Budget Challenge: Day 14 {crazy weather, oatmeal noms, and reflection}

Today’s weather….sunny with a chance of pelting rain.  Yup that was an enjoyable 10 miler of pelting rain that pretty much blinded me for a few minutes…did i mention there was a lot of oncoming traffic?

Back to Budget Challenge….I ended up buying stuff yesterday at the cafe and some more stuff today from the cafe. I might be over on my account now (I really have no idea anymore my meal plan got changed so many times).

I also made this nomtastic oatmeal cake from Love Veggies and Yoga.  She has a lot of awesome recipes I want to try. And she also has a link to a yoga site that you can download some free PDFs and audio (yogadownload.com, check out the poses tab)

I changed it up a bit:

Ingredients:

• 1 Packet of apple cinnamon oatmeal
• 1 bannana

Directions:

1. Mash Banana (microwave it for a max. of 10 seconds if it came from the fridge, its so much easier)
2. Mix both ingredients together. Split the mixture in half. (it makes 2 servings!)
3. Place 1 serving of mixture in a microwave save bowl.
4. Microwave for 90 seconds.
5. Let it cool down a bit and harden before removing from bowl
6. ENJOY! (I need to be more consistent with layouts lol)

I also found out today that I might possibly have a protein deficiency. I mean I usually have dry hair, my nails show that I’m not getting enough (This fortune teller last fall told me this). Although I think I may have gone overboard with the budget thing and forgotten how to eat healthy. Did you know your ankles swell up when you have a protein deficiency? I didn’t know that! Also that your gums bleed more easily (this happened last night). So I think I need to start taking things in a new direction.

These past 2 weeks I have learned a lot I guess, like planning my meals in advance and planning them according to what my schedule is going to be like for the next couple of days it will still be edible.  Also I need to start eating healthier. Budgeting =/= cutting out certain nutrients.  I mean yes, I’m not going to the extreme on this, but hte fact that I’ve been buying the cheaper stuff (things with lots of carbs) has probably thrown me out of balance a bit.

I am a vegeterian also, so this probably is also a challenge concidering trying to come up with meals that fit my nutritional needs as a competitive runner (60% carbs, 20% protein, %20 fat, at least from what I’ve always seen/heard/read).