The Most Important Meal of the Day

I'm almost recovered weight wise from the sunburn. I'm back where I was at the 211/212 range, with some water retention still around. I'm hoping when it's all said and done by the end of the week I'll be under 210.

I've been skipping breakfast lately. No real reason, I just got out of the habit of getting up and cooking/making something for a while. I can definitely see a difference in my daily overall calories when I skip breakfast. I tend to really push to the high side of my daily calorie allotment when I skip breakfast. I also teach from noon until 4 pm Monday through Friday this month. This means I'm really eating more of a brunch around 10 or 11 am with a quick snack around 2 in between classes. That leaves me a little hungrier at dinner than I have been and I tend to eat more later in the day. Just the opposite of what I should be doing. I found a recipe for Egg Muffins on Facebook today and decided to make some. They were good, easy, and should freeze/reheat quickly and easily. Recipe and pics below.

I do have a new exercise goal. The gym continued to fall apart on me. I am still going to Yoga mostly twice a week, but my body weight exercises and treadmill time was really hit and miss... mostly miss. I also don't think I was doing enough cardio, and running was so painful last time I'm been hesitant to start that again. A friend mentioned swimming. I've always loved the water, and it's been plenty hot to get in the water so I went to the local aquatics center this morning. VERY reasonable prices, and it's a heated pool so it's available year around. Lap lane times were done well before I got there, so my only option to get in the water was to join a water aerobics class. I joined 5 of my new best friends over 60 for an hour of deep water aerobics. I forfeited my noodle when I could in order to get more exercise by treading water. One hour of water aerobics later I think I have a new favorite.

Egg Muffins ~ 100 calories a muffin

Spray down a muffin tin or two with your non-stick spray of choice.
In a bowl mix 9 eggs for 12 muffins, add a couple of Tablespoons of milk or water.
In each muffin tin put about 2 Tablespoons of filling. I did 6 with black beans and salsa, and 6 with spinach, feta, and cherry tomatoes. Pour egg on top to fill it, and bake at 350 degrees until the egg is set. Mine was done in about 20 minutes.