Happy #thinkingoutloud Thursday! No idea what I’m going on about? Click here!
1. Aaaaaaand we’re back! I mean, we’ve been back since late Sunday night, but it wasn’t until yesterday that I actually started feeling more like myself and less like a zombie. It’s crazy how much those boarding trips take out of me, and even crazier how much I adore them. I mean… how could you not love a place like this?
2. What I don’t love is the fact that I always have such a hard time figuring out how much more I should be eating with the increased energy expenditure, which I’m guessing has something a lot to do with feeling like a zombie when I get back. This is something that I’ve struggled with as far back as I can remember, and I’m still pretty hit or miss in terms of managing to prevent it from happening (this past weekend = miss). The problem is that I completely lose my appetite after any kind of hardcore exercise… until about 2 days later when it catches up to me and all I want to can do is basically eat and sleep.
3. … which would probably explain why I went through an entire pan of Greek yogurt banana oatmeal bars in 2 days and found crumbs in my bed after everything was said and done 😆
4. It might also explain why I didn’t mind doing some extra extra experimenting on this new recipe that I’ll be sharing with you soon… you know, to make sure everything was on point 😋 It’s another healthy mug cake to add to the growing collection, buuuuuut you’ll have to wait ’till Saturday for the flavour.
5. So I was bored (read: procrastinating) the other day and decided to do this “We Know If You’re An Extrovert or Introvert Based On Your Disney Preferences” quiz that I found on Buzzfeed because… Disney. I have no idea what choosing a Disney villain, best friend, or place to live has to do with my personality, but I’d say my results were pretty spot on…
6. I also had a little too much fun playing around with the filters on Snapchat, which I literally just figured out how to use. I always thought they were part of some extra package you had to download, but apparently I’m just a nooblet. You can follow me at –> runningspoons <– for Snapchat shenanigans… when I actually remember to post them 😆
7. And because it was brought to my attention that I need to show more love to the odd-number-lovers, we’re ending things on #7 this week. Happy Thursday, friendly faces! Go out and do something awesome with your day 😁
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My fifteen year old niece just taught me about the Snap Chat filters. Those teenagers are so hip. 😉
Your mountains are beautiful.
This is the trouble with being an only child — no nieces or nephews to teach me trendy things!
Looks like a fun trip! I wish I had your problem of not eating after a hard workout. I’m more of an “eat all the things” person unfortunately.
Oh I definitely can’t escape that. It just hits me a little late.
I totally understand about not having much of an appetite while I’m so active, but then being ravenous afterward. I try to remind myself that, just like it’s okay to overeat sometimes, it’s also okay to undereat sometimes, as long as I don’t make a habit of it–I’m not racing in the Tour de France, so if I get a little low on fuel, it’s okay. On the other hand, as an eating disorder survivor, I have almost as much anxiety about not getting enough as eating too much.
Such beautiful photographs! Where do you go snowboarding?
I can completely relate to the fear of not getting enough, Joyce. I experienced that for the longest time as well, but I feel like it started to taper off when I realized that my body has a way of evening things out, and that it’ll always tell me when it needs more as long as I’m willing to listen. And I usually go snowboarding to Jasper. Sometimes Banff.
It took me so long to figure out how to use those additional features on snap chat… Now I waste too much time playing with them! Talk about wasting time, buzzfeed has me hooked too – anything Disney and I’m like ‘ooooohhh’! Haha!
It’s horrible how they make them different each day 😆 Well played, Snapchat.
I haven’t even taken the BuzzFeed quiz yet, but I feel like I’d be an ambivert just like you. Also, increased energy expenditure always throws me a loop in terms of how much I should be eating too. The hunger isn’t always there at first, but when it hits, it HITS.
Like a truck. And then sometimes it’ll go into reverse and hit you again 😆
I haven’t gone snowboarding in a month and it’s killing me! Lol I also thought the same thing about the filters until someone told me otherwise and then I felt like a big dummy 😂 Oops!
I know exactly how you feel! It was 2 months for me prior to this and I was seriously going through withdrawals 🙁
Your mountain pics make me so jealous! I’ve never been snowboarding or skiing and I want to try it so badly. Someday!
Definitely a great thing to have on the bucket list! If for nothing else than to just get up in the mountains.
Looks like you had some beautiful days for snowboarding! I love the snapchat filters too.. they’re so ridiculous and fun. I just added you!
Thanks Heather! Added you back 🙂
My sister sent me one of those pictures but she added a panda ear to it lol!
Also…I like the mug cake you sent me better because I pretended it had peanut butter on it 😀
Blasphemy. It was prune jam.
I’ve missed all your snowy pictures! I feel like it’s already almost spring though. I hope you get out to enjoy it as long as you can!
I’ve missed them too! I feel like I barely got to go out this year, and I’m seriously hoping I can get at least a couple more trips in before the season ends!
I love that dog filter. The quiz said I’m an extrovert but I’m definitely a bit of both!
Confession: I actually got extrovert the first time as well. I’m like… Disney! You lie!
I read an article recently about extroverted introverts, and the whole time was nodding my head, like, “This is me! I’m not just weird!”
Haha! I always thought I was way more of an introvert, but I do need people. Otherwise I just start talking to myself and it’s not that great 😆
I’m not on snapchat but those filters do look hilarious & so fun!
Your mountain photos are gorgeeeeoouuusss!
I put off joining for a long but, but it’s seriously become my favourite social media platform. So random and so easy 🙂
To join Snapchat or not to join Snapchat …. It’s a no for me – especially after your post now ;). Not because it didn’t sound fun but like too much fun. Also, I can’t dare risking to procrastinate any more. Those filters, though. .. I saw one on Instagram yesterday where a cute bunny face suddenly turned into a scary monster with shark-like teeth. Not for the faint at heart.
Lol I was going to post that bunny one of myself, but it looked a little too creepy. They also have some of zombies and your head turning into a bomb. Interesting stuff. And to be fair, I didn’t think I could handle any more social media distraction, but Snapchat is fun because it’s so quick and random. Definitely doesn’t take much effort.