This is what I mean by Tomato Red Face! |
I realized the other day that I haven't actually explained why my blog is named Tomato Red Face; maybe most of you have figured it out, but just in case you haven't it's because that is what my face looks like after I workout. I also discovered last night that, that is how my face looks after I eat pretty much a whole habanero pepper. Last night at work, I naively and foolishly believed one of my co-workers when he told me to try a pepper that wasn't that hot. Normally, I doubt everything that the kitchen guys try to give me, it's a skill that I developed from growing up with brothers who always found a great deal of humour in making me suffer varying degrees of pain and embarrassment. For some reason that ingrained mistrust was not present last night, and I ate a good three quarters of this little habanero. It didn't seem so bad at first but within probably 25 seconds, I was doubled over exhaling what I can only assume were flames. One guy suggested putting salt in my mouth - that didn't do the trick. I swished olive oil around in my mouth, I drank a beer, I drank water, I ate ice cream... It was intense, and my face went tomato red as tears streamed down my face; both from pain and immense laughter. I thought it only seemed fitting that I should repeat that story here on my Tomato Red Face blog. I hope you got a giggle, though I doubt you cried laughing as I did.
It wasn't this bad... thank goodness: Girl Eats a Ghost Pepper
Day 15:
elliptical
40 minutes
45-60 rpm
11.6km
+
50 sit-ups
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