Posts by fallingupstairs

I LOVE California rolls. Ahh now I want some.

Any other suggestions? I've only ever had the California rolls and it would be cool to try something new.

yesterday wasn't the healthiest day, but I kept it somewhat balanced

breakfast: english muffin with sausage patties. an apple

lunch: salad with tomatoes, vinaigrette dressing, and some cheese cubes thrown in there. a few pieces of calimari, potato chip-type things (kind of like butterfly fries). pineapple peach mango iced oolong tea
[i was on a school trip]

snack: small brownie

dinner: baked chicken with rice and broccoli

dear not really the manager,

you are a loser. you're 21 and your only job is serving Italian Ice. I wouldn't mind so much if you didn't continuously complain about your lack of money needed for insurance and school. and then proceed to spend the oh, I don't know, $100 check at the bar the next night. your hair looks gross. and WHY DO YOU REFUSE TO CURSE? it annoys the crap out of me since you act like a total bitch (can i say that here?), but then say "I am so TICKED off" or "it looks like poop." and your overuse of the word silly makes you sound immature and dumb. Please quit before we reopen in March.

potato chips dipped in coke or pretzels dipped in orange soda

pretzels & chips sandwiched and eaten at the same time (not weird I guess, but nobody else I knew did it).

cheddar cheese dipped in california french dressing- I'd take shredded cheddar cheese, roll it into a ball and then just dunk it.

white bread rolled in a cinnamon & sugar mixture.

also I was a ketchup fiend.

1. candy- I eat candy year round, nothing really seasonal lol

2. cookie/bar- gingerbread! or chocolate chip cookie bars

3. main dish (turkey, honey ham, tamales, etc)- turkey

4. side dish (baked yams, green bean casserole, etc.)- stuffing or green bean casserole

5. pie/cake- hmm I'd say apple, but I actually have that all year. I've been craving cherry pie lately. oh and my aunt's peach & cherry cobbler, I really hope she makes it this year. it's awesome.

and also, anything pumpkin flavored (iced lattes, frappuccinos, muffins, bagels, etc...), and chocolate-peppermint combos

lol i used to be like that! I thought that the nutrition facts were for the whole container, or just as much as you ate (for example, it says a serving of cereal is 120 calories. if i ate 2 servings it would still be 120 calories, and even if i ate the whole box it would only be 120 calories). and I thought drinks had no calories. Now, this is back when I was around 13/14, but to see adults still being this deluded is kind of sad.

Back then I just knew what was "good" and "bad," "healthy" and "unhealthy," and what would make you "fat" or not. Sometimes I wish I could go back to that. Not the complete ignorance to nutrition, but just having the basic idea of 'This is healthy, I should eat it. This is not healthy, I shouldn't eat it as much.' My outlook on food has become too complicated.

I only like stuffing, vegetables (but for some reason nobody ever makes broccoli on Thanksgiving!), and green bean casserole. Everything else I can do without. Turkey's alright, but nothing special and usually pretty bland. Mashed potatoes are blegh, cranberry sauce is disgusting. I like apple pie but I'm always too full for dinner to have it.

I've always wanted to make more "interesting" dishes (or even healthier ones!) but I'm at the liberty of my mom's cooking. If I make a "healthy" version of something, she makes a "normal" version, making mine seem weird and untouchable. I think when I'm older I may just forego Thanksgiving (once I have my own family and such), not the holiday itself, just the traditional food.

Favorite Thing to Mix with Chocolate Chips: pancake batter

Favorite Fruit: oranges, jazz apples, grapes. i like pineapples too

Nutella or Peanut Butter: this is such a tough one, but peanut butter

Favorite Vegetable: broccoli & brussels sprouts

Cream Cheese or Butter: cream cheese

Chips Ahoy or Oreo: chips ahoy

Favorite Type of Pancake (plain, blueberry, chocolate chip, etc): chcocolate chip!

Favorite Food to Waste Calories On: chicken parm subs, bagels with cream cheese, or poptarts

Favorite Halloween Candy: starburst

Hot Chocolate or Apple Cider: hot chocolate!

Favorite Type of Cereal: trix

Hot Dogs or Bratwurst: hot dogs

Favorite Type of Chip: popchips

Favorite Flavor and Brand of Ice Cream: Turkey Hill chocolate marshmallow

Worst Binge or High Calorie Food (that you love): i don't really binge. but i had a huge honey mustard chicken wrap with fries the other day and it was awesome

mmmmm that sounds awesome

my personal favorite that I like to make is romaine, grilled chicken, vinaigrette dressing, reduced fat feta cheese, walnuts, and apple slices. sometimes I'll have it without the chicken and it's just as delicious.

It really depends. I've been having a lot of blah days lately since I'm always swamped with homework and sleep deprived. I'll usually just plow through everything I have to do anyway, and sometimes I'll take a short nap if I can afford to. Yesterday was definitely an example, except I was sick too, so instead of going to my soccer game I stayed home and caught up on sleep (my mom made me, she didn't want me out in the cold). Many times during school I'll be completely burnt out and think 'I'm gonna leave practice early to go home & take a nap,' but then once I actually get to practice and start running around I feel 10 times better and want to stay. So usually I just take care of all the necessary things & try to plan better. I make up for my lost sleep on the weekends.

For me it goes both ways. Some days I'll think I look great & then see a picture and look horrible, other days I won't be crazy about myself & then see a picture and realize I look pretty good. My personal problem is just with different reflections. In my bedroom mirror I'll look skinny, and then if I pass a mirror in the mall or something I look pudgy (I'm not saying I'm fat, and I know I'm not. and this doesn't happen with every mirror). I'll leave the house thinking I look good in my outfit and then look in a reflection & see that the boots I thought made my legs look slim ended up having the opposite effect, or something like that.

That's why I'm always confused about reflections. Which one is right? Mirrors vary how you look based on their size and shape and magnification. Kind of the same thing as scales, really. I mean, yeah, maybe a scale at your friend's house told you that you actually weigh 5 lbs more than you thought, but you're not gonna weigh yourself on that scale everyday, so you just go with the reading on the one in your own home. So I've now realized that I've gone through my life not really knowing what I truly look like. I guess that may be what pictures are for...

And angles do make quite a difference. I will say that I definitely do have a "good side" (only because my other side is terrible!)

I woke up yesterday & went to Starbucks. They didn't have the drink I initially wanted so I just ordered one that sounded good (without knowing the calorie count or anything) and it was grande sized (NOT tall), full fat, with whipped cream. Awesome.

Had a soccer game yesterday and it was freezing, so on the way home I got a hot chocolate. I didn't think about the calories or weigh myself beforehand to see if I "could" or "couldn't" drink it. I was cold so I had hot chocolate, and it was good. End of story.

Two in one day (:
I actually conquered a lot of things yesterday.

I completely agree! Naturally More is my absolute favorite! I basically refuse to eat any other kinds haha. well I like PB2 but not by itself, only mixed in things or in sandwiches with nutella. Naturally More is amazing and I can eat it right out of the jar.

i HATE (and have always hated) candy corn. and I think it's weird to receive popcorn balls. don't like butterfingers or kit kats or twizzlers either. There's a bunch of other things, but the main offender is candy corn. oh! and those random unnamed hard pieces of caramel or butterscotch.

i love fruity candy like starburst, skittles, and ring pops. as for chocolate, my 2 favorites are snickers and twix.

PIE creamy: coconut creme vs. key lime vs. banana creme

--keylime

PIE FRUIT: apply pie vs. cherry/rhubarb pie

--cherry actually

CAKE plain: chocolate cake vs. white cake vs. yellow cake

--chocolate

CAKE un-plain: carrot cake vs. banana nut cake/bread/whatever

--carrot

COOKIES chocolate: chocolate chip vs. white chocolate macadamia

--chocolate chip

COOKIES chocolate free: snickerdoodle vs. sugar cookie 

--snickerdoodle

BARS: granola bars vs. cereal bars [i.e. nutri grain]

--granola

DRINKS: smoothies vs. milkshakes

--milkshake

CANDY hard: jolly ranchers vs. life savers vs. butterscotch

--jolly ranchers

CANDY chewy: starburst vs. skittles 

--STARBURST

CANDY sour chewy: sour straws vs. sour patch kids vs. plain old sour gummy bears

--sour patch kids

CANDY peanuts: reese's peanut butter cups vs. reese's pieces vs. snickers

--snickers

CANDY unique: twix vs. butterfinger vs. almond joy

--twix!

CANDY caramels: caramellos vs. rolos vs. milk duds

--milk duds

CANDY boxed: truffles vs toffees vs. bourdeaux

--uhhh, truffles i guess

CANDY mint: andes vs. junior mints vs. after 8 mints

--junior mints

ICE CREAM chocolate base: rocky road vs. chocolate vs. chunky monkey [i think that's a chocolate base one]

--chocolate

ICE CREAM vanilla base: cookie dough vs. cookie's and cream vs. praline's and cream

--cookie dough

ICE CREAM unusual flavors: butter pecan vs. black cherry vs. mint chip

--mint chippppp

CHIPS spicy: flamin hot fritos vs. flamin hot funyuns vs. hot fries vs. spicy nacho doritos vs. hot cheetoes

--none

CHIPS dorito flavor: spicy nacho vs. ranch vs. nacho cheese 

--ranch

CHIPS potato chip: sour cream and onion vs. plain vs. barbecue

--plain

DIPS: bean dip vs. sour cream and onion vs. ranch vs. nacho cheese

--bean dip

PRETZELS: honey mustard vs. plain vs. honey wheat

--plain

SNACK MIX: gardettos vs. chex mix vs. cheez it party mix

--chex mix

FROZEN MEALS low calorie: lean cuisine vs. smart ones vs. healthy choice

--lean cuisine

FROZEN MEALS regular: stouffers vs. hungry man vs. swanson vs. marie callender's

--stouffers

PUDDING: butterscotch vs. cheesecake vs. chocolate vs. vanilla vs. cinnamon roll

--chocolate

JELLO: lime vs. strawberry vs. cherry vs. orange

--orange

YOGURT: strawberry vs. peach vs. plain vs. vanilla vs. lemon vs. cherry

---lemon

HOT DOGS [veggie or regular still applies]: chili dog vs. corn dog vs. hot dog 

--plain hot dogs

BEANS: black beans vs. pinto beans vs. refried beans vs. kidney beans vs. garbanzo beans

--pinto beans

RICE: arborio rice vs. wild rice vs. brown rice vs. white rice

--brown rice

PASTA: lasagna vs. penne vs. rigatoni vs. fettucine [typical sauce applies, since noodles are just noodles]

--penne

SANDWICH: cold or hot

--hot!

SOUP: broccoli cheese vs. brothy soup with rice vs. brothy soup with noodles vs. clam chowder

--clam chowder

COFFE DRINK: latte vs. cappuccino vs. black coffee vs. mocha/caramel/other frap blended drink

--latte

COFFEE SHOP PASTRY: bagel vs. scone vs. biscotti vs. muffin

--bagel

UNHEALTHY APPETIZER: mozarella sticks vs. buffalo wings vs. spinach and artichoke dip vs. nachos vs. onion rings vs. breadsticks with marinara or other dip

--nachos

UNHEALTHY SALAD TOPPING: croutons vs. bacon bits vs. fatty dressing vs. cheese

--cheese

COMFORT FOOD: chili vs. enchiladas vs. fried chicken vs. casserole of sorts [specify what type] vs. macaroni/potato/pasta salad vs. macaroni and cheese vs. mashed potatoes

--macaroni & cheese

CHEWY SNACK ITEM: gushers vs. fruit by the foot vs. character fruit snacks 

--fruit snacks

LUNCH BOX CRACKERS: wheat crackers with cheese filling vs. wheat with peanut butter filling vs. regular with cheddar cheese filling vs. regular with peanut butter fillinf vs. cheese with cheese filling vs. cheese with peanut butter filling

---cheese with peanut butter

LUNCH BOX DRINK: milk vs. juice box vs. soda vs. capri sun

--iced tea juicebox

CEREAL: cheerios vs. corn flakes vs. rice krispies

--cheerios

CEREAL: kashi [any variety] vs. honey bunches of oats vs. life

--honey bunches of oats

CEREAL: fiber one vs. all bran

--fiber one

CEREAL: trix vs. cinnamon toast crunch vs. fruity pebbles vs. golden grahams

--cinnamon toast crunch

WARM BREAKFAST PASTRY: poptarts vs. toaster streudel vs. bagelfuls

--poptarts

BREAKFAST "MEAT" [APPLIES TO VEGETARIANS AS WELL, JUST VEGGIE VARIETY]:bacon vs. sausage links vs. sausage patties

--sausage patties

SEEDS: pumpkin seeds vs. sunflower seeds

--neither

NUTS: almonds vs. pistachios vs. cashews vs. macadamia nuts vs. walnuts vs. pecans

--pistachios

edited to add...

CHEESE: american vs. provolone vs. swiss vs. mozarella vs. cheddar vs. gouda

--provolone

CHEESE unconventional: cottage cheese vs. cream cheese vs. ricotta cheese

--cream cheese

CRACKERS: triscuits vs. wheat thins vs. cheese its vs. club crackers 

--wheat thins

RICE CAKES: caramel vs. barbecue vs. ranch vs. plain

--caramel

PIZZA PLACE: little caeser's vs. papa johns vs. pizza hut vs. dominos

--pizza hut

BREAKFAST BREAD: pancakes vs. waffles vs. crepes vs. french toast

--pancakes

POTATOES: country potatoes [diced breakfast potatoes] vs. hashbrowns vs. scalloped vs. baked vs. french fries

--baked

BERRIES: blueberries vs. strawberries vs. blackberries vs. raspberries

--strawberries

CITRUS FRUITS: orange vs. grapefruit vs. lemon vs. lime vs. blood orange vs. tangerine vs. clementine vs. mandarin

--ORANGES

FRUITS UN-CITRUS: plums vs. apricots vs. nectarines vs. peaches 

--eh, none

FRUITS cheap: banana vs. apple vs. pears

--apples

CARNIVAL TREATS: caramel apple vs. chocolate covered banana vs. popcorn ball vs. kettle corn vs. snow cone

--chocolate covered bananas are amazing. but i'd probably never get them from a carnival