What did you eat today?

[Crankin]

This one was home made, from the Paleo cookbook. Basically, mint, walnuts, olive oil, and lemon juice. I used a smaller amount than the recipe and we still had some left over.

[GLC1968]

Sunday

B: bacon and eggs with veggies scrambled in, black coffee, melon
L: mango sausages, apple with almond butter, coconut milk drink with chai spices in it
S: half a peach
D: salmon with hazelnut butter, garlic butter green beans, leftover butternut squash puree, 3 baked chicken wings, banana

I was an eating machine at dinner! I spent the entire day standing or walking and since I'm back to wearing the boot, I think I burned a lot more calories than normal. Plus, I was exhausted!

[spokewench]

B: 1 egg, 1 piece wg toast, coffee
L: 1/4 pork chop, butter beans, 1 piece corn bread
S: 1 beer - 1 peach
D: 3 tacos with homemade shredded beef taco meat (lettuce, tomato, cheddar, salsa), small amount of beans and rice

[Crankin]

handful of walnuts and dried apricots before boot camp
B: whole wheat tortilla cheese crisp with chicken, low fat cheddar, salsa, an orange, coffee
S: I ate a Luna Bar all morning, munching away between 8:45 and noon. I was starving.
L: 2 veggie burger patties, cole slaw
S: slice of Ezekial bread, hummus
D: one boneless chicken breast with mustard sauce, sweet potato, salad with cranberries, almonds, goat cheese, vinaigrette, glass of red wine
2 squares chocolate

[spokewench]

Yesterday: Rest day

. Good price per pound but they were in 5 pound bags - a bit much for one person.

Hey Catrin don't know much about your store, but I just repackage the cherries into a smaller bag and then only pay for the poundage.

[Owlie]

Yesterday: Rest day

Kitchen was almost bare...
B: 2 egg whites + 1 whole egg sandwich on Ezekial bread, skim, coffee
S: banana
L: egg white wrap on whole wheat tortilla and skim milk - I refuse to grocery shop on an empty stomach :o
S: 2 tablespoons Blue Bell Southern Blackberry Cobbler ice cream
D: homemade spinach pasta salad with LOTS of baby spinach, small amount of whole wheat organic penne pasta, tomatoes, garlic, red onion, Greek dressing, smoked anoduille chicken sausage, 1 Fat Tire beer

Cherry soup? Interesting idea! I had to resist the lovely cherries at the store. Good price per pound but they were in 5 pound bags - a bit much for one person.

I eat as many as I can, because I love cherries and I live alone, then take the ones left at the bottom of the bag and cook them down with a bit of almond extract, sugar (amount depends on how sweet the cherries were),a bit of lemon juice, some water to keep them from burning to the pan, and some cornstarch. (I maybe had 15 cherries in the last batch I made, so I didn't even bother to pit them and just fished the pits out as the fruits fell apart.) Instant sauce for ice cream or frozen yogurt. I imagine it would be good on Greek yogurt with some toasted almonds, but I haven't tried it yet.

Or I just pit them and freeze them for future use. Last time I made a cherry crisp out of them, but smoothies would be good too. (I don't own a cherry pitter, so I just used a paring knife and fingernails. The kitchen looked like I'd killed someone, but I had a lovely big bag of frozen cherries.)

[spokewench]

B: 1 piece wg toast, peanut butter, coffee
Snack: handful of goldfish crackers, 1 peach
L: 1 shredded beef taco
D: cornmeal mush, with sauteed turkey italian sausage crumbled up, onions, zucchini, small portobello mushrooms, tomatoes, and a snip of fresh thyme from my garden, sprinkle of parmesan cheese; glass of white wine

[Crankin]

The cherry soup was awesome.

[GLC1968]

Monday

B: sausage and sweet potato hash, melon, black coffee
S: banana and a handful of mixed raw nuts
L: tuna and guacamole
D: burgers topped with guacamole, sweet potato oven fries, herbal tea

I had to eat the banana and nuts because I had to run an emergency errand at lunch and wouldn't get to eat until really late. It was not one of my better days - look at that gaping whole where veggies should be!!! :o

[Catrin]

Yesterday:

B: usual steel-cut oats, mixed scramble (whole egg + 2 egg whites), skim and coffee
17 mile bike ride :) It was an easy ride, but awesome at 5:15 in the cool/dark of the morning!
Snack 1: banana
Snack 2 (hungry) TJ nut, dried cherry mix
L: pulled chicken breast, homemade spinach pasta salad
S: more TJ nut, dried cherry mix
D: TJ whole wheat tortilla with pulled chicken breast, salsa, tomatoes, a small romaine lettuce salad with a bit of cheese (too lazy to cook)

Today: (Rest day)

B: steel-cut oats, 2 whole eggs, skim and coffee
S: TJ nut, dried cherry mix
L: pulled chicken breast, last of the homemade spinach pasta salad, small amount of no-fat yogurt/cucumber/tomato salad. 1/2 orange. Coffee
S: probably will be a banana since that is all that is left :)
D: steamed Bok Choy, smoked andouille chicken sausage, brown rice. Skim milk.
S: fresh strawberries with no-fat TJ European style yogurt

[Crankin]

rest day
B: half a whole wheat bagel with melted low fat cheddar, 2 scrambled eggs, fresh peach, coffee
S: Luna Bar. I have been so hungry in the mornings
L: salad with chicken breast, goat cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, vinaigrette, the other half of the ww bagel, an apple
D:chicken kabobs marinated in oil and cumin with red/yellow pepper and Israeli cous cous
went out for a kiddie sized chocolate ice cream

[GLC1968]

Tuesday

B: burger topped with guacamole, black coffee
L: chicken apple sausages, mixed veggies topped with lemon and olive oil, peach
D: apple w/ almond butter, baked chicken wings

[Catrin]

Today:

B: 2 eggs, kashi autumn wheat, skim milk, coffee

6:00 am 1 hour group training session
post-workout: 11 ounce chocolate Muscle Milk

L: pasta spinach salad, smoked andouille chicken sausage
S: 1/2 cup Blue Bell ice cream
D: roasted skinless chicken breast, romaine lettuce salad with no-fat yogurt/cucumbers/tomato/onion, skim milk

[GLC1968]

Wednesday

B: chicken apple sausage, peach, black coffee
L: tuna mixed with guacamole, mixed veggies with olive oil and lemon, blueberries
D: kale, mushroom and chicken saute, handful of almonds, poached pear with blackberry cream sauce

[spokewench]

B: peanut butter, 1 wg piece of toast,
Snack: peach
Lunch: leftover polenta and sausage with veges
Dinner: salmon, risotto with asparagus, onions, bell peppers, yellow squash

[GLC1968]

Thursday (and the last official day of my Whole30)

B: sausage stuffed baked apple, black coffee
L: kale, mushroom, chicken saute and a cup of mixed cherry tomato varieties
S: raw mixed nuts, couple of baby carrots with guacamole
D: beef and cabbage stir-fry, hot tea

[spokewench]

B: 1 piece raisin bread, 1 banana
Snack: 1 peach
Lunch 1/2 tuna salad sandwich - whole grain bread, heirloom tomato
1/2 beer
Dinner: 1 chili relleno, 1/2 beef enchilada, rice beans and a wonderful margarita

[GLC1968]

Friday

B: sausage stuffed apple, black coffee
L: beef/cabbage stir fry, nectarine
D: guacamole, ceviche, salsa - all with tortilla chips, and then a salad with lettuce, fajita steak, guac, pico de gallo.

45 minutes later: severe stomach cramping...I almost had to pull over! I will never eat tortilla chips again. Corn is officially removed from my diet in all forms for good.

Saturday

B: sausage stuffed apple, hot tea
L: salad from Chipotle - carnitas, lettuce, pico, guac, salsa
D: grass fed burger on a big bed of field greens, grape tomatoes, guacamole


Sunday

B: bacon, sausage/egg/veggie fritatta
L: chicken apple sausage, apple with almond butter
D: kale meatballs, baked chicken wings, carrots & cukes with guac
S: apple banana nut clusters

[Crankin]

I'm on vacation and won't be reporting any eating until I get back.
Lots of eating interspersed by riding and hiking.

[GLC1968]

Monday

B: sausage stuffed apple, black coffee (tried using heavy cream but really disliked it - I guess 30+ days of drinking it black will change one's taste buds!)
L: beef/cabbage stir fry, nectarine, hot tea
D: thai pumpkin curry over steamed veggies (no rice), hot tea, plum from our tree!

I had plans to test out dark chocolate but I was struck down with a cold germ yesterday afternoon and because of it, I was in bed by 8:30pm.

[spokewench]

B: 1 piece raisin bread, 1 banana
L: 2 pieces of thin crust pizza
D: three slices of leftover pork tenderloin, some roasted veges, a small helping of vege risotto, 1 glass wine
Dessert: 1 small piece cherry pie

[GLC1968]

Tuesday

B: small piece of fritatta, kale meatballs, cantaloupe, hot tea
S:apple banana nut clusters, hot tea
L: salad from Chipotle: lettuce, carnitas, pico, quac and salsa
D: burger on a bed of arugula and tomatoes, guacamole, sweet potato oven fries

test #2: 2.5 small squares of 77% cacao dark chocolate. It was really sweet to me, but delicious and I had zero digestive, mood, craving or sleep repercussions. Yay!

[Catrin]

Today:
B: egg whites + 1 whole egg, steel-cut oats with PB, skim milk, coffee

6am hard workout with a small Muscle Milk afterwards

S: banana (starving)

L: working lunch at a restaurant - grilled chicken breast with melted Brie, very thinly sliced apple, small amount of aoili on a brioche roll and a small mixed green salad with raspberry vinaigrette...all very tasty!

S: Kashi Winter Wheat cereal with a few nuts and skim milk

1 hour hill-climbing ride :) Wanted to ride longer but if I ride too late during the week I can't sleep...

D: roasted skinless chicken breast, romaine lettuce, skim milk

Yeah, I've had problems fitting veggies in recently for some reason - I HAVE them, just don't want to cook for some reason...

[GLC1968]

Our kitchen is temporarily out of commission as we have the ceilings repaired so things are a bit sketchy come dinner time. This morning, I had to eat breakfast and prep my lunch in the dark, too!

B: sausage and veggie frittata, cantaloupe, black coffee
L: thai pumpkin curry w/ chicken over cauliflower rice and steamed veggies
D: kale meatballs eaten cold, 2 plums off the tree.

[malkin]

I wonder what percentage of my total food intake can consist of tomato sandwiches before it becomes a problem!

[indysteel]

I wonder what percentage of my total food intake can consist of tomato sandwiches before it becomes a problem!

Yum.

It's funny what meals you remember. Back in the summer of 1993, I went to NYC to see a college friend. She lived near Union Square Park and its fabulous farmers market. It was such a novelty to me then, as farmers markets--even in the liberal college town where I lived--were still a thing of the future. At the market one day, I bought some beautifully ripe tomotoes and a loaf of challah bread. The only thing I remember adding to it was a bit of spicy brown mustard. It was one of the best, most sublime, sandwiches ever.

[spokewench]

B: corn chex, 1% milk, 1/2 banana
L: leftover slices of pork tenderloin, 1/2 slice wg bread with butter, piece of cherry pie
Snack: couple of glasses of prosecco, three cherries, half-handful pistachios
Dinner: turkey burger, salad with blue cheese crumbles and vinaigrette, corn on the cob
small dish of ice cream

[GLC1968]

I wonder what percentage of my total food intake can consist of tomato sandwiches before it becomes a problem!

I suspect I'll have the same question about plums in another week or so once our tree 'explodes'!

Yesterday
B: sausage stuffed apple, black coffee
L: burger topped with guacamole, veggies with olive oil, 2 plums
D: grilled chicken breast topped with salsa and guac, sauteed veggies
S: 2 small squares of 77% dark chocolate

[spokewench]

Yesterday:

B: Applesauce with cinnamon (I eat like a 5 year old sometimes...), and one of those bottled frappucino things (vanilla)
S: a couple of doughnut holes from the event I volunteered at.
L: Free pizza and a salad from the above event.
S: goldfish and chai with milk and sugar
D: Chicken coated in a mixture of salt, ground pepper, rosemary and thyme, cooked with onion, garlic, celery and carrot in a bit of butter and cooking sherry. Can of Blue Sky cream soda to drink.

Today:
B: white chocolate mocha from the campus Starbucks. I'm out of cereal and applesauce :(
L: PB&J and Dayquil
D: no idea, with a side of I'm lazy. We may be going to Applebee's to celebrate a friend's birthday, though.

Edit: We did end up going out. I got a burger and ate about half of it and most of the fries, a salad (ate all of it) and a very small bit of cheesecake for dessert.

Did you really eat a goldfish?

[spokewench]

B: Corn chex, 1% milk, (no fruit around!), I'm missing my fruit, coffee
L: 1 turkey burger, 1 piece wg bread with butter, broccoli
D: 1 pork chop, boiled red potatoes, green beans, 1 beer

[Catrin]

Today:

B: Usual eggs and steel-cut oats with skim and coffee

~39 mile ride - had close to 1 bottle of Accelerade during the ride and a Cliff bar at the turnaround point (rode to an event and had a 90 minute break). I was so salty at the end of the ride that I had a couple Margarita Shot Blocks when I got home - they have the highest sodium content

L: smoked andouille chicken sausage and homemade caprese salad, 1/4 cantaloupe for dessert.

D: roasted skinless chicken breast, homemade spinach/pasta/veggie/greek kind of salad (not much pasta). 1 beer. I might have one more :)

snack will likely be strawberries and yogurt.

Trying my best to make my calorie targets for today - may need to eat more food to do that.

[Crankin]

B: 2 scrambled eggs, 3 slices of turkey bacon, coffee
L: veggie burger patty, an apple, nuts and dried cranberries
21 mile very hot and humid ride, one bottle of Nuun
D: Asian steak salad with cabbage, red pepper almonds, flank steak, sesame-ginger dressing, 1/2 glass of red wine
2 squares chocolate

[Catrin]

Yesterday:

B: usual egg + egg white, steel-cut oats with almonds, skim milk, coffee
90 minute "Sunday Funday" at the gym - mixture of fitness games and weights - not as hard as usual
S: 1/2 Cliff bar
L: roasted skinless chicken breast, homemade spinach/veggie/pasta Greek kind of salad with added tomatoes and a couple pieces of fresh Mozzarella cheese, Cantaloupe for dessert
S: 3 tablespoons Blue Bell ice cream
13 mile recovery ride
D: More roasted chicken, mixed grain English muffin, small salad

[GLC1968]

Friday
B: frittata topped with avocado, plum, black coffee
L: kale meatballs, mixed veggies with olive oil
D: sushi, green tea
S: a couple of sips of a banana, strawberry, coconut milk smoothie


Saturday
B: half piece frittata topped with avocado, sweet potato spears, plum
L: eggs, sweet potato and chicken apple sausage scramble (with onions and peppers), black coffee
D: burger on a bed of mixed greens with tomatoes and guacamole, french fries (fresh picked potatoes, fried in rice oil)

Sunday
B: bacon, eggs, wild blackberries and a plum, black coffee
L: mango sausages, apple with almond butter
D: baked chicken wings, 2 plums, pecans
S: 4 dark chocolate, almond and dried cherry clusters! :eek:

[Catrin]

...
S: 4 dark chocolate, almond and dried cherry clusters! :eek:

Yummm! You are making me wish this wasn't a rest day :o

Thanks for posting all of your meals like this, as I start to consider changing the way I eat it is nice to start developing ideas...Like how to eat breakfast without steel cut oats or Kashi Autumn Wheat cereal!

Out of curiosity - do you ever make your own sausage?

[GLC1968]

Out of curiosity - do you ever make your own sausage?

Yeah, we never should have bought those clusters! I finally moved the stupid container to the back of the cabinet so I'm not seeing them every time I open it. Phew!

I do, actually. I have a spice mix that I make in large quantities where I add a little extra dried red pepper flakes to make it extra hot and I mix it in with whatever ground meat I have around. I have never actually put it into casings though. Most of the time, I prefer to cook with bulk sausage anyway. The only time I like the casings better is when I'm just grilling it to eat. In that case, we usually buy the Aidell's brand (often organic) and stick to flavors that don't have extra sugar or cheese in them.

[Crankin]

B: egg white omelette, chicken, green chili, blueberries, coffee
L: left over Asian steak salad, a peach, nuts and cranberries
S: corn tortilla with hummus
D: 2 super thin pork chops sauteed with rosemary, brussel sprouts, fennel with parmesan, glass of red wine, 2 squares dark chocolate

[Catrin]

Rest day today to allow my calf muscle a chance to relax...

B: 2 eggs, mixed grain English muffin
S: 1/2 chocolate non-fat Greek yogurt
L: Mixed baby greens salad with veggies and pulled chicken breast, small banana
S: Rest of the yogurt
D: more pulled chicken breast with a baby kale/spinach salad, two pieces marinated mozarella cheese, tomato, basil and cucumber. Small amount of olive oil dressing and skim milk

I may have some cantaloupe later for a snack.

[Crankin]

Rest day
B: 2 eggs, scrambled with veggies, low salt ham, and avocado, salsa, an orange, coffee
S: peppermint tea
L: grilled chicken kabobs and broccoli. I found a coffee shop in Lowell that has a Paleo menu:). I don't often buy lunch, but today was a day I drove around the same area for most of the day and I had my weekly meeting with my boss in the Lowell office, instead of at my regular site, so I got it to go. They are really nice there and it's in a most unlikely place! A couple of weeks ago I had a scramble of eggs, spinach, sweet potato, and spices and that was awesome.
S: #1, Luna Bar, #2 nuts and cranberries
D: chicken breast on a corn tortilla, tomato, green salsa, avocado, fresh peppers, with some vegetarian refried beans, glass of wine, 2 squares dark chocolate.
This is as Paleo as I can get. Not giving up wine, chocolate, or a few other things. But, as per the discussion in the other thread, it becomes easier to maintain or lose weight, with the more fat I eat, as long as it's combined with no high glycemic carbs.

[solobiker]

B: 2 eggs mixed with some veggies and 1/2 chicken sausage

L: about 3oz of chicken and lots of chopped up veggies

S: A few homemade dried apples ( We have an apple tree in our yard so I cut up a bunch and dehydrated them) Yummm

D: Grilled hamburger and a huge salad

S: Small piece of dark chocolate.

[Catrin]

B: Chicken sausage, onion and mushroom frittata, plum, coffee

HARD 1 hour workout
Protein drink afterwards

L: went with co-workers to Indian restaurant with a buffet and ate too much, tried several chicken and veggie dishes, chicken tandoori, and HAD to have one of those little sweet bread ball thingies.

easy 45 minute ride after work, had some almonds before heading out

D: 2 small lean pork chops with a nice Romaine lettuce salad.

[Crankin]

B: egg whites, cheese, corn tortilla, blueberries
S: before 40 mile hard ride, slice of Ezekial bread with soy nut butter
during ride, Luna Bar, one shot block, 1.5 bottles of Nuun, water
L: tuna salad with lettuce, grape tomatoes, goat cheese, wine vinegar
D: sauteed turkey/apple sausage, yellow squash, peppers, artichoke hearts, vegetarian refried beans, glass of red wine

[solobiker]

B: 3 eggs, 1/2 chicken sausage and veggies

L 1.5 chicken thighs, veggies

S: Kind bar..a treat for myself after a long painful week and a treat before my first PT session

D: Taco salad ( Ground beef, lots of lettuce, peppers and onion.

A little treat of natural PB with celery.

[Catrin]

Today:

B: Chicken sausage, onion and mushroom frittata, cantaloupe, 1/2 cup skim milk and coffee
L: pulled chicken breast & baby spinach salad with olive oil dressing, cantaloupe and a few strawberries for dessert

Pre-workout: small Muscle Milk
60 minute training session

D: smoked andouille chicken sausage, steamed bok choy with a bit of olive oil drizzled on it, salad with baby spinach, mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, marinated mozz. cheese medallion and olive oil/lemon juice dressing. Papaya for dessert, skim milk.

Solobiker, I like the sounds of your taco salad :)

Still missing calorie target for exercise day, but only by about 600 calories this time, better than the >1,000 yesterday :o

[solobiker]

B: Chicken sausage with veggies and 1/4 apple cut up. Yummm

L: 1.5 chicken thighs and a big salad

S: some homemade dried apples and small piece of beef jerky

D: Thick cut pork chop and large salad.

[Crankin]

handful of walnuts before boot camp
B:sliced tomato, low salt ham, melted cheddar, peach and strawberries, coffee
L: left over chicken apple sausage and veggies, an apple
S: nuts and cranberries
D: We went out... I have a little cold or allergy thing going on and I felt like I needed comfort food... went to an Italian restaurant and had a cup of wedding soup with a half order of risotto with flank steak and veggies, one piece of bread and olive oil, red wine.

My weight is up, but I feel like my body needs rest and food :).

[spokewench]

B: cereal, rasberries, 1% milk, coffee
S: 1 Colorado peach (yum)
L: a pulled bbq chicken sandwich, cole slaw
D: leftover eggplant parmesan (eggplant from my garden); salad with tomatoes and yellow crook neck squash (from my garden), vinaigrette, blue cheese crumbles, and sunflower seeds, 1 glass red wine
Just could not resist a dark chocolate brownie for dessert

[Crankin]

I'm having a little sinus thing, so I took another rest day yesterday.
B: egg whites, turkey breast, green chili salsa, strawberries, coffee
L: went out with a friend, had a salad with chopped chicken and veggies on sliced tomatoes, with some arugula on the side with vinaigrette, iced tea. Had some nuts and cranberries when I got home
S: Ezekial bread/hummus
D: chicken breast sauteed with balsamic vinegar/Dijon mustard sauce, quinoa, roasted asparagus, 2 squares dark chocolate

[Crankin]

B: 2 waffles (home made) with blueberries and walnuts, 2 slices turkey bacon, coffee
15 mile hilly ride
L: 2 veggie burger patties, cole slaw, an apple, one beer
D: home made guacamole with too many whole wheat pita rounds, salmon sauteed in soy/ginger sauce, sesame broccoli, went out for frozen yogurt, had a kiddie sized cone, which was waaaay too much. Kiddie size has now morphed into almost 2 scoops.

Have our special chef's table dinner tonight. We bid on this at a charity event for the theatre we go to. I really wanted to do a long ride today, but it looked questionable for weather, so I ended up doing a fast 3 mile walk. Of course, the sun is out, although it's really steamy. Won't be reporting the dinner (well, maybe, just to note how much I can really eat).

[Catrin]

Today:

Breakfast: eggs, uncured bacon, papaya, coffee and Kefir

75 minute hard workout

S: chicken breast

L: another chicken breast with sauteed mushrooms, onions, kale. Tomato/cucumber salad with olive oil/lemon juice dressing

Planned 25 mile bike ride this afternoon

D: Will probably be 2 thin pork chops and a large baby spinach salad with assorted veggies and olive oil/lemon juice dressing and 1 beer

[spokewench]

B: 2 eggs, hashbrowns, toast, coffee, oj
L: leftover eggplant parmesan
snack: 1 brownie
D: sauteed chicken, with veges (yellow crookneck squash, onions, yellow and red bell peppers, can of diced tomatoes, dash of 1/2 and 1/2, basil and thyme), rice, 1 glass white wine

[Crankin]

OK, I now know I am really a lightweight when it comes to eating, or maybe eating and consuming alcohol.
B: omelette with goat cheese, salsa, 2 pieces TJ's uncured bacon, blueberries, coffee
3 mile brisk walk, up hill for about 1/3 of the walk.
L: chicken on a corn tortilla, low fat cheddar, salsa, an apple

I can't even begin to describe the chef's table dinner. The restaurant was in the Westin Hotel at the Boston waterfront; it's not open for dinner, except for private parties. There were 8 of us. DH told them just to give us a "tasting' of each wine, but they didn't. I ended up drinking half of one glass of wine and another full. No more than a sip of the others, which was not hard to do, since I dislike dessert wines and port tastes like medicine to me.
The courses went like this: frisee salad with goat cheese, scallop with truffles, lime sorbet, lamb slices with a little polenta and veggies, mini chocolate torte with whipped cream, cheese plate.
Both DH and I are not feeling that great this morning, but it was an experience. The chef was very nice and explained everything, as well as the sommelier. I did get up at 4:50 and go to boot camp, which may not have been the best choice, but I feel like I need to burn that food out of my body! I have an easy day today, and may even take a slow ride later, after work.

[spokewench]

B: 1 pancake, syrup, couple bites of hubby's egg and 1/4 strip of bacon, coffee
L: small helping of rice/chicken/veges leftover
D: Beef stew (carrots, onions, potatoes) with 1 piece wg bread and butter, 1 beer

[Catrin]

Day 6 of my slide into primal/paleo eating. Have lost 3.5 pounds (even with my succumbing to ice cream last night) though I imagine that is pretty much water loss from dropping all grains from my diet.

Yesterday:
B: eggs, bacon, blackberries, coffee

1 hour hard group training session

S: boiled egg, 1/3 chicken breast, nuts with a few raisins (I was starving - I think my body was demanding sugar at that point)

L: roasted skinless chicken breast/baby spinach salad with veggies and olive oil/lemon juice dressing

S: 8 almonds, small banana

D: more chicken, roasted kale chips, carrots. Ice Cream :o wayyyy too much ice cream....don't know what happened with my usual ice cream discipline but it was gone so there is no longer ice cream in my freezer!

Very happy with how I am feeling, suddenly I've more energy and the mid-afternoon slump is just, plain, GONE. I need to bump up the calories a bit, but that will come as I adjust to more veggies and more variety of them and, of course, increase good fats though I am pretty much already where I want to be in this department.

[Crankin]

Boot camp
B: Greek yogurt,blueberries, almonds, slice of Ezekial bread with soynut butter
L: salad with chicken, chick peas, tomatoes, vinaigrette, an apple
S: 3 slices of ham rolled up with mayo inside
D: tostadas with vegetarian crumbles, black beans, tomato, avocado, blueberries and peaches, 2 squares dark chocolate

[spokewench]

B: corn chex, strawberries, 1% milk, coffee
Snack: 1 yummy Colorado peach
L: way too big of a portion of shrimp fried rice
D: very small portion of leftover beef stew, 1 beer
1/4 brownie

[Crankin]

15.5 mile ride at 4:45 AM, ate 3/4 Luna Bar before and during ride
B: egg white omelette with goat cheese, 1.5 slices uncured bacon
S: nuts and cranberries
L: left over tostada topping: veggie crumbles, black beans, cilantro, salsa, one corn tortilla, an apple
S: slice of Ezekial bread and slice of low fat provolone
D: home made chicken salad with rosemary-mayo and grape tomatoes, lettuce, 2 squares dark chocolate

[Catrin]

Yesterday (rest day)

B: eggs, Trader Joe's uncured bacon, baby spinach, coffee
L: imitation crab meat (what was I thinking?) salad with veggies and baby spinach. Drizzle of olive oil/lemon juice dressing and a few almonds. Next time I will just get some pollack!
S: black plum
D: chicken and steamed broccoli, squash, and carrots drizzled with a very small amount of clarified butter. VERY filling - and there wasn't that much of it but I felt like my stomach was bursting afterwards.

[spokewench]

B: cereal, strawberries, 1% milk, coffee
Snack: 1 peach
Lunch: small amount of leftover eggplant parmesan
Dinner: salmon, mashed potatoes, large salad with vinaigrette and blue cheese crumbles
1 chocolate chip cookie

[spokewench]

B: cereal, strawberries, 1% milk, coffee
L: mashed potatoes and salmon leftover from last night
1 banana
D: 1 1/2 bowls of chili (made with turkey burger), 1 beer
1 chocolate chip cookie

[Catrin]

Yesterday:

B: 2 eggs, 2 slices TJ uncured bacon, spinach, coffee
6am group workout - strength day!
S: 1/2 Cliff Builder bar
L: chicken, steamed carrots, yellow squash, broccoli, small pear
D: chicken, kale chips

[Catrin]

Today:

B: eggs, chicken, spinach, tea
1 hour workout
S: almonds, raisins
L: "Taco salad" with grass-fed ground beef, mixed greens, onion and tomato
D: Peppered rare Ahi Tuna mixed green salad with lots of veggies and avocado. 1/4 pint beer (it was very good, but STRONG...and storming outside so sadly left 3/4 of the glass full)

[Crankin]

Yesterday:
B: 2 egg omelette with goat cheese and mushrooms, an orange, coffee
15.5 mile fast, hot ride
L: salad with tuna, chick peas, lettuce, grape tomatoes, balsamic vinaigrette, an apple
S: slice of low fat provolone
D: (restaurant) cup of peach gazpacho. I need a recipe for this! Sauteed striped bass, asparugus, red potatoes (I ate 2/3)

Today:
3 dried apricots and handful of walnuts before boot camp
B: egg whites mixed with diced yellow pepper and mushrooms, peach, coffee
L: 2 veggie burger patties, cole slaw, an apple
S: 2 whole wheat pita crackers, slice of provolone
D: 3 chicken tenders marinated in light coconut milk/curry, grilled, with "satay" sauce made of soy nut butter, light coconut milk, red pepper flakes, lime juice, and whole wheat soba, glass of red wine

[shootingstar]

B: cornflakes with skim milk, blueberries
tea with milk

snack: peach, coffee with milk

D: shared a light frisee sald with pear, fennel, proscuitto and parmesan shavings

thin pizza with mushrooms and truffle oil
pineapple juice, coffee
pistachio ice cream

[spokewench]

B: 1 piece raisin bread, coffee
Snack: handful of goldfish crackers
L: 2 chicken tenders, a few french fries
D: 1 margarita, 1 1/2 soft tacos chicken, rice and whole beans

[spokewench]

coffee, corn chex, 1 whole peach, and mostly 1/2 and 1/2 on my cereal (since we were out of milk) Wow, peaches and cream for breakfast!
L: 1 piece pizza
D: bowl of leftover turkey chili, 1 glass of chardonnay

[Crankin]

B: melted low fat Colby and black beans on a corn tortilla with tomato, a peach, coffee
L: 2 salmon burger patties (no bun), cole slaw, an apple
S: a couple of whole wheat pita crackers and hummus
D: half a roasted eggplant with a topping of whole wheat cous cous mixed with black beans, grape tomatoes, balsamic vinegar, topped with a sprinkle of goat cheese, glass of red wine

[spokewench]

Crankin - the eggplant sounds wonderful!

B: corn chex, strawberries, 1% milk, coffee
L: BLT sammy on whole wheat toast
D: 1/2 grilled chicken breast, 1 portobello mushroom stuffed with roasted tomato polenta, spinach and topped with mozzarella cheese grilled, tiny small green beans right out of the garden, 2 glasses white wine

[Crankin]

yesterday:
(rest day)
B: corn tortilla with melted cheese and salsa, a peach, coffee
S: nuts, cranberries, chocolate bits
L: salad with turkey breast, grape tomatoes, romaine, an apple
S: Ezekial raisin bread, toasted
D: w went out to a really nice restaurant in Boston and then to see Billy Elliot. Although it was noisy, the food was great. I cheated a bit... appetizer of tuna carpaccio, pretty normal size serving of orrechiete pasta with broccoli and spicy sausage crumbles in a broth kind of sauce, 1 piece of bread with hummus, shared a small round piece of decadent chocolate cake with DH, oh yea and 2.5 glasses of sangria.

Today:
Did a very hard just under 50 mile ride. Did not feel so great from last night, mostly from lack of enough sleep.
B: 2 eggs over easy, 2 pieces TJ's uncured bacon, one piece Ezekial raisin toast, a peach, coffee.
L: soy nut butter and jelly sand. on Ezekial whole wheat (ate about 3/4), handful of nuts. I can't eat in the middle of hard rides.
while riding, I had 1.5 bottles of Nuun and some plain water, a Luna Bar, one shot block
S: slice of low salt Black Forest ham, 2 whole wheat crackers, a beer
D: (it's cooking) quiche made with tofu instead of eggs, red pepper, summer squash, and mushrooms, topped with tomato

[spokewench]

B: 2 eggs, hashbrowns, toast, oj, coffee
L: 1/2 piece of grilled chicken, 1 peach
D: 1/2 ribeye steak, baked potato, broccoli, 2 glasses red wine
1/2 piece cherry pie and ice cream

Wow, I think I ate a bunch of calories yesterday!

[Crankin]

I am really sick... finally went to the Minute Clinic and the NP agreed with my own dx of sinus infection. I should have gone last week! Praying it doesn't go into my chest at this point, so no exercise for a couple of days.
B: endive stuffed with low fat cream cheese and lox, half a plain whole wheat bagel, coffee
L: left over tofu/veggie quiche, an apple
S: nuts and cranberries
D: chicken breast with curried apple slices (and a little honey), cous cous, 2 squares dark chocolate

[Catrin]

Let's not mention the weekend....back on track now though. Considering it was a camping/mtb weekend I didn't do too badly. Until there was beer...

Today:

B: eggs, 2 slices uncured bacon, spinach, a bit of whole milk, coffee
1 hour hard workout
S: macadamia nuts and a few raisins
L: roasted chicken, salad with baby spinach, kale, carrots, onion, tomato, broccoli, olive oil/lemon juice dressing
S: a few macadamia nuts
D: roasted chicken, kale, onion, and mushrooms (veggies sauteed in coconut oil - yummy!), strawberries with a bit of coconut milk poured over for dessert.

Still under my calorie target a bit, but not too bad.

[spokewench]

B: corn chex, 1 peach, 1% milk, coffee
handful of goldfish crackers
L: chicken noodle soup
D: hamburger goulash with tomatoes, squash, onions, tomato, 2 glasses white wine
yummy homemade peach cobbler

[spokewench]

B: small piece of peach cobbler
L: leftover hamburger goulash with veges
D: chicken, rice and broccoli
small dish of vanilla ice cream

[Crankin]

B: egg whites and ham, blueberries, tea
L: salad with cous cous, lettuce, turkey, grape tomatoes, an apple
S: carrots and hummus, Luna Bar
D: 4 turkey meatballs in organic marinara, salad

[Catrin]

Yesterday:

B: eggs, 2 slices uncured bacon, strawberries, coffee
S: a few macadamia nuts
L: pulled chicken breast, small amount of slaw (forgot my lunch so had to go forage in the commercial jungle)
S: roasted chicken thigh
15 hard mile ride (short but felt great!)
D: kale chips, roasted chicken breast, spinach salad with veggies & olive oil/lemon juice dressing

[Crankin]

still not feeling well yesterday. Antibiotic is working, but I take a long time to recover. Forcing myself not to ride, walk, or go to the gym. Basically, have felt too bad to do anything except work, sleep, etc. My weight is down.
B: whole wheat bagel with light cream cheese and lox. Peach and blueberries, coffee.
L: left over apple curry chicken and cous cous
S: nuts and cranberries
D: yellowfin tuna with mango chutney, brown rice

We are spending the night in Boston tonight and eating dinner and breakfast tomorrow out. Another thing we bid on at that auction. I am a little better this morning, so I am hoping to be well enough to walk on the Rose Kennedy Greenway tomorrow. I won't attempt to ride until Saturday.

[spokewench]

Crankin - hope you get well soon!

B: peach cobbler, coffee
L: cheerios and a peach with 1% milk
Snack: few slices of sirloin
D: chicken enchiladas, spanish rice, 1 beer

[spokewench]

B: cheerios, 1/2 peach, 1 % milk, coffee
L: leftover chicken enchiladas and rice
D: 1 beer, pork chop, butter beans, piece of cornbread
small helping of ice cream

[Crankin]

B: egg white omelette with pesto and an orange, coffee
S: nuts, cranberries, chocolate bits
L: turkey on a whole wheat wrap, with mustard and low fat provolone, peach
15.5 mile ride, first in a week... finally feeling better
S:slice of Ezekial bread with hummus
D: 2 grilled chicken thighs with a cumin rub, brussel sprouts, sweet potato, 2 squares dark chocolate, glass of red wine

[spokewench]

B: toast and peanut butter, coffee
Had a very early tennis match
Snack: protein cereal bar of some sort
L: 1 pork chop and butter beans, 1 beer
D: 2 chicken thighs, roasted potatoes, corn, 1 glass wine

[Crankin]

B: scrambled eggs (2), 2 slices Black Forest ham, slice of Ezekial raisin toast, peaches and blueberries
S: 3 dried apricots and a handful of walnuts before ride
32 mile hilly ride; ate a Luna Bar over the course of the ride, 3/4 bottle of Nuun, a bottle of water
L: stopped and had lunch when we were about 7 miles from home. Had a grilled salmon sandwich on a roll (white, unfortunately) with lettuce and tomato, and a salad with vinaigrette. I really wanted fried scallops and onion rings.
S: corn tortilla
D: veal stew with tomato sauce, broccoli, basil, onion, white wine and whole wheat cous cous. This was a fail; the veal was tough, even though I made it exactly as directed.
2 squares dark chocolate

[shootingstar]

B: cornflakes with fresh blueberries, raspberries and blackberries, skim milk. tea with skim milk

Then I biked for lst 42 kms. At restaurant, even before we sat down, I gobbled up a fresh apricot from my pannier.

L: eggs benedict over crab cakes with chipotle hollandaise sauce, large pineapple juice drink and 2 c. of coffee with milk

then cycled remaing 46 km. into a headwind-crosswind 75% of time. I was beat.

D: noodles with leftover venison, herbed wine sauce with cooked kohl rabi slices from a previous meal, sauteed green and yellow beans with basil and onions. Blackberry wine. (this was a home meal) Several pieces of cheese.

Tea with milk and handful of fresh cherries, for evening snack.

[spokewench]

2 eggs, hashbrowns, coffee
Snack - piece of toast with peanut butter
finals of the tennis tourney with hubby (we lost boo hoo)
Snack: couple of handfuls of nuts
Dinner: 2 small pieces of pizza and salad with vinaigrette dressing and blue cheese crumbles

[Crankin]

B: whole wheat tortilla with Black Forest ham and Colby cheese, orange, coffee
S: nuts and cranberries
L: home made chicken salad with walnuts, apple
S: Ezekial bread
D: spaghetti squash with tomato/veggie/ground turkey sauce, glass of white wine

[spokewench]

B: cereal and milk, coffee
L: 2 pieces of cheese
Snack: one square piece of cheese, couple small carrots, broccoli off of a party plate with hummus
Dinner: went all out - it was our 24th anniversary; sirloin steak, au gratin potatoes, mixed veges, french onion soup, little bit of a spinach dip appetizer with chips, 2 glasses of red wine (couldn't quite finish the second glass). Wow, was I full! It was very good.

[shootingstar]

B: cornflakes with fresh blueberries and skim milk, tea with skim milk

Snack: fresh apricot, fresh plum

2 coffees with milk, pretzel bun

Dinner: cheese bun with..sliced fresh tomatoes, fresh basil and brie cheese, onions. A side dish of blanched yellow and green beans. Tea with skim milk. Slice of cantaloupe

[Crankin]

B: scrambled eggs and leftover mango chutney, blueberries, coffee
S: nuts and cranberries
L: salad with turkey, grape tomatoes, whole wheat orzo, balsamic vinegar, apple
S: Luna Bar
D: went to son's for dinner, had whole wheat penne with fresh tomatoes and summer squash from their garden, one beer, square of dark chocolate

[Crankin]

Restaurant Week here in greater Boston!

B: egg whites, 2 slices non cured apple bacon, peach, slice of raisin toast
33 mile ride during which i had a bottle of Nuun and a luna Bar
L: ham and low fat cheddar on a whole wheat tortilla, cole slaw
S: nuts and cranberries
D: (the restaurant week part) 2 glasses of red wine, appetizer of chicken something rolled up in something, with a side of kale, bluefish and chickpeas/eggplant, goat cheesecake with fig sauce (it was small, really good and just enough)

[spokewench]

Yesterday
cereal, strawberries, 1% milk, coffee
leftover pasta with tomato sauce (yellow squash, italian turkey sausage, onions)
Salmon, corn on the cob, salad with blue cheese and vinaigrette

TODAY: horrible I have a closing tomorrow so trying to do my job and boss' job since he has been gone earlier all week and most of today due to his wife being in hospital. On top of that I was trying to get out of the office by 4:15 to go to a board meeting (which now has been cancelled at the last minute!)

So, no lunch to speak of
L: piece of wg bread with peanut butter, coffee
1 bag of potato chips
2 cookies
Snacks at my desk since I did not get away for lunch!
I'll have to figure out something good for dinner!

[Crankin]

2 dried apricots and a few walnuts before boot camp
B: 2 scrambled eggs with cheddar, piece of gefilte fish with horseradish (I came home from the gym and saw DH eating this and said hmmmm), peach, coffee
L: 2 garden veggie burger patties, cole slaw, apple
S: Luna Bar, iced tea
D: 2 thin pork chops with rosemary, fennel, salad with lettuce, grape tomatoes, avocado, vinaigrette, 2 squares dark chocolate

[spokewench]

B: cereal, 1% milk, coffee
L: turkey and swiss sammy on wheat
D: 1 beer, 1/2 chili colorado burrito with rice and beans inside

[Crankin]

My eating bonanza continues. No apparent ill effects so far, except I woke up feeling a little, ah, full. A lot full.
B:2 salmon patties, orange, coffee
L: Cobb salad with iced tea
D: went for a drink and appetizer at the Colonial Inn and ended up having that plus another drink and dinner. 1.5 duck sliders (delicious), 2 mojitos, a lentil, rice, avocado, and onion combo for dinner
I just realized I already posted this and it was one of the "missing" posts.

[Crankin]

Sunday:
B: one waffle with walnuts and dried cranberries, 2 pieces turkey apple sausage, blueberries and half a banana, coffee
Did a 51 mile ride with 2300 ft of climbing. During the ride i ate a Luna Bar and one Shot Block, as well as a bottle of Nuun and a little water. I should have drank more. Also had lunch of a soy nut butter sandwich on Ezekial raisin bread and a peach. Then, about 4 miles from home had coffee and half a blueberry muffin made with yogurt. These kinds of rides make me ravenous.
D: 2 slices Machengo cheese and whole wheat pita rounds, 2 chicken thighs, broccoli, salad, quinoa

I've been eating way too much.

[Crankin]

1st breakfast, before ride: small cup of cereal made of quinoa/amaranth with 1% milk, blueberries, coffee
26.5 mile ride. We stopped for a real breakfast at mile 14: 2 eggs over easy, ham, 2 slices whole wheat toast, melon
late afternoon "snack": one beer, hummus, veggies, 2 pita slices
D: 4 lamb meatballs on a bed of zucchini, mint pesto, salad, 2 squares dark chocolate

[Catrin]

Yesterday:

Breakfast: marrow bone broth with a couple ounces of sliced grass-fed beef (from the soup bone), mushrooms, baby spinach. Once this was hot enough I tossed in 2 eggs and allowed them to poach in the broth...divine!

L: roasted chicken and a baby spinach salad with assorted veggies + extra virgin olive oil for dressing and a few strawberries for dessert

D: 4 ounces grass-fed ground beef "burger" on top of romaine lettuce, onion, and fresh tomato with extra virgin olive oil/lemon dressing and a bit of Havarti + dill cheese.

A bit slim on veggies yesterday, but it is getting close to shopping time.

[spokewench]

B: piece of wg toast with cherry jam
Snack: 1 Banana
Lunch: rice, beans, hamburger taco meat, salsa, cheese bowl
Dinner: salmon, roasted potatoes, broccoli
Dessert: vanilla pudding, rasberry sauce, whipped cream

[Crankin]

OK, I am back to posting here. I think it helps.
before round trip ride of 14 miles to gym at 4:45 AM, then boot camp class, I had one slice of Ezekial bread and soy nut butter. I took a bite of a Luna Bar before the ride home
B: egg white omelette with sun dried tomato pesto and goat cheese, an orange, coffee
L: left over ground lamb soft taco filling, whole wheat orzo, salsa, an apple
S: nuts and cranberries at 2, half a luna Bar at 5
D: Asian flank steak salad on a bed of cabbage, with sesame ginger dressing, 2 squares dark chocolate

[spokewench]

B: wheat chex, raspberries, 1% milk, coffee
L: 1 chobani cherry yogurt
snack: handful of crackers
D: 1 piece of thin crust pizza, salad with goat cheese and vinaigrette, 1 glass red wine

[Crankin]

B: egg white omelette with chicken, one corn tortilla, and home made salsa, blueberries, coffee
2.2 mile hill walk
L: tuna salad with lettuce, goat cheese, whole wheat orzo, wine vinaigrette
S: nuts, cranberries, chocolate
D: (restaurant) salad with lettuce, apples, avocado, goat cheese, salmon on polenta, cranberry chutney, 1.5 glasses of rose wine, 1.5 very small truffle like things with ice cream inside, coffee

[Crankin]

B: 2 slices raisin challah french toast, 2 chicken sausages, blueberries, coffee
L: veggie burger on 2 slices Ezekial bread, tomato, cole slaw
S: nuts and cranberries
3 mile walk
D: 2 pieces Machengo cheese, 2 whole wheat pita chips. red wine... a couple of small glasses, 3 slices of artichoke/red pepper/prosciutto pizza

[Catrin]

Yesterday:

Breakfast: pork bulk sausage, eggs, strawberries, coffee with a bit of coconut milk
Lunch: roasted chicken quarter and romaine lettuce salad with veggies and a bit of walnut oil/salt & pepper dressing

30 mile lovely bike ride - had a small piece of nitrate free beef jerky with 4 dried cherries (unsweetened) and 4 macadamia nuts at the halfway point.

D: 4 oz baked Pacific salmon, sauteed bok choy and lacinto kale, 1 beer

Today:

Breakfast: eggs, bacon, baby spinach, coffee

75 minute hard workout - though it wasn't as hard as it once was :)

L: cold roasted chicken quarter and strawberries (between workout and Irish Festival - figured I was less likely to eat bad stuff if I ate first).
Watermelon at the festival.

D: 3 ounces braised arm roast (heavenly!) with bok choy and kale sauteed with onion, mushrooms, garlic and olive oil. I had a good amount of garlic in the broth for the braising as well. It is good I am single with all of the garlic :) Dessert was a little "shake" made with 1/4 cup coconut milk and strawberries blended with 3 ice cubes. Delish!

[Crankin]

bad, bad, bad
B: egg white omelette with feta cheese, an orange, 2 turkey sausages
L: (during 23 mile ride) bagel, cream cheese, lox, capers
D: Rosh Hashanah dinner... 2 glasses of wine, red pepper and hummus.
baked chicken thigh in mushroom wine sauce, one piece of kugel, zucchini and summer squash, one piece of challah, strawberries and vanilla low fat ice cream

I don't want to weigh myself tomorrow

[shootingstar]

B- cornflakes with fresh raspberries, blackberries and grapes, skim milk, a dollop of plain yogurt. Tea with skim milk.

Snack- a Middleastern thin flatbread with sumach spice, small walnut phyllo pastry, water
Snack- quarter slice of Chinese lotus seed moon cake (it's Autumn Festival) and tea with milk. Back after a 40 km. ride. But before another 28 km. ride for farmers market visit elsewhere.

Fresh peach and tea with milk.

Dinner- steamed trout fillet with ginger root, onion, a bit of soy sauce, oil. Stir fry of fresh noodle, bok choy, green and yellow beans, onion and garlic.

[Crankin]

B: a couple of dried apricots and walnuts before boot camp. egg whites, salsa, and yellow pepper, blueberries ad strawberries, coffee after class
L: salad of lettuce, chicken breast, olives, red pepper, goat cheese, more coffee after sitting through 2.5 hours of religious services :)
D: left over chicken breast with mushrooms, steamed broccoli with a bit of melted low fat cheddar, 2 squares dark chocolate

[spokewench]

1 piece of wg toast, peanut butter, coffee
snack: strawberries
Lunch: 1 small piece of leftover lasagna
Dinner: roasted turkey, rice, peas, 1 beer
1 piece cake with ice cream

[Crankin]

B: egg whites, pesto, an orange, coffee
L: 2 veggie burger patties, cole slaw, apple
S: nuts, cranberries (a handful), a Luna Bar at 5:30
D: 2 home made salmon burger patties, half a cup of whole wheat cous cous, salsa, blueberries, 2 pieces dark chocolate

Today:
B: 2 eggs, chicken breast, avocado, blueberries, strawberries, coffee
S: nuts and cranberries
L: southwest salad with steak, half a slice of whole wheat bread, herbal tea
S: Ezekial raisin bread before short ride (12 miles)
D: sauteed salmon, sweet potato, kale salad, 2 squares chocolate

[CindyK]

B: chobani yogurt, coffee with milk and sugar
S: luna protein bar, peach
L: red apple with natural peanut butter, a couple sun chips, 2 slices deli ham
D: large baby spinach salad with avocado & low fat dressing, baked tilapia, 3 sm cheese ravioli, 1 lindt's chocolate truffle, 1 glass red wine (that may end up being 2 glasses :) )

[shootingstar]

B: cornflakes with fresh raspberries, blackberries and skim milk, tea with skim milk
Snack: coffee with milk, 1/4 of a Chinese moon cake, fresh orange
Another cup of coffee 4 hrs. later

D: sauteed canned smoked mussels, tomatoes, red pepper, basil,onion and garlic with pasta.
Cornflakes with milk, fruit as a snack/dessert??

[Crankin]

B: curried tofu salad with grapes and apples, an orange, tea
L:salad with hard boiled egg, bacon crumbles, tomatoes, cabbage, spinach, balsamic vinegar, peach
S: nuts, chocolate bits, and cranberries
D: whole wheat tortilla with low fat cheddar, chicken, peach salsa, lettuce, tomatoes, and avocado, an orange, half a glass of red wine, 2 squares dark chocolate

[Catrin]

Yesterday:

B: spinach/veggie/sausage frittata
1 hour workout, vegan protein shake afterwards
L: 4 ounces arm roast, sauteed kale/bok choy
S: a few macadamia nuts + 6 dried unsweetened cherries
D: 1/2 baked acorn squash and sauteed collards/turnip/mustard greens/mushrooms/onion/garlic in butter - finger licking good!

[Crankin]

B: half a whole wheat bagel dipped in olive oil, one small piece of Machengo cheese, 4 slices roasted chicken breast, half a grapefruit, coffee
L: pretty much a whole container of chicken salad, a couple of bites of an apple
15.5 mile ride with a friend. Slow and pretty flat, as my knee has felt weird Thursday and I have two longer, harder rides this weekend
S: other half of the whole wheat bagel
D: chicken thigh/leg and kale salad, 2 squares dark chocolate, glass of red wine

[shootingstar]

B: cornflakes with fresh raspberries, blackberries, red currants and dollop of fat-free yogurt, with skim milk. Tea with skim milk
L/Snack: coffee with milk, a blueberry and white chocolate cookie
Snack: handful of fresh cherries, a fresh dark plum
Dinner: stir fried butternut squash with sweet red pepper, onion, garlic, jot of soy sauce, cilantro and ginger root. with noodles. TEa with milk.
Snack: a bunch of concord grapes

[Crankin]

B: 2 eggs over easy, one slice Ezekial raisin toast, 2 chicken sausages, coffee
L: 39 mile ride, flat to rolling along the south coast of Little Compton, RI and Westport, MA. I ate a handful of dried apricots before the ride and had a turkey sandwich on whole wheat for lunch during the ride
S: I felt weird after the ride, probably a combo of not drinking enough, because it's cooler out and not eating enough right after the ride. I had another handful of dried apricots, but during the 1.5 hour drive home, I should have had more, as I felt dizzy when I got out of the car. I ate a large handful of chocolate, cranberries, and nuts and drank more water and I felt better almost immediately.
D: 2 very thin pork chops with chili cumin rub, mashed butternut squash, one glass of red wine, 2 squares dark chocolate

[Crankin]

B: endive stuffed with low fat cream cheese and lox, an orange, slice of Ezekial whole wheat toast, coffee
L: ham and Swiss on spelt roll, apple
31 mile ride, drank a bottle of Nuun and half a water bottle, ate a couple of dried apricots and half a Luna bar
D: at friend's house. 5 whole wheat type crackers, cheese, salsa, salmon cooked in parchment w/veggies, whole wheat cous cous, salad, one beer, small slice of angel food cake w/ a scoop of ice cream, raspberries, drizzle of chocolate sauce

[Crankin]

Am I the only one posting here????
Monday:
3 dried apricots, handful of walnuts before boot camp
B: egg whites, scrambled with zucchini, kale, an orange, coffee
L: chicken salad, an apple
D: went out with friend. we shared an antipasti plate (meats, orzo, lots of veggies) and bowl of Italian wedding soup

Tuesday:
B: chicken breast on sliced tomatoes, melted low fat swiss cheese, blueberries, avocado, coffee
S: nuts, cranberries, chocolate bits
L: finished the chicken salad, an apple
It's a rest day, but I walked 3 miles with a client
S: slice of Ezekial raisin bread
D: 2 very thin pork chops with chili rub, mashed butternut squash, glass of red wine

[Catrin]

Tuesday:

B: veggie/sausage frittata, 1/2 apple
L: bone broth with arm roast, a bit of pulled chicken (from neck bones - much better than I thought it would be), veggies
S: macadamia nuts, dried unsweetened dark cherries
45 minute easy trainer session
D: 1 egg + 1 yolk poached in chicken bone broth with spices, roasted kale and parsnips.

[limewave]

B: Fried Egg Swamwich (egg + egg white + gluten free bread + a bit of baby spinach leaves)
S: apple + raw almonds
L: Big Salad
S: Veggies and PB
D: Curried Lentils and Squash + blanched Kale, 1 sm piece 90% Dark Chocolate (MMMM)
S: Green Smoothie (Spinach, blueberries, raspberries)

[Crankin]

yesterday:
B: half a spelt roll dipped in olive oil, 4 slices chicken breast, a couple of pieces of avocado, and a very
small slice of Machengo cheese, cB:offee, blueberries
15.5 mile ride, part of it (11 miles) was for fitness and the rest, to go to Trader Joe's and back home. I got overheated and felt weird, so I ate a Shot Block
L: ham and low fat swiss on the other half of the spelt roll, an apple
S: 2 dried apricots, walnuts
D: went to break the fast dinner for Yom Kippur, although I obviously didn't fast. I had half a bagel and cream cheese, lox, tomato, cucumber and tomato salad, fruit salad, and a small amount of kugel made with gluten free noodles. I did have a couple of small pieces of rugelah type pastries and coffee.
Woke up this morning weighing 1.5 lbs. more than Wednesday

Today:
handful of almonds and dried apricots before very hard boot camp class
B:chicken breast, green chili salsa, grated low fat cheddar in a whole wheat tortilla, blueberries, coffee
L: turkey Cobb salad at a restaurant
S: walnuts, cranberries, chocolate bits
D: 2 tuna burger patties (made with whole wheat bread crumbs and left over brown rice and an egg yolk), sweet potato, sauteed mushrooms, glass of red wine

[Owlie]

Tuesday:

B: veggie/sausage frittata, 1/2 apple
L: bone broth with arm roast, a bit of pulled chicken (from neck bones - much better than I thought it would be), veggies
S: macadamia nuts, dried unsweetened dark cherries
45 minute easy trainer session
D: 1 egg + 1 yolk poached in chicken bone broth with spices, roasted kale and parsnips.

How do you roast your kale? I've never done it; I usually just saute it with bacon and some garlic. Not that I'm tired of bacon and garlic, but...

Also, roasted parsnips (and other root veg, but not potatoes) and cauliflower with a nutmeg+apple cider glaze is fantastic. Good with pork, if you eat it. or chicken. (And I did a maple-mustard glazed version earlier this year. Sooooo good.) Anyway.

[Catrin]

How do you roast your kale? I've never done it; I usually just saute it with bacon and some garlic. Not that I'm tired of bacon and garlic, but...

Also, roasted parsnips (and other root veg, but not potatoes) and cauliflower with a nutmeg+apple cider glaze is fantastic. Good with pork, if you eat it. or chicken. (And I did a maple-mustard glazed version earlier this year. Sooooo good.) Anyway.

I found a decent recipe for making parsnip oven "frys". I no longer eat white potatoes and was curious how they would be, it was fine.

Roasted kale is easy, and my favorite kale for this purpose is Lacinto Kale (sometimes called 'Dino' kale because it looks like a reptile's skin). Actually I prefer Lacinto to other kales but any of them will do - I just slightly prefer the flavor of Lacinto Kale. Trader Joe's is currently selling already-cleaned packages of it for a good price :)

Rip the kale into whatever size you desire, toss with oil of your choice and a bit of sea salt and black pepper, and roast in a 350/400 degree oven for 15-20 minutes. Yummy! Make more than you THINK you will need for of course a lot of volume is lost in the cooking. Play with the roasting time as there is a fine line between done and a bit too-well-done :)

[Catrin]

Today:

B: eggs scrambled with mushrooms and baby spinach, bacon, coffee, and a couple of strawberries
1 hour workout
L: roasted pastured chicken quarter, big salad with mixed salad greens and veggies with a bit of walnut oil as dressing
Dinner will feature bone broth with carrots, onions, mushrooms, and left-over roasted chicken. I wish my body tolerated wine better, I bet a nice wine would go well with dinner...and there will be 2 squares of 88% endangered species dark chocolate to go with the Founders Breakfast Stout (a chocolate coffee stout :)

[spokewench]

B: rice chex, 1% milk, strawberries, coffee
L: liverwurst sammy with swiss cheese on freshly baked wg bread, fresh tomato from the garden (liverwurst is one of those things I adore from childhood and never eat any more, I know most people don't like it, but YUM!), lemonade
D: 1 piece of pepperoni pizza and salad with vinaigrette, blue cheese crumbles, and pecans. (My hubby ate the entire rest of the pizza while I was on a board meeting telephone call, wow that boy can eat!), 1 glass cabernet sauvignon
1 small chocolate cookie

[Crankin]

B: 2 scrambled eggs with yellow pepper and mushrooms, blueberries, coffee
S: 5 walnuts, 2 dried apricots
L: DH and I went out, as he's been in Asia for 10 days. I had a cup of minestrone soup, half a spinach salad with salmon, 1.5 glasses of red wine, coffee
D: curried apple chicken salad with apples on a spelt roll, blueberries, cup of herbal tea.

[spokewench]

1 piece wg wheat bread with peanut butter and cherry jam, coffee
L: patty melt sammy from the deli
D: salmon, rice, salad with blue cheese crumbles and vinaigrette, 1 margarita

[Catrin]

Today:

B: bacon, eggs scrambled with mushrooms and spinach, coffee
L: chicken salad made with roasted chicken thigh, onion, tomato, boiled egg, spinach, walnut oil
2 hour mountain bike ride :)
D: spaghetti squash bolgonese made with grass-fed ground beef. It was great! I've not had spaghetti squash before and the sauce was quite good - that was also a first for me. I will make this again and I've enough left over for a couple of meals. 1 beer with 2 squares 88% dark chocolate.

[Crankin]

B:2 home made waffles (DH makes them) with walnuts and dried cranberries, 2 turkey apple sausages, coffee
S: almonds and dried apricots
L: 4 slices chicken breast, quarter of an avocado, very small slice of Machengo cheese, an apple
15.5 mile ride, kind of fast
S: raisin Ezekial bread with soy nut butter
D: went out for DH's birthday. I managed to control myself pretty well.
shared a plate of fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, and proscuitto with DH. I had sea bass for my entree. I ate 3/4 of it, 2 asparagus, did not touch the mashed potato. 2 glasses of red wine. Since restaurants in the North End rarely have dessert, we walked over to Cafe Paradiso (sigh, I want to go back to Italy) where I had coffee and one chocolate almond biscotti.
Proud that I avoided all of the bread basket and I had the least offensive dessert! The biscotti was probably the best I've ever had and totally satisfied me.

[Catrin]

Yesterday:

B: eggs scrambled with mushrooms/spinach, bacon, coffee with cream
L: bone broth with pulled chicken, kale, mushrooms, onion

Wanted to ride so bad yesterday I was singing the Queen song in my office...but it was wet and icky, so headed to the gym to workout on my own and attended a 30 minute Bosu class.

D: Mixed greens salad with veggies and the very last of the spaghetti squash bolgonese with added coconut milk to get my calories up to the right level for a hard workout day

[Crankin]

haven't posted in a couple of days...
B: whole wheat tortilla cheese crisp with low fat cheddar and ham, an orange, coffee
Then, the rest of my day went downhill. I had a meeting at lunch time near Boston, and than had to rush back to Acton to get my hair colored. I ate my nuts and cranberries/chocolate on the way to my meeting and a Luna Bar on the way to the hair place. After that, I went to the gourmet farm market and bought a veggie salad with marinated artichokes and some whole wheat rolls, for home. I ate half the salad in my car and then went to a client.
S: I was about to faint after my session, so I at one of the whole wheat dinner rolls in the car and stopped to get some salmon at the fish store.
D: salmon with cumin rub, quinoa, salad, 2 squares dark choco;ate, glass of red wine

One day of eating like this and I gained 1.5 lbs.

[Catrin]

Yesterday (rest day):

B: Sausage/Veggie Frittata, strawberries, coffee with cream
L: Roasted chicken breast with roasted carrots and onion, mixed greens salad with carrots/mushrooms/onion with extra virgin OO for dressing
D: bone broth with chicken, kale, mushrooms, 2 squares 85% dark chocolate

[Crankin]

Another weird day of eating.
ate a few almonds and 2 dried apricots before a very hard boot camp.
B: OK, DH had his annual meeting of the managers who work for him at the house. When I came home from boot camp, he had a spread of bagels and light cream cheese (we had lox in the fridge) that I could almost taste. Somehow I resisted and made myself an egg scramble with a yellow pepper and the remaining artichoke salad, strawberries, and coffee. I was still in my gym clothes when they started arriving.
L: another long and tense lunch time client session, but I ate all of my nuts and cranberries before going in, so I wasn't hungry. I ate the left over spaghetti squash and marinara with an apple around 2 PM at my desk.
Snack/dinner: My last client of the day is in a short term residential program, so I got home at 4:00. I was very, very ravenous. I had a piece of Ezekial ww bread with some hummus and then saw some left overs in the fridge. Some of DH's employees left their left over lunches (they went out). I took one which was half of a veggie wrap, ate the veggies and had a couple of bites of the wrap. Felt guilty, but still hungry.
So, I ate a cup of soup for dinner, with 3 slices chicken breast, some avocado, and an orange.

[Owlie]

Today:

B: bacon, eggs scrambled with mushrooms and spinach, coffee
L: chicken salad made with roasted chicken thigh, onion, tomato, boiled egg, spinach, walnut oil
2 hour mountain bike ride :)
D: spaghetti squash bolgonese made with grass-fed ground beef. It was great! I've not had spaghetti squash before and the sauce was quite good - that was also a first for me. I will make this again and I've enough left over for a couple of meals. 1 beer with 2 squares 88% dark chocolate.

Did you make your own sauce?
I like spaghetti squash, don't get me wrong, but I don't like it as a pasta substitute. I like treating it like other squash (there's a Moroccan-spiced version out there that I'd love to try) as a side (or as part of a curry or something), but to me the squash-marinara combo doesn't work well. The squash is too sweet and, well, squash-flavored. Or at least, the one I got was. :confused: That said, spaghetti squash is really good as part of a Thai-style curry, because the sweetness complements the flavors, and it acts like noodles. I used chicken and a bunch of random veggies I found in the fridge with it.

I'm quite excited for squash-and-apple season. I found a bunch of new recipes for squash and pumpkins (soup I might actually like! muffins!), and there are about six pounds of Honeycrisp apples in my fridge. (Yes, I'll eat them all.) I'll be talking out of the other side of my face in January when there's no prospect for fruit other than apples from cold storage for a while, but I'll be excited while I can.

[Catrin]

Yes, I made my own sauce - I cook everything from scratch these days as I no longer eat processed foods of any kind. While that means more kitchen time & I still count calories, but I enjoy those calories more than I have in a long time. It wasn't a marinara sauce though it did have a couple tablespoons of tomato paste. The 'sauce' was mainly grassfed ground beef/pork, veggies and coconut milk. Wonderful!

Yesterday:

B: sausage/veggie frittata, coffee with cream
1-hour hard group training session, vegan protein shake afterwards
L: mixed green/veggie salad with roasted chicken breast, macadamia nuts. EV olive oil/garlic for dressing
30 minute easy bike ride (pedal problem called a short end to it)
D: roasted chicken quarter, 1/2 roasted butternut squash with coconut flakes/coconut oil

[spokewench]

So, I bought some nice organic butternut squashes yesterday that were on sale. My favorite way to cook this and I will do this on Saturday or Sunday is to
cut the squash in half pre-cook the squash so they are almost done; make a marinara sauce with onions, carrots, celery, garlic, tomatoes, a bit of tomato paste, lots of basil, all pureed in the blender. Saute turkey italian sausage (out of casings), onions, diced zucchini, Make a filling of leftover rice/cottage cheese/onions/diced zucchini squash, italian squash. Pile the filling as full and round as I possibly can on top of the squashes, pour some marinara over the top, place a thin slice of mozzarella on top and bake for about 30 minutes or until all bubbly! This is soooo good.

One piece wg toast, butter, coffee
Snack - crackers
1/2 liverwurst sammy with swiss cheese on wg bread
meatloaf, roasted golden beets, potatoes and zucchini, 1 glass red wine

[Crankin]

B: small, whole wheat dinner roll, dipped in olive oil, 3 slices chicken breast, avocado slices, blueberries, coffee
L: veggie burger on a spelt roll with tomato and avocado, an apple
24 mile hilly ride, not so fast, but at the end, my friend's tire blew up (literally), so I sprinted about 3 miles back to her house and went back in my car to get her
S: nuts, cranberries, chocolate bits
D: grilled tofu and eggplant in a hoisin sauce
glass of red wine

I woke up feeling awful, and my sinuses are rebelling. Could be the reason for my increased hunger and slight weight gain.

[spokewench]

B: wg toast, butter, coffee
Snack: Banana
L: leftover meatloaf, roasted potatoes, beets and zucchini
D: chicken paprika, rice, broccoli, 1 beer

[Catrin]

B: eggs (with mushrooms and kale), bacon, coffee with cream
1 hour Bosu class
L: roasted chicken breast with salad greens/veggies and garlicky extra virgin olive oil for dressing
D: Put off cooking far too late - so poached a couple of eggs in chicken bone broth with kale, spinach, onions, and mushrooms.
After dinner I had 1 New Holland Poet Stout, 2 squares 85% dark chocolate, and my first fire in the fireplace for the season :)

[shootingstar]

B: cornflakes wth skim milk, fresh raspberries, concord blue grapes; 2 c.of tea with skim

Snack: mixed berry-white chocolate scone, cup of coffee with milk

Snack: a fresh plum

Dinner: canned clams sauteed with tomato, onion, garlic, red pepper, fresh dill, light eggwhite noodles; side dish of sauteed fresh fennel bulb and cut up apple with fresh thyme and lemon juice; tea with milk

It's Canadian thxgiving this weekend!

[Crankin]

B: 2 egg omelette, low fat cheddar jack, 3 slices uncured bacon, strawberries, coffee
one bite of a Luna Bar before 20 mile ride
L: 4 slices of ham, rolled up with light cream cheese (I don't know why I love these), cup of roasted red pepper/tomato soup, an apple
S:slice of Ezekial raisin bread
D: (restaurant) mixed green salad with vinaigrette, halibut and root veggies. 2 glasses of red wine

[shootingstar]

B: cornflakes skim milk, raspberries and fresh concord grapes. Tea with skim milk

Snack: 2 little creme puffs, one with pumpkin whipping cream, other hazelnut chocolate cream; coffee with milk
Snack: quarter piece of whole wheat pita bread, 2 slices of honeydew melon, tea with milk

D: steamed trout fillet with abit of soy sauce, oil, fresh ginger root, onion and garlic; noodles stir-fried with beet green tops, red pepper, onion, garlid. Boiled green beans on the side. Tea with milk.

[spokewench]

SATURDAY

B: 2 eggs, ham, hashbrowns, coffee, oj
4 hours of tennis (1 bottle gatorade)
D: BLT (with homegrown tomatoes), tomato soup, 1 beer
1 piece carrot cake

Sunday:
B: 1 piece wg toast, butter, coffee
L: leftover paprika chicken and rice with broccoli
SNack: 1 beer
D: roasted chicken, gravy, dressing (bread, mushrooms, onions, celery, poultry seasoning, hot sauce), chicken broth); green peas, 1 glass chardonnay
1 piece carrot cake

[shootingstar]

B: cornflakes with milk, grapes and pineapple slices, tea with skim milk

Snack: cranberry almond muffin, coffee with milk

SnacK: tea with milk

Dinner: roasted squash, tomtoes, red pepper, red onion, garlic, roasted red beets. With light noodles. Tea with milk; red fresh plum.

[Crankin]

Sunday:
B: everything bagel, light cream cheese, lox, strawberries, coffee
S: bite of Luna bar, 16 mile hilly ride
L: cup of butternut squash soup, 4 ham slices, an apple
S: nuts and cranberries
D:chicken kabobs and pineapple grilled in a pineapple based sauce, broccoli, salad, glass of red wine

Monday:
B: egg white omelette and sun dried tomato pesto, an orange, coffee
L:cup of butternut squash soup half a chicken breast sandwich on Ezekial bread, tomato, an apple
20 mile ride
S: nuts and cranberries
D: curried turkey meatballs, with stir fried kale, 2 squares dark chocolate

[GLC1968]

Alright - I'm joining in again. I need accountability as I navigate a household move and two more recruiting trips. October has the potential to be hell on my waistline!

B:sweet potato, sausage, apple hash (left-over), black coffee
s: sweet potato square
L: salmon, veggies topped with olive oil, lemon juice and greek seasoning
s: banana with almond butter
D:burgers topped with guacamole, sweet potato fries, mixed greens salad

Today is the day of the sweet potato, apparently!

[Catrin]

Today (rest day)

B: Sausage/Veggie Frittata, 1 slice bacon
L: beef bone broth with a bit of stew meat, veggies
D: chicken bone broth with a poached egg, beef, bok choy, onion, sweet potato, mushrooms, carrots.

I am really loving bone broth right now - my body is craving it probably because it is so rich in minerals and it is a nice way to have a quick and hot dinner as the weather cools...

[Crankin]

Tuesday:
B: 2 eggs, 4 slices of lox, rolled up with light cream cheese, an orange, coffee
L: 4 slices chicken, sliced tomatoes, avocado slices (3), an apple, coffee
S: nuts, cranberries, chocolate bits
D: went out for DS's 30th birthday... heirloom tomato salad with evoo, polenta with eggplant rague, of which I ate 2/3, one very small piece of bread with marscapone cheese, 2 glasses of red wine, scoop of vanilla and chocolate ice cream

Wednesday:
B: egg whites and avocado, an orange, coffee
yoga class (haven't done that in awhile)
L: bought a prepared thing at the local natural foods market while I waited for the cobbler to repair a shoe (this is why I love small town living); combo of sweet potato, black beans, cilantro olive oil
S: nuts, cranberries, chocolate bits
D: 2 red peppers stuffed with ground turkey made with Mexican type spices, sauteed kale and avocado, 2 pieces dark chocolate

[Catrin]

Wednesday:

B: sausage/veggie frittata, sliced tomato
1 hour hard group training session
S: macadamia nuts
L: stew meat with a small amount of bone broth, carrots, onion, bok choy
D: chicken bone broth with poached eggs, spinach, carrots, onion, zucchini

(barely made my calorie targets, but not too bad)

[GLC1968]

Wednesday 10/10

B: two bites of sweet potato square, black coffee
L: burger topped with guacamole, steamed veggies
S: banana with almond butter
D: a few bites of yellow curry over steamed veggies - I was too upset to eat as we'd just dropped off the last of our animals at their new home. :(

[Crankin]

Thursday:
almonds and dried cranberries before boot camp (a handful)
B: egg whites and veggies, an orange, coffee
L: 4 ham roll ups with light cream cheese, an apple,
S: I ate my nuts, chocolate bits, and cranberries through out the afternoon and had a slice of raisin Ezekial bread with soy nut butter around 5
D: 6 slices flank steak with chimichurri sauce, salad with vinaigrette, 2 squares dark chocolate, half a glass of red wine

[spokewench]

B: 2 eggs scrambled, hashbrowns, coffee
Snack: 1 banana
L: liverwust sammy with swiss cheese and fresh tomato fromthe garden on WG bread
D: chili, corn bread, 1 beer

[GLC1968]

Thurs 10/11

B: black coffee, sweet potato square, banana
L: leftover yellow curry with chicken over veggies
S: generous handful of mixed raw nuts and a few grapes at an office party
D: pot roast, roasted veggies and a few bites of garlic mashed potatoes, 1/2 glass Malbec

[Crankin]

B: egg whites and avocado, an orange, blueberries, coffee
L: went out to lunch with DS, who is taking a week off at home... 2 poblano pepper and potato enchiladas, on corn tortillas, with some kind of green chili sauce. I ate the black beans and not the rice.
had a small skim mocha latte after

D: cup of low salt corn soup, chicken, apple slices, cheddar sandwich on a spelt roll, cole slaw

[Crankin]

Saturday:
B: one egg, 3 slices ham, low fat cheddar on 2 slices Ezekial bread, an orange, coffee
I co-led a 38.5 mile ride at a very slow speed.
Lunch was in the middle of the ride, where I ate half of a cranberry-walnut chicken salad wrap and a packet of nuts and cranberries
S: Ate a Luna Bar at the end of the ride
D: went out with friends, where I ate a garden salad with oil and vinegar, whole wheat penne with marinara, and one meatball, and a very small piece of bread. 2 glasses of red wine, and a few bites of DH's chocolate cake dessert

Sunday:
B: everything bagel, light cream cheese, lox, an orange, coffee
half hour of run/walk intervals on the treadmill, totaling about 2.75 miles, including warm up and cool down
L: cup of sweet potato soup, salad with tuna, lettuce, grape tomatoes, a sprinkle of goat cheese
S: piece of Machengo cheese
D: tomato stuffed with curried chicken salad, blueberries, 2 squares dark chocolate, 2 dried apricots

Back to normal eating. I can't totally deprive myself on the weekends.

[spokewench]

Cereal, milk, coffee
1 piece wg toast with butter
L: chili and cornbread, chocolate brownie, 1 beer
D: Large salad with grilled chicken breast, blue cheese crumbles and vinaigrette, 1 glass red wine

[Catrin]

I won't even try to post what I ate this weekend, but I took my food and campstove with me so I didn't do badly at all outside of a bit too much beer...

Today:
B: eggs scrambled with mushrooms, chopped hubbard squash, beet greens, coffee with cream
1 hour workout
S: chicken thigh
L: eggs scrambled with chopped hubbard squash and spinach (before grocery shopping)
D: Planning to have beef liver, bacon & onions with bok-choy and perhaps roasted beets. Or hubbard squash as there is so much of it!

We will see how the liver goes, my first attempt, ever, to cook it.

Added: The liver wasn't bad! I cooked it with lots of onions and bacon. I don't see it becoming my favorite but I can eat it! That was beef liver, so will have to check out the less strongly flavored types. I burned incense while cooking it - but it didn't have a very strong smell or THAT strong of a taste. I wonder if it was actually from a calf rather than a full grown cow.

[Crankin]

Some almonds and dried apricots before boot camp
B: 2 eggs, avocado, an apple, coffee
L: left over curried chicken salad, an orange
S: nuts and cranberries
D: salad with maple glazed pork and peaches, one whole wheat dinner roll, 2 squares dark chocolate
Tuesday: rest day
B: chicken roll ups with cream cheese, an apple, coffee
S: 2 dried apricots
L: 2 veggie burger patties, cole slaw, an orange
S: slice of Ezekial raisin bread and soy nut butter
D: veal "meatloaf" and a salad, 2 squares dark chocolate, glass of red wine

[Catrin]

Today:

B: Paleo pumpkin "pancakes", bacon, coffee with cream
L: roasted chicken thigh wrapped in 1 savory pumpkin pancake
1-hour bike ride :)
D: grass-fed beef chili, spaghetti squash and one egg poached in the chili - yummy! Spinach salad with walnuts and walnut oil dressing, 1 beer. 2 squares 88% dark chocolate.

[Crankin]

Friday:
B: sweet potato, plain Greek yogurt, an apple
S: slice of Ezekial raisin bread
L: 2 veggie burger patties, cole slaw, an orange
D: (restaurant) salmon tartare, a couple of bread crisps, skirt steak, I ate 2/3, and a huge chopped salad, 2 glasses of red wine, shared an apple cheese cake slice with DH, I ate about 1/4
Saturday:
2 egg omelette with turkey sausage slices, low fat cheddar, slice of Ezekial raisin bread, blueberries, 2 cups coffee
S: handful of almonds
L: 2 home made salmon burger patties, cole slaw, an apple
19.5 mile ride
S: a few ww pita chips, hummus
D: fennel turkey meatball soup with tomato, spinach, chicken broth, navy beans, whole wheat pasta, salad, 2 squares dark chocolate, glass of red wine

[Catrin]

Yesterday:

B: Sausage/Veggie Frittata, coffee with cream
1 hour group training session with a vegan protein shake following (mixed with water)
L: "soup" made with beef bone broth, onions, carrots, kale, mustard greens, beef. Small mixed greens salad with a couple of walnuts, avocado and walnut oil for dressing
D: See lunch, minus the salad - I wasn't very hungry. 2 walnut halves and 2 squares of 88% dark chocolate for dessert

[Owlie]

I've only been eating 2 meals a day for the last week.

Yesterday:
Skipped breakfast (woke up late), apart from a doughnut and a few pretzels at work.
Coffee
An apple
"Dinner" at a Halloween party. 4 chicken wings, a few pieces of pickled asparagus, 2 cheddar-apple hand pies, a couple chips with salsa, a piece of cornbread, several stuffed dates, a few shrimp. 1 beer, 1 hard cider, a little wine.
Then the hosts (my adviser and his wife) insisted on loading me up with food. :rolleyes:

Today:
B: Tea, cereal
S: Piece of naan, 2 doughnut holes
S2: 1 cookie, a chicken wing
D: Pasta in a cream sauce (homemade!) with chicken sausage, Brussels sprouts.
small piece of chocolate. I think I might have some yogurt or a hot chocolate in a little bit.

[Crankin]

I haven't been posting here, as I hate to be the only one posting. I've been eating much less, with DH away, until last night when I went to friends' house for dinner.
Saturday:
sandwich on a whole wheat bagel, with 2 slices low salt ham and a slice of low fat provolone, an orange
34 mile very hilly ride, during which I ate 2/3 of a Luna Bar, had a bottle of Nuun, and ate a baggie half full of nuts, cranberries, chocolate after the ride. Then I raked leaves for 2 hours :eek:.
L: 4 chicken slices, cole slaw, an apple
D: 1/4 lb Coho salmon, kale, salad with walnuts, cranberries, goat cheese, balsamic vinegar , glass of red wine

Sunday:
B: 2 eggs scrambled with a corn tortilla, kale, salsa, 2 slices of turkey bacon, an orange
ran 2 miles on the treadmill
L: chicken salad made with Greek yogurt, cranberries, almonds
D: went to friends' had one beer, one glass of wine. Haddock cooked in parchment with parsley/lemon, over brown rice, green beans, and a big salad. Ate a chocolate chip/blueberry square pastry for dessert

[Catrin]

I will join you in posting:

Yesterday:

B: eggs scrambled with a small amount of left-over chicken and artichokes; bacon; coffee with cream

60 minute HARD group workout

L: Ground lamb burger on a small Portebella mushroom "bun" with bacon, lettuce, dijon mustard; 7-8 oven baked sweet potato "fries"

D: braised short ribs with remaining 6-7 baked sweet potato fries, chicken bone broth with carrots and mustard greens

[Crankin]

Monday
yoga
B: egg whites, kale, Mexican cheese, salsa, coffee, an orange
S: nuts and cranberries
L: cup of low salt corn soup, 3 slices of chicken rolled up with mayo, an apple
S: slice of Ezekial raisin bread, toasted
D: (after the power went out) 4 turkey meatballs, with marinara, 2 glasses of red wine, and a few whole wheat pita rounds before the power came back on

Tuesday:
2 mile run on treadmill
B: 2 eggs scrambled with a corn tortilla, cheddar, orange pepper, an orange, coffee
L: turkey burger patty, 2 slices of tomato, 1/4 avocado, cole slaw, blueberries
S: slice of Ezekial brea with hummus
D: chicken breast in balsamic vinegar, broccolini, sweet potato, 2 squares dark chocolate

[Catrin]

Yesterday:

B: bacon, scrambled eggs with spinach, onion and mushrooms, coffee
L: bone broth with lots of veggies, chicken leg & thigh
S: banana
D: (at a friends house) salad with lots of yummy veggies and a sliced chicken breast hot off the grill. 1 beer.

[Catrin]

Yesterday:

B: bacon, scrambled eggs with spinach, onion and mushrooms, coffee
1 hour hard group training session
L: roasted chicken, bone broth with lots of veggies
D: last of the braised short ribs, sauteed mustard greens with onions and mushrooms



Today:
B: sausage/veggie frittata, coffee
30 minute personal training session, 20 minute lower-body workout
L: big spinach salad with veggies, walnut oil dressing. Roasted chicken

I wouldn't mind getting in an easy ride tonight, or some easy spinning on the trainer, we will see how my legs feel. If not tonight, then early tomorrow morning. My knee is FINALLY recovered and I can get back to riding YAYYYYYY!

Dinner tonight will likely be some combination of bone broth, beef (shank), and veggies.

[Owlie]

I'm trying to get back to three squares again. It's almost working.

Yesterday:
B: Coffee and a granola bar. (Spent the morning at the car dealership getting my brakes taken care of. :rolleyes: )
L: Chicken sandwich with cheese, spinach, onion, green peppers and banana peppers. Doritos.
S: More coffee, a cookie
D: Chicken, acorn squash (with a tasty dressing!), kale. Apple mini-pie and a bottle of hard cider.

[spokewench]

Yesterday: B: cereal, 1% milk, coffee
L: 1 leftover hamburger (no bun), 1 apple
D: roast beef, gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans, 1 glass red wine
and, a few pieces of snack candy while handing out halloween candy

Today:
B: bowl of corn chex, raspberries, 1% milk
Snack: 1 small piece of raspberry coffee cake
Lunch: 1 piece wg bread, roast beef and gravy
Dinner: I plan to have a salad and grilled chicken breast, 1 glass wine

[Crankin]

boot camp, hard and sweaty
B: egg whites, zucchini, kale, low fat Mexican cheese, corn tortillas all scrambled up, blueberries, coffee
S: nuts, chocolate bits, cranberries
L: salad with chicken breast, pink beans, salsa, Mexican cheese
S: Ezekial raisin bread
D: I get home late on Thursday. Defrosted some homemade turkey and veggie tomato pasta sauce and I ate it with some quinoa/kamut twisty pasta and drank a little too much wine. I am fried from the hurricane and studying.

[Catrin]

Today:

B: eggs with spinach and mushrooms, bacon, coffee

1 hour fun and challenging workout
S: banana muffin cup (very simple and yummy - just has banana, egg, almond butter and a bit of baking soda - mash together and microwave in a coffee cup for 2 minutes)

L: Ox Tail stew with roasted veggies, and roasted brussels sprouts on the side, 1 beer

D: ? Probably some left over Lemon-Artichoke chicken from last night and veggies or some chicken bone broth with chicken, bok choy and mushrooms.

This cooking stuff is becoming fun - and no problem staying under my calorie targets (sometimes too far under...)

[spokewench]

B: 2 scrambled eggs, 2 pieces bacon, hashbrowns, piece WG toast, coffee
L: bowl of leftover homemade chicken noodle soup, 2 small pieces halloween candy
Snack: 1 beer
Dinner: 3 homemade beef tacos, pinto beans, glass of raspberry lemonade

[spokewench]

B: 1 banana
L: 1 chicken thigh with tomato sauce and a small amount of pasta, 2 pieces halloween candy
D: salmon, salad, vinaigrette, blue cheese crumbles, 1/2 piece of corn, 1 glass white wine

[Crankin]

Where did you buy oxtail???
Boot camp
B: egg whites, kale, lox, an orange, 2 slices uncured bacon.
L: home made chicken salad with dried cranberries and almonds, an apple
S: nuts, choc. bits, cranberries
Piece of Machengo cheese, glass of red wine
D: taco salad with ground turkey, spices, avocado, peppers, onion

[Catrin]

Crankin - I bought ox tails from Whole Foods, but can also get them from my grass-fed farmer (though he is out of grass-fed for the year).

Yesterday:

B: eggs, sausage, roasted brussels sprouts
1 hour hard group training session (and I mean HARD)
S: 1/4 cup ox-tail stew
L: Last of the ox-tail stew with veggies
D: left-over lemon-artichoke roasted chicken, spinach salad with strawberries, celery and other veggies with extra virgin olive oil/balsamic dressing, roasted squash and a small amount of chopped frozen strawberries drizzled with coconut milk for dessert (amazing how this fills my ice cream cravings).

[spokewench]

B: 1/2 grapefruit, bowl of corn chex, 1% milk, coffee
Snack: handful of pretzels, 1 banana
L: 2 chicken tenders, french fries
D: 1 glass chardonnay, leftover chicken thigh with tomato sauce and a little pasta

[Crankin]

B: 2 eggs, scrambled with kale, corn tortilla, and low fat cheddar, an orange, 2 slices uncured bacon, coffee
L: tuna in oil on a bed of lettuce, grape tomatoes, fig balsamic vinegar, cup of roasted red pepper/tomato soup
S: nuts, chocolate, cranberries
D: we went out to celebrate my passing my boards, at the Colonial Inn. It was dead, since it was snowing and windy :eek:.
I tried to be moderate... I had a glass of Prosecco, shared an arugula and fresh ricotta salad with DH, and had salmon on a bed of braised brussel sprouts/almonds, with fingerling potatoes. I ate half a slice of cornbread, couldn't resist, it's their specialty, since like, 1776.

[spokewench]

1 bowl of shredded wheat, 1 banana, 1 pear
L: cottage cheese, piece of WG toast with butter
D: beef stew with potatoes, onions, mushrooms and butternut squash, 1 glass red wine

[Crankin]

B: egg white scramble with kale and yellow pepper, strawberries and blueberries, coffee
S: nuts and cranberries
L: home made chicken salad, an apple
S: raisin Ezekial bread/soy nut butter, a couple of ww pita rounds
D: 3 small baked chicken thighs, brussel sprouts, glass of red wine, 2 squares dark chocolate

[Catrin]

Yesterday:

B: squash "crustless quiche" with bacon. Coffee with cream
Personal training session
L: mustard glazed roasted chicken thighs, candied carrots with dates (yummy!)
D: remainder of the "crustless quiche", bone broth with veggies

The "crustless quiche" didn't turn out so well, apparently I prefer frittatas with meat rather than just zucchini and yellow squash. I had to try the recipe once, that was enough.

Today:

B: Last of the mustard glazed roasted chicken thighs, candied carrots with dates, 1 slice bacon
L: will be mustard glazed roasted chicken leg, spinach salad
D: Who knows yet? Grocery shopping planned unless my bike gets too enticing ;)

The mustard glaze method works quite nicely, especially for skinless/boneless chicken which is bland anyway. Also works well for skin on/bone in.

[spokewench]

Last couple of days kind of weird since I was traveling and too busy
Friday:
B: 1 banana - cereal with 1% milk, coffee
Snack: pretzels
Lunch: not until around 3:30 1 piece wg bread with cheddar cheese
I was trying to get out of town and was at work and had too much to do!
Dinner: Got to Kingman, AZ and got to tell you, not much good to eat there; cracker barrel (1/2 bowl of beef stew and one corn muffin)

Yesterday:
B; 1/2 bagel toasted with butter, hard boiled egg, coffee (at the motel)
3 hours tennis, 1 hour meeting with folks who may want to start USTA leagues (my second job)
L: cheeseburger, fries, lemonade
finally got home late afternoon and started a roast
D: couple slices of pork roast cooked with onions, mushrooms, beer gravy, mashed potatoes, and peas, 1 beer

[Catrin]

Yesterday:

B: left-over braised beef shank and spinach, coffee with cream (need to go shopping)
L: More braised beef shank and spinach

90 minute bike ride :)

S: pumpkin muffin cup (pureed pumpkin, egg, spices, and baking powder - yummy!)
D: mustard glazed chicken thighs, sauteed spinach, small baked sweet potato

Today:

B: frittata, bacon, coffee with cream

90 minute group workout (MUCH harder than normal - fun though)

L: last of the mustard glazed chicken thighs and a bag a*s spinach salad with a little of every vegetable in my fridge and strawberries - avocado oil for dressing
D: Planning on a more braised beef shanks in bone broth with veggies and an egg. 1 Founders Breakfast Stout and perhaps 2 squares of 85% dark chocolate.

[Crankin]

I haven't been posting, as after my silly head injury Friday, I have been comforting myself with comfort food. That's stopping now!
yesterday:
B: half a whole wheat bagel with evoo, slice of Machengo, blueberries, and 2 slices uncured, low fat bacon, coffee
L: 2 small left over chicken thighs, kale, sauteed with garlic and tomatoes, an apple
S: nuts, chocolate bits, cranberries
4 mile hike in the woods
S: the other half of the whole wheat bagel and hummus
D: went out to a pub. Had one beer, turkey "tips," green beans, rice pilaf (can't remember the last time I ate regular rice), 2 of DH's onion rings, and we split a pumpkin hazelnut cheesecake slice
Today:
B: 2 home made waffles, walnuts, cranberries, 1.5 apple turkey sausages, blueberries, strawberries, oranges, coffee
L: on a 33 mile ride had a soy nut butter sandwich on 2 slices of Ezekial raisin bread and a pack of nuts and cranberries, 3/4 bottle of Nuun, one Shot Block
S: 2 ww pita rounds and a slice of Gouda
Making a roast chicken for dinner, probably with kale and a salad and a glass of red wine

[spokewench]

B: waffle with maple syrup, 3 pieces bacon, coffee
L: pork roast sandwich with lettuce/tomato on wg bread
Snack: 1 Beer
Dinner: baked chicken in a wine herb sauce, with a bit of parmesan sprinkled on top, roasted potatoes and butternut squash, salad with vinaigrette and blue cheese crumbles, 1 glass white wine

[Crankin]

B: 2 eggs, 3 low salt ham slices, an orange, coffee
L: left over roast chicken thigh, an apple
S: nuts, chocolate, cranberries
D: Paleo "lasagna" with ground turkey, tomato sauce, zucchini, 2 squares dark chocolate

[Anelia]

B: musli and whole milk, protein powder
L: (after running) whole milk and protein powder, banana pancake (1 banana, 3 eggs)
D: beer, lettuce and green onions salad, salmon

[Crankin]

B: egg whites, kale, blueberries, coffee
L: 4 chicken slices rolled up with cream cheese, 2 pieces of Machengo, an apple
S: nuts, chocolate, cranberries
D:tofu with bok chou, broccoli, green onions, mushrooms, sesame seeds in sesame oil/ginger/garlic

[Catrin]

B: veggie frittata, bacon, coffee & cream
Personal training session with some work on my own beforehand
S: boiled egg
L: big spinach salad with lots of veggies, walnut oil for dressing, 1 date, last of the braised beef shank
D: beef bone broth with veggies, left over ground lamb, steamed brussels sprouts

[spokewench]

corn chex, 1% milk, coffee
L: chicken noodle soup
D: steak, risotto with zucchini and parmesan, 1 glass red wine

[Crankin]

B: corn tortilla with chicken, low fat cheddar, an orange
short and hilly ride (9 miles)
L:cup of red pepper tomato soup, chicken leg, kale
S: nuts, chocolate, cranberries
D: went to a party for AMC bike leaders. I had a very small piece of veggie lasagna, salad, 2 glasses of wine, a mini slice of cheese cake

[Catrin]

Yesterday:

B: Frittata, bacon, coffee with cream
1 hour group training session
Post-workout: hemp protein shake (in water)
L: roasted chicken thighs, huge salad with lots of veggies, freshly squeezed lemon for dressing
D: scrambled eggs in coconut oil with mushrooms and goat cheese - everything else was frozen and it was far too late to defrost/cook. I didn't pre-cook enough over the weekend...

[spokewench]

B: Cereal, 1% milk, coffee
L: 2 pieces pizza
D: homemade chili, corn bread, 1 beer

[Crankin]

B: chicken breast slices, kale, corn tortilla, egg whites, tomato sautéed, blueberries, coffee
L: left over tofu and veggie stir fry, apple
S: slice of raisin Ezekial bread
D: left over Paleo lasagna, 2 squares dark chocolate

[spokewench]

B: 1 piece wg toast with peanut butter, coffee
a handful of pretzels
L: pulled chicken bbq sammy, coleslaw
D: 1 glass of white wine, 1/2 chicken breast with mushrooms, and artichokes in wine sauce, white rice, broccoli
1 piece halloween candy

[spokewench]

B: rice crispies, 1% milk, raspberries and blackberries, coffee
L: 1 baked chicken leg, mac and cheese
D: 1 piece pepperoni,mushroom, red pepper pizza, salad with vinaigrette and blue cheese crumbles, 1 glass red wine

[Catrin]

Yesterday:

B: eggs scrambled with mushrooms, 1 slice bacon, coffee with cream
45 minute Bosu class (much lower intensity than my group training)
L: roasted chicken thigh, brussels sprouts, apple
D: spinach salad with veggies, boiled egg, avocado and avocado oil for dressing

Today:

B: omelet with spinach, mushrooms, goat cheese, 1 slice bacon, coffee with cream

Lunch will likely be braised beef shanks (cooked last night) with sweet potato and a big salad

Big ride planned this afternoon ;)

[Crankin]

B: I weighed myself and then promptly ate a whole wheat bagel with chicken breast and cheese :), an orange, coffee
L: 2 veggie burger patties, kale and tomatoes sautéed, cole slaw, an apple
S: nuts, chocolate, cranberries
D: We went to Unos before theatre; ach, it's close but the food sucked. I had one beer, salmon chimichurri, farro salad and roasted veggies. I ate the slice of garlic bread on the plate
For this, I gained almost a pound.

[Crankin]

B: egg whites, 2 ham slices, kale, corn tortilla frittata, an orange, coffee
L: salmon burger patty, tomatoes, cole slaw, cup of roasted red pepper soup
23 mile ride
S: nuts, chocolate bits, cranberries, 2 pieces Machengo cheese
D: (restaurant) half an arugula, pear, beet salad, roasted cod with asparagus and artichokes, mashed sweet potatoes of which I ate about 1/4, 2 glasses red wine

[spokewench]

B: shredded wheat, raspberries and blackberries, 1% milk, coffee
L: 1 bowl of chili with a small piece of cornbread
Snack 1 beer
Dinner: rice, italian turkey sausage, broccoli, cheddar cheese casserole, sauteed zucchini, 1 glass red wine
Dessert: 1 piece homemade marble cake with chocolate icing

[Owlie]

Yesterday:
B: Coffee with cream, an apple muffin.
S: Almonds, water, some goat cheese
D: Entirely too much. Some of my friends from work hosted a Thanksgiving potluck. So I had turkey, two types of stuffing (vegetarian and sausage-containing), rolls, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes with gravy, mac and cheese, cranberry relish, 3 or 4 goat cheese-stuffed peppers. I ended up going back for seconds on the potatoes (of both types). Dessert was a slice of flourless chocolate cake. Holy carbohydrates, Batman.

Today:
Coffee with cream, pumpkin bread
A couple of jalapeno cheese balls (why do we have those, anyway?)
Lamb soup (cubed lamb, barley, kale) and a roll left from yesterday.

[Crankin]

B: 4 small whole wheat pancakes with blueberries, walnuts, dried cranberries, 2 turkey apple sausages, coffee
L:left over tofu and veggies, left over roasted red pepper and tomato soup
3.2 mile very fast walk
S: slice of Machengo cheese, glass of red wine
D: Paleo "chili"... cubed roast in tomato sauce with spices

[Catrin]

Yesterday:

B: Paleo Pumpkin "Pancakes", bacon, coffee with cream
2 hour group workout, protein shake following
L: last of the braised beef shanks, delicata squash and brussels sprouts
D: broth with veggies and poached eggs, 3 squares 85% dark chocolate for dessert

[spokewench]

B: 1 piece wg toast with butter, coffee
Snack: 1 granola bar, 1 banana
L: bowl of homemade chili
D: roasted chicken, gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans and peas, 1 glass of white wine chardonnay
1 piece marble cake

[Crankin]

B: salmon burger patty, kale, an orange, coffee
L: 4 slices chicken breast rolled up with cream cheese, 1/4 an avocado, an apple
S: slice of raisin Ezekial bread
D: glass of red wine and slice of Machengo
2 poached eggs on kale, mushroom, garlic, roasted butternut squash, 2 squares dark chocolate

[Catrin]

Yesterday:

B: egg scramble with veggies, 1 slice bacon, coffee with cream
1 hour group training session
S: 1 piece roast chicken (part of my lunch, I was starving!)
L: roast chicken, large salad with avocado oil for dressing
D: another salad with grass-fed ground beef - taco salad without the taco ;)

[Crankin]

boot camp, ate a bite of a Luna Bar before
B: egg whites, 3 slices low salt ham, corn tortilla, salsa, blueberries, coffee
S: nuts, chocolate and cranberries
L: salad with chicken, chick peas, red pepper, vinaigrette, left over roasted butternut squash, apple
S: slice of Ezekial raisin bread
D: flank steak and broccoli, stir fried, 2 squares dark chocolate, glass of red wine

[Anelia]

I'm trying to cut calories to 2000-2200. Today:
15783

[Crankin]

Wednesday:
B: whole wheat bagel, light cream cheese, lox, tomato, red onion, blueberries, coffee
S: nuts, chocolate bits, cranberries, slice of Ezekial raisin bread
L: OK, I didn't eat, until I got home, at 3:15. Most unusual for me. I had the left over beef and broccoli and then went on a 17 mile ride.
D: 4 slices of chicken breast, half a spelt roll, dipped in olive oil, a piece of Machengo, slice of avocado, an apple, 2 pieces dark chocolate

Thanksgiving:
Well, I had 2 sunny side up eggs with green chili salsa, 2 slices uncured bacon, an orange, coffee
ate a bite of a Luna Bar and went on a slow 19 mile ride. Came back and ate the left over half of the spelt roll, with hummus
went to friends' for Thanksgiving dinner and I ate everything, but I don't feel like over ate. Not going to list all I ate!

[Crankin]

B: egg whites, corn tortilla, salsa, kale stir fried, with an orange, coffee
L: we went to our son's to help him cut up a tree. DH had chain saw issues, had to go and find a new chain (he couldn't) so when he got back, we all went out to lunch where DIL is the manager. Had a pulled pork sandwich, ate half the bun, cole slaw, beans, and a beer
Ran/hill walk intervals, 2 miles on the TM
D: melted low fat cheddar on a small corn tortilla with refried beans, green chili, an apple

[Crankin]

B: quinoa flakes (hot cereal) with walnuts, dried cranberries, an orange, coffee
L: grilled portobella sandwich on a spelt roll with red pepper mayo, cole slaw, an apple
S: nuts, chocolate bits, cranberries
functional fitness DVD with jumping jack and jump rope intervals (2), stretching
D: went out and had a green salad with oil and vinegar, one piece of bead with butter (couldn't stop myself), 6 grilled scallops, 1/4 of a 6 oz. sirloin, green beans, and half a sweet potato.
I now have the rest of the steak at home for a salad tomorrow

[Catrin]

Yesterday:

Woke up in a summer cabin at a horse camp to volunteer for the 2012 Gravel Grovel - COLD - but better than being in a tent.

B: scrambled eggs/spinach with bacon; coffee and cream
L: drunken chicken
D: (home again) very tired so just scrambled a couple more eggs and herbal tea to drink

Today:

B: sausage/veggie frittata, bacon, coffee with cream
1 hour group training session
L: braised shortribs, baked squash, romaine lettuce salad with walnut oil as dressing.

Dinner will probably be more braised shortribs (I made a lot for Thanksgiving) and kale. 2 squares of dark chocolate for dessert

[Crankin]

B: whole wheat bagel, light cream cheese, lox, blueberries, coffee
2.6 mile very hilly hike, followed by 40 minutes of yoga
L: salad with chicken, green beans, chick peas, basalmic vinegar
S: piece of Gruyere cheese
D: went to a friend's house... Had left over turkey in brown rice, with jalapeños, broccoli, green beans, and way too much chocolate carmel corn

[spokewench]

Thanksgiving - twice - I had everything including the whipped cream and pumpkin pie twice! Thursday and Saturday
Monday:
1 english muffin with apricot jam and coffee
1 banana
L: chicken chow mein
D: papparadelle pasta with tomato sauce made with chicken, mushrooms, tomato cream sauce, red wine peas

[Crankin]

Boot camp
B: endive stuffed with whipped light cream cheese and lox, an orange
L: salad with left over steak and green beans
S: nuts, chocolate, cranberries
D: 2 pieces Gruyere cheese, chicken tenders marinated in light coconut milk and chili paste, cauliflower "rice"
2 squares dark chocolate, 2 non pareils. Told DH to get those out of the house!

[Crankin]

B: egg whites, ham slices, kale, corn tortilla scramble, an orange, coffee
S: skim mocha latte (small)
L: salad with chicken, chick peas, red pepper, goat cheese, vinaigrette, an apple
S: nuts and cranberries
D: lamb meatballs with mint pesto on zucchini "noodles", glass of red wine, 2 squares dark chocolate

[Catrin]

Yesterday:

B: scrambled eggs and veggies with awesome dry-rubbed nitrate free bacon, coffee with cream
45 minute Bosu class
L: roasted turkey leg, spinach salad with veggies and fresh lemon juice for dressing
D: More roasted turkey leg, sauteed kale, onion and mushrooms. 85% dark chocolate for dessert (2 small squares)

Today

B: same breakfast as yesterday :)
L: chicken bone broth with kale, onion, carrots, poached egg

Planning on a ~17-20 mile bike ride this afternoon if my saddle issues allow it before which I will have a banana muffin cup (banana, egg, almond butter)

D: Planning on slow roasted pork loin end roast, roasted carrots and parsnips, perhaps some kale chips. One beer, probably.

I've never made a pork roast before so this is going to be interesting! Am braising it at 275 degrees.

[spokewench]

Friday:
B: cereal, 1% milk, 1 banana
L: package of peanut butter crackers
D: 1/2 baked chicken breast, brown rice pilaf, zucchini sprinkled with parmesan cheese, 1 glass of wine

Saturday:
B: cereal, 1% milk,
L: leftover chicken, rice, zucchini
Snack: carrot, apple, kale juice drink
Dinner: beef stew with potatoes, onions, carrots and butternut squash, 2 glasses red wine

[Crankin]

Back to posting. I am eating a lot on the weekends...
Sunday:
B: egg whites, kale, corn tortilla, salsa, an orange, coffee
L: cup of red pepper/tomato soup (low sodium), small chicken thigh, cole slaw, an apple
S: nuts and cranberries
D: 3 slices roasted turkey breast, sweet potato, sautéed red pepper, onions, mushrooms, glass of red wine, 2 squares dark chocolate

[spokewench]

B: oatmeal, mixed berries, bananas and 2% milk, 1 piece wg toast with butter, coffee
L: Nothing till around 3:00 (i was playing tennis), 1 leftover baked chicken leg
Snack: 1 beer winterlager
Dinner: spagetti, tomato meat and mushroom sauce, salad with blue cheese crumbles and vinaigrette, 1 glass merlot
small dish of vanilla pudding

[Catrin]

Yesterday:

B: sausage/veggie frittata, 1/4 avocado, coffee with cream

100 minute hard workout
banana

L: roast pork, spinach, green salad with veggies & 1/4 avocado
D: beef shank, roasted Brussels sprouts/onions, 2 squares very dark chocolate

[Owlie]

How'd the pork turn out? I haven't cooked pork (beyond pork shoulder in the crockpot for pulled pork) before. Did you season it with anything?

Anyway.
B: Coffee, a doughnut. It was free. I'm a grad student and this month is stupidly expensive.
L: Chicken sandwich with lettuce and tomato
14.8-mile fast bike ride
S: Mocha protein drink mixed with milk
D: Clean out the fridge/leftovers--Kebab meat leftover from lunch yesterday, a few sad leaves of kale, spaghetti squash, barley cooked in lamb broth.

I might have some almonds and an apple or Greek yogurt with honey and granola later. Still eating dinner.

[Crankin]

B: 2 egg omelette with left over mint pesto, blueberries, 2 slices bacon, coffee
L: chicken thigh, cole slaw, an orange
S: nuts, chocolate, cranberries. I had a "tea party" with one of my 8 year old clients, so I had a cup of hot chocolate, which was way to rich for me.
D: piece of sushi grade tuna and about 5 forkfuls of brown rice pilaf at a fish market.
2 pieces dark chocolate

[spokewench]

B: wheat chex, 2% milk, coffee
Snack: banana
L: leftover spagetti and meat/mushroom tomato sauce
D: 1 small bowl of leftover beef stew
Snack, few pieces of cheese and crackers with glass of wine

[Crankin]

Rest day...
B: 4 slices low salt ham, scrambled with tomatoes, kale, corn tortilla, blueberries, coffee
L: 2 veggie burger patties. DH bought a new brand that tasted like sh!t, but I ate them, cole slaw, an orange
S: nuts, chocolate, cranberries
D: lamb chop with olive oil and lemon-thyme, roasted brussel sprouts, 2.5 squares dark chocolate with almonds

[Catrin]

How'd the pork turn out? I haven't cooked pork (beyond pork shoulder in the crockpot for pulled pork) before. Did you season it with anything?

I braised it in the oven for 4 hours at 270, it was delish! Well, is, there is still some left in the freezer :) I've a savory seasoning mix that I make myself that I rubbed it with after marinating it overnight with similar seasonings and oil.

Yesterday:

B: frittata, coffee with cream
easy workout for a change!
L: roast pork, onions, and kale
D: bone broth simmered with veggies and some beef shank. small banana for dessert.

Today:

B: frittata, 1 slice nitrate free yummy dry-rubbed bacon, coffee and cream
Moderate group workout (he is being easy on us this week!)
L: I've some roast chicken, purple cabbage sauteed with onion and carrots
D:???? Who knows, probably more roast chicken and veggies.

[spokewench]

B: Coffee, 1/2 cinnamon roll
1 bowl of cereal
L: 1 baked chicken thigh, piece of wg bread with butter
D: bowl of chicken borscht soup (onions, carrots, celery, tomatoes, chicken, cabbage, potatoes, dollop of sour cream), 1 piece wg bread with butter, 1 beer

[Crankin]

yesterday:
handful of nuts and 2 dried apricots before spin class
B:egg whites, kale, salsa, and an orange, coffee
L:cup of roasted red pepper and tomato soup, salad with chicken, black beans, avocado, salsa
S: slice of raisin Ezekial bread
D: 4 slices turkey breast, broccoli rabe, salad. I tried broccoli rabe and it was awful... bitter

Today:
2 dried apricots and 5 almonds before boot camp, where I promptly felt very sick. Ran to the bathroom and discovered that not only does broccoli rabe taste awful, it makes me sick. I did finish the class, though.
B: half a whole wheat bagel in olive oil, 4 slices chicken breast, slice of Machengo, blueberries, coffee
L: 4 oz. chicken salad with veggies, an apple
S: slice of Ezekial raisin bread, nuts
D: 4.5 turkey meatballs in organic marinara sauce, salad with walnuts, goat cheese, avocado, cranberries, vinaigrette, 2 glasses of red wine

[Catrin]

Today (basically a rest day)

B: eggs, chicken feta sausage, veggies, coffee with cream. 3 strawberries
L: protein shake with a banana blended (too busy cooking to really sit down and eat)
30 easy minutes on trainer
D: braised arm roast fresh out of the oven with carrots, onions, parsnips, and mushrooms. 2 squares 85% dark chocolate for dessert

[Crankin]

Friday:
B: can of tuna in oil over sliced tomatoes, blueberries, coffee
3 mile run
L:salad with lettuce, chicken, salsa, black beans, avocado slices, vinaigrette, an apple
S: slice of Ezekial raisin bread
D: one spice rubbed pork chop, salad, 2 squares dark chocolate, one glass of wine
yesterday:
B: 2 eggs, scrambled with corn tortilla, avocado slices, tomato, green chili salsa, blueberries, coffee
S: small skim mocha latte
L: chicken sandwich on spelt roll with low fat provolone, tomatoes, mustard, cole slaw, an apple
S: slice of Ezekial bread and soy nut butter
did my body resistance/functional fitness dvd, along with some jumping jacks and running in place intervals
D: we went out for our anniversary. I had a couple of small slices of home made bread and butter, a green salad with vinaigrette, swordfish, fingerling potatoes, pumpkin puree, and 1.5 churros dipped in some fantastic carmel sauce, 2 glasses of wine, coffee
won't weigh myself today.

[spokewench]

B: scrambled eggs, 1 piece bacon, toast, hashbrowns, coffee
L: 1/2 turkey sandwich with cheddar cheese and lettuce
D: my fave Mexican restaurant, 1/2 chili colorado burrito, cadillac margarita

[shootingstar]

B: cornflakes with skim milk, fresh blackberries, strawberries and raspberries. TEa with skim milk.

Snack: 2 little creme puffs with irish bailey creme filling and large coffee. Gotta to warm up after a 7 km. bike ride. Then rode back home.

Snack: cornflakes with milk and freshly cut pineapple slices. Tea with milk.

D: sauteed fennel bulb with onion, tomatoes and red pepper, basil along with light egg white noodles.

[spokewench]

B: shredded wheat,1% milk, raspberries, coffee
L: 1 english muffin with peanut butter
Snack: 1 beer
D: pork loin roast, augratin potatoes, green beans, 1 glass merlot

[Crankin]

B: whole wheat bagel, light cream cheese, an orange, coffee
Handful of nuts and cranberries, chocolate before 16 mile ride
L: chicken salad on a whole wheat wrap, an apple
D: went to DS's house for Chanukah dinner. There was so much food, I ate a little of everything. Didn't go overboard, but between Cornish game hens, latkes, kasha, 3 veggies, and wine and dessert, this week will be strict!

[Crankin]

B: egg whites, kale, sprinkle of cheddar, orange, coffee
L: salad with chicken, black beans, tomato, vinegar, an apple
S: nuts, cranberries, chocolate, one piece of Machengo an hour later
D: 2 small roasted chicken thighs, 5 brussel sprouts, salad, one square dark chocolate
S:slice of Ezekial raisin bread

[Catrin]

Yesterday:

B: frittata, bacon, coffee with cream
1 hour group training (strength day yesterday)
S: 1 boiled egg
L: arm roast, carrots/celery/mushrooms/onion
S: small banana
D: roasted chicken leg, bone broth with kale, onion, mushrooms

[spokewench]

B: cereal, milk, coffee
L: small plate of roasted pork, au gratin potatoes and green beans
D: 1 chicken thigh baked in the oven, brown rice pilaf with rice and onions, peas, 1 glass of white wine

[Crankin]

B: 4 slices low salt ham, 1/4 avocado, an orange, slice of low fat cheese, corn tortilla with olive oil, coffee
L: salad with chicken, black beans, lettuce, vinegar and oil, an apple
S: nuts, cranberries, chocolate bits
D: 2 ww pita crackers, slice of Machengo, glass of red wine. 2 very thin veal scallops, with ww bread crumbs, sautéed in canola oil, with spinach, 1/4 cup whole wheat angel hair, organic marinara, 2 squares dark chocolate with almonds

[spokewench]

B: wheat chex, milk, coffee
Snack: granola bar
Lunch: pulled chicken sandwich and coleslaw
Dinner: 1/2 8 oz sirloin steak, 1/4 baked potato, broccoli, cauliflower, 1 glass red wine, pumpkin harvest pie slice

[Swan]

B: 1/2c green tea
L: 1/2c green tea, 3/4c fresh salad w 1 fresh egg, 1tbsp lite non-dairy ranch
S: 1/4 large carrot
D: 1c chicken, 1/3c noodles, 1/3c beans, 1.5 tbsp butter, assorted spices
Water: 5c.

[Crankin]

B: ate an apple and had coffee at 6, then met friend for breakfast where I had a veggie omelette and a side of fruit, more coffee
3 mile run
L: 3 slices chicken over a corn tortilla, 1/4 cup black beans, avocado slices, green chili salsa
D: slice of Machengo cheese, one small boneless chicken breast sauteed in fig balsamic vinegar, sweet potato, broccoli with sesame seeds, 2 squares dark chocolate with almonds, glass of red wine

[spokewench]

B: Rice chex, 1% milk, coffee
L: 1/2 pork roast sandwich with WG bread, small bit of au gratin pototoes
D: stuffed 1/2 acorn squash, stuffed with rice, zucchini, italian hot sausage, onion, cottage cheese, topped with homemade marinara sauce and slice of mozzarella cheese, 1 glass white wine
Dessert: 1 cherry turnover

[Swan]

B 1/4c chicken, 1/4c noodles, 1/8c veggies, 2c green tea
S 1/2 lg carrot
L 1c Cinnamon Toast Crunch w 1c milk
S ""
D 1c noodles 1/3c veggies
Water 4c

Not too healthy today.

[Crankin]

B: broccoli, yellow pepper, tomato, scrambled with egg whites, an orange, coffee
L: salad with lettuce, chicken, chick peas, tomatoes, vinaigrette, an apple
S: slice of Ezekial raisin bread with soy nut butter
D: cup of roasted corn soup, salmon burger patty, sweet potato, cole slaw

[Catrin]

B: eggs, bacon, coffee with cream
L: HAD to get away from the desk, so went to an Indian restaurant close to the office for a lunch of a small salad, spinach, butternut squash in a cream sauce and tandorii chicken
D: bone broth with arm roast, kale, mushroom, onion, and a poached egg. 1 cup grass-fed wild-berry yogurt

[Swan]

B 2 pancakes, 1c pure maple syrup, 1/2 banana, 2c OJ
L 1/2c simulated pork, 1c noodles, 1c OJ
S 1c noodles (finally finished off those leftovers, phew!)
D 1/3c chili (chorizo w black and kidney beans), 4 saltines, 1c green tea
Dessert: 1/3c cereal with 1/4c soy milk

[Catrin]

B: My favorite breakkie, eggs scrambled with veggies, coffee with cream
L: last of the arm roast, banana muffin cup (egg, banana, almond butter - yummmm)
D: pork roast, bacon-brown butter roasted brussels sprouts, kale chips

I really want ice cream for some odd reason - thankfully there isn't any in my freezer :

[Crankin]

B:egg whites and broccoli, low salt ham, an orange, coffee
L: salmon burger patty, cole slaw, blueberries
S: piece of Machengo cheese, 2 whole wheat pita rounds
D: ground turkey and veggies marinara sauce over spaghetti squash, glass of red wine, 2 squares dark chocolate and almonds

[Crankin]

B: 2 scrambled eggs with low fat cheddar, 2 slices uncured bacon, 1 slice raisin Ezekial toast with margarine, an orange, coffee
L: 2 slices chicken and 2 slices low salt ham in a whole wheat tortilla wrap, with some avocado, mustard, an apple, cup of roasted corn soup (low salt). I am addicted to the soups at Trader Joe's and another brand I get at the natural foods store
19.5 mile ride, handful of nuts, cranberries, chocolate when I got home
D: went to old neighbors' new house for dinner... champagne, some delicious cheese (Armenian string cheese), about 5 oz strip steak (DH and I shared one), salad, and a little brown rice with kidney beans. Slice of Key Lime pie

[Catrin]

Today:

B: sausage/veggie frittata, coffee with cream
1 hour hard group training session
L: last of the roast pork, and remainder of the bacon brussels sprouts
90 minute ride :) 1 banana prior to ride
D: will be roast turkey leg, fennel/parsly salad, and probably one beer

[Crankin]

B: "sandwich" on a whole wheat bagel; 2 slices low salt ham and tomato pesto, an orange, coffee
L: cup of tomato soup, an apple
S: handful of nuts, cranberries, chocolate bits
yoga
D: went out with friends. Glass of red wine, mixed salad with oil and vinegar, blackened swordfish, sweet potato, broccoli

[spokewench]

B: 1 piece coffee cake, coffee
L: homemade chicken noodle soup - yummy; 1 heel of the bread toasted with cheese
S: 1 piece european chocolate from croatia (with hazelnuts of course)
D: went to a party; hostess is a great cook; pork green chili, pinto beans, posole, 1 flour tortilla, 1 piece of pumpkin cheesecake roll, 1 glass red wine.

[Crankin]

half hour run/walk on the treadmill
B: egg whites, kale, sprinkling of low fat cheddar, 2 turkey apple breakfast sausages, blueberries and strawberries, coffee
L: salad with lettuce, chicken, corn, red pepper, vinaigrette
S: hummus and slice of Ezekial bread
D: defrosted Paleo chili (meat, no beans), salad, glass of red wine, 2 squares dark chocolate