Sneezing, laughing, walking, sleeping, folding laundry…. you don’t know how much you use your abs until you shred them. OMG I’m in pain y’all and every little thing hurts. Eric has been trying hard to make me laugh and it’s killin’ me.
I did the full range GHD sit up at CrossFit on Friday. (What’s a GHD sit up? Video here). I thought, of course I can do 75 sit ups, not a problem…I hardly feel sit ups when I do them anyways. But the GHD type of sit ups are no joke and will knock you down for days. Remember that Saturday AM Mobility and Mimosas at CrossFit? Yeah… that workout so didn’t happen…. I ended up sleeping for 11 hours and woke up at 10am hardly able to roll over.
I learned a valuable lesson from this WOD: Focus on YOUR goals. I really enjoy the challenge of CrossFit however I am running a marathon in May. My priority is that race and I cannot push myself too far in CrossFit that it hinders my long runs on the weekend.
Now I’m paying the price. I had 20 miles on the calendar this weekend and I was stuck inside with ice packs and icy hot. I will take it easy this week and shift this key training run for next weekend. It’s a tough lesson to learn.
For those of you that have trained for a marathon, you know how valuable the 20 miler is to your confidence, success, and stamina on race day. This marathon is something that I’ve wanted to do before I started CrossFit and I don’t want one workout to get in the way of my goals.
All weekend I pounded the water, rested, and focused on getting quality proteins and lots of color in my diet to help my body recover faster.
This oatmeal is packed with more protein than your traditional oats. Don’t get freaked out, it’s made with egg whites. I promise you cannot taste them, but they do make the oatmeal extra creamy and of course higher protein! To boost protein up even more add chia seeds or sliced almonds for topping.
High Protein Oatmeal
- Prep Time: 2 mins
- Cook Time: 8 mins
- Total Time: 10 mins
- Yield: 2 1x
Print Recipe
Pin RecipeIngredients
- 2/3 cup old fashioned oats
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1/3 cup water
- 1 banana, smashed
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- pinch of salt
- 6 tablespoons 100% egg whites
- 1 cup blueberries
Instructions
- Bring oats, milk, water, and banana to boil, whisking consistently to prevent sticking.
- When oatmeal begins to thicken, stir in cinnamon and salt.
- Whisk in egg whites quickly to prevent scrambling. Stir to incorporate; remove from heat.
- Pour into bowls and top with blueberries.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2
- Calories: 240
- Sugar: 17
- Sodium: 188
- Fat: 3
- Saturated Fat: 1
- Unsaturated Fat: 2
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 44
- Fiber: 6
- Protein: 11
- Cholesterol: 3
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How many egg whites? It says 100%, but how many if you were using real eggs?
2 tablespoons of 100% egg whites is equivalent to 1 whole egg white. So in this recipe you’d want to use 3 large whole eggs (whites only).
I so want to try this, but I know no one else in my house will touch it. Has anyone had it reheated?
Thanks!
I’ve reheated it and it tastes the same to me! You can also half the recipe if you just want a single serving.
I doubled the milk and water in the recipe. There is no way you could cook it using 1;1 liquid to oats.
Otherwise great. Thanks
Had it for breakfast this morning.
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Hi Marion! I’m so glad you commented. You are right, that is so a typo. Mistake on my part! Thanks for prompting me to fix.
Hey Marion! Remade this this morning. I remember now why I used the original 1:1 ratio of liquid to oats. The egg whites make it a big runny and I like my oats thicker 🙂 You’re right though, it seems so odd cooking it with less liquid initially.
Fabulous recipe!!!
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Thank you!!!
in my tropical place, maybe litle hard to get blueberry. its ok if I changed that wih strawberry?
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Absolutely! Sounds good!!
Oh what a fantastic recipe for breakfast. May help reduce my diet program. 😀
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