You know it’s been cold out when –12 C feels warm.  Eeek.  It’s been around –30 C with the wind chill (that’s -22 F) the last couple of days.

I will not complain.  I will not complain.  I will not complain…

I Eat

I have no pretty oat pictures, again.  More breakfasts at my desk!  I’ve been microwaving 1/2 c. oats + water + toppings after my workout.  My pre-gym snack is always 1/2 nan + nut butter.

Today was a Saturday breakfast.  Saturday breakfasts are among my favourite things in life – just behind my bed.  As a working gal, I love them way more than I ever did in school.

Some Bob’s Red Mill GF pancakes.  I topped them with flax seeds + coconut + sliced almonds and dipped them in hidden plain yogurt + pure maple syrup.

Backing up to Tuesday, I had a decent breakfast before work.  On Tuesdays, yoga is in the evening so I can eat at home in the morning.

An egg white omelette with shoots + red onion + mushroom + Italian seasoning and on the side, GF toasts + grapefruit.

I.  Love.  Breakfast.

Suppers have been pretty ordinary.

Roasted acorn squash + tofu + kale + brown rice + raisins.

This was all seasoned with olive oil + cinnamon + pumpkin pie spice.  The kitchen smelled like Thanksgiving after this.

And leftovers for lunch the next day.  Yippee!

I had some delicious Vietnamese with a friend on Wednesday.  Yummy.

An open-faced tuna sandwich made its way to my tummy for supper this week, too.

Nothing says weekend like tuna + baby carrots.

I snacked on 100 pounds of popcorn while I made Christmas treats for my friends!

Check out my kitchen table – and multiply this by two:

 

I used this recipe to make caramel corn but decreased the butter to 1/2 cup and used manuka honey instead of corn syrup.  I added cranberries + sliced almonds to make this Christmas-ey.

After a couple hours, a very sticky kitchen and popcorn in my hair, I had it all packaged.

So much popcorn.  

I did manage a real dinner tonight, but it was kind of blah.  Just a mix of roasted veggies + tofu + basmati rice.  I seasoned it with olive oil + red wine vinegar + thyme + s n’ p.

Dessert more than made up for a lacklustre dinner!  I microwaved a chopped apple for about a minute and topped it with plain yogurt + granola + raisins.

 

And cue the bloated tummy!

Tummy, Untamed

Lately, I’ve been eating a lot.  I couldn’t figure out why I’ve been so snacky – and I mean, really, really snacky – and then I realized it must be from working out more often.  And the weather.  When it gets cold, I want to curl up on the couch with a big bowl of _____ and mange, mange, mange.  Time to pull in the reigns again!  And eat more protein during the day.  That always helps too, especially if I’ve worked out earlier that morning. 

I Move

Tuesday – sweated out the day in hot yoga.  Lovely.

Wednesday – early morning with Jim.  Just a treadie day.

Thursday – back to the gym first thing to do twenty minutes of cardio split between the bike and the stair master.  Okay, I confess: I can’t figure out the stair master.  It never feels natural.  Can anyone else relate to that?!  Anyway, I did about 10 minutes of weights before I realized I needed to get ready for work.

Friday – ugggh, and one last morning at the gym.  Forty minutes of cardio split between the bike and the treadie.  

Saturday – after the snacky day, I was craving a good sweat session.  I went to the gym I haven’t been to in awhile and did the hour of power split between the treadie and the elliptical.

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