Fudge Sundae

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there's something about Smucker's Hot Fudge that really does it for me. You know?

Food is so important and with many meanings in our life.

Maybe Smucker's reminds you of a favorite aunt and the hot summer day when you'd just graduated 1st grade and she served you a sundae made with it.

Smells are important. It's said that is the last sense to "go". Maybe when you ride you recall a pleasurable event long forgotten except chocolate syrup now made with high fructose corn syrup was there.

But the event was important to you and now when you're happy and deservedly proud of your achievements you reach for choco syrup.

Go ahead and have some. When I ignore a really specific craving it comes back to bite me so to speak. Last week after a workout I wanted tofu, braised tofu in black bean sauce with black mushrooms to be specific. No rice, just the tofu and 'shrooms.

There's a Chinese eatery near work, they make a good dish but they were super busy. I went next door, there's a good salad bar and made a salad with tofu drizzled it with Thai dressing.

Just as good, right?

Noooo, it really messed up my food plans for the day

After a hard workout I want protein (ice cream has protein ) water (it's got that too ) simple and/or the better for me the complex sugars (check! ). Experiment with what rewards, refreshes and rebuilds you. I prefer chocolate milk to any newfangled recovery drink, everyone has different pre-ride breakfast of champions .... choco syrup may be your thing.

Is it the sundae you want or the choco syrup? Is it the color of the bottle or the art of perfectly drizzling it? Would the perfect piece of fair trade organic varietal chocolate hit the spot just as well? www.theochocolate.com

Maybe, maybe not.

One of the many remarkable things about TE is there's all kinds of information out there about nutrition for male athletes. But not that much for women, especially for women athletes past oh maybe 30-40. The information just is not there. But we find it here!

We give you permission to play with your food Experiment.

And welcome to TE