Day 7: One Week Down, 12 to Go!

Giving up pop and chocolate without gradually weaning myself finally got the best of me today in the form of an optical migraine. Aaron worked this morning so it was just me and seven kids (Jake was in Chicago at the Children's Museum with his Bear Scout pack). Within minutes of waking, my vision waned and was replaced with white static dots pulsating like the headache that was to follow. Using the bottom left field of vision, I raced to fold laundry, make beds and feed the kids breakfast before Aaron got home. Then came a pain so sickening that I was brought to my knees gagging.

Lesson learned. I ended up needing caffeine to keep the headache at bay, so I reluctantly cracked open a Full Throttle and blew a gaping hole in my diet plan. This was later followed by pizza and brownies and some vodka drinks. I never gorged myself, but I felt as if I had participated in some sort of food orgy. You see, the P90X nutrition plan is designed so that you're never full, but you're never hungry either. This took some getting used to the first few days (I always was afraid I would get hungry if I didn't eat larger portions), but I've found that the plan actually takes the thinking out of eating for you. I have 5, at most 6, times per day that I prepare food in the kitchen. For the most part, it's all mapped out for me. All I have to do is stay on top of the grocery shopping.

Now that I made a few bad choices, I can safely say I don't want to make any more for a while. I don't feel bad because I ate and drank things that weren't on the list, but my body does. I felt heavier and sluggish just by ingesting all of those fats, greases, and sugars. P90X may have cured me of my pop and chocolate cravings just yet. But as for pizza... time to start getting creative.

Workout: none, Rest Day
Sleep: 8 hours

Breakfast: protein shake
Morning Snack: 1/2 Red Berry Full Throttle
Lunch: southwestern-style soup
Dinner: 3 slices sausage pizza, 2 dark chocolate brownies
Evening Snack: 2 slices sausage pizza
Alcohol: 2 double cran-orange vodkas

Days to Go: 83