{"id":3646,"date":"2009-02-17T11:58:45","date_gmt":"2009-02-17T15:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=3646"},"modified":"2009-02-17T14:28:33","modified_gmt":"2009-02-17T18:28:33","slug":"february-17th-2009-breakfast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2009\/02\/february-17th-2009-breakfast\/","title":{"rendered":"February 17th, 2009: Breakfast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi guys!\u00a0 I&#8217;m having a bummer of a day, you&#8217;ll see why in a sec.<\/p>\n<p>Last night the new pants worked out great and will be good placeholders till I can get some appropriate BDUs.\u00a0 Scott&#8217;s are camo (since they are military issued) and I need either solid black or green for class.\u00a0 Our instructor isn&#8217;t going to tell us we <em>can&#8217;t<\/em> wear camo but it&#8217;s not the preferred color, follow?\u00a0 Anyway, last night during training we were working on some take down moves where the person defending drops down to one knee and does some stuff to the other person&#8217;s legs.\u00a0 Yes super basic description because otherwise I would be here all day trying to explain it to you and I don&#8217;t feel like making a photo presentation of it. <img src='\/images\/lol.gif' alt=':lol:' \/>\u00a0 In reality, the goal is to drop down and smash your knee on to the other person&#8217;s foot resulting in pain and distraction for that person.\u00a0 However, for training purposes you kinda want to avoid actually dropping on the foot because 1. it flipping hurts and 2. injuring training partners kinda makes them not want to train with you anymore.\u00a0 To shorten this up because it&#8217;s way too long already, Scott and his 160lb self dropped on my foot instead of next to it.\u00a0 It hurt like a mothereffer.<\/p>\n<p>When we got home and I looked at my poor left foot, it was already black and blue.\u00a0 My first thought was &#8220;how is this going to affect my running this week?&#8221;\u00a0 And answering myself, I said, &#8220;Probably a lot.&#8221;\u00a0 I took a picture but I will spare you my foot because I hate looking at people&#8217;s feet (so gross) so I imagine there are others who feel the same.<\/p>\n<p>To sort of console myself and also to warm up because I freezing last night, I made us some tea and a snack plate.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3647\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3647\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3647\" title=\"ohc-02-16-09_tea\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/ohc-02-16-09_tea-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"snacky\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/ohc-02-16-09_tea-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/ohc-02-16-09_tea.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3647\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">snacky<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Orange spice tea with a bit of honey.\u00a0 On the plate:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Raisins<\/li>\n<li>Pistachios<\/li>\n<li>Apricots<\/li>\n<li>Two slices of cheddar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I had one slice of cheese (so good!), two apricots, some raisins and some pistachios.\u00a0 Not a ton of stuff, just a nibble.\u00a0 I wanted an apple but I keep those in the fridge and I was too cold to snack on one!\u00a0 Can&#8217;t heat them up because cooked fruit, eeww. \u00a0 I got to bed super late last night as it took me a while to decompress.<\/p>\n<p>My alarm went off at 6am and I debated on if I should get up or not because I wasn&#8217;t sure if I could run.\u00a0 I decided to get up and see how life goes and roll with it.\u00a0 I got Rocky taken care of and then pulled my experiment out of the fridge that I made last night.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3648\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3648\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3648\" title=\"ohc-02-017-09_breakfast\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/ohc-02-017-09_breakfast-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Chef's Log: Steel Cut Oats take 1 \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/ohc-02-017-09_breakfast-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/ohc-02-017-09_breakfast.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3648\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chef&#39;s Log: Steel Cut Oats take 1 <\/p><\/div>\n<p>Steel cut oats!\u00a0 I bought a bag of Bob&#8217;s Red Mill steel cut oats ages ago but have been too afraid to try them.\u00a0 I wasn&#8217;t sure if the soymilk would be able to handle the longer cooking time.\u00a0 Is that weird to think that?\u00a0 I have no idea but soymilk is what I have on hand.\u00a0 I have some 1\/2 and 1\/2 but that is strictly for back up creamer for coffee, and things that need a little cream to them (mashed potatoes, gravies, rouxs, for example).\u00a0 We don&#8217;t drink milk or keep milk on hand.\u00a0 So last night I poured 1\/2 C of oats into a bowl and added 3\/4 C soymilk and let it sit over night for a soak.\u00a0 Thinking this would help cut the cooking time a bit.<\/p>\n<p>I put that into a pot this morning with a little more soymilk and let it simmer for a while.\u00a0 I added some cinnamon and brown sugar as well (we are also out of bananas).\u00a0 It was cooking and going to town but kept absorbing all the soymilk so I had to add more and then add some more. :o\u00a0 It got to a point where it was edible so I decided to go about eating it at this point.<\/p>\n<p>I only added some walnuts and dark chocolate <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Peanut Butter'>PB<\/abbr> as my mix-ins because we&#8217;re almost out of cranberries as well.\u00a0 I know!\u00a0 My house is like bare of all my essential items.\u00a0 I think I could have added some more soymilk because while tasty and the texture was good, it was a little too thick.\u00a0 But this was my first attempt so I&#8217;ll keep plugging away till I get it right!<\/p>\n<p>I had that with my morning coffee, back to my A mug.\u00a0 Wheee!\u00a0 Admittedly I like the A and S mugs much better than the R mugs.\u00a0 I feel like the R mug got cheated on the pattern because it&#8217;s not appealing to me at all.\u00a0 And to think, I wasn&#8217;t even going to get A and S mugs, just R mugs!<\/p>\n<p>I did some bloggy stuff and what not and finally decided to put my running shoes on to see how it would go.\u00a0 My foot is more black and blue today and it aches.\u00a0 The spot where I got hit is conveniently located where the shoe bends as you walk, causing the shoe part to press down on my bruise.\u00a0 Ouch.\u00a0 Running out for sure.\u00a0 I might be able to walk Rocky but only for a short distance I think.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been rubbing it with Thai Oil (similar to Tiger Balm, if you know what that is) but it hurts and I&#8217;m wondering if I should take some ibuprofen.\u00a0 <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Muay Thai'>MT<\/abbr> might get bypassed today as well.\u00a0 All of which is causing me to be a<\/p>\n<p><strong>Negative Nellie<\/strong> today.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rolling with it&#8221;, isn&#8217;t going so well.\u00a0 I&#8217;m trying so hard not to be grumpy about my foot and am not succeeding.\u00a0 Please do not misunderstand, I&#8217;m not mad <em>at<\/em> Scott.\u00a0 We were training and part of understanding and accepting martial arts is to realize that you are going to walk away with bumps and bruises.\u00a0 It happens, you deal with it and move on.\u00a0 What I&#8217;m crabby about is the situation and the fact that running has been taken away from me for who knows how long.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted this week to be a good running week.\u00a0 I feel like last week was not.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t run as much as I wanted, either missing a day entirely, or only running shorter distances.\u00a0 I need to get back to running 4.5 for each of my runs again because how else am I going to build up to 6 miles, and then to 13?\u00a0 I&#8217;m feeling pretty stagnant right now.\u00a0 And of course there is the weight loss issue, I&#8217;m not at my goal yet but so close I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.\u00a0 How am I going to drop these last few pounds if my running as slacked off?\u00a0 Running is what got me here in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>Meh.<\/p>\n<p>The reality of the situation is that my foot will probably be better in a few days and I will be back to running and fine.\u00a0 A bad week of running, and a few days off of running is not devastation (right?).\u00a0 Besides, all I&#8217;m dealing with is a bruise and some shorter runs.\u00a0 Not anything traumatic or super serious.\u00a0 I need to embrace that and use this down time to focus on something else that needs my attention.\u00a0 All of this I realize, I&#8217;m just having trouble accepting it right now.<\/p>\n<p>Today seems like it would be a good &#8220;comfort&#8221; day and I think I could use that.\u00a0 <strong>Do you have Negative Nellie days and how do you deal with them?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>P.S.\u00a0 I just had an apple and some tea for a mid-morning snack.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3649\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3649\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3649\" title=\"ohc-02-17-09_apple\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/ohc-02-17-09_apple-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"pretty\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/ohc-02-17-09_apple-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/ohc-02-17-09_apple.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3649\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">pretty<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Peppermint tea and a red delicious.\u00a0 Marvel at my color coordination going on. <img src='\/images\/wink.gif' alt=';)' \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi guys!\u00a0 I&#8217;m having a bummer of a day, you&#8217;ll see why in a sec. Last night the new pants worked out great and will be good placeholders till I can get some appropriate BDUs.\u00a0 Scott&#8217;s are camo (since they are military issued) and I need either solid black or green for class.\u00a0 Our instructor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-WO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3646"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3646\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}