Whew, today was a long day! I was up bright and early for work, and I threw together a nice mug of oats before I had to go.
- 1/2 cup old fashioned oats
- 1/2 cup soy milk
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 small banana
- 2/3 tbsp peanut butter
- 4 pecans
- agave nectar
- cinnamon
I've made a bunch of changes to my morning oats lately - some that I think I'll keep, and others that I don't think I will.
Quick oats -> Old fashioned oats: The texture is really different and I'm not sure how I like the extra chewiness, but I have a jumbo bag so I'm sure I'll like it eventually ;)
Almond milk -> Soy milk: I'm not sure I like this change. Soy milk has far more protein, but almond milk adds a nice nutty flavour for only half the calories, so I think I'll be switching back as soon as my carton of soy milk is gone.
Sweetener -> Agave nectar: I read a lot of research about the negative effects of agave nectar and it's high fructose content, but in the end I decided that it had to be better than chemical sweeteners, so I decided to give it a go. I really like it - it kind of tastes like a less intense honey.
I wasn't very diligent today, because I forgot to take pictures of both my lunch and afternoon snack :( Neither were overly exciting - we had lunch ordered in from a nearby chinese place and my meal ended up being Bombay Chicken, which was so spicy that I barely ate any of it. I felt bad for wasting so much food, but my mouth was on FIRE! I did eat the apple I brought (as well as my entire water bottle lol), and for my afternoon snack I had some baby carrots and snap peas.
After work I had planned on going to my first BodyFlow class. I joined Goodlife Fitness this week, but I ended up hurting my shoulder/neck/back while I was moving, so I've been unable to do anything active with it for the past few days :( Today I felt well enough today to try something low impact, so I was really excited to finally get out to the gym!
BodyFlow was nice, although I think I want to check out the just-yoga class another night. I felt so good afterwards that I decided to just stay for the following Zumba class, which I had also never tried! The time did seem to fly by, although I'm not sure it lived up to the sky-high expectations I've developed after hearing everyone rave about it. If I'm not too sore tomorrow I might check out another Zumba class at a different location, and see what it's like with a different instructor :)
Dinner was a big, protein-filled salad with spinach, salmon, egg whites, asparagus, roasted broccoli and mayo+dijon dressing. Yum!
You can also see the new placemat I bought from Loblaws for only $1.97!
Pretty nice for such a low price, eh? :) I might go back tomorrow and trade my second green one for a yellow, so I have one of each colour because I'm so indecisive, and matching is overrated.
Dessert was a random mix that I threw together in my mug:
- 1/2 cup vanilla frozen yogurt
- 6 vanilla meringues
- 1 tsp chocolate chips
- 3 Lotte chocolate pie treats
It was so good! Definitely an interesting mix of textures and flavours that I would eat again. Well I'm absolutely exhausted, and I can hear bed calling me. Have a good Friday everyone!
What's your favourite way to exercise?
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