Start with your frozen bananas and add water. We usually fill the water up to the blades of the blender. (Hint: you don’t need a vita-mixer for a rockin’ blender – you just need a blender with a metal on metal base).

Blend without ice – just bananas and water. Then add protein powder.

I’m trying to use up some vanilla whey isolate, so I added cocoa powder to make it chocolate.

Blend and then add ice for desired consistency. I popped off the plastic top to put ice in…

Somebody always gets in the way with this step.

No moving.

Told you he’s good at faking it.

After finally working around Leo, here’s the final product topped with PB2 and Chia Seeds.

Coffee. Notice dog still in background has not moved.

Packed some snacks for the unknown type of work day that lay ahead.

It was a two bar kind of day.

Old man Leo even figured out how to fake it – he will pretend the house needs guarding and he needs to stand on the watch.

Slamming the door shut, this is me realizing it’s a losing battle. Black pants<dog hair dragging those boys in. At least I had a fun breakfast to prepare for the long haul. (I really need a new sense of humor).

There’s coconut milk, coconut ice cream, coconut oil, and coconut milk. I stumbled upon this at the store, thought it was interesting, and at least a shot. Here’s the ingredients, they are a little nutty:

Dried cane syrup? Just tell me it’s sugar. Rice starch? Hence the “eh”.

Oddly enough, it tasted like vanilla yogurt. I’m more of a plain Greek gal, but I topped it with my favorite combo at the moment: PB2+ Banana + Chia seeds+ Quaker Oats Squares.

Do you ever get in to the same food modes? Back in college, when I was short of cash and concise food choices I ate nothing but Corn Flakes and Taco Bell Bean Burritos for a semester. If you have ever read Intuitive Eating or familiar with the main themes, you eventually get tired of eating the same thing.

Not so sure about drinking though…

I packed a few snacks since I was unsure of how the day was going to play out and when I would have a chance for lunch. I don’t vary too much on my snacks, but that’s because I know I can count on them taming my hunger.

Those bagged veggies make smart choices a snap.

Hope you’re enjoying the mild weather!

You know how Zoolander has his looks Blue Steel and Steel Magnolia, well Kairo has his looks as well – Guilty (above) and Guiltier.

Cup of coffee 1.

Cup of coffee 2.

Yea, that kind of morning. Breakfast, for lack of options that were not as time consuming as cooking oats, was whey+banana shake with pb2, chia seeds, and oatmeal squares for crunch.

Have you tried Quarker Oatmeal Squares? J started picking out the cereal because it does not have nuts as an ingredient – he has a slight almond allergy so we try to avert it. So far we have hammered out a box of Brown Sugar, Maple, and Cinnamon. I have to say that Maple is my favorite.

While finishing my breakfast, I packed lunch + Snacks.

Romaine, goat cheese, chicken, red onion, dried cherries, tomato, sweet Bermuda onion salad dressing.

Chobani, carrots, and broccoli.

Another Monday….

I should note that I am back to training for a half marathon. I have registered for the Dallas Rock ‘n’ Roll half March 25th. More to come on that…

I turn around to check out my shots on the camera and what do you know? Krazy Kairo wants sweet potatoes (bananas, pb2, chia seeds, honey) for breakfast as well. 

If that’s not the look of guilt – I don’t know what is…

However, I find a sweet potato breakfast guilt free when I check out the nutritional stats compared to 1/2 cup of dry oats. I went to http://nutritiondata.self.com/ to do some homework.

Depending on what you’re looking for out of breakfast, you get about 30 more calories, more carbs, more nutrients, and less fat. I feel like it’s a good choice to change things up once in a while.

Kairo will just have to settle for his bone.