Happy Birthday to meeeee!

I remember when 35 used to seem so old. I'm not old, I'm fabulous! On my 35th birthday I feel great. Physically I haven't felt this good in years. There' s a wonderful man in my life and I have great friends and family. I'll have to make this one brief because I'm at work and my class will enter any moment now but I want to share my morning thus far.

Honey went to work early but I found the most beautiful card, a kooky little animal and a balloon this morning when I went downstairs. Why I didn't photograph the card is beyond me. I LOVE SURPRISES!!!! Please excuse the mess in the background along with the dwindling fruit bowl. Hey, it's Friday. The fruit bowl should be about empty.

I also amped up my breakfast this morning. I was ravenous when I awoke and craved oatmeal. Thanks to MegaNerdRuns I crave it daily. This morning I added bananas.


Oatmeal contained:

• brown sugar
  
• cinnamon graham cracker
  
• strawberries
  
• 1/2 banana
  
• blueberries
  
• a dash of vanilla soy milk

And instead of my over sized mug, I placed it in a pretty bowl. YUM YUM YUM! Here's an interesting piece of trivia, Gabby (from Desperate Housewives) and I have the same dishes.

My students and teacher friends left poster and balloons all over the media center. I'll post those later.

New Energy

Thanks to Megan, author of http://www.meganerdruns.com/, I have discovered heaven in a packet. Megan writes frequently of nibbling on Clif bars. After ready her blog for several weeks I started to ask people about their opinion of the Clif products. Can you hear the crickets? Yup, that's because NO ONE has ever heard of or eaten this. So I find myself at Wal-mart after my return to the gym to try a few. The majority of the boxes have 2-3 Clif bars remaining. THAT'S A GOOD SIGN! The bars are only $.94 so I delved in, head first in my quest to find sustained energy. The first one I tried was the brownie flavor...not bad. Not bad at all. The second is the Oatmeal Raisin Walnut. I felt like Annie, "oh my goodness, oh my goodness!" These things are yummy. Okay, sure, they contain 240 calories but these bars are so dense that it takes a few days to eat one. Again folks, eating junk is not going to get you through anything substantial, especially Insanity.

I will share this: since I've substantially cut down on the junk, the cravings are going away. I no longer feel the pull of Sonic's Egg & Cheese toaster. Now the pull is more about oatmeal with strawberries, blueberries and brown sugar. Why has it taken 35 years to figure this out? I would start my rant on healthy foods but I'll save that for a later post.

You'll find a few photos of my healthy snacks for the week above. Please excuse the Cool Whip bowl. Those bowls are great for food storage. :-) Oh, I no longer indulge in Cool Whip. Certain dairy items and I no longer get along. It's sad but there are so many delicious alternatives out there. Have you tried Soy Delicious ice cream? Both the soy and the coconut options are delicious.

KEEP PUSHING PLAY!