What's in Your Oatmeal?

(Be forewarned, I'm a long story teller)

Wednesday mornings I have my usual back to back Bikram yoga classes, 7:15am & 9:15am, so I looked at the scheduled teachers to know, a little better, of what to expect. Drats......Yi-Ting at 9:15am! My second class had the harder teacher.

I stopped training Bikram 6-7+ days a week in exchange for 3-4 days a week, but on Mon., Wed. and Fri., I practice twice, with Sat. being an optional 7th practice. I started this about 4-6 weeks ago to give myself a complete day off from all that I do, every other day....for example, I train KB's Tues., Thurs., and Sat., and then I add in my Spin class only twice a week but on the same days as KB's, for the simple fact that I'm already in Palo Alto on those days, and I take Spinning at Equinox. The opposite days I practice Bikram....Sunday is a complete day off.

Anyway, back to breakfast....and yoga...

I never eat an official breakfast, instead I enjoy a couple of cups of coffee with full fat cream every morning, sometimes before my last workout (Spin, or between yoga classes) I may have a dried persimmon, apple, more coffee (or a coffee drink), or even piece of candy! Nothing like a little caffeine and sugar to get you through until lunch, lol....speaking of caffeine, sugar........and fat......

So this morning, as I mentioned, my second Bikram class was being taught by Yi-Ting. Yi-Ting is one of the toughest teachers because she cranks up the heat & the humidity, never opens the door while all of us are suffocating, holds the postures longer than, practically, any other teacher, but worse than that, she holds us in the "set-up" for the posture so freakin' long......arghhh. I knew I couldn't go into my second class the least bit hungry or feeling weak so I decided to take some oatmeal to eat right after the 7:15-8:45am class to help me feel solid, refreshed and ready to go another 90 minutes.....or so I thought it was a good idea.....and it was, sort of.....

Mark and I stayed with Keats and Tammy Snideman this last weeknd in Phoenix AZ for the HKC Mark taught in Tempe.....and they we very graciuos hosts.....unfortunately for us they don't drink coffee......WHAT? Who doesn't drink coffee? Mark and I can barely become conscious (much less friendly, lol) before our first cup of coffee....or two....or three....

Well, this may have been a small blessing because by the time we made it to Starbucks that first morning (hey we had to drink something!), we noticed the instant coffee packets Starbucks now sells called Via. (as in, "it will save my life, 'VIA' the caffeine", Mark just said, lol) Jordan, who is the evening KB trainer at Girya, has some of these packets at the Studio, so he must've thought they were pretty good, so I thought I should give them a shot. Good Lord, hallelujah! (I had to look up the spelling of that word, btw) The possibilities are endless with this instant, strong shot of good tasting, yep, good tasting, quick, portable, coffee option.

Back to breakfast.....

I made a small batch of oatmeal this morning and in it I added, cream, sugar, and VIA! Poured it into my small thermos and viola'....I liked it....alot! I need to work out a few bugs....it was a little bitter beause I got a little carried away with the coffee, but really, the only mistake I made was I ate too much between the two classes( I think my little thermos holds about 8oz, and I ate it all!)....nothing too bad though. Although I haven't eaten a regular breakfast for years, and years, I may start this little habit mid morning....maybe I'll throw a chunk of chocolate on some days...I've often said that I love oatmeal so much I could turn it into dessert, lol!

PS I didn't even need a spoon!