I have a feeling today is going to be a fast-paced day. My to-do list is hoppin’!
As they say, “A body in motion stays in motion. A body at rest stays at rest.” I figured a quality workout would get things moving for me this morning start my day on a productive note.
My workout included 20 minutes on the elliptical, followed by BodyPump. Today’s BodyPump class felt easier than usual, but not in the “I’m getting stronger” kind of way… in the “instructor hand-picked all of the easiest tracks” kind of way. At least the easiest BodyPump class is still a challenge!
Walk
After the ‘Pump, I took Sadie on a long walk around the lake near our apartment. It was beautiful outside this morning! Central Florida has experienced quite a few gray days with some rain this week. The dreary weather has greatly helped with the sweltering heat.
On our walk we saw lots of different birds, including teenage swans!
Aren’t they so cute in their awkward stage?
I wish I looked that adorable when I was an adolescent.
What? You’re telling me Umbros and Shoot Like a Girl t-shirts aren’t cute?
Breakfast
After our walk it was breakfast time!
Breakfast was oh-so-simple thanks to some prep work last night.
Uber chocolaty overnight oats!
This is the breakfast that almost never was because, once again, I ate it and remade it.
It seems like 90 percent of the time I prep overnight oats for breakfast the next morning, I end up eating them around 9 p.m. as an evening snack. They’re so good and seem to call to me from the fridge.
After making my second batch last night, I headed upstairs to bed immediately so I wouldn’t touch the soakin’ oats. It was the little engine breakfast that could.
I think I can, I think I can…
Fortunately batch number two survived the night and I topped it with frozen banana slices and a dollop of Greek yogurt before digging in.
Love chocolate in the morning!
Question of the Morning
- Was there a sport or activity that you really wanted to excel in but never quite did growing up?
Prior to high school, I wanted to be an amazing soccer player. I felt like all of my friends played soccer in elementary and junior high school (and wore those super-cool Samba shoes), but I never did.
Once I outgrew my tomboy phase, I wanted to be a fantastic dancer. Luckily downing a few cocktails makes me feel like I dance like Britney Spears now, so I don’t care as much anymore… Unless I’m watching So You Think You Can Dance, in which case I immediately wish I could pop, lock and drop it.
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Great question! Yes I wanted to be a great runner. When I was in HS, being a “great runner” meant being #1 or #2 on the varisty XC team. I was always #7 or #8 which meant that sometimes I couldn’t even race with varisty (top 7 only). It wasn’t until AFTER highschool that I started realizing I didn’t need this ranking system to consider myself “great” at a sport I love! I have since run a bunch of marathons, half marathons, and so on and love my sport more than ever. 🙂
Have a productive day!
I always wished I was better at basketball. I’m really tall so I think everyone just expected I would be! Sadly, I am just not competetive enough to excell at any sport – especially ones that involve so much in-your-faceness!
I always wanted to be a dancer, but just never seemed to have the grace/coordination to excel at it. Luckily, I married a professional dancer (yes, my husband is a dancer!), so I am consistently immersed in that world and have opportunities to appreciate dance without ever stepping foot onstage. Who would have thought? 🙂
Umbros and a tshirt were totally my uniform in my awkward stages. I was such a tomboy. I think my go to shirt said “Basketball is Life”. I also sported the Sambas all the time!
I did dance team in middle school, but I always really wanted to play basketball or cheer. I never grew above 5′ tall so my basketball dreams went out the window. And my cheering dreams went out the window when my parents could no longer afford tumbling classes. But, as I get older, my joints are thanking me for that! I still enjoy dancing on occasion though.
I always wanted to be fluent in a language. I went to school with a lot of native Spanish speakers, so hearing them rattle off in another language really got me excited. Unfortunately, I’ve realized that I just don’t have an aptitude for languages.
I was so heavy in hs, sports never entered my mind. But, I was a drama geek.
Being good at ANY sport would have been an accomplishment for me… I am horrible at sports! My dad still likes to tease me about my pathetic attempt at playing basketball in the 6th grade!
Those oats look sooo good!!
I was never really into sports because I lack necessary skills such as coordination….:P
I felt like I was at another blog…I was expecting a smoothie bowl this morning
Softball was definitely my nemesis and still is to this day! – Kristie
I always wanted to be good at volleyball, but it was not meant to be. Come to think of it, I kind of suck at any sport with a ball in it (ok, that sounds a little dirty), which is why I stick to running.
I love putting Greek yogurt on top of breakfast…it’s like creamier, healthier whipped cream! Mmmmm
Honestly, as much as I love to workout now, I never was into sports and absolutely hated P.E. class! But I always wanted to be a cheerleader…and unfortunately I never made the squad 🙁 and I envied those girls in their little cute outfits, ha! 😉
You oats always look so creamy and delicious. I think you’ve mastered the art of Overnight Oats.
There wasn’t a sport I didn’t want to excel in growing up! I tried EVERYTHING. First, it was gymnastics – I wanted to me a gold medalist just like the US Olympics team. Then, it was soccer. I really stunk at it so didn’t get too far. Next, it was basketball – my parents felt i was too little too play so didn’t get to far on that. Then horseback riding, dance, and finally tennis. That one stuck, and while I never made it to the US Open, I wasn’t half bad.
I’m not really into sports, but in high school I was friends with a TON of the girls on the dance team and I was always so jealous of their talent. I always wished I could go to the sleepovers and get-togethers they had before competitions and football games. I was friends with them all, but I wasn’t on the team so I felt totally left out. I still couldn’t dance well if my life depended on it, lol!
Those little teenage swans are so cute!! I’ve never seen swans at that stage before!! And I would have loved to excel at dance too! I used to be ok at it but then I kind of lost it when I stopped taking classes and got involved in another things. But I’ve started taking dance classes at my gym which I really love!
I always use to wish I could play guitar. (not really a sport but same idea). I still wish I could play! 🙂
i wanted to be a soccer player too!!!!!!
i was fast but i was WAY too small when i was little and all the girls basically just ran right over me. i think i was on the ground more than on my feet during my entire soccer career 🙁
I’ve always loved baseball but never played softball. Not that I couldn’t, I just love watching major league baseball but haven’t had the urge to play myself.
everyone always thinks I played softball and I wish I had. I was actually a collegiate discus and hammer thrower, so I never learned how to play softball. I’ve always wanted to join a league, so hopefully one day I’ll get the nerve to.
I’d also LOVE to tap dance.
I haven’t had overnight oats in ages and I really need to hop back on that bandwagon.. so easy in the am!
I always wanted to be a great athlete period, but esp at running and volleyball. I’m so proud to finally consider myself a “real” runner, bc as a kid I struggled just with the one mile around the track for gym class. I was more of a dancer/gymnastics girl .
ps Love that quote- totally true!
I always wanted to be a gymnast after being obsessed with the Magnificent 7 USA Olympic team. Too bad I can’t even do a cartwheel 🙂
I always wanted to be an olympic ice skater….but I became a dancer instead. Kinda close?! ha.
Basketball. I didn’t make the high school basketball team, but I was pretty excellent in the other things I did: softball, dance, and cheerleading.
I always wanted to be good at something….anything! But alas, I was a couch potato as a teen. Now I’m trying to make up for lost time!
Those geese are so adorable. It’s amazing how close you got. If I was with Guinness, she would be attacking them.
I wanted to be good at basketball. I was a dancer for my whole life and for all the coordination it gave me, I wished to have the coordination basketball required. Yet somehow, through all this, I still can’t walk a straight line and I trip over everything.
Ha! I love that someone else recognizes that ducks/swans have akward teenage phases — I thought I was the only one! They are still pretty cute 🙂
When I was in HS, I wished I could be a runner. Most of my friends ran track/cross country and they definitely were in great shape and seemed to have lots of fun doing it. I guess long runs = nice legs and bonding time. I was heavy as a kid, and even when I started working out and lost weight I never managed to become much of a runner.
But it’s never too late — I’m trying to build up my stamina and hope to run a half marathon sometime in the near future!
I always wanted to play softball, but because my parents didn’t start me out in little league, I was so behind the other girls by the time I became interested. Let’s just say my hand-eye coordination suffered 🙂
SYTYCD definitely makes me wish I could dance like them!
I wish I had continued with figure skating. I loved my lessons and being on the ice.
in junior high i really wanted to be a cheerleader but i didn’t make the team and i never tried out again after that. i high school i was on the track team my freshman year until i got kicked off for bad grades which i guess worked out because i didn’t like to run anyways. ironic now since i love running! i always wanted to participate in more sports but i wasnt very athletic and i was very shy so unless i knew someone also trying out for the team then it wasnt likely i was going to try out alone. by my sophomore year, sports was the last thing from my mind. i’m happy to have discovered a love for running, and distance running, in my adulthood 🙂
When I was a kid I wanted to be a gymnast
The thing I wanted to do, I DID do! I was a gymnast! I loved it. I started when I was 7 or 8, and I did it until I was 14 and had to quit because of a bad horseback riding injury. It broke my heart… I had put so much work into it and was getting so good… but not just that–the sense of FREEDOM and CONFIDENCE I got from the things I could do with my body! It was almost magical. I miss gymnastics so much.
I never wanted to be the best in a sport, actually, I’ve always enjoyed sport as a personnal thing, something that brings you good vibes. But yeah, I’d love to pop like a pro ^^ even though I’ve been a dancer for 20years!
I had chocolate for bfast too (–> the best way to start the day)!
I was a kick butt soccer player and (cheerleader… god help me for admitting this) dancer, but sadly, my attempts at basketball were always major fails. It’s just something I needed to accept, being 5’2 and all…. I didn’t really stand a chance… Which is why I only watch/play short people sports now…. ehehe
I ALWAYS wanted to be a gymnast and be able to do amazing stunts like back flips. I’ve settled for easier and just as effective exercises now with the help of our blog runningwithmascara.com where you can find tons of tips about healthy eating and exercising. I’ve had so much fun being in the best shape of my life even though I missed out when I was younger!
I ALWAYS wanted to be good at soccer! Made me so sad that I wasn’t cut out for it. I was a manager though!
Basketball! But then i got tore my right miniscus during Christmas Break in 8th grade, and there was no more Basketball for me 🙁
Oh man I always wanted to be good at every sport, but I never was really good at anything! And I was totally in that tom boy stage as well. I think I threw away my umbro shorts just a few years ago as well 🙂
I always wanted to succeed in track but i was always sub par. I started to try to achieve my dream in high school.
unfotunately by that time most of my classmates had already spent years honing ther skills and could smoke me.
So after a year or 2 i let that dream go:-]