Water makes me pee.
As it should.
I drink a TON of water. In addition to it being a standard part of any competitor’s diets, I live in the South and it’s August. Cold water is like gold. There are many benefits of drinking a lot of water – I did a post on it.
Someone commented on last Wednesday’s post asking how many times I got to the bathroom with all the water I drink. I’m sure she was kidding… but I took the opportunity to count.
Yesterday I peed 15 times.
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This WIAW I did a mostly healthy day… but rounded it out with a food book club dinner. It’s all about balance, right? 😉
Read on for my eats, and then check out Jenn’s blog for everyone else’s delicious creations!
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Breakfast:
My morning cocktail was followed by a piece of toast that I forgot to picture. I was on a mission to do something unusual: go to the gym in the morning. I made it there by 8:20a. I’m NOT a morning person, so this was a big deal for me.
When I was done with my workout, I was starving and burning hot. I ran limped home to make a giant protein shake. This deliciousness was a rare non-green shake! I mixed up my favorite vanilla protein powder, blueberries, cottage cheese to make a thick Blueberry Cheesecake-style recovery shake.
Blueberry Cheesecake Protein Shake
- Handful blueberries (~1/2 C)
- 2 T cottage cheese
- 1 scoop vanilla protein powder (I used Growing Naturals)
- 1/2 C unsweetened vanilla almond milk
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp almond extract
- 3-4 drops vanilla stevia
- Ice, to taste
- 1/4 tsp Guar Gum (optional, for thickening)
Mix everything together in a high-speed blender until smooth. Eat with a spoon!
Note: If you don’t have almond extract, you may add butter extract or omit altogether.
Lunch:
I made a tasty Chicken Zucchini Noodle Salad. I mixed in some tomatillo salsa, cherry tomatoes, and hatch chili peppers and added a twist of lemon.
Mid-Afternoon Snack:
Sea bass, roasted veggies, and a white sweet ‘tater. I turned my sweet potato into even more of a dessert with NuNaturals’ cocoa syrup and cinnamon
Dinner:
I’d been looking forward to this for weeks! One of my best friends started a food book club. The idea is that we read a food-related book and then meet up at a related restaurant to discuss. The inaugural book was Provence 1970. In the winter of 1970 all of my culinary heroes threw down in the South of France. Can you imagine cooking and eating with James Beard, M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, Richard Olney, Simone Beck, and Judith Jones?!
Our restaurant destination was Floataway Cafe. I’d tried it before, years ago… I wasn’t impressed then, but I was excited to give it another shot. Atlanta has a lot to offer food-wise. Unfortunately, I still can’t recommend this one. The food looked lovely, and I love that much of their food is locally sourced. However, this still isn’t worth the price tag for me.
We started with burrata with tomato jam, a tomato and melon salad, and an arugula salad. All were ok… but nothing “wow.” It all had far too much oil. For my main, I had the grilled pork and added a local egg. The pork just wasn’t great. It was a bit tough and the flavors weren’t anything to write home about. Another at our table ordered a pasta dish that she actually had to send back. There was a gnocchi that I would have sent back; they were too dense and flavorless. The meatballs another in our party ordered were pretty good, but a heavy on the fennel.
I love dessert. We ordered a sampler platter of a warm toffee cake, flourless chocolate cake, and a caramel pudding. The toffee cake was the best. The other were just ok. We all left agreeing that we could have made the dishes at home and done a better job. Disappointing, but now we know. At least the wine was good!
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I think my sea bass was the best meal of the day!
How much water do you drink in a day?
Have you been disappointed by meals you could have done better at home?
Aww, bummer. Hate when that happens especially at expensive restaurants! I drink a ton of water. I have to take a big jug to bed because I am a little addicted to having it by my side. 🙂 Your chicken noodle salad looks relish.
I already get up to pee 1-2 times in the night… I can’t even imagine if I had a jug of water in bed. LOL!
If it’s not a restaurant dedicated to a specific cuisine like Chinese, Indian, Middle Eastern, etc., I mostly think I could make the meals at home myself, and do at least as good as they did. Plus, I’d save money 😉
I drink a lot too, and have to go to the bathroom sooo often, even during the nights. I sometimes ask myself if there’s something wrong with me or my bladder. It doesn’t seem to be normal!
I waver… if it’s a higher end restaurant I don’t think it’s unreasonable that they serve something better than what I can make. I don’t waste time with chains though!
I drink a ton of water too. Now I’m curious about how many times I pee a day. Counting today…I’ll report back later! 😉
I drink tons of water, I don’t even know how much – maybe I should count my pee’s too 🙂
Love your Seabass meal!! Looks so delicious.
I hate when dessert is not satisfying. It ALWAYS is the meal I look forward to the most!!
….I think I could give you a run for the money on toilet breaks…..sometimes It’s borderline embarrassing when people in the office think I have a bladder problem lol!
That sucks about that restaurant- goes to show what you picture can look a million bucks but taste anything but.
Now I want you to count. I’ll race you to see who can pee more. LOL!
a Food Book club — I love that! BTW, son just applied to Georgia Tech, so maybe this time next year (fingers crossed) I will be hitting some of these Atlanta eateries
That’s great! Tech is an awesome school (and I’m not just being biased). Let me know if you head down this way!
LOL I am about the same number of toilet breaks, but now I’m going to count to make sure. If I drink tea or coffee I will need to pee at least twice an hour for the next three hours. Ugh.
Did you count?! I’m curious now… 😉
Yep! I am right there with you with so many trips to the bathroom….the worst is that most the time I am out somewhere and it hits me hard and I do my little dance while I find one. MY boyfriend laughs at me a lot. He knows its coming by the way I am wiggling around….hahah.
That shake sounds looovvveeellllyyy!
you had me at cheesecake
Hahah that first pic is SO me- I’m pretty sure I spend half my day peeing!! I don’t mind it so much when I’m awake but having to get up multiple times during the night?? ANNOYING!
Oh girl, TELL me about drinking water. Ever since going keto I’ve turned into a fish.
Not a regular fish. A whale.
I pee at least 10-15 times a day…I drink so much water my eyes are floating every few hours!
Haha – that’s the perfect description of the feeling.
I’ve never counted my bathroom trips. I know that it’s a LOT. There are times I will go, get back to my desk and know I could go again but wait so my co-workers don’t think something’s wrong with me LOL. I’m not really a protein shake fan, but lately after my runs on the weekend, that’s what I’ve been going for b/c I want something to help cool me down. I’m not very creative and they aren’t always the best tasting so I’m most definitely pinning this one!
There’s just nothing better in this southern heat! Let me know if you need more ideas… I have about a billion on my Recipage!
Looks amazing!! I am always drinking at least a gallon of water, I pee constantly. Oh well. lol
Laura, Laura! Hope your ankle is improving. I’ve been away so long. Your meals always look so good. All of this sizzlefish almost makes me want to eat fish again. It would make Ralph happy. We’ll see. I miss your posts. I’m having computer troubles now. Almost couldn’t get on today. So exited to be back though. Happy WIAW!!
Thank you, Fran! I hope YOU are improving.
If you ever do eat fish again, I definitely recommend Sizzlefish. It’s really well-caught. 🙂
A lot of times I have anxiety about going out because I never know if the food is going to be as good as I make it. Girl I live in the desert, I drink water like I have a camel back!
I wouldn’t say anxiety… but I better get what I paid for. Dammit. 😉
Ah I hate when you leave an expensive awesome sounding restaurant disappointed…. lucky for me I think it’s only happened a couple times… I drink an insane amount of water during the day but luckily the bathroom is across from my office… I should count one day, maybe tomorrow!
Yeah! Thanks! Laura, you are too awesome. You also pee a lot but that gallon of water has to go somewhere. The first patient I ever saw, as a medical student, was a young healthy woman worried she was peeing too often. Once we found how much water she drank (somewhere around 2L+), we told her to stop drinking so much water and see how it went. In any case, some people can’t afford to pee so often. For instance, there is no way surgeons could support a-pee-every-hour habit!
Haha – I was debating whether to call you out or not. It cracked me up! And now apparently everyone is counting pee trips.
Also… was that woman’s common sense broken?!
Hahaha I love that you counted. I should try this. Now that I’m back in classes (God help me now) its much more noticeable how many times I pee because I have to make such an effort of leaving class to do so 🙁
I always hate that in meetings of conferences… I feel like I’m “that girl” who’s always disrupting. When ya gotta go, ya gotta go!
I might do that chicken zucchini salad for my daughter looks good. I drink a ton of water
Awesome! Let me know how she likes it. 🙂
that happens to me a lot. Sometimes i think they use too much salt and it blocks out flavor, yes? you should cook for them
The food book club thing is such a fun idea! What is the next book you’re reading?
I should have invited you! Duh. We’re still deciding but I’ll forward it to you when it’s posted!
Water drinking at restaurants is my thing, often food is just too heavy for me otherwise 😛
Gorgeous shake, maybe I can take it with me into the next restaurant I visit?
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
I also drink ridiculous amounts, and have had people comment on how frequently I pee (mind your own business!!!). I’m counting today :).
I drink a ton of water everyday- I think when I go back to work I will count how many times I pee- now I just need to know! Your seabass looked great- it is one of my favorites!
Did you do it?? 🙂
I HATE GOING OUT TO EAT BECAUSE I ALWAYS KNOW I am going to like what I can make FAR MORE – ha! Because I AM THE SHIT, DUHHH! Wolfgang Puck licks my feet.
WAY better than In and Out! 😉
we can never seem to remember how much we pee haha
I can’t even imagine being pregnant… I’ve never leave the bathroom. LOL!
I am really trying this year at school to drink a lot of water. But, I have to say my favorite beverage at the moment has to be chia tea!
Chia or chai? I cannot drink the chia seeds. It’s too… chewy… LOL! I love the pudding though.
Yep, I thought about that confusion after I hit “post comment.” Chia seed tea. I dump a tablespoon in my trenta size starbucks tea cup with a green tea bag and sip it all morning. I love the bulbous chia seeds. (However, I do like Chai as well!)
I’m totally counting how many times I pee tomorrow. In your honor.
Bummer about the burrata. That’s disappointing. How do ef up cheese? I mean really?!
I know this an older post (I’m so behind on my bloglovin!) but I was wondering where you were able to find sea bass? I love it but it is so difficult to find 🙁
Hi Carly! I don’t have trouble finding it in Atlanta – Whole Foods, Fresh Market, and our local international markets always seem to have it. I bet you can order it online… most of it’s been frozen already any way.