Trainer Hazing
When I mention to people that I’m training for a bodybuilding competition, one of the first questions they ask is, “Is your diet as weird as I hear it is?” The short answer is “Yes.” Oh sure, it’s mostly chicken and vegetables but every three weeks or so your trainer will throw in a totally random food product you have to hunt down. It’s kinda like going through hazing. You’re trainer wants to see just how dedicated you really are to following the meal plan.
Yesterday’s quest was for Cream of Rice.
Not Cream of Wheat. No, that would be too simple. You can find Cream of Wheat in any old grocery store and where’s the fun in that? It had to be Cream of Rice.
Two HEBs, Walmart and a Mexican grocery store later I had to call uncle. “Mel, I can’t find this thing. Please, please tell me which store you went to!” She told me, I bought 8 boxes so I never have to go through that again, and today everyone in the group laughed about it.
“She sent you for Cream of Rice, huh?” smirked Amy. Mel laughed, “Yeah, I guess I should have told you it would be hard to find.”
I knew it was trainer hazing! 🙂
Do you ever have to hunt down odd things for your sport?
Lisa
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Such a hunt! Hm I’ve never heard of cream of rice. Hope it’s good!
Me neither! It kinda tastes like rice flavored paste but it’s growing on me. Butter spray makes everything better!
I once had to buy baby food per trainers orders. Not so much a hunt but a very odd experience LOL
Baby food? Hope it was sweet potatoes!
Ha! So where did you find it? I had to order xylitol brown sugar (to make clean cupcakes) off of Amazon because I couldn’t find it at any store.
WTF is xylitol brown sugar? LOL. I found it at the HEB in Round Rock off Hester’s Crossing.
Who cares what it is! It makes delicious Clean Coconut cupcakes!!! Actually, Xylitol is a sugar alcohol sweetener used as a sugar substitute.
I have never heard of this before. Well done on not giving up the hunt!
Thanks! In case you are wondering it tastes like rice flavored paste.
yum, rice flavoured paste. GROSS
LOL! Oh the things I eat because I’m afraid of my trainers….
I have recipe that using cream is rice with egg whites! Delicious!
What’s the recipe? Do share… 🙂
My mom used to make cream of rice for us for breakfast, she would cook it on coconut milk, add cinnamon a bit of ginger, and brown sugar, it was great!
I’m actually used to it now and kind of look forward to eating it. I put a little Olivio buttery spray in it. Yum! I’ll try cinnamon and stevia tomorrow. Thanks!