When I first saw one of the WW Ambassadors post a sweet potato breakfast bowl, the thought of it almost made me want to throw up in my mouth a bit. Sweet potatoes? For breakfast?! But then the idea took off, and it seemed every morning for the last few weeks every time I went on Instagram, someone was tagging Kerri (ww_kerri on Instagram) giving her kudos for coming up with this idea.
She’s doing Whole 30 while on Weight Watchers – she’s lost 100 pounds but wanted to switch it up a bit. I am pretty sure my sweet potato bowl is not Whole 30 compliant – I used reduced fat Jif peanut butter (which I believe may have added sugar?) and the honey roasted chick peas probably wouldn’t make the cut.
All I know was that this bowl was delicious and I could definitely eat this a couple times a week. Kept me full for hours.
1/2 cup sweet potato, cooked (3) I just microwaved it on baked potato setting and let it cool on my counter overnight. Two teaspoons reduced fat Jif peanut butter (2) mango, strawberries, blueberries and 1/2 a packet of honey roasted chick peas (2). 7 delicious points! So I apologize Kerri for doubting you. Mom, I think you’d like this breakfast!
These are the chick pea snacks I used. As I was getting off the train yesterday I realized I was missing a “crunch” factor for my sweet potato bowl – 1/2 of this packet was 2 points and was the perfect addition to the bowl. The best part is that it really is customizable with what you have on hand- throw some slivered almonds, I’ve seen people add coconut flakes – the possibilities are endless!
You better believe Jenn and I got our walking shoes on at lunch. 50 degrees and puffy clouds with blue skies – yes! Seems we’ve been waiting so long for this.
We had some company on our walk – these geese looked as if they were just taking a leisurely stroll down the river walk. They make me nervous though – they may look cute, but I think they could rip your face off.
This is a shitty picture, but this my friends, is Jessica’s “our favorite” bolognese that I made (sans the meat) that I turned the leftovers into tomato soup! I just realized I never put my version of her recipe on my blog post last week – I’ll have to take care of that. But I basically took the 3 cups of sauce that was leftover and mixed it with two cups of beef broth and a bit of crushed red pepper. It was delicious! I brought a sandwich to go with it because this soup is basically 3 points, but I wasn’t hungry for it.
I’m still using up stuff from my fridge and freezer. The best part about the Jennie-O tubed chorizo sausage is that the sell by date is pretty long – about 3 weeks after opening. I always buy a rotisserie chicken each week, so used 2 points of the chorizo sausage and mixed that with rotisserie chicken breast and an ounce of Trader Joe’s mozzarella cheese (3) and used 3 corn tortillas (4) and Pam fried them until crisp. I’ll need to add that as a highlight on my Instagram because I get asked all the time after I post crispy tacos – “how do you get them crispy?!”
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I cooked them in the same pan that I cooked the chorizo and chicken, so these were extra crispy. I could literally eat tacos every day and not be mad about it.
After dinner, I changed my clothes and went to the gym! I didn’t want to overdo it, since I am literally just getting over my bronchitis. I cannot tell you how awesome it feels not to cough anymore. This picture was taken at 7:40 – and in case you are wondering, I did pull off the side of the road. I don’t drive and take pictures or do stories while driving. It always makes me nervous when I see people doing Instastories while driving. (Tia, I am looking at you!) 😀
Oh hello Planet Fitness . . .
I did two miles on the treadmill on 4% incline and just 3.5 mph pace (before my 5 minute cool down). Then I did 15 minutes of upper body.
I am a Black Card member of Planet Fitness, so I get access to the hydro beds, massage chairs, I can go to any Planet Fitness, unlimited guest passes. I forgot how much I enjoy the hydro bed. It’s basically like a water massage – you can control how hard the water jets are, where you want to target – like you could only do your lower legs or your shoulders the whole time. I prefer from my calves to my shoulders (I found that I didn’t like the massage on my neck). It lasts 8 minutes, and I just put on really calm music on Spotify and close my eyes and relax. Glorious!
Check out those steps!
I had a great day. I didn’t eat anything that I hadn’t planned on, drank about 60 ounces of water (working on it!), no wine or any night time eating at all. Well, it helped that I didn’t get home from the gym until after 9. I went to bed at 10:15 and woke up at 6:45 this morning – nice! I just decided I was in control of what I did yesterday, and it felt good!
This popped up on my timehop – I’ve loved how many IRL meetings I’ve met with other bloggers. I can’t believe this was 3 years ago already! One of my favorite posts of Ally’s is her meal plan for 5 people shopping only at ALDI for $170 for two weeks of meals! Go check it out here.
Happy Tuesday my friends – make it a great day!
Question of the Day: Would you eat sweet potatoes for breakfast?!
I saw the most brilliant use of sweet potatoes for breakfast…. The person’s idea was instead of making a “smoothie bowl” when it was cold out, she made a warm mashed “sweet potato bowl” basically warm sweet potatoes mashed with milk, vanilla, cinnamon. Then topped with an instagram worthy array of things like coconut, granola, pumpkin seeds, berries, almond butter, whatever! I add greek yogurt to my sweet potatoes when mashing them to make them extra creamy.
I think I may have to try that for breakfast, I need something to keep me full!
Don’t get me started on the insta-stories while driving or texting while driving. All I will say is that the truck driver who hit and killed my Dad was texting at the time. I have a 0 tolerance on this. I will unfollow anyone who stories and drives, and I’ve had to unfollow some accounts I really liked!
It’s so crazy, isn’t it? I have an app on my phone that as soon as I turn on the car, I don’t get any notifications, and if someone sends me one, it sends a generic message like “I’m driving now and will respond later.”
Busted. Yea, I try to do them when I’m stopped or barely moving. It’s really stupid, I admit that! A bad habit I’m breaking, promise!!
At least you are wearing your seatbelt now – so baby steps! 😀
I always forget about the sweet potatoes but they are one of my favorites so not sure how that happens. I really need to switch to them completely. I keep reading all of this stuff about how bad regular potatoes are (anything from the nightshade family, tomatoes, eggplant etc). It is such a confusing food maze to shuffle around. Any of your readers nutritionist out there want to express your ideas? I love how you take time to meet with your readers and it is so amazing how you have met so many. I can see Tony just shaking his head and smiling. Woo hoo, you rock getting to the gym after work!
I will never understand why people suddenly decide that a food is bad for you – butter was bad, now butter is okay! Eating more than one egg a day was bad – now eggs are okay! It’s confusing. I haven’t heard about the regular potato “ban” – I’ll have to look into it.
And yes, Tony for sure is rolling his eyes at home many friends I’ve met in real life – some day that will be you and me too! 😀
Sweet potatoes in a breakfast scramble all the time! Saute with taco seasoning or any mix of spices, then spinach, eggs and black beans. Top with guacamole or salsa or both! I make enough for 2 to 3 breakfasts throughout the week. Super healthy and filling.
Gah – I am going to have to try the taco breakfast variety for a savory version – thanks for the idea Amanda!