In which I make terrible life choices. Also, whales.

[kyogres]

My mother and I went to Olive Garden last night. I ordered the cheese raviolli, and some chocolate strata cake for dessert. The raviolli was decent; the cake was delicious. Over the course of the night I ate 3/4 of the cake. That was a full 2/4 more than I was supposed to eat. Aside from the fact that it put me way over my calorie limit for the day

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[tortoises]

It's probably a stomachache, and I would guess it was caused by the richness of the cake combined with you stressing out over eating too much. Stress is actually a big factor in a lot of these things! But especially if you're not used to eating rich food/desserts like that, especially more of it than you were planning, would probably be the main thing, is my guess. Either that, or the ravioli could have been off - watch out for food poisoning! I would have problems with that meal because I'm lactose intolerant, but I'm guessing you don't have a sensitivity to dairy :P

As for the "you'll spoil your dinner" saying, I'm pretty sure that just means you'll fill up on dessert and won't have room for dinner. Not getting sick or anything!

The whaleshakers are so cute omg.

[kyogres]

I'm also lactose intolerant to a certain extent, which I'm sure didn't help. Normally I can pace myself while eating dairy foods, but I guess the dairy + cake combo didn't sit well. It's kind of sad. When I was a kid, I had an iron stomach and could eat as many sweets as I wanted. I wonder what happened...

[tortoises]

Don't forget the cake is full of dairy too! :P All that cream and chocolate. If you're somewhat lactose intolerant it sounds like you just went past your limit :( I love things like creamy cakes and creamy/cheesy pasta but I've had to cut down on them a bit or just have one at a meal instead of both when I go out because of the stupid lactose problems. At home I just make stuff with lactose-free milk though XD

[kyogres]

Normal cake doesn't bother me, but this cake had lots of mousse frosting, which probably has more dairy than what I'm used to.

Lactose-free milk is fantastic! Too bad they don't sell it in smaller containers. Mine always goes bad before I can use it all up because I don't cook with milk very often.

[tortoises]

Do you get the fresh stuff or the long-life/UHT stuff? I get the long-life so it's always around and even after it's open it doesn't go bad for weeks.