Lesson Learned

Hi guys,

I'm feeling better this morning, but oh my gosh I had the worst night's sleep ever! I spent the entire night incredibly nauseous, and totally thought I was going to throw up a few times. I think I know what happened, though. I took my vitamins/supplements before I went to bed, but too late after I had eaten. I take a multi vitamin that has iron in it, and it makes me queasy unless I take it right before bed. I can't even take it right with dinner, cause I still feel sick. However, I usually have a bigger dinner, and by the time I took it (12:30), it had been too long after I ate. I didn't get all that much sleep, but I'm actually just happy it's over and I'm feeling better! Lesson learned--make sure I have enough in my tummy when I take my multi! Phew!

I was hungry this morning, which was totally surprising! I haven't been physically hungry for breakfast since Arizona, where I was getting a lot more activity in a day. I made a big delicious parfait with one of the new (to me) vitatops--Bluebran.

BlueBran Vitatop Review

The base of this vita reminded me of the MultiBran, but I liked the BlueBran a lot more! You can only see 2 blueberries in it and I was a little disappointed until I saw that there were more blueberries baked in. I still thought there could have been a few more blueberries though,as it would have been nice to get some in each bite. I thought the fruit addition made this vitatop much better than the Multibran, because there was much more flavor contrast with the bran and the blueberries.

I liked how the vitatop was dense and not too dry--a big plus. It was nicely sweetened, but not ridiculously sugarly like some blueberry muffins can get. Unlike the MultiBran, this flavor held up in my parfait. I'd definitely recommend the CranBran or the BlueBran Vitatops over the MultiBran.

My Rating: A-

And now, my parfait:


This had Fage 0% Greek Yogurt mixed with a tiny bit of pumpkin, copious amounts of cinnamon, some unsweetened cocoa powder, and a few chocolate chips on top. I also had it with a spoon of dark chocolate dreams.

I was a little worried the blueberry flavor was going to be weird with my standard greek yogurt combo, but it tasted great!

I'm pretty much determined to have a great day, because I'm tired of feeling icky and sick lately! My Mom's off work today, so hopefully after the air conditioning dude comes, we can go do something fun :D Have a lovely day, everyone--it's Friday!

Q: Do you take vitamins and/or supplements? Which kinds?

So I pretty much pop more pills than an 80-year old grandma. I've got 2 fish oil, 3 glucosamine/chrondroiton pills for my knees, 2 hyaluronic acid with MSM capsules (also for my knees), 2 women's multivitamin with iron pills, and a probiotic capsule 1-2 times a day. Um, I think that's it? I also take a calcium sometimes with meals. So that's 11-12 pills! Geez! I have found that the knee supplements do help me--I've noticed a difference when I stopped taking them for a little bit.

Do you take vitamins or supplements? Have you noticed them helping at all?

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