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The Little Breakfast That Could

June 29, 2011 by Julie 98 Comments

I have a feeling today is going to be a fast-paced day. My to-do list is hoppin’!

As they say, “A body in motion stays in motion. A body at rest stays at rest.” I figured a quality workout would get things moving for me this morning start my day on a productive note.

My workout included 20 minutes on the elliptical, followed by BodyPump. Today’s BodyPump class felt easier than usual, but not in the “I’m getting stronger” kind of way… in the “instructor hand-picked all of the easiest tracks” kind of way. At least the easiest BodyPump class is still a challenge!

Walk

After the ‘Pump, I took Sadie on a long walk around the lake near our apartment. It was beautiful outside this morning! Central Florida has experienced quite a few gray days with some rain this week. The dreary weather has greatly helped with the sweltering heat.

On our walk we saw lots of different birds, including teenage swans!

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Aren’t they so cute in their awkward stage?

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I wish I looked that adorable when I was an adolescent.

What? You’re telling me Umbros and Shoot Like a Girl t-shirts aren’t cute?

Breakfast

After our walk it was breakfast time!

Breakfast was oh-so-simple thanks to some prep work last night.

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Uber chocolaty overnight oats!

This is the breakfast that almost never was because, once again, I ate it and remade it.

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It seems like 90 percent of the time I prep overnight oats for breakfast the next morning, I end up eating them around 9 p.m. as an evening snack. They’re so good and seem to call to me from the fridge.

After making my second batch last night, I headed upstairs to bed immediately so I wouldn’t touch the soakin’ oats. It was the little engine breakfast that could.

I think I can, I think I can… 

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Fortunately batch number two survived the night and I topped it with frozen banana slices and a dollop of Greek yogurt before digging in.

Love chocolate in the morning!

Question of the Morning

  • Was there a sport or activity that you really wanted to excel in but never quite did growing up?

Prior to high school, I wanted to be an amazing soccer player. I felt like all of my friends played soccer in elementary and junior high school (and wore those super-cool Samba shoes), but I never did.

Once I outgrew my tomboy phase, I wanted to be a fantastic dancer. Luckily downing a few cocktails makes me feel like I dance like Britney Spears now, so I don’t care as much anymore… Unless I’m watching So You Think You Can Dance, in which case I immediately wish I could pop, lock and drop it.

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My name is Julie and I am a full-time blogger, new mama, fitness enthusiast (certified personal trainer and group exercise instructor) and food fanatic (mostly healthy... but also not-so-healthy) living in North Carolina with my husband, dog and baby boy. Thank you for visiting Peanut Butter Fingers! I hope you enjoy little glimpses into my life and have fun trying the sweaty workouts I frequently share and making some of my favorite recipes along the way!

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Comments

  1. Hayley @ hayley daily says

    June 29, 2011 at 8:49 am

    I always wanted to be good at soccer, because number of my close friends were awesome in middle and high school. It just never quite worked out for me. I was a tennis and volleyball girl!

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  2. Liz @ Blog is the New black says

    June 29, 2011 at 8:49 am

    I never- NEVER- played sports or belonged to a “team” unless you count dancing. By the time I got to high school, I was way too intimidated to try, and I never even knew how to play sports. Sad!

    Reply
  3. Brittany (A Healthy Slice of Life) says

    June 29, 2011 at 8:51 am

    In high school I was realllly into cheerleading. I always wanted to be the amazing fly (girl at the top of the stunt- in case anyone wasn’t as obsessed with cheerleading as I was ;)), but it turns out I was better suited to stay on the ground. Guess being scared of heights doesn’t help…

    I kicked butt in tumbling though 🙂

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    • peanutbutterfingers says

      June 29, 2011 at 8:58 am

      tumbling… something else i wish i could do. 🙂

      Reply
      • peanutbutterfingers says

        June 29, 2011 at 8:59 am

        oh and if it’s any consolation, i am always WAY more impressed w/ the cheerleaders who tumble than those at the top of a stunt!

        Reply
  4. Ali says

    June 29, 2011 at 8:52 am

    Volleyball! I played volleyball all four years of High School, but was never really that good. I really wish I had tried out for Cross Country instead because as it turns out- I am a pretty good runner 😉

    Reply
  5. Hilliary Wolfe @ Happily Ever Healthy says

    June 29, 2011 at 8:52 am

    I always wanted to be good at soccer! My boyfriend and I even joined a co-ed soccer league just for fun last year! I bought pink cleats and everything. Needless to say I am still scared of soccer balls and I didn’t have very much fun playing because I was so scared of getting hit! I just ran around the field because I had no idea what I was doing! I was always a dancer, no need to worry about flying objects coming towards your head!

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  6. Claire says

    June 29, 2011 at 8:53 am

    I really wanted to excel in track and field! I was actually out with a few friends last night and we were talking about this! We both made it to state level competitions, but the nerves were enough to just do us in and to make us race poorly! I feel like if I could have my brain now, back then, I would be able to mentally handle the challenges of track! Sigh…guess I’ll stick to my umbros shirts as well…maybe some jnco jeans or tommy hilfiger overalls as well 😉

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    • peanutbutterfingers says

      June 29, 2011 at 8:56 am

      omg! overalls!!! i had a pair. talk about droopy butt syndrome.

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      • Claire says

        June 29, 2011 at 9:00 am

        YES! And I am also a “pear” shaped girly and no amount of badunkadunk makes those look right…and they make butts look SO tall haha

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        • Courtney @ Girl In The Pink says

          June 29, 2011 at 11:27 am

          Haha i don’t knownif there is a body type out there that could make overalls look good!

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  7. Colleen says

    June 29, 2011 at 8:54 am

    I really wanted to play volleyball in junior high but I would always close my eyes when the ball came at me. Weird because I played tennis, but I think I just felt like I had more control with a racquet. With volleyball, it was just me and the ball!

    Reply
  8. The Teenage Taste says

    June 29, 2011 at 8:56 am

    In 5th grade I decided that I wanted to start playing softball after seeing how much my brother loved baseball. My parents bought me all the equipment and I started practicing and playing on a team and everything was okay until I got up to bat for the first time. Most of the girls had already been playing since they were 5 years old and threw the ball super hard! First pitch..Boom! Hit me right in the helmet. The rest of the season I dreaded softball and then quit. I guess it’s not as easy as it looks! 😉

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    • peanutbutterfingers says

      June 29, 2011 at 8:58 am

      aw! i know what you mean though about feeling like you’re “behind” – it’s ridiculous how that in FIFTH GRADE you can already feel like you’re behind and not good enough in a sport. i felt like all my friends had been playing soccer for YEARS by then.

      Reply
    • Courtney @ Girl In The Pink says

      June 29, 2011 at 11:28 am

      I always felt this way in gymnastics – I wish I would have stuck with it though!

      Reply
  9. Whitney says

    June 29, 2011 at 8:58 am

    Coordination has never been one of my strong points…I pretty much envied any athlete and their ability! 🙂

    Tennis and golf have always interested me!

    Reply
  10. Jenny @ Fitness Health and Food says

    June 29, 2011 at 8:59 am

    haha yes with the awkward phase!

    I was never very good at soccer bec I had poor eye foot coordination. THough I worked on it was a good rugby player in college. I’m the same way with chocolately oats they are just too good to wait to eat! 😛

    Good luck with your to do list! 🙂

    Reply
  11. Rachel @ The Perseverance Diaries says

    June 29, 2011 at 9:03 am

    I always wanted to excel in a team sport but I never did because I never wanted to stay at school longer than I had to, haha. Practice was always after school but I always wanted to leave ASAP!

    Those teenage swans are cuties!

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  12. Kaella says

    June 29, 2011 at 9:04 am

    Definitely basketball– unfortunately it just didn’t happen. I was a cheerleader so at least I got to watch my friends play basketball 😉

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  13. Chelsea says

    June 29, 2011 at 9:06 am

    I love cold oats too!! I would have to say track/running. I loved it so much, but I was a little bigger in highschool so it was much harder for me to become quicker. After high school I lost weight and running became alot easier for me. I still love to run today, but I have come to realize I will never be an olympic runner 🙂

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  14. Sarah says

    June 29, 2011 at 9:08 am

    I was a cheerleader, lacrosse, player, and tennis player… but I really wish I could have played softball. It’s such a fun sport to play as you get older! So many teams to join in the local community. Alas, I shall watch from the bleachers

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  15. Cait's Plate says

    June 29, 2011 at 9:08 am

    We have baby ducks all around by us and they’re SO cute. Now I’m excited to see what they look like as teens – haha.

    Those swans don’t seem too far off from how I was as a teen 😉 Braces, gawky, uncoordinated – i do not miss those days!

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  16. Aine @ Something to Chew Over says

    June 29, 2011 at 9:09 am

    Horse-riding! I was so into it when I was younger and it was my whole life.

    Ever since I moved to the city and the stables I worked at closed I haven’t been able to do it 🙁 If you’d told me a few years ago I wouldn’t be horse-riding I wouldn’t have believed you.

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  17. Hope says

    June 29, 2011 at 9:11 am

    Those oats look so good! Oh, and the ducks are adorable!

    I wanted to play on my high school’s basketball team so bad. I liked shooting hoops and I was never that amazing of a player. I wanted the chance to play though. Unfortunately, I was very big into acting and singing and all of those activities conflicted with basketball practices. Oh well 😉

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  18. Lindsay@ In Sweetness and In Health says

    June 29, 2011 at 9:11 am

    I was a dancer and never had much time to do other things. I always wished I had played soccer or tennis!

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  19. Jessica @brighteyesandbushytales says

    June 29, 2011 at 9:13 am

    Definitely soccer! My dad played semi-professionally in the UK, and I know he was dying for me to be good at the game like he was. I played on a team for a while, and they stuck me at goalie, but it didn’t really work out! 😉 A lot of the girls I played with ended up playing in college, so I was really out of my league!

    Oh well, can’t win them all!

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  20. Lindsey says

    June 29, 2011 at 9:14 am

    I totally always wished I could dance, and still do or sing! I think it stems from my love for musicals! Too bad that I am really clumsy and don’t have anything close to a singing voice!

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  21. Cait's a Runnerchick says

    June 29, 2011 at 9:17 am

    growing up all of my friends were on the competitive and select soccer teams and i wanted SO bad to be good…but i sucked. i wasn’t even one of the better players on the rec team…lol.

    but then when the olympics would come on i’d wish i were a gymnast in the summer years and would have killed to be an amazing figure skater in the winter oly’s. sadly, i have no coordination at all!

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  22. Brandi @ The Vitamin Bee says

    June 29, 2011 at 9:19 am

    I played volleyball, field hockey, and ran track. I wish I could have been good at long and triple jumps…my track coach always pushed me to do them and I always sucked so bad!

    I do wish I could play basketball. The first time I ever played I didnt even dribble the ball, I just took it and ran down the court. So embarrassing. I still cannot dribble a basketball and walk or run at the same time. Uncoordination at it’s finest! 🙂

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  23. Liv @ The Salty n' Sweet says

    June 29, 2011 at 9:22 am

    I always wanted to be good at tennis and cross country! But it wasn’t until my junior year that I started running, and I kind of wish that I started it earlier. But I guess it’s good that I didn’t get too drained from running in high school, since I probably wouldn’t love it so much today.

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  24. Hillary says

    June 29, 2011 at 9:23 am

    I so badly wanted to be good at softball and basketball, but I was awful at them. I was way better at dance than I was in team sports, which is weird because dance takes just as much coordination!

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  25. Cat @ On the Brink of 30 says

    June 29, 2011 at 9:29 am

    I always wanted to be a gymnast! In Elementary school, I’d turn on the “Simpsons Sign the Blues” tape and make up gymnastics routines in my living room. Wearing a unitard, of course! How did my parents not think I was weird?!

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  26. Cat @ On the Brink of 30 says

    June 29, 2011 at 9:30 am

    *Sing – not sign! 😉

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  27. Amelia says

    June 29, 2011 at 9:31 am

    I really never played any type of sports and yes, I felt like I absolutely missed out! I was an anxious kid (still true as a grown-up!) so when I tried out for the swimteam, I choked (not literally) at try outs and it scared me off. Same with track and cross country. Now, I’m a runner and sometimes my head still gets in the way but I’m in the best shape I’ve ever been in and that’s saying a lot! Still, I’m never going to win a marathon or even run in one but I feel great about where I am and that’s super important!

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  28. Julie H. of Spinach and Sprinkles says

    June 29, 2011 at 9:32 am

    I wanted to be an all star cheerleader….. I was overweight in high school when I was a cheerleader so that simply wasn’t going to happen. However if I were to do it now, I’d probably be really good at it, I gained a drive for fitness now that I’m older.

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  29. Khushboo says

    June 29, 2011 at 9:34 am

    Haha I’m glad I’m not the only one who needs to practice restraint around overnight oats the night before! I used to wish (and still do) that I could play an instrument, either the guitar or piano!

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  30. Ali @ Ali Runs says

    June 29, 2011 at 9:35 am

    I love the pictures of the swans! 🙂 I always wanted to be really good at basketball. I went to so many bball camps and all of my friends played. I was never that great at it though, I think being 5’2″ had something to do with that. 😉

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  31. Angela @ Eat Spin Run Repeat says

    June 29, 2011 at 9:37 am

    Looks tasty! As a kid, I did competitive swimming, basketball, and soccer. My dad used to compete in swimming in the paralympic games, so he (and I) really wanted to do well on the team I was swimming for. Well, the social side was awesome, but the swimming…. I got a little sick of it. Things went much better with basketball and soccer though!

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  32. Ashley O. @ The Vegetable Life says

    June 29, 2011 at 9:37 am

    I always wished I was good at gymnastics! My sister was sooo good and could flip but I could never even pull myself up or bend backwards haha, it was pathetic!

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  33. Faith @ lovelyascharged says

    June 29, 2011 at 9:41 am

    I played a LOT of sports – basketball and cheerleading, karate, gymastics…and of course football and kickball at recess in school. I may not have been the best at them but I am pretty athletic and competitive so the effort I put into it made up for my lack of technical skill, lol. I always did wish I was a better basketball player – I played with the boys, so I had quite the challenge!

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  34. Baking Serendipity says

    June 29, 2011 at 9:41 am

    I have to make my overnight oats right before bed or I devour them too! 🙂

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  35. Amy @ Elephant Eats says

    June 29, 2011 at 9:43 am

    Aw, I HIGHLY doubt you were an awkward teen 😉 Those overnight oats look so good but I know mine would never make it to breakfast either. I’ll have to try them one day.

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  36. Yolie @ Practising Wellness says

    June 29, 2011 at 9:46 am

    Mmm…that breakfast looks delicious! So funny that you almost always eat it the night before – easily done, my friend, lol! 😉 And I can totally see why – who wouldn’t want to eat that!? 🙂
    Those swans are so cute – we saw some at the weekend too and their awkward stage is so cute and fluffy and delicate!
    Hmmm…I always wanted to be good at tennis – my parents encouraged me to play at school – but I was just terrible. My hand eye co-ordination is non-existent… and backhands & serves are the hardest things ever! 😛
    xyx

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  37. Brittany *Sparkles* says

    June 29, 2011 at 9:49 am

    I tried soccer… the ball hit me and knocked me out cold on the field. Not my thing apparently LOL. I did dance classes however – and pretended I was Britney Spears, although, my dancing is slightly whiter than it should be hahaha I just embrace that now 🙂

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  38. Courtney @ Sweet Tooth, Sweet Life says

    June 29, 2011 at 9:49 am

    All 4 years of high school I played volleyball and loved it. I was good, and I made the varsity team as a junior, which was not easy at my school. But I always wanted to be better. I guess it would have helped if I didn’t complain about practices all the time…? 😉

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  39. Cait @ Beyond Bananas says

    June 29, 2011 at 9:52 am

    Easiest fix to eating your overnight oats at night.. is making them again!

    I love the big beaks on those swans!

    In middle/high school – I had to choose between soccer and basketball. I chose soccer .. but still played basketball.. just not as competitively. Looking back, I wish I had concentrated on basketball!

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  40. Margo @ peanut butter trees says

    June 29, 2011 at 9:55 am

    Love the idea of using frozen banana slices rather than just normal ones – probably a nice treat on really hot days. I’m guilty of the exact same thing – prepping a meal for the next day but eating it before nightfall! Ops.

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  41. Mac says

    June 29, 2011 at 9:55 am

    I always wanted to play tennis, but I love playing volleyball and they were in the same season. I don’t regret playing volleyball over tennis, but I do wish I could’ve played competitively.

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  42. Katie says

    June 29, 2011 at 9:56 am

    I never learned how to do a cartwheel!

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  43. Jordan P @ food, sweat, and beers says

    June 29, 2011 at 10:13 am

    Being the giantess of the school (I was 6′ tall by the time I was in 9th grade), I was always pretty jealous of the tiny soccer girls who raced around the field. And since I struggle a bit with hand eye coordination, I couldn’t quite hold my own with the too cool for school lax girls.

    Luckily, volleyball and basketball were meant for me, and by the time I was a senior, I felt like a rockstar of volleyball that other little girls looked up to!

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  44. Gina @ Running to the Kitchen says

    June 29, 2011 at 10:14 am

    I played soccer my entire childhood but was always secretly jealous of the lacrosse players. I really wanted to play that, probably because it was a “newer” sport for woman and seemed so bad ass. ha!

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  45. Danielle says

    June 29, 2011 at 10:21 am

    I wanted to be an awesome dancer and softball player. My dad always told me to tryout but I never thought I was goo enough. And apparently after 12 years of studing jazz and tap dancing I still suck.

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  46. Kristen @ notsodomesticated says

    June 29, 2011 at 10:27 am

    Umm… the answer to that question would be: ANY sport!! I just wanted to be good at something, but I wasn’t. I was a cheerleader, but not even a good/athletic cheerleader… just the one who can wave pom-p;oms around and smile a lot! 😉 That’s why I’m loving running now… I feel (somewhat) athletic for the first time in my life!

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  47. Chelsa says

    June 29, 2011 at 10:31 am

    I wanted to dance but I just wasn’t any good at it 🙁

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  48. Shanna, Like Banana says

    June 29, 2011 at 10:33 am

    I grew up dancing but always wish I was even better.

    But I’ve also wished I could be a bad@ss diver! Or gymnast..

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  49. Emily says

    June 29, 2011 at 10:34 am

    I always sort of wish I had been into gymnastics…I am 5’1″ and always think that I would have been the perfect size to be a gymnast!

    Reply
  50. Heather (Heather's dish) says

    June 29, 2011 at 10:40 am

    I have always loved rowing buy since I didn’t live anywhere near a lake that couldn’t have happened growing up. So fun though!

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