Sleep.... it does a body good....

I had an epiphany this morning...
After over sleeping by 2 hours....
Recently I really stepped up my training.
which has been amazing....
To feel that complete burn...
the over the top Jello effect after and intense spin class...
The complete fatigue after a hard circuit...
Pushing myself to new/old extremes....
Yet....
Once again my diet fell apart....
And the scale started changing in the wrong direction....
At first I told myself it had to be some muscle mass...
(After 2 weeks... probably not).
The Reality is...
I am tired....
My body is adjusting....
And without realizing what my body needed...
I would eat....
Instead of taking a quick 20 min nap I'd give my body something new and improved to fuel on....
A protein bar that's quick and loaded with sugar I've cut out....
A rice cake with a giant glob of PB because I'm starving....
And most recently... Rice.....
A giant bowl of rice....
I have not eaten white rice (minus sushi) in over a year.....
The dangers of simple carb junk foods.....
Imagine the shock I got stepping on the scale this morning.....
So as I stand here this morning....
Drinking my lemon water...
I've dusted off my old program...
And I'm excited to say I'm meeting a fantastic friend to help me stream line to fit my running/training
demands.....
My clean meals are stocked in the fridge....
Full of beautiful berries... fresh green's....
And proteins....
No empty carbs in there....
Intense training programs are great....
As long as you take the time to understand your body....
It's not going to be able to jump back in like old times...
Not when you've spent the past 2.5 Years focused on work and not training the machine you have.....

There will be adjustments....
Crabby moment's....
Exhaustion....
Elation....
And in the end success.....
I'm already seeing it in my well toned leg's....
The rest will follow.....
As in the word's Of Frankie.... " The Best is yet to come"