“Ouch Charlie”
I’m still not sure why this is so funny but I makes me giggle everytime:
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But for real.. I’ve had the worst stomachache all weekend and I’m sooo not cool with it! So for the next week, lactose is getting booted from the diet, because I have a sneaking suspicion that’s what’s putting me in so much pain 
Even though I was adequately warned, I completely failed at slowly introducing foods back into my diet and instead jumped into carbs mixed with carbs topped with carbs with dairy and fruit on the side. Yeah, it was stupid, I was warned and I didn’t listen. But this weekend has been brutal, and my best guess is that it’s some minor form of lactose intolerance. I didn’t eat much dairy before comp-prep, so I think yogurt, cottage cheese and dare I say peppermint double churn ice cream entered the picture and my stomach got pissed off! All I gotta say is that it better be better by tomorrow morning because I have a leg workout to do!
Studying & Cooking
Breakfast this morning was another dose of Pumpkin Oats, though not the fancy dressed up kind like yesterday. Did stove top again, which I’m loving, but forgot to take a pic.
I spent from about 10:30am to 4:30pm working on my take-home Final for my CRM class. But it’s done now and it feels great to have that class behind me (not one of my faves). On the other end of the spectrum however, we are currently studying Web 2.0 marketing integration in another class, which as you can guess I’m totally interested in, so that makes class go by much faster.
While working on the final I naturally took breaks to whip up a few snacks. First we have…
Kabocha stuffed with Chicken Sausage and Mushroom Dressing:
Later on I made another squash custard, but this time I used a Delicata and topped it with Chobani honey … the Kabocha version was better 
With the sugar in the house going out the door this evening, I couldn’t resist but make one last goody. I’d picked this up on my Trader Joe’s trip with my parents, so it was the lucky winner.
I had about a 1/3 of a bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips left over from last weekend’s baking extravaganze, so I tossed those in just for good measure. Definitely don’t need those lying around!
As usual I took a bite before I remembered to take a pic! haha, I’m a slow learner :p But this bread was fantastic! You never know how boxed version will be, but I guess know Trader Joe’s I shouldn’t have been so surprised. If you get a chance definitely give this a try.. and add the choco chips too
Sproutin
After finishing up a bit more school work I made a run to Sprout’s Farmers Market to pick up.. betcha can guess.. more Kabocha. Yes, I am a bit of an all-or-nothing, addictive, personality. Another reason, all sugar is being removed :p Another thing on my list to pick up from Sprout’s was Nut Butters. During contest prep, I could have technically had peanut butter but decided not to purchase it because I knew that with the state of both my restricted diet and mental status the risk of me going a lil crazy one night and eating the whole jar was just too great. But it turns out, now that I can have it everyday, I’ve had no problem sticking to 1-2 tablespoons. And having the variety of nut butters to choose from has helped even more.. perhaps there is hope for my wacko eating! .. I digress.. So Sprout’s has a pretty darn good selection, and it would have been very entertaining watching me squat in the isle trying to choose what to get for a good 5 minutes. After much internal debate, I decided to go with Raw Almond Butter, Crunchy Sunflower Butter and Creamy Peanut Butter (I did mention my coco need for variety). Since the MaraNatha raw variety is rather pricey I decided to stick with Sprout’s store brand PB. It’s still natural, old fashion, with no added sugar, so I have all the faith it’ll be good.
just part of the family
For dinner, I thought for my last no-weighing, no calories counting day I would have splurged on something crazy, but instead I really just felt like having Warm Breakfast Dinner Apple Crisp. Though I did dress it up with a little trail mix, Barney Crunchy Almond Butter and the rest of the Honey Chobani. And I suppose it still is pretty anti-Fitness diet rebellious in it’s lack of protein :p
I don’t have class until 10am tomorrow, which gives me more than enough time to get a lifting session in. I’m already planning on having a Protein Pancake for breakfast, I’ve missed those beauties!
Now I’m off to watch ‘Brothers and Sisters’ and write up the week’s workouts. Hope you had a wonderful weekend!
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I’m sorry to hear about your lactose intolerance. I can’t stomach milk at all and if I am at eat pasteurized products, I have to be very careful how many I eat on a day. And I tend not to eat any of those before my runs
. Good luck with your studies! V.
PS. Is it OK if I add your blog to my blogroll? Thanks!
Of course, I’d be honored
Hey! I just stumbled upon your blog. Ah, I love Kabocha, especially by itself. It’s so awesome you’re a figure competitor, I’ve been thinking about it a lot recently.
Do you have any shows coming up or aiming for? looking forward to following.
I actually just finished up my season last weekend, so I’m going into building-phase for a couple months before my next competition hopefully in June. The 2 competitions I did in November were my first and I actually started the blog to document my experiences. It was an absolutely wonderful experience training and competing and I completely fell in love with the sport. Definitely let me know if you have any questions!