What’s one of the first things I do when I wake up in the morning? Put in my contact lenses.

And what’s the first thing I saw today? Toys on the bathroom counter. But do you see what I see?

If I look in the mirror I see a lady with a dirty mind.

At least now I know why he smiles like that.

Soft porn toy pics make me hungry! I was in the mood for cereal and planned to do yoga at home, so I figured I’d pop some homemade cereal in the oven before I got my downward dog on.

Pre-heat the oven to 250

1 diced gala apple
1 c rolled oats
1/2 c ground flax seed
1/2 c pumpkin seeds
1/2 c sesame seeds
1/4 c sunflower seeds
1/4 c agave nectar
1/4 c coconut oil (I’ve used canola in the past and it works fine)

Combine all ingredients and spread them on a cookie sheet to be baked for 1 hour.

With breakfast underway, it’s time to change into some yoga clothes and hope I don’t see anything too racy as I walk past the toy box.

Uh oh. Look at that thermometer.

52 degrees outside?? It was 38 when I ran yesterday morning! I’m totally running today, yoga can wait til the next cold, windy, rain day – which will probably be tomorrow.

Except ugh, look at the time. 7:39? Zak wants to leave for work around 8. OK, I’ll be fast! I’ll run the exact same route I ran yesterday, but this time with no iPod and keeping speed in mind. All my talk about running fast yesterday, it’s time to walk to the walk. Or more accurately, run the run.

Knowing yesterday’s run took 34:04, I told Zak I’d be less than a half hour today. Ummm, you’re pretty cocky lady. Nice try but not quite.

I was totally tired.

Breathing hard.

And faking a smile.

Until that last pic I was thinking Prince Charming and I had a lot in common this morning. Especially with that cocky lady part. That smile did look sort of fake though, but he’s a man after all, so I doubt it.

Baked cereal was ready shortly after I got back. Lifted from the cookie sheet and into a large measuring cup for calorie tabulations to come.

Well over the 4 cup line, let’s call this 5 cups.

A sliced banana topped with just a 1/2 cup of cereal because I foresee that this will be pretty calorie dense.

Topped with a half cup of almond milk.

Time for totals!

Today’s run was the exact same as yesterday’s, but today I did it in 31:33 instead of 34:04.

7:31! I’ll take it.

Now time for calorie calculations.

1 diced gala apple – 75 cals
1 c rolled oats – 300
1/2 c ground flax seed – 240
1/2 c pumpkin seeds – 400
1/2 c sesame seeds – 190
1/4 c sunflower seeds – 415
1/4 c agave nectar – 240
1/4 c coconut oil – 480

Grand total – 2340

5 cups = 10, 1/2 cup servings.

234 calories per half cup. With a banana (100 calories) and a half cup of unsweetened almond milk (30 calories), breakfast tallies up to 364 calories. Yesterday’s breakfast was 380. The scale today? Let’s just say 2 out of 3 ain’t bad.