It’s no secret…I’m a snacker. I love snacks – it gives me more to look forward to during the day, and then it usually prevents me from gorging myself at dinner. However, today was pretty snack-less, and I came home with the desire to have a proper sit-down meal.
Salad. Sweet Potato. Pork Chop. Corn.
The pork baby with BBQ sauce – broiled.
Tons of salad with a bit of ranch.
And then a fantastic “Happy Fall” gift from Mocha Mom! A mini-fall-ceramic baking dish…
With ww banana bread plus frosting!
Oh so yummy – just as I suspected.
A wonderful meal, exactly the type I had been wanting all day.
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I got a few comments (THANK YOU! I appreciate ALL of you!) from some readers inquiring about my workout schedule (which is early, early, early) – and I wanted to give some detail:
- I have not always been a 4:30am morning person – but I have liked morning workouts since high school. It all started with a weight lifting class before school at 6:30am, and my love of working out before my “real day” started growing from there.
- For most of my college years – I was a night person (really, who isn’t in college) and I used to work out at 11pm. I can’t even imagine being awake at 11pm now.
- My senior year of college I did student teaching and realized that I had NO energy at the end of a day, so I started working out in the mornings just for 20 minutes. Something easy to get moving: pilates, yoga, walks…etc.
- When I got married the summer after my senior year, I got a job that started at 9am, and it just seemed illogical to wait until I got home around 6:30pm (it was winter…very dark and cold), so I just switched over to mornings all the time. Plus, I wanted to be with my new hubby all the time (I still do!) and so I worked out when he slept: mornings.
- When I got my real teaching job about a year later, I knew that if I wanted to have exercise be a part of my life, it would have to be done before a 12 hour day. Mornings were really the only option.
…So, to sum it up, it was a progression. I went from a semi-morning person, to a college night-owl, back to full-fledge morning person again. Another benefit (and there are billions in my mind) to working out in the AM is that I am always in a good mood after exercise – and it allows me to start the day on a good note. But like I said this morning, it is NEVER easy to get out of bed. Never.
Your dinn looks as proper as they come… And UMMMM that banana bread!!! Your mama loves you
wow that bread looks epic! love it! thanks for sharing about how you became a morning person. i REALLY need to try!
i tried the 5 am wake up calls the other week, it totally worked, but i was left so tired at the end of the day! Does that happen to you?
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It used to – I think my body adjusted. PLUS (and most importantly!) I go to bed by 10pm EVERY night. No exceptions. I’m such a grandma.
I’m a morning person but I’ve been doing the afternoons lately. There’s a peace to the afternoons too, especially during a run. Leave your worries on the pavement idea, I guess. Even during yoga I find that it (or at least I try to let it) silence the constant chit chat in my head. That’s cute that you reverted to the morning to hang more with your hubby!
I think if I got home a little earlier, it would be manageable, but it’s always about to be dark and I’m too hungry to get my butt anywhere but the kitchen, then couch!
i want to work out in the am, too, but it just doesn’t work for us in the winter here to go running early. There aren’t many streetlights here, it gets really cold/icy sometimes, so it’s not really safe.
But I wish I could! I love having it done already.
that baking dish is so cute!
Boo for winter weather – I am dreading it. I can’t really do the outside AM runs mid-winter here either. I usually switch to DVD workouts or weight lifting (which is in our garage).
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I hear you on the early morning person thing. It makes sense to get the work out done early so that you can spend time with your husband later on. It’s always good to hear that people that do it every day struggle when the alarm goes off. Sometimes I feel like I am the only one. 4:30 is awesome though, I don’t know if I could ever do that early but I guess I should never say never.
You are most definitely not alone – only a crazy person would WANT to get out of bed that early.
thank you for your workout summary – i have ebbed and flowed too, trying to get back into being a morning person, esp with daylight savings time on the horizon!
loving that dinner – the perfect amount of each food!
Can’t wait for the time change!
I just found your blog and I have to tell you I totally agree with you that it is SO hard to work out AFTER a day of work. Not that I love 5am either, but if I don’t work out in the morning it rarely happens. The only exception to this is if I take a class with a friend, then I will show up- otherwise I will find another excuse haha.
I agree – work out buddies make all the difference. Occasionally I will put of my run for after work to run with the husband.
I just found your blog…I had to browse through a bit to catch-up!! LOVE it! I too am right there with you on the 415am wake-up call to get the workout on! Hope you have a great day!
I am so glad to you found my blog! Thanks for reading! I am also glad to “meet” another Katie who likes to the early morning exercise. 4:15am…YOU WIN!
Your bread looks amazing! What type of frosting is that?
I am a total snacker too. I love small snacks/meals throughout the day, but like you, when I get home, I like to have a legit dinner and dessert
Have a fabulous day!
The bread was amazing. I have no idea what type of frosting it was…very thin – almost like a glaze.
I’m the same way with snacking–I pretty much just pick at things all day and very rarely sit down to a HUGE meal!
I’m glad to know I’m not alone…