Weird feeling this morning

I know, I said one a day, but I've come to realize this is like a diary and that's really helpful. Anyway...

This morning I decided to eat some romaine, and I almost gagged! So I figured that my body just didn't want romaine, so I ate one apple and that was fine. Since I had to leave for work, I ate another on the way and before half of it was gone, I noticed I wasn't breaking down the skin enough to swallow it any more and just after that I started gagging again, but probably because of the skin. I hadn't even had half a liter of water by the time I started eating, but I don't want to eat at work, so maybe I should get a blender and start blending fruits for breakfast.

Yesterday I had a pre-packaged 100% fruit smoothie which was supposed to have a lot of apples, bananas and strawberries in it. That was great, but didn't fill me up for the whole morning. Also I noticed when I put what it said it has for fruit in it into cronometer, the calories didn't match the bottle so I'm thinking that blending myself is the only way to get all the nutrients I need for sure. Frustrating and now I'm starting to get hungry again. I have 4 more apples in the fridge and all the fruit from an 8 lb watermelon and was saving the melon for lunch, but I kinda don't want any more apples right now. *sigh* What to do....what to do.......

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Comment by Garret Lake on March 5, 2011 at 9:26am: Thanks for commenting Alex! I had no idea that apples and watermelon were so low in caloric value compared to other fruits until I started perusing Cronometer. However, most of what's available in my local Sprouts are apples, oranges, and watermelon. There are this sites namesake for low cost, but I've had bad experiences with taste with them and now I think the ones i've had in the past just weren't ripe. They also have cantelope and strawberries (which I had yesterday), but the cantelope and honeydew aren't high on my like list. Looks like, I've got to just get out there and experience these fruits with my new found pallate! Thanks for the info!!

Also, I got to lunch with the help of another apple which I ended up peeling and had about 3/4 of a watermelon and am still full...barely. So yay! Can't wait to try other higher calorie yield fruits so I can stay fuller longer!

Comment by Alex Wall-Clarke on March 5, 2011 at 3:29am: I've always found apples very hard to eat in quantity, too fibrous and not enough calories really. You'd be better off with higher calorie fruits, bananas, dates, mangoes, honeydew melons etc. Also watermelon is very low in calories, no wonder you're feeling hungry so soon. Bottom line is, get enough calories so you're satisfied or this will get a whole lot harder than it should be. If you're hungry, eat more, simples. Oh and make your own smoothies, bought ones aren't as good.