided - what the heck might as well eat pizza while I'm at it so we had some last night - and no it wasn't vegetarian NOR was it white meat topping)

I'm honestly glad I did slip up because now I am able to feel the difference in my body.
Even last week I had chicken a few evenings in a row and that even made me feel heavy. It wasn't what my body wanted but it was there so I ate it anyways. That seems to be my problem, those types of food being there that make me decide to consume them even though it isn't what I really want.

So from here on out I vow to myself that after feeling the difference in myself I will not be eating red meat again. Next camping trip I am going to be WAY better prepared and stick to my guns.
This week is going to be my detox week, I'm going to elimate all meat from my diet this week and try to cut out my dairy too so I can get back to normal... at least somewhat!