Confessions of a Fit Working Mom: Planning Ahead

Why does Monday always come so fast?? Our weekend was jam packed with festivals, ball games, our big race, pool time and major house cleaning. Somehow I did manage to sneak in one quick trip to the gym (negotiated during nap time of course) for an afternoon fire class where I think I sweat out every ounce of water in my entire body. I think I will save that again for winter.

Anyway, we had a blast running Race for the Cure with 15,000 other KC friends. I ran with my 4 year old and we managed to run almost the entire race. I love watching my kids get into running and fitness and helping them learn to lead a healthy lifestyle!

Here is our family, we were part of a big team of friends, family and co-workers all there to support my sister-in-law wearing KC Royals blue.

So as usual, we have a jam-packed, fun-filled weekend which leaves all of us completely exhausted on Monday morning :) And this is wedding week for my little sister which means it's not getting any easier anytime soon. All the more reason to do some planning ahead. This summer has been wild and I have strayed from my meal planning and I can tell the difference in how often I am eating on the go. So back to pre-planning my meals, starting with breakfast! I always struggle with new breakfast ideas and default to eggs, day after day, BORING. So I got online, searched crockpot+breakfast and found an amazing recipe for apple cinnamon steel cut oatmeal, cooks in the crockpot and serves 8! That's enough breakfast (if you double the recipe) for the whole family for the week.