This morning has been a bit odd.  I did not sleep well at all last night.  I don’t know what my issue was.  I felt like I woke up every 30 minutes and I kept having bizarre dreams.  The weirdest part was that after I would wake up and would go back to sleep, I would sort of resume the same dream.  It wouldn’t be at the same point, but it would have the same premise.  Weird.  Needless to say, I am a bit exhausted today.

So I went to my doctor’s appointment this morning.  All went well.  I am not sure how much I liked my doctor.  I felt like she didn’t really ask any questions or anything.  Like I think I have a semi-extreme medical history–I have Crohn’s and my father died from colon cancer.  All of this was on my health history but she didn’t mention any of it.  Anyway, I am not sure I felt like it was a complete annual physical.  Anyway, things went well–at least the things that were addressed.

When I left the doctor’s office, I literally couldn’t get to work.  Apparently there was a gas tanker truck that flipped over and spilled on the road that I take to work.  After about 20 minutes of literally going no where, I decided to go home and work from home until about 11ish, and then attempt working my way into the office.  That means that I definitely am not taking a lunch break today, so I will have to stay motivated to go to the gym after work.  I didn’t work out yesterday, so I must today!

Last night I made some muffins.  I got the base for this recipe from For the Love of Oats.  I doubled the recipe, but instead of 4 cups of oats, I used 3 cups of oats and 1 cup of whole wheat flour.  I also eliminated the raisins. 

After mixing all the wet and dry ingredients together, I split the batter into two.  I made one with sliced bananas

And one with chopped apples

I baked these for about 25 minutes on 350 degrees.

After the were nice and browned and firm, I added some brown sugar on top and broiled for about 4 minutes.

These were so yummy!  I froze all of them last night.  This morning I popped one in the toaster (a banana one) for breakfast.

I split it in half and had some butter on one half and some Smartbalance cream cheese on the other half.

I had a cup of tea on the side, in my Austin mug, in honor of my Alice, who’s birthday it is today.  (She now lives in Austin.)

I packed up my whole bag of food last night.  I hope this is enough to hold me over!  After Friday when I was starving at work all day, I hope this is enough! 

Some whipped cottage cheese (About 1/4 cup) and a little bit of raisin bran to add my much needed crunch.

Carrots, broccoli and some left over Tzatziki to dip.

The daily activia.  I don’t know if this stuff helps my stomach any more than normal yogurt, but I am simply obsessed with the texture.

 

And a sandwich with whole wheat bread, some spinach, avocado, turkey and there is a bit of brie hiding under the turkey.  I plan on toasting this up (at least the bread with brie) at work.

Okay, going to do a bit more work then head out, hoping to get to work!!!  Have a good monday (if that is possible….!)

And I would say this is more for me than for anything else, but I have my little daily chart from skinnyr.com.  Keep me accountable and motivated.  Remember, the aim is 10-15lbs. (by mid-late April)

Eeep, and I just looked at my webpage from a different browser.  Are my pictures way too big now?