After staying up late last night to plug away at my essay, I slept in til about 7 instead of going to swim.
My pre-library breakfast was oats, yogurt, maple syrup, raisins, and an apple.
After a bit more progress on the paper, I had an appointment with the dietitian. I’ve been feeling like I’m picking at food a lot and have been a bit over-anxious about my choices, so I was grateful to have someone to talk it out with! To be honest I was feeling a bit overwhelmed this morning and I’m uber sore from yesterday, so my plans to head to the pool for a short swim post-appointment were abandoned in the name of more essay work…and lunch!
Since it’s chilly out, I embraced the opportunity to have some chili. Plus I walked past Tim Horton’s and had a craving for it when I saw someone getting it! Mine’s the PC Blue Menu vegetarian kind, and it was awesome with toasted whole grain sourdough bread.
My dessert was an apple and more essay.
Guess what?!
The writing part’s done. Now to cite, cut down four pages (or not, thoughts on going over and handing it in?), and look for people willing to read over it for me.
Actually, now to the shocker part of the title.
This article about beetles in starbucks drinks came up on my Facebook news feed today. As the article says, it’s nothing new. I never knew, though, that there were beetles in that food dye that is in so many foods! I guess it’s a bit more reason to eat more real foods, don’t you think?
I read a blog about the issue from a vegan who pointed out that eating bugs is wrong. Then a friend posted a link to an article about how bugs might provide the protein the world needs to deal with hunger, and I thought about how there are a lot of answers and was reminding of Eating Animals and the shocking suggestion that really shook me that eating dogs would be logical. Read an excerpt on it here (but only if you’re ready to seriously consider going vegetarian and probably to cry).
And hopefully that’s enough distraction to keep you occupied for a while since the next few days might be a whirlwind for me. Right now I’m off to physio…wish me luck! On the agenda tonight: I’d like to cook, finish these citations, and get to yoga.
Do you ever have strawberry frappucinos? Will you still?
Did you know about that food dye?
What do you think about the excerpt from Eating Animals?
How do you know it’s time for a day off from the gym?
It’s definitely good to sleep in sometimes! I slept in till 7 today too…okay granted I didn’t have class but still. And yeahh workouts definitely always took a backseat when I had tests. meh. glad you got your essay done though! It’s always much better to have too much to say than not enough, right??
And hmm starbucks. I have to say, crushed up bugs freak me out a lot less than chemical compounds that I can’t draw the structures for!
Buuuut I’ve never had a frappuccino in my life, and I can’t say this is any incentive to start lol.
I won’t lie–I’ve had a few but not in a long time, and NEVER strawberry (cuz they’re dessert and i go for chocolate instead).
Funny that we think 7am is a sleep in, huh?
Did you know about that food dye? Not in particular. Sometimes they use beetles. Sometimes they use shellfish. There are many possibilities. I’m not much into the aesthetics of food presentation.
What do you think about the excerpt from Eating Animals? It reminds me of A Modest Proposal by Swift.
How do you know it’s time for a day off from the gym?
1. Some combination of feeling low on energy, knowing I didn’t sleep well last night or the last couple of nights, and feeling generally stiff (though not necessarily DOMS).
2. I’ve always split ‘hard’ days apart with at least one ‘easy’ day in the middle, and usually have one day ‘off’ each week, sometimes two. (A day ‘off’ can be different things to different people.)
I might label the following as an easy day (even suffering DOMS): swimming slowly with an emphasis on range of motion / dynamic stretching. At present, I get an hour of walking into my day (round trip commuting on foot) which is probably helping me a lot more than I think. Do you have much active living built into your regular days?
Good insight!
I think walking to and from places whenever possible is key. Taking the stairs is on my to do list.
Your eats look delicious! Haha, most people wouldn’t call sleeping until 7 sleeping in.
I think rest days are crucial and you need at least 2 a week! I’ve seen too many people slip into dangerous exercise addiction territory otherwise. Or get injured.
Thanks! Haha, yeah but compared to 5am it feels that way. The life of a triathlete. You’re so right..it’s easy to cross that line.