Tasty Tuesday!

Good evening, guys! Welcome to another edition of Tasty Tuesday. Today is an example of... imperfection. Which is cool, you need to not just see me on my "perfect" days. I'm PMSing bigtime, and you know what that means: SNACKS. Also: HUNGRY MONSTER!!!

This morning started off with 40 minutes of this:

With this:

Breakfast was a giant bowl of delicious oats! 1 cup of oatmeal (dry) is the perfect amount for me. It makes a large amount and keeps me full all morning. This bowl was made with almond milk and topped with sliced banana and some leftover canned fresh pineapple! So good.

Lunch started off great, but then turned into a PMS-crazy-MEGAMEAL!!! I started with leftovers: 1 cup brown rice, 1/2 cup black beans, some canned tomatoes and a teaspoon of olive oil. YUM.

This is when things went downhill... I opened up some Almond Dream "bites" which are seriously the most amazing ice cream treat that I've eaten since going vegan. DELICIOUS!!! There were 7 left, about half a serving, and I ate them all...

Long story short: I ate the rest of the flatbread (5 servings!) and the rest of the hummus (4 tablespoons!) Luckily, this GIANT, PMS-inducede mega-meal kept my tummy full for several hours. I wasn't even kind of hungry until 10 pm. That's insane! Also ate (not pictured): Coconut Cream Pie Lara Bar. Yep: mega meal! Note: I didn't consider these Flatbreads to be a trigger food. Now I'm reevaluating...

For dinner, I had a green monster! In this GM: 2.5 cups spinach (steamed in the microwave first), 1 cup almond milk, 1/2 large frozen banana, 1/2 tablespoon flaxseed, 2 ice cubes

Cheers!

the good things about a snow day...

One good thing about taking the morning off from work because the roads are icy and and I almost got in a wreck so close to home that I turned around and called in:

Sleep! That's right, I reset my alarm clock for 10:30 and got three extra hours of beloved sleep.

Another good thing: High PointPlus Oatmeal!!!

Because I exercised from 11:05-11:45 (to The Young and the Restless, I might add), all before I ate anything, I had both my breakfast PointsPlus and my lunch PointsPlus to work with, for one giant bowl of delicious 13 PointsPlus oatmeal.

I didn't take a picture, but let me assure you, it was beautiful. :-) In case you ever find yourself wanting or needing to eat 13 PointsPlus of oatmeal, I've included my "recipe".

Leah's Super High PointsPlus Oatmeal:

1/2 cup oats, dry

1 cup light soy milk

1/4 cup granola

1/3 cup chocolate cheerios

1 tablespoon peanut butter

1 banana

Microwave the oats in the soy milk for 2 minutes on high. Add the remaining ingredients and microwave an additional 40 seconds. Stir. Enjoy!!!

This post was brought to you by Katie, who reminded me that it's been awhile since my last post. If you haven't already, you should check out her blog!!!