Sick Day of Eats
Monday night I started feeling that scratchy feeling in my throat, so I had a feeling that a cold was coming. Sure enough, I woke up Tuesday with a sore throat, a headache, and a generally achy feeling. Not so fun. After going to the grocery store at 7:00am for cold medicine and Good Belly, I came back home and napped for a little bit. By the time I woke up, I was feeling a little better.
I drank a shot of Good Belly probiotics (because I’m convinced it helps my immune system) and then I fell back asleep for a bit.
I woke up a little later, and I didn’t end up eating breakfast until around 11:00am, but I stuck with my normal smoothie. I wasn’t really sure what to eat for a cold, but despite not having much of an appetite, I knew I’d feel better after eating this.
Lunch
Since breakfast was so late, lunch was equally late. Luckily, I’d just picked up some soup at Trader Joe’s on Monday, so that made for an easy lunch. ย I had a little bit of minestrone soup, with a side of roasted butternut squash. This soup was pretty good, for a canned soup, and it was fairly high in protein and fiber, but still low in calories. I’ll be buying this again for sure. And the butternut squash was from my bounty box and was without a doubt one of the best butternut squashes I’ve ever had!
Dinner
Since I still wasn’t feeling up to much, Alex brought over some Chipotle (the man knows the way to my heart) and I ate about half of this veggie bowl.
Brown rice, black beans, tomato salsa, corn salsa, guacamole and lettuce. So delicious. I couldn’t quite finish it, but I made a pretty decent effort.
I didn’t mind taking a rest day from working out, since I jumped back into running over the weekend, and then took another barre class at Local Barre on Monday night.
I forgot how intense those classes are! You can read about my first barre class here. I can’t wait to go back once I’m feeling better!
Not fun – I hope you’re feeling better very very soon! For me, soup is the best way to get over a sickness. ๐
I haven’t been sick in a couple of years but when I was my diet consisted of: Alka Seltzer Orange, Saltine Crackers, and Chicken Noodle Soup (Original Campbell’s). The basics ๐
I hope you start feeling better!!!
Oops. If you could delete my first comment, that would be great! I hope you feel better soon Liz!!
Oh no! I’m so sorry to hear that you are sick.. Get well soon!
I was about to say that your sick day eats don’t really look that different from normal eats ๐ When I’m sick, the only things I can usually manage are dry carbs like crackers, pretzels, toast, and cereal. Hope you feel better soon!!
Aww sorry to hear you’re not well! It sucks being ill ๐
When I’m ill I tend to drink lots of water and just fancy bland food, like chicken soup or sweet potato on its own.
Get better soon!
aw my little sister always eats good bellys. makes me miss her!
i’ve had chipotle so many times recently..it is so good every time!
Oh no, sounds like we had the exact same thing! Hope you’re feeling better, Liz! When I had this last illness, I just wasn’t hungry at all, so I’d eat oatmeal in the morning and then nibble on fruit til dinnertime. Not very healthy but I just had no appetite!
Sorry you’re sick! Whenever I’m feeling ill I set up on the couch with a glass of water, bottle of kombucha, hot ginger tea made with real grated ginger, and a bowl of tomato soup. If I feel daring enough to venture into eating solids, I always start by trying to eat a banana very slowly. If that holds, move on to bread.