Yesterday Brian had the opportunity to travel to Allegheny General Hospital with his boss to meet with an long time friend of ours to discuss some job related items. He had the opportunity to drink his Shakeology in the morning, but because of the approximately 2 hours drive and the meeting that were scheduled he did not get to eat the way he was accustomed to over the last 40 days of our clean eating journey. When he arrived home he had a headache and felt like crap. We were both amazed at how much we've changed and how much this affected him.
You see we are used to eating every 3 hours. I pack him his lunches and snacks every day. He usually gets yogurt and fruit for his morning snack, a salad with a vegetable, cheese, protein source, and dressing for lunch and pasta salad with a piece of fruit for his afternoon snack. Instead of all this he only ate an Italian Hoagie and a salad for lunch. It was the same number of calories just in a convenient form for his day.
We are also used to drinking a ton of water throughout the day. Brian and I both drink coffee. Mine is usually limited to one cup. He usually has two. Yesterday, however, he had lots of coffee and instead of ordering water at lunch he had Diet Coke. This caused him even more problems and he was dehydrated.
By the time he walked in the door his head was killing him. He was shaking from lack of the right types of food and dehydration. I cooked a healthy dinner of tacos and he drank a few glasses of water and guess what his headache went away and he felt 100% times better.
The point of this story is that nutrition is important. Do you feel sluggish around 2PM? Are you fueling your body with the correct foods? Maybe you need to make a switch to clean eating. I'm excited for my first clean eating free group to start on Monday. Let me know if you'd like to join us.
Brian learned his lesson. He is going to pay attention to drinking enough water and eating the correct foods. I hope everyone has a blessed weekend.
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