Sleeeeeepy

So last night Tommy and I and his family went to see Yes Man, which was actually really laugh-out-loud funny. I’d definitely recommend it as a fun, light-hearted movie to go see. BUT, we didn’t get back until midnight and then Tommy and I hung out till almost 2am. And then my dad woke me up at 5:30 this morning because I could hear him making a fire in the family room right below my bedroom. Sooo, despite my growling stomach, I stuck it out in my room till about 7:00, looking at blogs and what not, and then went downstairs to have nice chat with my Dad in front of the fire. We talked about life… I love these moments at home that I would never get if I had started work right away

I made Pumpkin Banana Cinnamon oatmeal at around 7:30 and it was AWESOME because I had every single ingredient I wanted thanks to my trip to Whole Foods yesterday.

This new purchase was the STAR!:
  

The combo contained:

• 1/2 c oats, over 1 cup water
• 1/2 of a banana, mashed
• 1/2 c of pumpkin (Whole Foods brand, yum)
• dash of salt, pumpkin pie spice
• spoonfuls of both pumpkin butter and Cinnamon Raisin Swirl peanut butter!!

And this is my breakfast in front of our fire place… nothing like a great bowl of oats next to a warming, calming fire… mmm…

So now I am obviously tired due to lack of sleep but I am debating… work out now or work out later while watching Oprah on Day Two of her health week… Ok problem solved. I just checked my gym class schedule and there is a Anusara Yoga from 10:45-11:45 which is perfect. I am going to go and walk for about 15 minutes before and maybe also a little bit after. Seee ya after lunch!

I LOVE Whole Foods :)

This morning I woke up at around 7 and made a lovely buncha oats. I used Bob’s Red Mill High Fiber cereal because we only had instant Quaker Oats left. This cereal took longer to cook, about 10 minutes, but the smoother texture was definitely a nice change.

  

In this bowl went:

- 1/3 cup of cereal, about 1 cup of water

- a splash of skim milk added toward the end to make it creamier

- a handful of raisins

- 1/2 a banana

- a handful of puffins

- pumpkin butter and a spoonful of almond butter

I got a lot of things done this morning and then when I started getting hungry around 11 I decided I better go to Whole Foods and grab some lunch before I got too hungry! I had a VERY successful trip at Whole Foods. Gosh I love that place!! I didn’t take pictures of my samples but I had a clementine wedge, a very small piece of gouda cheese, a bite of a Kashi Oatmeal/Chocolate Chunk cookie and a “crunch” of Kashi GoLean Crunch cereal. I was proud of myself for picking and choosing my samples instead of eating all of them or eating too much of them!

Some buys of the day: A few LARABARS finally. You will see those in the near future. And I got these really cute Annie’s Bunny Grahams in THE coolest package. I have wanted to try these for awhile. As soon as I got home I pre-portioned them into baggies because I knew this is one of those things I could easily overeat.

  

For lunch, I brought home a brown rice vegetable roll and had it with my own light in sodium soy sauce with lotsa wisabeee. And a great orange on the side.

I LOVE Ginger!!

The afternoon was busy trying to look for a part-time job to keep me occupied at home but it was a failed attempt because of course nobody is hiring right now. But it was still fun to get out, and I got to spend some time with my Mom while she did some errands. I snacked on this… soo good obviously..

For dinner, I made baked tofu using a recipe from Kath’s website. I used salt, pepper, a drizzle of honey and baked them at 450 for about 25 minutes. I also had half of a baked sweet potato, some salad with my mom’s homemade thousand island dressing and roasted brussel sprouts with a little olive oil, S&P.

And that’s all! I was hanging out with my friend Tommy last night right after dinner so didn’t even think about dessert. It’s funny how those things escape your mind when you are occupied and busy!