Solid Eats

Hey bloggies! I hope all of this crazy winter weather isn’t affecting you too much.

Two days ago it was warm and sunny enough to eat outside on the sorority’s sun porch.

It was so wonderful to soak up the sun before I had to run to my doctor’s appointment (more on that later though)

For lunch the sorority’s cooks were serving burger bar. The chefs usually offer beef patties, chicken or turkey patties as well as vegetarian. The vegetarian patties hadn’t come in yet and I was in desperate need of protein. So I topped my salad with the chicken patty.

Salad with tomatoes, bell peppers, corn, peas, avocado and broccoli with Annie’s Creamy Asagio Dressing.

I’m actually starting to like raw broccoli. So strange.

However this weather has got me running back to the nice, warm oatmeal for breakfast again.

Pumpkin Oatmeal

I forgot to top it with Almond Butter in this picture. I absolutely can not eat pumpkin oats with out it.

PB&J Oatmeal

An old favorite! Technically the toppings are almond butter & raspberry fruit spread, but you get the jist. I also added raisins, craisins and a mashed up banana to the oatmeal which added fantastic flavor and texture.

For a pre-workout snack I went with a Sunflower Seed Butter & Banana sandwich.

In a few healthy eating books that I have read, they have mentioned that the problem with getting people to eat fruits and vegetable is because it’s hard to advertise on them.

Chiquita–I should have known. To me it’s kind of frightening how they’re marketing for people to eat bananas because they’re fat free. Fat still has a negative connotation in our society which is so sad.

I’ve also been hitting up VitaTops for dessert

I warmed the vita top in the microwave for 15-20 seconds with the almond butter on top to create an ooey-gooey dessert. It’s also really great with honey!

Doctor’s Appointment

Despite having my ride fall through at the last moment, and scrambling to figure out how to get to the hospital for my doctor’s appointment, I hopped onto a bus and it took me straight there. I am so fortunate that Eugene has a great public transportation service.

I have had this appointment for what it seems like forever. 5 or 6 weeks maybe?

The appointment was with a Gastroenterologist to check out my stomach issues. The issues of:

1. Eating certain foods is painful to digest. Foods such as: citrus, grapes, soy sauce, teas, yogurt and cottage cheese. Apples and carrots too if there’s absolutely nothing in my stomach

2. I’ve had to miss class a couple of times because I would get stomach cramps from being just a little bit hungry. I eat lunch later than usual on Thursday because of my class schedule, and my stomach cramping always happened on Thursdays. I had to miss class twice because of this.

The doctor was really great (although I was incredibly intimidated at first) but said that it was basic Irritable Bowel Syndrome. It sounds so gross, but basically that some certain foods don’t agree with me and it causes uncomfortable stomach cramps. Apparently 1 in 6 people have IBS, and its most common in women. I didn’t know that!

I’m just glad that I’m not going crazy for my stomach really hurting when eating a lot of random foods.

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