Hey all! Hope your morning is going well so far. My 4-mile run was awesome today – my foggy head from yesterday is all clear today, thank goodness.
After my run, I recharged with a protein-packed breakfast…
About a cup of Kashi Go Lean Crunch cereal topped with two very plump and ripe strawberries. So yum!
When I arrived at work, I walked into the staff lounge/kitchen and saw a huge assortment of jumbo-size bagels. There must have been about 50 bagels and 7-8 tubs of flavored cream cheese. About 10 years ago, I would have jumped on those bagels without a second thought. I used to love bagels and ate them a ton in college and graduate school. They were so filling and cheap, which is necessity for a graduate student’s budget. I ate them so much that I became bageled-out after graduation. And, in recent years, I’ve realized that bagels just don’t sit well in my stomach anymore. They are so full of carbs/starch (not to mention meaningless calories) that they leave me feeling super full and nearly bloated after I eat them. So now when I see these massive, and I mean massive – they are as big or bigger than a CD, I just walk away knowing that I’ll be better off.
Today, I have a very important afternoon meeting and a business dinner at a local winery (cool!). I’m pretty sure I will not be taking pictures of my dinner this evening. How weird would that look to my business guests if I was snapping pics of my entree?
Well, I’m off to prepare for my meeting. Wish me luck!
Good Luck. Happy Business Meetings.
I used to love bagels too in graduate school. There was a time where I’d order a bakers dozen, and freeze them. I never equated bagels with my waistline increasing even as my alcohol consumption and late night dining decreased. I always attributed to a slower aging metabolism, but maybe it was due to the increase of empty refined carbohydrates.
Bagels taste so good though. I wonder if there was ever anything healthy about them?