This morning I woke up and felt like I needed to be super productive, and luckily I have been :) . I started the process of getting things set up for my internship in January, packed up some more of my stuff (I'm moving next week), and have been eating healthy and studying for my last final of grad school/college EVER. I'm pretty excited.
So lately I have been eating oatmeal for breakfast. It has become a popular trend at fast food chains such as Starbucks, Chickfila and Mcdonald's. I'm still convinced though that making it yourself is better (and cheaper) than buying it anywhere else. Besides, Mcdonald's already adds sugar to theirs, and that's no good.
I heat up 1/4 cup of oats with 1/2 cup of water for 2 minutes, and then after it cools a bit, I add an assortment of berries (blackberries, raspberries and blueberries) to it, along with about a handful of nuts (the nuts I currently have on hand are peanuts). Berries are my favorite fruit, and this time of year it's awesome because they are actually way cheaper than any other time of year.
This is a delicious and healthy way to have a good, balanced breakfast. It's relatively lower in fat (except for the nuts) but the fat from the nuts is the heart healthy, good kind of fat. And when you compare the amount of fat in this breakfast (about 10 grams) to typical breakfasts you would get at a fast food chain, you will see it has at least less than half the fat of most of the things you can get. For example, a breakfast at Chickfila that consists of a chicken burrito (20 grams of fat) and hashbrowns (18 grams of fat) together gives you a total of 38 grams of fat and 720 calories!! Most people just have no idea the amount of food they are eating, so it's at least nice to know you can find out all the nutrition information you need to online.
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