zen and oatmeal.

Oh my, did I ever need this today. A little zen tea and an inspirational mug(absolutely intentional, by the way!)to try to bring some peace into my day. A day which consisted of a house full of wee ones, toys haphazardly dumped, thrown and strewn all over, overall chaos and very minuscule amounts of napping. I obviously needed all the zen I could get! But it helped. It did. Sipping hot, tasty, relaxing tea did indeed bring me some peace. I made it thru, I kept my cool and I'm not yet comatose in front of the tv. This is good.

On another note, I've been feeling fat lately. Seriously. My clothes don't seem to fit right, I'm not happy with anything I put on and I'm just overall uncomfortable in my own skin. And so, I've decided that breakfast is the answer. The most important meal of the day, right? Also the meal that I consistently skip. I make my coffee first thing in the morning and then completely forget about anything more substantial until sometime after noon. Horrible, I know. But the worst part is this...for the rest of the day, I can't seem to stop eating. Really, I snack right up until I go to bed. Not horrible foods, mind you. But far too much. I am determined to change this and I've decided to start with breakfast and hope that it fends off the all day chowing. I'm also adding tea to my afternoon regimen instead of my midafternoon coffee fix(because I also need a hot cup of something within arms reach at all times!) And attempting to throw in a few more fruits and veggies when I do eat. I don't mind the more meals more often, I just need to put more emphasis on the smaller meals, more often. So, enough of my fatty, I need to eat better ranting and back to breakfast. I think it's a good place to start. And I'll try to keep an update going at least for the week(mostly, so I have a bit more incentive to follow thru).
This is what I had for breakfast this morning...a(very small because I don't want to go too crazy right off the bat!)bowl of oatmeal with slivered almonds and drizzled with pure maple syrup, a clementine and of course, coffee. Very good, if I do say. And I haven't been as hungry either. Granted, with the day I had, I barely had time to pee much less eat. But still, so far so good.