I was originally going to blog today about my new workout routine, but a few disturbing events that took place this morning and earlier this week have taken precedence at the last minute.
I have class at 8am on Tuesday's and Thursday's, so I have to get out of the dorm at around 7:30am so that I can both eat and get to class on time. My breakfast lately has consisted of a raisin bagel, a banana, and a single serve vanilla Silk Soymilk (yes, I know, tsk tsk). The only dining outlet that is open at that hour and within reasonable walking distance is Au Bon Pan. I've never been a huge fan of the place, but I never hated it either. It had been starting to grow on me over the past couple of weeks because their options were a lot better than most other campus dining place (notice, the last sentence was in the past tense...keep reading).
Well, I went in for my morning usual today but decided to throw in a small coffee as well (yes, tsk again). Not only have I never waited so long for a small cup of coffee in my life, but I have also never had a toasted bagel wrapped so sloppily. The cooks/servers were really not being attentive when it came to their customers.
No biggy though...I still had 15 minutes before class began and all I needed to do was check out. I bought my four items and started walking to class. I stopped along the way to pour out half of my coffee and fill it up with soy milk.
(just like the soymilk I had this morning, except mine was vanilla)
My coffee began to curdle as soon as I poured the soymilk in. I really thought nothing of it because I just figured that's how coffee reacted to soymilk...so I tasted it. GROSSSS. I've never had anything so rancid in my life. I actually thought it was the coffee that was bad, so I threw it away and began to drink the rest of the soymilk I had left in my bottle.
GROSSSSSS
It smelled and tasted like rotten eggs. I turned around and went back to Au Bon Pan to get an exchange. I ended up just getting a new black coffee and my money back for the soymilk. The gentleman who worked there was very nice when I came in and complained about the milk. I noticed, though, that there were still three more soymilks sitting in the refrigerator and I thought to myself 'those all have GOT to be spoiled as well. He's not going to get rid of them?'
In any case, I went on my way and ate my bagel while walking to class. When I was halfway through eating it, I spotted a nice long hair in the other half of the bagel.
Can I get a break?
I threw the bagel away and found myself left with a small black coffee (no sugar of coarse) and a banana for breakfast.
The other incident happened on Tuesday when I was on my way to my 8am class. I grabbed 2 bananas and a Super Protein Odwalla drink before I went to class. I ate the bananas before I got to the classroom and started on the drink during class. I'm a REALLY fast eater/drinker, so I drank about half of it in one go.
I thought I was going to hurl in front of everyone.
The drink is supposed to be a blend of fruits and protein but, once again, this tasted and smelled more like rotten eggs. I have this drink quite often, and I have NEVER experienced a taste such as this.
Just writing about it is making me sick all over again.
I'm pretty much turned off of the items listed above, and will be for the next month or so I'm guessing. Maybe the Raw Gods are trying to tell me that I need to stop being so dependent on cooked, processed, and manufactured foods and choose options that are more wholesome. After all, the bananas in both incidents turned out to be my source of food after all else failed.
Bottom line...I've gotta go grocery shopping.
Raw. Love.
-Natalie
I have class at 8am on Tuesday's and Thursday's, so I have to get out of the dorm at around 7:30am so that I can both eat and get to class on time. My breakfast lately has consisted of a raisin bagel, a banana, and a single serve vanilla Silk Soymilk (yes, I know, tsk tsk). The only dining outlet that is open at that hour and within reasonable walking distance is Au Bon Pan. I've never been a huge fan of the place, but I never hated it either. It had been starting to grow on me over the past couple of weeks because their options were a lot better than most other campus dining place (notice, the last sentence was in the past tense...keep reading).
Well, I went in for my morning usual today but decided to throw in a small coffee as well (yes, tsk again). Not only have I never waited so long for a small cup of coffee in my life, but I have also never had a toasted bagel wrapped so sloppily. The cooks/servers were really not being attentive when it came to their customers.
No biggy though...I still had 15 minutes before class began and all I needed to do was check out. I bought my four items and started walking to class. I stopped along the way to pour out half of my coffee and fill it up with soy milk.
(just like the soymilk I had this morning, except mine was vanilla)My coffee began to curdle as soon as I poured the soymilk in. I really thought nothing of it because I just figured that's how coffee reacted to soymilk...so I tasted it. GROSSSS. I've never had anything so rancid in my life. I actually thought it was the coffee that was bad, so I threw it away and began to drink the rest of the soymilk I had left in my bottle.
GROSSSSSS
It smelled and tasted like rotten eggs. I turned around and went back to Au Bon Pan to get an exchange. I ended up just getting a new black coffee and my money back for the soymilk. The gentleman who worked there was very nice when I came in and complained about the milk. I noticed, though, that there were still three more soymilks sitting in the refrigerator and I thought to myself 'those all have GOT to be spoiled as well. He's not going to get rid of them?'
In any case, I went on my way and ate my bagel while walking to class. When I was halfway through eating it, I spotted a nice long hair in the other half of the bagel.
Can I get a break?
I threw the bagel away and found myself left with a small black coffee (no sugar of coarse) and a banana for breakfast.
The other incident happened on Tuesday when I was on my way to my 8am class. I grabbed 2 bananas and a Super Protein Odwalla drink before I went to class. I ate the bananas before I got to the classroom and started on the drink during class. I'm a REALLY fast eater/drinker, so I drank about half of it in one go.
I thought I was going to hurl in front of everyone.
The drink is supposed to be a blend of fruits and protein but, once again, this tasted and smelled more like rotten eggs. I have this drink quite often, and I have NEVER experienced a taste such as this.
Just writing about it is making me sick all over again.
I'm pretty much turned off of the items listed above, and will be for the next month or so I'm guessing. Maybe the Raw Gods are trying to tell me that I need to stop being so dependent on cooked, processed, and manufactured foods and choose options that are more wholesome. After all, the bananas in both incidents turned out to be my source of food after all else failed.
Bottom line...I've gotta go grocery shopping.
Raw. Love.
-Natalie
1 comment:
oh yes the raw gods want you eating all raw of course. :-) try a smoothie, it will keep you going a long time. odwalla always is nasty to me, ever since coke bought them out.
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