Hello December
December has arrived! How amazing is that?! I LOVE that it’s December already, although I hope the season doesn’t fly away from us as quickly as it arrived.
I started out the day with a very festive bowl of oats – probably my most festive yet: cranberry-granola oats. For this flavorful bowl, I used:
-1/2 cup old fashioned oats
-1 tbsp cinnamon
-1 tbsp vanilla extract
-water (eyeballed it)
Cooked for 2 minutes in the microwave and gave it a good stir. Then, I topped it with:
-1 tbsp of ground flax
-2 tbsp homemade maple pecan granola
-2 tbsp almonds
-2 heaping spoonfuls of homemade cranberry sauce
I really enjoyed this bowl – the tartness from the cranberries combined well with the sweetness from the granola. Not only was it delicious, but it filled me up for FOUR hours (from 5:45am until 9:45am!). Amazing staying power, I must say!
Mid-morning (around 10am), I snacked on a peach yogurt w/ half a cup of fiber one.
Delish as usual, but didn’t really fill me up, so I wound up digging into lunch at 12pm.
My lunch consisted of the usual suspect: whole wheat english muffin topped with chunky peanut butter and pumpkin alongside some new sides: a ginormous apple and crunchy pretzels.
I guess my lack of hunger yesterday explains why I’ve been starving today. I was planning on just having half a Clif bar prior to my workout tonight, but my co-worker brought in some leftover collard greens for me to try, so I dug right into them around 2:30pm. He is from the “south” and told me that the kind they serve here in BBQ places are NOTHING like the ones he makes – he was RIGHT ON. They were delish!
After work, I headed to the gym and finally snacked on half of this bar.
I did lower body strength training, some quick abs, and then headed off to 5:30 spin class. I got a great workout in (burning over 400 calories), probably because I felt like I ate well today and didn’t load myself down with junk (like I had the last few days!).
Dinner was MORE pizza. It is the never ending pizza, at least it is delicious and not too heavy 
I had two slices of tomato pie with an amazing side salad, that included celery, carrots, cucumbers, and lettuce, that Bill made for us. Yummo! It was even more enjoyable because I didn’t have to cook tonight
Up-close pics:
Now I’m getting all settled in to relax and watch Heroes, but currently we’re watching Little People Big World – one of my favorite TLC shows. Bill still isn’t feeling well so I just made us some decaf tea and I am eating half of a Kashi TLC Pumpkin Spice Flax bar – totally love this flavor.
Have a great night blogland!
December definitely arrived quickly!!
Mmm, delicious festive bowl of oats.
Looove collard greens!!
Good night!!
Tomato pie??? YUM!
That pizza looks yummy. I wouldn’t mind eating it day after day! Is there cheese underneath?
I just love that pizza! I think I told you all about my obsession with Rhode Island pizza strips.
Nice festive oats.
Feel better Bill! Your whole day of eats looks so healthy- nice work!
Mmmmm your oatmeal combo this morning looks great!!
I love the idea of festive oats! Happy December to you!
Delicious eats! Love the oats especially
Ohhh that’s the devil Kashi bar that broke my yogurt bowl this weekend! It did taste good though…
I love your festive oats! They sound really good. Love all your eats of today, actually
And lucky you, you didn’t have to cook tonight!
Great workout Lindsay! Killer as usual.
Have a nice evening watching tv and such!
Crunchy PB Clifs are DEF the best!! thanks for the open package pic of the kashi bar
you’re the best! Your pizza looks SO GOOD! Hope you had a great day!
umm, i am loving the fact that the holidays are here, but it’s going too quickly!!! you’re killing me with the tomato pie
wish I could pay you to cook for me!
The Kashi Pumpkin Spice Flax Bar is my all time favorite flavor!
Love that festive bowl of oats – some great flavors combined in one place there.
I love December too!
I haven’t had a CLIF bar in soooo long. I want one NOW!! Yummy PB flavor too!!
K
what a yummy looking salad and hooray for not having to cook tonight!
i love that flavor clif
hope you have a wonderful night!
That Kashi bar is my number one fav!
I know what you mean about December – hopefully it doesn’t go too fast
ohhh…those oats look great!
happy december!
Delicious eats – especially the breakfast! Yum yum!
And yes, happy December!
Your dinner looks sooo good – what a great salad, and tomato pie = YUM!
Okay, that tomato pie thing keeps calling out to me… seriously. I really want it.
I also REALLY want to try that pb pumpkin sandwich and I still haven’t. I need to write myself a note!
hi lindsay! thank you for stopping by my blog again
i still see what you get up to, and loved reading the BSI round up of pumpkin!! fantastic!!!
Very festive! Hard to believe its already December…
What salad dressing is that? What are your favorites to use?
hi jessica – this was thousand island but honestly my fave is just a plain homemaid olive oil + balsamic vinagrette; however my hubby served it up so that’s what i had!
I know you’ve had it before, but just to confirm – tomato pie is pizza without cheese right?
hi monica
yes, tomato pie is just dough + tomatoes… i like it because its simple but still delicious 
plus im generally not a huge cheese person (weird i know) so i actually prefer it 
Ooh! Your oatmeal looks really tasty! One day I’ll put granola on mine. I bet it’s so good.
Did you happen to have any “pot liquor” from your collards?
ahhhhh yes i did and it was yummy… one day i’ll recreate it er attempt to!!!!