The cafeteria at my office has some typical fare that I don't get very excited about - meatloaf, chicken fingers, fries. Some of their specials are downright gross - ginger beef, beef stew... anything involving beef, really. But some of them get me really excited.
Mushroom soup is one of those items.
When mushroom soup is the soup of the day, I HAVE to get it, and I have to get it early.
Just now I wandered down to toward the cafeteria on my way out to the parking lot. I was going to my car to get my gym bag, so as to partake in our noon hour Pilates class. On the way past the cafeteria, I saw the Mushroom Soup sign. Oooooh yeah.
I got myself a bowl of soup, a side salad from the salad bar, and - what the heck - a couple of cookies. I'm eating lunch at my desk right now, and will be skipping Pilates class, simply because it starts at noon, and I won't have digested well enough by then to attempt a hard and twisty core workout. This is not an excuse, it's actually a contraindication to do Pilates or yoga right after you've eaten - the movements in these classes can hamper digestion, and the digestive process can hamper the effects of the class. Who am I to argue with a contraindication?
Instead, after I'm done eating, I'll go outside in the beautiful sunny weather and go for a walk . Get a bit of sun on my very pasty arms and face.
Mushroom soup derailed my Pilates plan, but I'm looking forward to a delicious lunch, followed by a nice walk and then, later, some scrumtious cookies as a treat.
From a diet and fitness perspective, I made the 100% wrong choice. The diet and fitness person would never eat cream of mushroom soup, let alone use it to replace a planned workout. And cookies? Please.
I was this diet/fitness freak once. I know how easy it would hav been to pass up my favourite soup and continue on with my workout. But this choice made me happy. It was a spontaneous last-minute change of plans that went against my original fitness-oriented regmine.
I think it's important to show yourself a little love from time to time, rather than continually existing in the Punishment/Reward loop of diet and fitness. Glee, treats, indulgences and happy choices are all important parts of my Wellness Shift.
How about you?
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