Note to self: Do not drink coffee if you plan on working out within the hour. Much pain and discomfort will result, and you will be walking around looking like this for a little while…
Ouch face.
I usually work out around 10:30, which gives me plenty of time to digest breakfast and get in a pre-workout snack. This morning, however, I decided to bump my workout up to 8:30 because I had a lot of errands to run later on in the day and didn’t want to feel too rushed.
Not my brightest idea…
My energy was fantastic and I absolutely rocked my workout (last workout in Stage 1 of NROLFW… on to stage 2!), but my stomach started to protest about ¾ of the way through, and gradually progressed to crampy wooziness. Nothing that a cup of ginger tea and a snack couldn’t fix, though.
Yes, I eat even when my stomach doesn’t feel the best, and you know what? 9 times out of 10 it makes the pain go away. I’m telling you… food cures all. It wasn’t long before I was back to my smiley self…
I had another reason to smile, as well, but that’s hush-hush for now – I might spill the beans tomorrow, depending on how things go.
But since I had a busy day, and couldn’t really sit down to write up a proper po…. okay I’ll cut the bull. I really just wanted an excuse to fill out another survey, because I’m finding myself oddly addicted to them. This is another one from Tori, so blame her for continuing to feed my addiction!
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[A] Apples or oranges: Apples… but only because eating citrus upsets my stomach. It’s not that I don’t like apples – I really do – but eating them plain makes me even hungrier and sometimes gives me a weird stomach ache. They’re great in things like baked apple oatmeal and cheese melts, though.
[B] Beans or lentils: Beans… Lentils are good too, but beans are far more common in my diet. Hummus and pumpkin chili scramble, anyone? Yes. Yes, I think so.
[C] Cereal or oatmeal: Oatmeal… I wouldn’t like to go without cereal either, but my delicious bowl of chocolate pudding oats is the reason I get out of bed in the morning…
[D] Dates or raisins: Dates… I love raisins, too, but I just find that I eat dates a lot more. And they’re a necessary ingredient in my chocolate chip cookie dough balls, which I have a [slight] addiction to.
[E] Eggs or milk: Eggs… Super nutritious and delicious, eggs are my no fuss, go-to foods. And I couldn’t imagine not adding an egg white to my oats, so… yeah. Eggs are a must.
[F] French toast or waffles: Waffles… To be honest, I’m not a big fan of French toast. I think it’s because I prefer my bread to be toasted and crispy, and French toast bread is… well… kind of soggy.
[G] Garlic or salt: Salt… I have a huge sweet tooth, but my strongest cravings are for salty foods. I used to avoid it like the plague, and my health actually suffered as a result. My blood pressure would drop to dangerously low levels and I would have a hard time staying hydrated, despite drinking all the time. These days, I add it to pretty much everything, and feel much better.
[H] Honey or maple syrup: Maple syrup… I’m Canadian, so not liking maple syrup would probably get me deported; and I kind of like it here, so I’d rather that didn’t happen.
[I] Ice cream or frozen yogurt: Ice cream… especially eaten slightly melted and straight from the tub.
[J] Jam or toast: Jam on toast [with cream cheese]…
[K] Kale or spinach: Spinach… I have horrible memories of kale from my days of dabbling with a raw food diet, and I don’t think I’ll ever get over my aversion to it. Just the thought of kale makes me… ick.
[L] Lemon or lime: Lemon… especially squeezed into water or as a flavor in desserts.
[M] Muffins or cupcakes: Muffins… Cupcakes have their time and place, but muffins are far more versatile and can be just as delicious. I’m a sucker for anything dense and hearty… and chocolatey.
[N] Nut butter or jelly: Nut butter… Can you imagine going a day without nut butter? I can – it sucks. Since healing my relationship with fats, not a day has gone by without copious amounts of almond butter in it. And with the way things are looking, it’ll probably be that way until the day I die.
[O] Onions or peppers: Peppers… Me and my stomach don’t always see eye to eye when it comes to onions, and because I don’t enjoy being sick, peppers win by default.
[P] Peanuts or almonds: Almonds… although I wish this were actually a choice. I sometimes wonder what life would be like without a deadly allergy constantly looming over your head… probably a lot freer. Ahh well. At least I have my beloved almonds. No complaints.
[Q] Quick or yeast bread: Quick bread… Me and yeast are still giving eachother the stank eye. Some day I’ll tackle my fear of working with it and make my own homemade loaf of bread, but until then, quick breads are just fine. Especially because they include banana bread. Swooooon.
[R] Raspberry or blackberry: Blackberry… but I’m not a fan of either, really. I prefer blueberries and strawberries because they’re usually sweeter and you don’t have to deal with all of the annoying seeds (which are especially bad in smoothies!)
[S] Sweet or savory: Sweet and savory 😀 Sweet for sure. I have a huge sweet tooth, and I seem to be moving farther and farther away from having savory meals all the time. Breakfast 3 times a day? M’yes.
[T] Tea or coffee: NO! This is like having to choose between my right and left leg – it’s just not happening. I need my daily cup of Joe, as well as my [multiple] daily cups of black/green tea.
[U] Udon or spaghetti noodles: Udon… although I’m really not a big pasta fan in general. I get a random craving for it once every few months, but I prefer other grains. Oatmeal, bulgur, rice, quinoa…
[V] Vanilla or chocolate: Vanilla… at least as a flavor in most things (protein powder, ice cream, etc.). But I can’t go a day without chocolate, either… I just prefer it in bar/chip form.
[W] Whole wheat or white bread: Whole wheat… I like dense, hearty, and seedy bread. Eating a slice of white bread feels like chewing on a pillow… and the nutritional value is almost identical as well.
[X] Xanthan or guar gum: Neither… I used these in my smoothies last summer, and my stomach did not approve. They made me bloated and crampy at first, and then I had one experience that nearly landed me in the ER. Using these can lead to intestinal blockage, so be careful when adding them to smoothies!
[Y] Yogurt or pudding: No. Just no. If choosing between coffee and tea was like choosing between my left and right leg, then choosing between yogurt and pudding is like choosing between my right and left arm. I need both to function normally. True story.
[Z] Zucchini or cucumber: Cucumber… No contest. Zucchini was unfortunate enough to be one of the foods that I ate a lot of in my most disordered days, and, like kale, I just can’t stomach the thought of it anymore.
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Your turn! Take the initials of your name and answer the corresponding questions 😀
I love these surveys- especially when the answeres are as funny as yours 😀
R- I like blackberries, but I dont eat them too often. I love raspberries though, and eat them as often as I can. My favorit was is on top of a banana with almond butter 😀 I like the tart-ness together with the sweet banana! I also like them in raspberry dressing and in smoothies! I dont mind the seeds 🙂
Hehe I started filling out this survey yesterday! So fun! 🙂
E – Eggs!!! Delicious, versatile, nutritious, I too couldn’t have my oats without them!
K – Spinach….Kale is good in roasted form, but you can throw some spinach into anything and not even notice 🙂
Jam or toast: Toast! Although I do like my mom’s homemade jam.
Cereal or oatmeal: Cereal. I’ve only made oatmeal a few times so far, so I haven’t perfected the technique quite yet. 😉
(yerr… georgia is my internet alter ego 🙂 )
S – sweet or savoury – oh so hard to decide. I go through phases of wanting super sweet or super salty. But looking on how I eat, probably sweet, as I generally don’t end up have anything savoury until dinner most days!
(Trivia – apparently you particularly crave sweet when low on energy and salty when you are stressed!)
B – beans or lentils – I love both equally – it’s usually whatever is more accessible in the pantry at the time. Maybe beans… more variety in types!
Oh, I really hear you on the eating/drinking before a workout… every Saturday morning I find myself in the same predicament at my favourite 8am Zumba class – I can’t bring myself to get out of bed any earlier to allow for better digestion time but I am totally unable to leave the house for any sort of physical activity without breakfast and coffee! Cue cramps and unhappy tummy every time 🙁
N: nut butter for sure!! i wouldn’t even eat any form of jelly until 2 years ago (except orange marmalade!)
S: like you, i choose sweet AND savory. that combo never fails
SWEET and FRENCH TOAST! and I SO want an apple cheese melt.
L – Lemon! I find the taste more convenient and it fits in with more food.
E – milk, but only plant-based.
N – nut butter, that is no competition 🙂
A – definitely apples.
Lovely survey! I usually work out in the morning an hour or two after my breakfast. If I work out after a cup of coffee, I feel like having a heart attack 🙂
ooh i’m loving this 🙂
k – kale or spinach: spinach. I’ve never been all that intrigued by kale unless in the form of kale chips.
r – raspberry or blackberry: raspberries! I love the color of them.
i – ice cream or frozen yogurt: Ice cream all the way! 🙂
s – sweet or savory: sweets for sure! I can also eat breakfast all day and any time 😛
I’m glad you’re feeling better after the coffee episode and congrats on finishing stage 1! I’m still on stage 1 and the lunges on workout b are killing me, but I’m still absolutely loving it!! 🙂
K: Spinach! Kale just looks like it should only be eaten by giraffes.
A: Apples. I’ve never been one for oranges because I hate how they get stuck in my teeth. Although I have to be careful with apples because their high fructose content makes my brain go all fuzzy 🙁
B: Beans! Baked, mashed, as they are – I LOVE THEM! Lentils…well I can take ’em or leave ’em. I’ll be having beans tonight in fact. Oh lordy 😉
xxx
Yay I love these things!
L: Lemon or Lime- definitely lemon…I’m not sure why
N: Nut butter or jelly- nut butter all the way, I can totally do without the jelly
D: Dates or raisins- hmmm…not sure, definitely not raisins (I hate them haha) but I’m not sure about dates because I don’t know if I’ve ever had them
Keg are my initials!
Kale or spinach? Spinach all the way! My nightly salads are spinach beasts!! Eggs all the way! I love them! Garlic! I love my salt free mrs dash garlic and herb seasoning! The best!!
Love ya girl! Hope u had a good night!
I am addicted to these surveys too! I am gonna have to fill this out asap!
i keep learning so much about you–and the food pictures keep getting better and better, if that’s even possible. totally copied you with the pudding, and will be adding it to my hot oaty nutty buttery breakfast–now i can add in chocolate-ly too! can’t wait to wake up for it 🙂 glad the lifting is working out!
L- for lemon,wait i like lime too… hmmmmph
K- I like kale chips, but honestly I might like them just as a way to eat ketchup- I’m gross I know. So spinach, it can be used in everything from smoothies, to pasta dished, egg scrambles, or plain, just call me popeye 🙂
B- beans 🙂 lentils are good in certain things, but I do not go a day without beans, yes, hummus is a daily occurrence for me!
This was fun, loved reading about cha girl!
Hehe using kale chips as an excuse to eat ketchup isn’t gross at all. I may or may not take a spoonful of ketchup straight from the jar sometimes. Maaaaybe 😉
D is for dates! Is it possible to live without nut butter stuffed dates? No. Definitely not.
R is for raspberries. I love that my initials correspond with my choices so far! I have fond memories with raspberries. Going raspberry picking with my family was my highlight of every year in old Cali.
M is for MUFFINS! They all match my initials!!! Whooo! Haha…oh. *deep breath* Ahem, I don’t like cupcakes because they are so flimsy and squishy when compared to the sturdy muffin. I like eating food that would actually take some effort to squash under my foot. That habit, has a long story behind it…
[K] Spinach! It is nom!
[M] Muffin! Especially blueberry muffins. I haven’t had one in FOREVER though!
[S] Sweet. Major sweet tooth here 🙂
[L]- Lime! I always order a diet coke with lime, or a vodka tonic with lime! I just prefer the flavor over lemon. HOWEVER…with that being said, I really hate limeade, but LOVE lemonade.
[B]- Beans…for the same reasons you said. Lentils are cool and all, I just don’t eat them that much.
[C]- Cereal. Honestly I love oatmeal, and I love experimenting with it and I love that it fills me up and comforts me on a cold day. But at the END of that cold day, all I ever really want is a big bowl of cold cereal with vanilla soy milk. Cereal to me is like nut butter to all other food bloggers (although peanut butter makes many appearances throughout my day as well).
Live and learn girl…live and learn.
As for your salt appeal? I MUST MUST recommend my latest obsession or your adaptation of it…I got the idea from Modern Family to add salt to my chocolate almond milk. Um…yeah. Do that. Whether it is a smoothie or your puuding try adding some salt. HEAVEN! Brings out the sweetness.
My intitial is M and neither muffins nor cupcakes play much a part in my diet (flour free for now)….I’m going with muffin though cause I like more savory things and I could get down with a carrot or zucchinni muffin. Hmm.. food for thought as to what is stopping me.
I agree with you — food does cure all. Half the time when I get a really bad cramp or feel nauseous or something and I eat, it goes away. Love it!
T – Uhh ditto. It’s like choosing a favorite child. I love them equally.
A – Apples for eating raw, but I prefer orange flavored things over apple flavored things.
R – neither, at least when raw. I don’t like the texture of them. The seeds are nasty. I prefer raspberry flavored things over blackberry flavored things though.
A – refer to the above 🙂
I am starting to think that a survey like this will make my blog a little less messy. Probably that’s what I should do next. Go with the flow!
[M]uffins or cupcakes? I had to Google them to find out what makes them different. The right answer must be muffins because even when I use recipes for cupcakes, I pretend like the frosting directions don’t exist at all.
[O]nions without a doubt. Those oven-baked onion rings that were so popular around the blog world a few months ago are just perfect! But it’s also hard to resist a good roasted pepper stuffed with sirene (a type of cheese similar to feta), egg and savory or a big plate of mish mash which is the best of both worlds because it contains both peppers and onions (plus some other amazing stuff and, of course, a lot of the same kind of cheese). So in the end I like them both 🙂 .
[P]eanuts are good for one thing, almonds – for another. But if I really had to pick only one, I would choose almonds.
I liked the yogurt or pudding answer! If I had to choose between the two, I’d go with pudding simply because yogurt doesn’t come in chocolate..but I still wouldn’t want to go without either!
I love surveys – and i loved hearing more about you! Can’t wait to hear your good news!
(A) apples! My favorite are macouns – but like youi sometimes find they make me hungrier!
(L) lemons – especially freshly squeezed in selttzer water!
I’m so glad you enjoy my surveys 🙂 Aren’t they fun?
I absolutely adored your steel cut oats- so much so that I picked up more steel cutters and have yet to make any oats tonight. It’d become a nightly thing, putting together my oats for the morning. You’ve broken my pattern. HAHA! I also picked up the exact same soy pudding! I wanted something for cutting back on dairy, and I saw the panda on the box and thought of you! So now I have some soy chocolate pudding to try… perhaps on my steel cut oats tomorrow… 😉
By the way, I’m thinking of trying the so delicious ice cream sandwiches. Have you ever had them?
And I’m totally the same way. I always prefer eating something sweet, but when I get a craving it always seems to be for something super salty. Soy sauce, salsa, salted nut butter. Nomnomnom!
Love ya, girlie! <3
P.S. Looking gorgeous as usual!
Mwahaha! I’m so glad I got you hooked! Addictions are far more fun when they’re shared with others 😉 And I haven’t tried those ice cream sandwiches. I’ve always wanted to, but they have traces of peanuts so I can’t 🙁 I do love ice cream sandwiches, though, so I’d definitely pick them up if I was you.
Absolutely! It was so relaxing to stand by the stove and watch my masterpiece come alive. I felt like a witch over a cauldron! A delicious one, at that.
Oh no! Those darn peanuts. How do they end up everywhere?! I’ll for sure have to give them a go.
Kale v spinach–> as of now, kale…especially in chip form!
Tea v coffee–> tea without a doubt. I love coffee flavoured foods but can’t stand it as a beverage!
hah, this is a fun game. So my initials are DLF.
So…
dates or raisins: raisins, but NOT in cookies. Just plain raisins. I hate cookies with raisins in them. Ew.
lemon or lime: lemon! I like squeezing lemon on fish. And I like lemonade.
French toast or waffles: waffles for sure. Like you said, French toast is…soggy. Ew.
Haha I used to be the same way with raisins in baked goods. My mom would always do that and I would always pick them out and flick them at her out of spite 😆 Now I like them though.
Such a cute survey; I wanna do it too!
That soy pudding is my new favorite thing! I never really had pudding (my whole life, except once) before and I was totally hooked by its chocolatey, sweet taste. I need to find full-chocolate flavor though, I didn’t really like that vanilla bit of it. The only other problem would be…that I try to keep myself from mixing it with some cereal for a major sugar rush- lol. But I realized sugar works for me pre-workout 😉
(N) nut butter alllll the way! Jam is always too sweet — tastes like pure sugar to me usually!
(S) sweeeeet. If I could, I would eat dessert for every meal.
(T) I actually hate tea… My dad literally chugs the stuff all day long; so weird! Even if he comes home after some strenous yard work outside… And I just recently got hooked on coffee out of the blue and after thinking I hated it my entire life!
Yay- not being a blogger I never get to do foodie surveys, so here I go…
S-i like savoury , I LOVE sweet! Sweet & savoury combos are good too.
A- definitely apples, pink ladys
R- I cannot deal with the seeds at.all( blueberries are my berry of choice), I don’t mind raspberry flavoured things though.
A- I also like Cox( a variety of apple- mind out the gutter people!)
H- honey, because you can get lotsa flavas, like orange blossom. I do like maple syrup more for baking though.
Your posts always make me hungry, even though I just ate! All the pictures wake my tastebuds right up!
Xxx
Haha you’re a trip! At least your honest about loving the surveys 😉
Choose between coffee & tea!? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
great survey! i’ll be doing one for my next post 🙂
Loved the survey! And I agree with you; I eat when my tummy is not feeling too hot, and it ALWAYS makes the pain go away 😀
[P]eanuts: I love peanut butter! I actually prefer almonds raw 🙂
[A]pples: I can’t get enough of them! I’m not much of a citrus-y person.
[O]nions: I love adding onions and garlic to stir-fries! So yum ♥
[L]emon: I prefer lemon zest, and I love squeezing it and throwing it into a glass of water!
[A]pples: Same as above!
Have a great weekend Amanda!
Sounds like we have similar stomach issues. Oranges are definitely not for me. I blame my stomach issues on my mom but certain foods definitely make it worse, but a snack of some sort almost always helps 🙂 I bet the beans you may spill tomorrow has something to do with all your recent condo hunting…
[A] Apples all the way!! I’m crazy for Jonagolds, Honeycrisps, Pink Ladies, and Golden Delicious apples the most 🙂
[K] Spinach, kale kinda freaks me out, I never quite liked the flavor
[B] I guess beans…even though the only kind I like are garbanzos haha Lentils are just so nasty to me, blech! 😛
This was such a fun post! 😀
Oh goodness I remember skipping out on nutbutter back in the day when I was afraid of fat. Yikes those were dark times!!
And I truly think your rubbing of on me. I used to drink coffee OR tea, not both during the same day. Lately though, its been joe in the am and tea in the pm. I can’t seem to shake the habit, not that I want to 😉
Hmm…is that smile because you found an apartment? 🙂 I’m curious!
Fun questionnaire. I may do this one day next week. I think they’re really fun to fill out too.
[L]emons. But only by a hair. I love both, especially in a glass of seltzer. It’s perfect for this heat wave.
[J]am. Especially homemade in the summer. Toast reminds me of when I was sick as a kid [which luckily, wasn’t often], and whenever I eat it now, it reminds me of blah days staying home from school.
[F]rench toast. I actually like that eggy sogginess that you mentioned. Actually though, I’d probably choose pancakes over French toast and waffles, if I could have my pick.
That might be the reason that I’m smiling 😉
I haven’t seen these yet — how fun! I think I will start one — hmm.. love this idea – maybe with travel…. fun! Thanks xoxo
Hope you feel 100% better now!
[L]emon for sure. I squeeze it over fish, in water; and I just like the flavor better than limes. Suave Slav eats lemons whole… I don’t get it, haha.
[I]ce cream for the win!! Frozen yogurt is good, but the texture of ice cream just cannot be outdone by froyo.
[Z]ucchini AND cucumber aren’t favorites of mine… for your same reason with just zucchini :
N – Nut butter or Jelly… I don’t erally do much jelly anymore so probalby nut butter! 😉 Though I do like some jellies a lot too… sigh. Such tough decisions. 😉
this was fun!
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Sweet AND Savory (I agree with you…can’t choose, they both have their times)
Apples…especially braeburns, they’re so crisp and sweet!
Raspberries- I love how they mix so well with chocolate 🙂
A…hmm already answered that 🙂