Ah, a Sunday without brunch is like a day without sunshine. Since I did brunch both days last weekend, I decided to take it easy this weekend. Plus when I eat a big brunch, it throws my eating schedule off for the rest of the day. This morning I decided to just have a quick breakfast to get me out the door quick. The plan for today is to do the dishes, head to a gym across town, go up to my apt to clean up and wash my sheets in preparation for a friend who’s crashing there this week, come home, make dinner, and pack lunch. I’ve had a cool idea for dinner for a week or so now, but I haven’t had the time/energy/resources to make it happen. Tonight might be the night!
So for breakfast, I had a 3/4c Ezekiel Cinnamon Raisin cereal, with 1/2c hemp milk, and 103g of banana:
Breakfast was 445 calories, 96g carbs, 3g fat, and 14g protein.
The reason why I’m headed cross town for the gym is because today will be my first day of swimming! I swam on teams through grammar and high school, and swam for fun in college. Swimming always gives me great tone all over - and it gives me time with my thoughts, which I really enjoy. Today I’m just going to, no pun intended, test the waters. I want to evaluate how much work I need to get back up to par. For now, I’m not going to count swimming towards my calorie burns because I’m not up to a level that I can use swimming as a workout. But until then, it’s going to be a fun weekend activity!
Since I’ll be heading straight from the gym to my apt to do errands and back down again, I’m not going to have the time or resources to have a sit down lunch. So I’m just going to bring with me a bunch of snacks: apple, Clif bar, etc, maybe a sandwich. I’ll fill you guys in this afternoon.
Also, as an FYI, I do take a multivitamin every day. But I’ve been tracking my calcium intake and I haven’t been anywhere near the daily requirement. So I’ve decided to start taking calcium supplements. I feel like it’s the best way to ensure I’m getting what I need. Have a great day!
Despite not going out to brunch, I’d say that your breakfast still looks/sounds divine!! Yum!!
Best of luck with swimming!!!
I take a multivitamin everyday too - it’s vital to do so, in my opinion.
i seriously love brunch but i had to opt out today too. it made me sad.
VG - Thanks!
Betsy, Seriously - no brunch=sad Kate. Did you see Arielle from Couch Cubicle and I talking about a NYC food blogger get together? Would you be in?