A good morning to you all!
Other than some minor dehydration, I’m off to a good start.
1) 45 minutes of Power Vinyasa Flow #2 (boy was I STIFF! But I felt normal by the end – that’s what I love about yoga!)
2) A big ol’ bowl of oatmeal
Today’s mix was made with overripe bananas – perfecto!
- 1/3 cup oats, 1/3 cup milk, 1/3 cup water, pinch salt, splash vanilla, 1 wonderfully ripe banana
- 1 tbsp flax (stirred in today)
- 1 tbsp raisins
- A few tbsp Mix My Granola
- A few globs of coconut butter (interestingly, as the temperature in our house has warmed up, the coconut butter is now soft!! It doesn’t flake anymore but comes out in blobs. Kind of a fun change, but not as even of a distribution)
- Spoonful MaraNatha
Spring Blend for Springtime
I just made some wheatberries too! It’s been a while since I’ve had ‘em.
Today plan: some major outdoor studying. I’m planning to go on a long walk with my flash cards for Food Science and do Biochem in the hammock later on.
I’ve got 2 review sessions tomorrow, 2 final exams on Wednesday, 2 finals on Friday and 1 presentation on Saturday morning.
Matt is off brewing beer with Justin (he never tires of beer!) so I have the house to myself.
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sounds like such a great day relaxing day minus all the studying!
your oats look so good this morning!
What a nice morning! I love that about yoga too. Sometimes I start feeling like I’m practicing in someone else’s body, but by the end…it’s alllll gooooood.
Hope your day is fabulous!
Beautiful morning start!
That coconut butter looks so good!!
Good luck studying (and re-hydrating!) !!
Sounds like a busy, but enjoyable day ahead of you! I love the mixture this morning… I’m going to have to try out flax in my oatmeal sometime soon!
How exactly do you make wheatberries? Honestly, I didn’t know that you even could make them!
Enjoy the beautiful weather!
Heather,
I have a page already created just for you:
http://www.katheats.com/favorite-foods/a-wheatberry-lesson/
Kath
That is the beautiful thing about yoga. Enjoy your studying–that’s what I’ll be doing all day!
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enjoy studying! YUMMY looking oats! Love the coconut butta
I hope you have a relaxing, productive day! It looks like a good day to study outside!
Enjoy your day!!! Those oats look fab!
Great looking breakfast
Oh this breakfast look delicious!
Glad you had a good start this morning
I love that you guys eat outside so often! I hope I get a balcony in my nest apartment so I can do the same!!
I was flipping through an old magazine (Shape Oct 08) yesterday and there you were! I was like hey I know her! Your story is so inspirational, especially because you have maintained a healthy lifestyle- thanks for the inspiration Kath!
ps. coconut butter sounds yummy!
good luck with all the studying!
Good luck studying outside — perhaps I’ll do that too today.
Thanks so much Kath! I’m definitely going to have to try these out!
There’s no better study spot than the outdoors. Good luck! That sure is a lot of tests!
Good luck studying!! That’s my game plan today as well!
Ooh, studying outside is the best
i’m so jealous of the hammock! i wouldn’t mind (a little) studying if i had a nice cozy spot like that! have a great sunday
Hope you have a great day studying Kath!
Random…but I thought of you this morning doing your yogadownload in Africa, and while it’s not quite as exotic, I’m stuck in the lab all day due to babysitting some experiments…so I decided to do yogadownload at work. And I did the exact same one as you today! Crazy coincidences!
Mmm, what a wonderful breakfast. Enjoy the nice day!
I had to cook my oatmeal sans banana today-Shaun hates banana anything-so I just stirred it in at the end. Cooked banana is so much better!
That’s my kind of studying for sure! Good luck today getting all your studying done.
Hi Kath!
I just want to thank you for being such a positive inspiration for so many of us! I’ve been trying to lose weight for a long time, I’ve tried every diet: low carb,no-carb,weight watchers, jenny c., and that’s just to mention a few! Thanks to you and your healthy-living blog I’ve started to look at food from a different perspective and it works! Someting finally worked! Today I’m celebrating my 10th dropped-pound! Thanks Kath! Your blog touches and changes many lives and mine is one one them. Thank you! God bless you! Ps: please say hi to Matt!
If it makes you feel any better, I have an insane week too! Huge portfolio due Friday! Then finals! Good luck on all of your exams!
happy half-birthday kath! that will always be easy for me to remember because it’s my actual birthday…along with caitlin and a few others, it seems! yay for the 26th!!! hope you have a great day
good luck with all the studying! at least you have some beautiful weather
What an amazing looking breakfast! Coconut is such a great add!
mmm your breakfast is delicious as usual!! What;s your favorite brand of almond butter?? And i’ve been meaning to ask you, do you have a favorite oats combo of all time?? Since you ARE the queen of oatmeal.
Love your breakfast outside!
Hope you don’t get sucked into the hammock. I always have a hard time getting out!
Beautiful pictures. I’m thinking about downloading some Yoga offline. It sounds interesting. Hope you have a fun filled day of studying ! Its almost over!
Thanks for the reminder about the wheatberries… I’ve been meaning to make a little batch!
Good luck with the studying… I know you’ll be a machine per usual
Isn’t that too funny I noticed the exact same thing with the coconut butter this morning!
Good luck with your studying! Drink plenty of water, it is so warm outside….
Good luck studying!
Hi Kath,
Thanks as always for your fun and beautifully photographed content.
I have a question about the coconut butter. Is it sweet at all? Are you adding it for flavor or just for the good fat? Do you use it on or with any other foods?
Oh what beautiful weather! I wish!
crunchygranolagirl ,
That was me! Check out this post on my reflections on it:
http://www.katheats.com/?p=7857
Frannie ,
Good for you!
Yussy ,
Thanks! And congrats on getting healthier
Jessie ,
OMG – how kind of you to remember!!!! I actually remembered yesterday, but forgot today!
Michelle T,
Does Barney Butter count!?
Ah geez…favorite oatmeal. It really depends on my mood! I’d say pumpkin cottage cheese with salted peanuts, Barney Butter and butterscotch chips. But I haven’t been craving such a decadent combo since spring sprung!
Laurel ,
Hmm…it’s not really sweet, but I add it for the coconut flavor, not for the fat at all. It tastes like unsweet coconut milk or flakes. I don’t really use it in any other cooking, but I should consider it!
Kath
thanks for the birthday shoutout… you are too sweet