Love Of Oats

A blog dedicated to balancing a healthy and fun life… with oats!

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Where’s the Morning?

No I’m not complaining that it isn’t Thursday morning anymore, but the day is FLYING!  How has your day been?  Has it been going by fast?  I hope so, Friday’s almost here :)

I skipped the gym today because I was TIRED and needed a break day, so I had extra time to have an enjoyable oat-y breakfast!  My purple bowl included:  1/2 c oat bran, 1 T flax, 2 T sunflower seeds, 1/2 C frozen blueberries, and 1 T PB2. 

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I think because I had a later breakfast, I wasn’t hungry for my mid-am snack until 11, almost lunchtime, geez… I decided to have my snack and plan on having a later lunch as a result…

This yummy snack consisted of 1 cup of Stonyfield vanilla yogurt with a 1/2 cup fiber cereal… love the sweet taste from the yogurt & crunchy texture from the cereal :)

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 I’ll be back later w/ lunch, but I hope you’re having a great day!

PS.  Have any of you been taking extra precautions regarding the Swine Flu?  I’ve been washing my hands like CRAZY.  Be careful!

Yummies

I started out yesterday up at 6:30am when our phone rang!  It was the GE guy coming out to fix our fridge.  They told us he’d be over between 8-12 but in reality, he wound up here at 7!  Long story short, I didn’t get to go to my spin class, but it was ok because I knew my favorite teacher wouldn’t be there anyway… so instead, I worked on some school work and had a yummy oatbran breakfast topped with flax & pb2.

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I wound up going for a quick 30 minute walk because it was in the high 80′s outside!  Isn’t that crazy?  It’s only April!  Then, I did some gardening before quickly showering and getting ready to go to my parents’ house.  I had a quick lunch of Stonyfield strawberry yogurt with defrosted strawberries and sunflower seeds.

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We headed off to my parents house since my cousins came up to visit for the day.  Bill and I got a workout in because we played with the kids non-stop outside!  Here’s my plate full of yummies:

  • turkey hoagie (took off the cheese) with added sweet peppers & spicy mustard
  • pickles!
  • broccoli salad

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I made a garden salad for everyone tossed in a homemade mustard vinaigrette…

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We had dessert a couple hours later which was my grandmom’s orange cake!  So yummy & light :)

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Bill and I got home around 9 and were exhausted but I couldn’t kick the craving I had for vanilla ice cream, so we ran to the local ice cream shop and got some.  It was SO good and totally satisfied me :)

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Ok well I’ll be back before we head out again for the day… we have a BUSY weekend!