In today's edition of "If I Blogged" I would probably tell you about how Big Daddy started a new job earlier this month and now commutes 55 miles to the office once a week. Thankfully, he works from home the other days, and even more thankfully, he is able to carpool with someone who lives nearby.
Among other changes, this leaves me to fend for myself for breakfast and my new regular feature, "Tuesdays With Oatmeal". (I meant regular feature in my life, but perhaps I could make it a regular blog feature, maybe a stream of consciousness while I'm eating it?...no promises...)
I love oatmeal.
But it's not part of Big Daddy's 4-Hour Body dietary changes. For giving up daily oatmeal, I've substituted my man bringing me scrambled eggs and coffee in bed every morning. At least that was the summertime routine. Now we meet in the kitchen together and I make the kids' lunches while he makes us breakfast--admittedly a harder adjustment to make than eggs vs. oatmeal. (He was spoiling me Downtown Abbey style, but drew the line at me calling him O'Brien and making him brush out my hair.)
So, I've taken to makin' myself a good ol' bowl of oatmeal on Tuesdays when he is off to work and I'm left to break my own fast. The usual way is with a dollop of peanut butter mixed in, topped with sliced banana and a splash of milk (coconut, if we have it). Yum!
Today, with my oatmeal:
I was thinking about healthy eating and how I haven't actually read Tim Ferris' 4-Hour Body book, but dang, is this oatmeal soooo good, and how sustaining a meal it is that will not leave me hungry again in a couple hours. And, I was thinking about "all things in moderation" and "are vegetarians more healthy because they don't eat meat, or because they eat more vegetables?" And, I was thinking, boy, I haven't had enough coffee this morning to even explore or debate these ideas in my own head, and how grateful I am that I'm dining alone and don't need to engage in such discussions right now while I'm trying to fully indulge all my senses in this piping hot bowl of perfection.
Yeah, so that was what was going through my mind this Tuesday morning. Feel free to comment or weigh in on those thoughts. I'm willing to discuss them when properly caffeinated. :)
Have a great day!
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