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Rolling Muscles

Oh how I was looking forward to my hot oats this morning.  Sadly, all I found in the oat jar was crumbs. 😦

So instead, a savory breakfast it was.

I still missed the oats but this hit the spot and carried me through an awesome cardio workout at the gym.

45 minutes of cardio intervals left me a red-faced and sweaty mess, just the way I like to be at the end of a workout!

The snow showers of the morning have given way to sunshine and the rest of my day will be spent at the clinic, tending to patients and painting.

Speaking of painting, yesterday I kept thinking how sore my triceps and lats were from Wednesday morning Pilates session.  It wasn’t until this morning that it occurred to me that the soreness was only on the right-my painting arm!  4 hours of pressing and pulling that roller up and down on Wednesday afternoon turned out to be quite a workout!  And today I get to do it again!  I wonder if I can roll left-handed to even things out a bit…

My carrots are delicious! I didn’t even wait until the 12 hour marinating period was done before chomping through half a jar.  Nom, nom.

They aren’t as rosemary-ie as I had hoped but next time they will be.  And by next time I mean I’ll be making another batch tomorrow.

I will leave you with these words from the late, the great, health guru Jack Lalanne

“How do you build your bank account?  By putting something in it everyday.  Your health account is no different.  What I do today, I am wearing tomorrow.  If I put inferior foods in my body today, I’m going to be inferior tomorrow, it’s that simple.” -Jack LaLanne

The man was a visionary.  What now seems old-fashioned was ground-breaking at one time.  Check out this video of The Jack LaLanne Show from 1959!

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Green Oats, Hold the Ham

I am not so sure this was a good idea…

Munch, munch…

It’s…not bad!

On a whim I bought some powered Spirulina yesterday with the intention of making a green Kombucha.  This morning I got a little over-inspired trying to make the healthiest bowl of oats ever.

  • 1/2 cup oats
  • 1 cup water
  • 3 T pumpkin
  • ~1T chia seeds
  • ~1T whole flax seeds
  • Spirulina (less than a tps.)
  • a few slices of frozen apples
  • salt
  • tsp maple syrup
  • topped with a tsp of coconut butter

I can barely taste the spirulina, just as I was hoping, and honestly if it wasn’t for the smell I probably wouldn’t taste it at all.  It smelled straight up foul while cooking!   The smell will hopefully grow on me though because I think this may be a regular edition!

Spirulina, an algae, is awesome because it’s

  • a superior source of plant protein
  • the best source of beta carotene (antioxidants)
  • rich in iron
  • the only source (besides mother’s milk) of Gamma-linolenic acid
  • high in B12 (important for non-meat eaters to pay attention to) and a good source of vitamins B1, B2, B3, B6, B9, C, D, and E (whew!)
  • a green superfood!  All green superfoods are known to be energizing because of their high levels of chlorophyl.

Tate and I are going on a little adventure today.  We need a fun day away from C’ville and the clinic so we are driving up to D.C. this morning.  Our plan is to meet some old friends for lunch and check out a few museums before driving to Fredricksburg for an evening with the in-laws.

Yay for a city day!

Have a lovely Saturday!

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