I Need Fruit!

When I woke up and saw this outside my window...



I decided to put a bit of a tropical spin on my oats!



-1 cup water
-1/2 cup Old Wessex 5 Grain cereal
-1/2 mashed banana
-dash of coconut extract
-cinnamon
-1 tsp each coconut and chopped walnuts



Yum, yum, yum! All I was missing was the pineapple!

I had some serious munchies last night so I ate a bowl of dry YogActive cereal. This bowl holds about a third of a cup.



I went back for a second bowl. I didn’t need it but I figured it was better than digging into the big ass bag of chocolate covered almonds the hubby bought at Costco Saturday!

One of the girls in the office is expecting her first baby within the month so we had a baby shower for her this morning. She got some really neat stuff! I can’t believe how cool baby things have gotten since I had DS almost 7 years ago! Of course there were treats set up. I didn’t snap any pictures of the table, but here’s what I put on my plate...



Grapes, pineapple, a small piece of a choco/PB square and a biscotto. I also ate a macaroon that didn’t make it into the shot! There was plenty of variety and I’m happy with my choices and the fact that I didn’t go over board. I was glad to see a big fruit platter!

Getting changed at home today for my run was a very “fresh” experience! Man, was it cold! My knee was bothering me again (I think it’s the change in temp) so I kept a slower pace on the treadmill. I hit the 3 mile marker at 33:32...much slower than last week, but I’m glad I finished up. There were a few moments where I just wanted to walk. I feel nice and stretched out which is a good thing….especially when I have a job that requires sitting all day!

I really missed out on my fruits and veggies this past weekend and my body let me know it late last night. I was craving fruit like a mad woman right before bed. So, for today’s lunch I cut up a mango, 2 kiwis and some fresh raspberries for lunch. I also brought a yogurt.




And my afternoon snack was a pumpkin raspberry muffin. I think there’s only one of these guys left.



Monday = dance night. My hubby and I had started doing a “fend for yourself” type dinner back in September. I got sick of that real fast and started leaving stuff for him to prepare while I drove DD to dance for 5pm. Tonight I decided that with all the leftover food in the fridge, we would just pick what we wanted to re-heat. My dinner was exactly the same as last night!



A haddock fillet and eggplant ravioli. Delish! DD took a thermos full of ravioli for her lunch today and my hubby had some in his lunch as, well. I’d say they were a hit!

Before I picked DD up at dance I stopped in to the health food store to browse around. Look what I found!



Stash has their holiday flavors out! Yippee! I'll be snuggling in with a huge mug of Holiday Chai tonight! I also found some Sahale snack mix in almond and a little package of dried bananas and cherries. I plan to top my oats with them tomorrow!



I'm off to burrow under a warm blanket for the evening. How very lazy of me! Oh, well...I'm still going to indulge! :)

Bye for now!!