Sore

My plan this morning was to wake up, workout, shower, get dressed, eat breakfast, and then drive about an hour home to visit our families. Well, my plans changed the second I went to turn off my alarm: intense soreness, especially in my hamstrings, biceps, and triceps. It was a good soreness, like I had a great workout yesterday, but it wasn't motivating me to go running. I decided to take it easy-- it's the weekend, and I had quite a few good workouts this week. Plus, I can always sneak in an afternoon run later on.

Like most mornings, I woke up craving Barney Butter. (I know, it's a strange obsession!) I made a bowl of oatmeal and oat bran mixed together with sliced almonds and ground flaxseed meal, and of course, topped with 2 spoonfuls of Barney Butter (2nd spoonful not pictured).

Measurements:

1/4 cup oatmeal (dry)

1/4 cup oat bran (dry)

1 tbsp sliced almonds

1 tbsp ground flaxseed meal

1 cup water

I'm sure some of the other food bloggers can relate to this-- last night, I just needed a break from blogging! I love CNC and my readers, but I didn't have it in me to put up a post last night. I ate dinner with Mal, watched a movie, and vegged-out with US Weekly. Blogging just didn't fit into my night. Hope you guys understand!

Dinner was a turkey burger slider on a Thomas Whole Wheat Bagelbread and some grape tomatoes on the side (Sorry no photo. I was a bum last night).

Dessert was the usual Barney Butter on whole wheat bread with peanut butter and chocolate chips. I ended up eating the other half of bread the same way while watching our movie (half #2 not pictured).

We're headed to our hometown for a family Wing Off today! It's an annual family event, held in the fall, with lots of eating and drinking! For the Wing Off, each family member makes and enters their (secret) chicken wing recipe into the contest, we sample them all (well, most of them), and then we vote on the best wing in each category. The winners receive cash prizes and trophies! This year's wing categories: Hot, Sweet, and International. (There's some overlap in these categories, but you can pick which category you want your wings to be judged based on the competition. Strategy!)

Mal and I are planning to make hot wings, which should be a better showing than last year. I think we probably had the worst wings at the Wing Off last year. Ugh, they were awful. The recipe called for a bottle of beer, but the beer watered-down the recipe and made the wings bland and kind of soggy. Not at all good. Let's hope we improve this year!

Happy Saturday!