This morning I engaged in what is becoming a repetitive cycle for me – seeing all these other people eat their oatmeal and stay full for hours thereafter. This just doesn’t work for me. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong! But, the latest I can usually eat breakfast is 7:15, and that doesn’t hold me over until lunchtime. How are all these other people held over until lunch?!
Furthermore, I feel like I am stuffing myself silly that early in the morning. I think I would be good if I could eat my hearty bowl of oatmeal at 8:30 or so, but that’s just not possible. Sigh.
Well, this morning I tried again, but tried with toasting the oats, just for fun. I had just recently read a post about toasted oats on Courtney’s blog, and had a craving. So I started with this…
mmm, raw oats...
And then heated up a small pan, coated lightly with cooking spray, and threw in the oats, some unsalted cashews, and some deliciously gigantic unsweetened coconut flakes. A minute or so in I decided to layer in about a teaspoon of honey.
While that mix was toasting, I cut up some strawberries. When I was through with everything, I had a mix of strawberries, my toasted oats, and a splash of skim milk. Ta-da.
I also boiled water for my tea-on-the-go, which this morning was a new one.
Coconut Mango. I do love me some Stash tea. The verdict on this one? Not great, not bad. I love coconut, so I was really looking forward to it. But, there was something off about the taste, to me. I’m going to give it another chance, though – it’s possible the agave I put in it was too overwhelming. I’ll try it next time with less.
And the verdict on my oats? Well, it’s about 11:00AM now, and I’m a little hungry, but not starving. Let’s consider that a success!
Unfortunately, I made the mistake of stepping on the scale this morning. Ugh. I haven’t stepped on it since I decided to try not counting calories anymore, and I am far heavier now than I have been in months, despite the fact that I’m pretty sure I’m eating much cleaner and am certainly not NOT exercising, though I’ll admit I could do more. I guess that will be my goal…
Going to the gym in a bit, just after lunch, to pick back up with my attempts to run for longer periods of time in succession. I’m a little embarrassed to admit that I’m thinking 7 minutes was a little too much and I might back it down to 5 or 6 for now, which means I’ll plan to warm up, run 5 / walk 2 and cycle that four or five times.
[How did you learn to run for more than a mile straight? Did you do a run/walk plan? If so, what was it?]
Glad you tried the recipe – all you need is a bit of butter and they will be perfect
Don’t worry about the numbers on the scale, my dear. You aren’t a number, you are a beautiful human being. Silly how a number can change how we are feeling so quickly, yes?
Just remember – honor your body, and the rest will follow.
Butter – THAT’s what I was forgetting! I definitely enjoyed them.
And, thanks for being so sweet. That was totally what I needed to hear. I feel like “honor your body” should be my mantra from now on – it’s so easy to have spent years not trusting it!
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If it’s any consolation, my oats never fill me up until lunch. I always need a second breakfast or mid morning snack. Always