Happy Valentine's Day!

I hope everyone is having a happy v-day! It was wild in school today, I'm so glad the day is over!!!

I stopped by Dunken Donuts this morning to get some of the cute heart shaped donuts for my team at school. Little did I know that about 2 hours later my principal would be coming around with Krispy Kreme donuts! So I had 2 donuts this morning, and then the PTA gave us lunch which was great, and I ate a cupcake...and a cookie...and a small brownie...

I think I can actually feel the sugar oozing out of my pores. It's gross. Never has it felt so good to wash my face as it did this afternoon. My goal for tomorrow is to not eat ANY sugar.

C and I decided to celebrate V-Day last night since we are leaving tomorrow for PA. His mom is throwing me a baby shower this weekend! It's the first one so I am excited!

Anyways we went out to dinner and exchanged gifts. I told him all I wanted was a large box of Russell Stover candies. Little did I know that he would take it so literally...

I laughed pretty hard when he walked in the back door....

Being curious, I counted the number of pieces in the box...78 pieces. Then I did the math....I probably shouldn't even be telling you this...
2 pieces are 150 calories...which turns out to be 5,850 calories in the whole box. Holy sh*t!

I will be eating out of this box sporadically until my son is born in May. I guess this is where all the extra baby weight I have yet to gain is going to come from!

Check back tomorrow for a really long post!

Cocoa Steel Cut Oats

Awhile ago I discovered steel cut oats while checking out the recipes over at Oh She Glows. I tried it out and enjoyed them, although I think they take a little getting used to since their flavor seems a little different than that of good old rolled oats. I used about half of my bag and they've been in the pantry ever since.

Then the other week I read about 10 different pregnancy "super foods" that are really great for your growing baby. One of these was oatmeal.

This past weekend I was lamenting over not being able to run any of the fun, upcoming races that i usually do this time of year, so I pulled out one of the Runner's World magazines I haven't read in about 5 months now (since I haven't been running, I haven't been reading...) and came across this recipe for steel cut oats. This recipe seemed (and was) a LOT more simple than the ones I've seen at OSG. So I tried it out.

Although it kind of looks like gruel, it was tastey. I had to add a little sugar on top to make it sweeter (I grew up putting sugar on oatmeal) and from there I was good to go. Plus I was all proud of myself for feeding my child something healthy.

I actually made less than the recipe called for, and of course, changed a few things to make it my own. I've been eating less lately, it doesn't take much to fill me up, and when I was done cooking I had enough for about 3 breakfasts. I wouldn't keep this hanging around for too long, eat it within a few days of making it.

Cocoa Steel Cut Oats

1 cup steel cut oats
1 cup water
1 cup milk

-boil these 3 in a pot, simmer 15 minutes

1 mashed banana
2 tablespoons ground flaxseed
1 tablespoon cocoa powder
1 cup water

-mix in these 4 and cook for 10 minutes

Sprinkle sugar on top if you like your's sweeter :-)