Just sitting here waiting for the sunrise 8) Then I’m going to open the patio doors and let in the fresh air!
I started the day early with a cup of tea (with just skim).
When the husband came down at 7 I made Kath Classic Oats –
With coffee. I did use splenda today. I think I’m going to use splenda in coffee only – that will keep it to the minimum in my diet. I will also work on using less and less. I seem to have already adjusted to plain tea, so that’s the biggest hurdle! I actually went by EarthFare yesterday to check out the options. Sugar cubes would be a great way to use portion control, but they were much more expensive than regular sugar. And unfortunately the liquid vanilla creme stevia was $12. I talked myself out of buying both because I didn’t think I should be spending money on either.
I used a whole banana today: 490 kcal, 10 grams fiber, 19 grams protein.
I am doing Physio and Stats until 9, when I’m either gyming or running. Undecided! We’ll see what my mood is at the time.
I have to say, I’m already excited about the menus for both lunch and dinner!
caitlin (in FL) says
goooood morning!
VeggieGirl says
Gotta love starting the day with a bowl of “Kath’s Classic Oats”!! Yum. Oh and I too am STILL waiting for the sun to rise… I can’t get used to the time change yet, haha.
Looking forward to seeing your lunch and dinner, since you said they’re quite exciting :0)
Happy Tuesday!!
Kath says
Good morning!!
GOSH you guys are fast!! That was 30 seconds after I pushed publish!!
Kath
Emma says
Your pictures are always so pretty! Even when it’s something simple! And…thanks for always being so upbeat Kath! Have a great Tuesday!
Stats hw was fun…as long as I “got” the concepts haha!
caitlin (in FL) says
hahah kath… i think veggiegirl and i like to start our days with a dose of KATH!
Betsy says
enjoy your sunshine! yay for saving money 😉 i always love saving money.
Becky A. says
I’m so jealous of your 70* weather!!!! We’re going to be in the 50’s close to 60’s this week….
Are there any houses for sale in your neighborhood??? I’ll move there just for the weather!
Kris10 says
It’s going to reach 65 degrees here in Lincoln, NE! Hooray! I started this soon-to-be-sunny day with a bowl of pumpkin yogurt (thanks for the recipe, Kath!) topped with 1/4 cup Kashi GoLean Crunch cereal. It tasted so indulgent first thing in the morning. 🙂
Romina says
Cutting back on the Splenda sounds like a good idea. All things in moderation can be good. =)
NC says
boo it’s not hitting 70* til Thursday for me…
Does anybody have any ideas on what to do with buttermilk?? I used some to marinate some tilapia yesterday (before dredging and baking!) but now I’m stuck with almost a whole quart leftover. I tried some plain– it tasted kind of like kefir– but I don’t think I could drink it straight up. Most of the recipes I found are for pancakes or biscuits, neither of which I’m in the mood for, so I’m open to suggestions…! Thanks in advance. 🙂
NC says
ps the comments are still on standard time!
Cara says
I am looking forward to your posts on lunch & dinner 🙂
Nikki says
looks yummy! I have on off-topic question – I noticed in some of the archives that you were having shoulder tension a while ago, Kath. How did you remedy that? Mine is pretty severe (I’m going to physical therapy starting next week) and leads to headaches. Is there anything you changed or altered that I can learn from?
Thanks!
p.s. as if daylight savings wasn’t confusing enough, I live in Australia, so all of your posts are backwards to me (breakfast in the middle of the night, etc!)! Just a fun fact! 🙂
DaisyMAY says
QUESTION – What is yuka? what does it look like? Last night I was trying to make sweet potato fries and the guy showed me where to get them. and this looked like a sweet potato on the outside but inside was white with a sweet taste. is that yuka? what did i eat?
Jennifer says
Kath why don’t you just measure out 1 or 2 teaspoons when adding sugar in your coffee? Seems like the most cost effective portion control strategy to me considering you portion out/measure most things.
Aimee H. says
Kath, I have to have splenda in my coffee too!
SarahF says
Morning everyone!
I am very jealous of your 70* weather Kath! It’s 37* here in Canada and we’re all excited because it is absolutely beautiful weather considering the time of year!But considering it was -40 last month, it’s quite the change!
I made myself French toast for breakfast this morning-and tried your trick Kath of having the syrup on the side-and felt kind of stupid for never having done it before! I used maybe 1/10 of what I usually do, and tasted it way more! Thanks for the great way to make my favourite breakfast WAY healthier!
Sarah says
NC—I made a really tasty “fried” chicken recipe with buttermilk once. The buttermilk really helps to tenderize the meat, and made for an amazing and healthy baked chicken that actually had the crispiness that a regular fried recipe would have.
This isn’t the recipe I used, but I’ve wanted to try it and it did get good reviews…:)
http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=1536720
sexywife17 says
DaisyMAY- yucca (that’s how it’s really spelled, I believe) is a root vegetable that comes from the warm parts of North, Central and South America and a lot of it is grown in Africa as well. It is pretty distinctive from a sweet potato or yam- the thing you ate was probably a yam, which is different from a sweet potato and a yucca (or cassava as it’s sometimes called). All three are delicious and nutritious!
Ummmm, if I sound like a walking dictionary that’s because I looked yucca up in my “Food Lover’s Companion” Food dictionary. I’ve had yucca before and it’s quite good although it’s different from any other vegetable I’ve had before. It’s yummy mashed like potatoes with buttermilk and chives (there’s a buttermilk recipe for you!)- it just needs to boil longer than potatoes if I remember correctly. Fun veggie!
rachel k says
husband and kath:
if you are ever in the hendersonville/asheville area you should try this bakery : http://www.flatrockvillagebakery.com/
the website doesn’t really do it justice–it’s a small, quaint bakery that makes more “rustic” pastries and breads. and great coffee! my husband gets their chocolate scones. they use interesting flavors, ingredients and combinations, like pumpkin ginger scones, cinnarmon raisin rolls with wheat flour and no refined sugars etc…they also have woodfired pizzas. it’s worth the 2 hour trip from charlotte.
Tina says
$12!?! Jeez, I wouldn’t have bought it either. I’m going to check out my Stevia options this afternoon at the grocery store. Hopefully, I can find something affordable.
I’m still trying to keep my Splenda use to one packet a day. Using 1/2 a packet actually adds quite a bit of sweetness.
rachel k says
sexywife and daisymay-
i have to chime in on the discussion on cassava/yucca. i have had cassava/manioc in africa–it is not very nutritious. it’s basically a very starchy white yam that is pounded into a pile of mash that provides very few nutrients–many people are forced to live on this alone (the name of the final product varies from country to country–i had “fufu” in west africa). i saw a lot of signs of nutrient deficiency in children who were filling up on cassava. some people are fortunate to have beans or peanut sauce to pour over it–i suppose that makes it more palatable too!
Libby says
Please be careful when jumping on this Stevia bandwagon. It has not been approved by the FDA. I hope this doesn’t start an argument, but there have been studies thatshow is does have some bad side effects. There is a reason it is not sold in grocery stores and is only marketed as a dietary supplement. Many people use the reasoning “they’ve been using it in other parts of the world forever.” Well, we could probably say the same about marijuana…but is that the healthiest? Anyway, do some research and decide for yourself. For me, sounds a little risky.
Liz says
There are some great chocolate cake recipes that use butternilk. This is THE BEST CAKE IN THE WORLD!!!! If you like chocolate, and want to splurge…this is the cake for you!
Mom’s Denver Sheet Cake
Melt: 1 cup butter
4 tablespoons of cocoa
1 1/2 cups of water
Add: 1/2 cup of buttermilk
2 eggs slightly beaten
some cinnamom and some nutmeg. 2 tbs. vanilla
Add to dry ingredients.
Dry ingredients:
2 1/3 cups of flour.
2 cups of white sugar
1 teaspoon of baking soda.
Cook at 350 degrees and frost while hot.
Frosting’
Melt
1/2 cup of butter
4 tablespoons of cocoa
6 tablespoons of butter milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 pound of powdered sugar (one box)
Pecan nuts (optional)
Liz says
P.S. This is my mom’s recipe, and I’m not sure how long she bakes it for…just does the toothpick test (poke, and see when it comes out clean) I think it is around 30 min.
Also, be sure to bake it in a sheet pan, that way the frosting and do it’s thing and make the cake chocolatly-gooy and good.
Liz says
enjoy….R.D. Day was yesterday:-p
Amanda @ Down Home Dieting says
I’m trying to wean myself off of splenda as well. I can’t live without in my ice coffee though!
Kiala says
mmmm…marijuana.
mel says
Kath, thanks so much for the Birthday wishes yesterday!! I had a great one!! Have a wonderful day!
Mel H
p.s. I asked a question about hard boiled eggs a few days ago and no one responded- i know you are swamped but how many days do you keep hard boiled eggs in the fridge if you make them over the weekend or something? thanks SO much !!
Nancy says
Hi Kath!!
Question- when you do your “reverse” workout day, do you ever feel discouraged as time goes by to go to the gym, does getting the workout over first thing in the morning help get it out of the way and make you feel better? This morning I FINALLY got up to workout in the morning! My friend came along with me and that definitely helped me get up! It feels like it was so long ago since I was up at 530 but I have to say I am very proud and it feels soooooo good 🙂 The only thing that bummed me out was an issue I was having….
I usually run but since I was kind of tired and didn’t want to feel tired running, I started off the first half hour walking while continuously increasing the speed and incline but I noticed towards the end I was getting a cramp. Then when I hit 30 mins and went to run, I could barely make it to 5 minutes because it hurt so bad! I continued walking the entire hour and managed to get about 15 minutes running in towards the end, but when I got off that cramp was really killing me!
Do you think it was because I was walking at first and talking and I normally don’t do that? I didn’t eat anything beforehand so I can’t put my finger on a specific food that caused it because my stomach was on E. I was actually nervous to eat because when I normally workout after dinner at night time, I notice I get cramps if I eat things with fat, like peanut butter. But if I have a salad, I am usually good to go about an hour afterwards. What do you guys think?
I know this is a long one… sorry! I just want to figure this out because I would hate for this pain to cause me to stop going in the mornings… it’s only been 1 day so far!
I appreciate any advice….
~Nancy 🙂
Katers says
Okay, this might be kind of a bratty question, but I’m sure, Kath, you’ve faced it, as well as others. Since losing this weight, I’ve dropped almost two and half sizes already. Today I put on my ‘work jeans’ (casual office), and they fell off. So I had two options: wear baggy nice clothes and feel crappy or wear closer fitting weekend/going out clothes and feel crappy/weird. I don’t really want to invest in new clothes while I’m still losing…but aside from buying a few cheap items to last me through, any suggestions for Kath/anyone? I’m even especially pissed because I have some really nice investment pieces that are too big on me now. Grrrrr.
Amandamoo says
Mel-
I would say a week and a half if you leave the shell on and peel it when you eat it. A week if you remove the shell after boiling.
They keep best in a tupperware container with the shell on but do okay in tupperware (try and keep it dry) with shells removed.
Becky A. says
Katers-
Thats not bratty at all….my pants are way too big, and I don’t want to buy new ones because I still have like 15-20 lbs left to lose. I think I would take the route of buying cheaper clothes to get you through. I’m wearing baggy pants today, they don’t fall off, but look a little ridiculous. They are (were?) my fav because they are so long(I’m 5’10” ish)…guess I have to take my own advice soon.
Katherine Sloan says
Katers – A friend of mine who lost a lot of weight chose select items that she loved and went to a tailor to get them taken in. It is less expensive than buying new clothes when you are still losing weight – she even got some things taken down by 4 sizes and nothing looks weird at all! I hope this helps!
Caitlin says
Kiala I was going to go there too. Nothing wrong with a little M.J.!!!
Marla says
Neat…now we can add potsmokers to the list of readers including annorexics and those suffereing from OCD.
Caitlin says
Might as well add “snide little bitches” to that list, as well!
Katers says
Wooooooaaaahhhhhhhhhh. Can you say unnecessary?
Kiala says
HAHHAHAHA Caitlin AND Marla.
I’m sorry, but those were both funny. And I NEVER type “hahahahahah”.
Marla says
Chill out Caitlin. Jeez, I thought potsmokers were a little more relaxed.
Becky A. says
Wow…glad I checked back on this post…thanks for the laughs, ladies!
Jennifer says
Pot smokers! whahaha
Its my number one stress relief…anyone else??
:p
mel says
why don’t you just workout to destress? I thought the goal of this blog was healthy food..not drugs but that is just my point of view. just be careful, pot can be addicting too.
Caitlin says
Hahahah – I was honestly trying to be funny but it did NOT come out that way! I just reread my comment and it didn’t sound the same as it did in my head 🙂 I haven’t quite mastered this part of blogging.
Caitlin says
P.S. I really could go off on a whole tangent about the pros and cons of marijuana and why it should be legal…but I’ll keep it simple and just say, ladies, have an open mind! 🙂
mel says
its ok caitlin, I’m just sensitive on the issue of pot bc my boyfriend was addicted to it in hs and had a lot of trouble. To each her own though! have a good day
Caitlin says
I can understand that. My late father was an alcoholic and about three years ago lost his battle. It’s taken me a long time to learn how to hate the disease, not the symptom.
Kath says
Nikki ,
Unfortunately it took a job change to rid myself of my shoulder tension. I was sitting at a computer all day and not very happy about it. I used to keep a tennis ball in my car and “roll around on it” during my commute. It definitely helped and worked on my knots and pressure points. You do look a little weird at stop lights rolling around in your seat though!
SarahF ,
Isn’t syrup on the side better!? I do the same with lots of condiments (hence the peanut butter on a spoon). I just like getting a more concentrated taste 🙂
rachel k,
Thanks for the rec! We like to go to Asheville every fall, so I will keep this in mind!
mel ,
Glad you had a great b-day! I didn’t answer your question about eggs because I really have no idea. I’d give ’em a week, but that’s just an opinion.
Katers ,
Most of my clothes were unwearable after a few months – it was sad to have to get ride of some favorites. Throughout my weight loss I just bought a few staple items like jeans and khakis on sale to wear when my old ones were too big. Since I didn’t know where my weight loss would head next, I didn’t want to replace my wardrobe, but the staples got me through. Most of my shirts fit me until the last 10 lbs or so so that was easier. It’s so sad to have to give clothes away, but at least it’s for a great reason.
Kath
bk says
Kath,
I haven’t tried it yet, but I plan on ordering some of these. It’s pure honey tablets…all natural! go to www.honibe.com and check it out! they look delicious, if you like honey, and an all natural sweetner for your tea!