What did you eat today?

[Reesha]

I am genuinely interested in what other people eat on a daily basis-- especially here at a women's cycling forum! I want to know how people eat before big races and long rides. I'm curious to see what kind of spread we have here.

I will start :D

Today I ate:

No breakfast :( That's a huge no-no, but I woke up late and didn't have time to grab anything before swimming this morning!

Lunch:
Gardenburger without the bun
A heap of steamed broccoli
Roasted cherry tomato salad
A couple ounces of turkey on the side

Dinner:
A large bowl of brown rice with two eggs scrambled and delicious kimchi
Glass of OJ

What did you eat today? :o

[tctrek]

Breakfast:
3/4 c Kashi Heart Healthy
1 banana
1/2 cup 2% organic milk
coffee

Morning snack
No fat yogurt
1 c grapefruit

Lunch
Hebrew Nat'l no-fat franks (2)
1 c sauerkraut
1/2 c mashed potatoes (my passion!!)

Afternoon snack:
Apple
15 almonds

Dinner
Garden Salad with spinach, tomatoes, cucumber, olives, feta cheese and balsalmic vinegarette
1/2 hard boiled egg

[Reesha]

Your day looks pretty much perfectly balanced-- nutrition-wise. I wish I had enough forethought to plan snacks, but I'm usually too busy to think about being hungry mid morning and mid afternoon.

[tctrek]

I can't take too much credit for that. DH packs me a big lunch box every day with all the snacks and good food to keep me away from the vending machines. I just open it and pull out snacks and eat. I'm a lucky ducky.

[Reesha]

Indeed! I need my boyfriend to move in pronto. I'll put him to work :D

[shootingstar]

Did everyone who posted so far cycle today? ;)

Last few days not normal at all food-wise ad cycling-wise, since I'm visiting family and friends. Cycling has been only 12-35 kms. daily. I normally ride 42 kms. daily back home in Vancouver.

Since yesterday was a non-cycling day due to other activities with 2 sisters, I won't elaborate unusually diverse and filling meals, including 1 early dinner at Chinese restaurant where 3 of us shared 4 entrees. :o
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But since you asked with curiosity for "longer" rides, recently 4 days ago as part of 35 kms. trip:

Breakfast
1 small bowl of cornflakes with skim milk (hey, it's my sister's home.)
a fresh peach
tea with skim milk

Lunch (This is not normal for me. I barely have any lunch. I've improved over the years, at least a bigger breakast is a regular habit now.)
1 slice of bread with 2 tblsp. of goat cheese
tea with skim milk

Supper (at my dearie's son's gastropub. he is chef/cook there, it was destination goal of our ride:)
shared 1 large bowl of chilled minted melon and cucumber soup with dearie
I had leek risotto with scallops, mushroom and tomato
pineapple juice

Came back where before 2 hrs. before went to bed, had plum and tea with milk.

[Reesha]

I swam for 45 minutes this morning (leisurely) and then rode about 15 miles this afternoon (also leisurely) :D

[jenopher]

Well, since I just signed up for the weightloss challenge, I'll fess up to my diet as well.

BF Frosted bite size mini wheats with 2% milk.

Snack, string cheese and almonds

Lunch,3-4oz Roast beef on WW with light mayo and mustard.

snack, 1 small cup(120 cal.) ice cream. almonds
snack, 100 cal granola bar
Dinner, tons of fresh green beans cooked with some sort of specialty sausage from costco.
cup of 2% milk

Oh yeah, a few mini reese's from my secret stash in my room that the kids don't know about. After these are gone I won't refill the stash. But I'm too weak to toss them out.

Today I did week 5 day 3 of couch to 5K which is 8 min. jog, 5 min. walk, and 8 min jog. Tomorrow is my bike ride day.

[Reesha]

mini reese's are both the essence of evil and the essence of all that is good and right in the world.

[Grog]

Two somewhat-thick pieces of home-made spelt bread, each with honey, peanut butter, raspberry spread and cottage cheese.

Coffee. (Nothing in it.)

Hard-boiled egg once I got to the office.

A small-ish portion of udon noodles with two lime&cilantro flavoured chicken drumsticks (leftovers from last night). With the skin, thank you.

A handful of cherry tomatoes and maybe 5 cubic inches of cheddar.

An espresso.

A (home-made) bun stuffed with a little more cheddar and home-grown sprouts, with a bit of Dijon mustard.

That's it up to now, and I don't know what dinner will be yet.

Oh, and maybe 3 small squares of milk chocolate (Ritters with cornflakes!). And about 2 liters of water.

[limewave]

This a good thread for me. I've always struggled with my weight. I grew up eating what my mom called balogna boats: Ringed pickled balogne with a large scoop of mashed potatoes and topped with lots of cheese.

Anyways:

Breakfast:
Fried egg sandwich (1 whole egg + 1 egg white on gluten free bread)

Snack:
Coffee and nature valley granola bar

Lunch:
2 cups cooked vegetables with a tsp olive oil and light seasoning
1 cheese mozza cheese stick
(usually it's more planned, but I was rushed this morning)

Snack:
Apple
12 raw almonds

Dinner:
1/2 cup quinoa
Chicken and broccoli stirfry (1/2 cup)

Snack:
Banana
1/2 ounce 86% dark chocolate

I wasn't planning no the last snack, but I ended up doing an hour ride on the trainer after I got the kids to bed.

[jp4995]

Breakfast: bowl of oatmeal with about 2-3 tbsp of dried cranberries, plus a slice of homemade banana bread

Morning snack: yogurt and a banana

Lunch: Tuna sandwich on homemade bread

Afternoon snack: a cup and a half of carrot sticks and celery sticks; about a cup or so of red grapes

Late afternoon snack: apple

Dinner: fried egg sandwich (2 eggs) with a slice of cheese on a whole-wheat english muffin

Post dinner snack... one beer ;)

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Nothing really to brag about, but today's food was:

Breakfast:
2 fried eggs, 2 croissants, a large skim espresso latte

Lunch:
large bowl of whole wheat cereal with lo-fat milk

Dinner:
2 bowls of vegetable soup jam-packed with veggies grown by myself and neighboring friends.
Way too much local sheep milk cheese w/herbs.

After breakfast today I rode my bike 16 miles which included a few big hills. :)

[Zen]

pancakes with sugar free syrup, scrambled egg

six oreos

large bowl of home made mac and cheese with ham and broccoli in it

and a bunch of delicious concord grapes that I bought from a woman down the road for $2.00
:) :) :)

[Triskeliongirl]

B: 1 chicken sausage (spinach and feta) and coffee
swam laps
L: 1 turkey burger (no bun), garden salad w balsamic vinaigrette.
D: 1 Lobster, asparagus w lemon, radishes, 200 g FAGE full fat yogurt


(if I were gonna do a long ride after breakfast I would have eaten 2 sausages instead of 1)

[bacarver]

Breakfast: Oatmeal (made with water) with peanut butter, cinnamon, and butter spray.
Lunch: Bowl of cheerios with low calorie soy milk, yogurt, and a few malted milk balls.
Supper: Salad, fresh fruit, small serving leftover meatloaf, a couple bites of expensive cheese, piece of cornbread.
Snack: Cocoa, ice cream bar, and a few more malted milk balls.

About 1200 calories.

Went for a 2 hour 31 mile kinda hilly ride.

PS - My metabolism is no friend of mine.

Barb

[Grog]

Having had dinner, I can now add to my earlier testimony:

A copious amount of capellini pasta with clam "sauce" (the clam's juice from the can and white wine, garlic, parsley, bread crumbs) with some strips of red, yellow and orange peppers and some slices of the single viable zucchini we've had this year. I think I had about 6 Kalamata olives, maybe more, and a slice of white crusted bread.

Half a glass of skim milk and and a lot of water.

I expect my sweet husband to bring me a square of chocolate sometime before I go to bed.

[Chickpea]

Breakfast: Oatmeal with apple & sultanas
Snack: Orange & protein shake
Lunch: Low carb shepherd's pie (cauliflower instead of potato topping) & steamed veges
Snack: Red grapes
Dinner: Corned meat & steamed veges

Rode for 1 hour before breakfast - a bit of pace which translates to plodding & a couple of hills. Weight training tonight.

[Reesha]

This is as interesting as I thought it would be! Everyone here eats so nicely-- hurray for us :D

I did a 45 minute swim this morning, but nothing to eat yet. I'll report at the end of the day :)

[lph]

This one's easy, I eat the same thing every day. Except for every now and then when my appetite catches up with increased activity or stress, then I'll eat anything not nailed down. I try to eat often and not too much at a time.

Breakfast: seal oil (omega 3) supplement, calcium supplement, orange juice. Black coffee. 2 slices of bread ("full grain"? sorta healthy), one with cheese and ham or similar protein, one with banana.

(40 min bike ride to work.)

Snack at work: green tea w/ a little sugar and lemon. 2 rye crackers.

Lunch: large salad, heavy on beans and chickpeas, oil dressing. White tea, 1 sq very dark chocolate.

Pre bike ride: 2 slices of bread with peanut butter. Black coffee.

(50-60 min bike ride.)

Handful of unsalted raw almonds or walnuts while contemplating dinner. Maybe a banana or something if dinner is going to be late.

Dinner: most typical is boiled rice and something wok-ish, chicken or pork fried with a lot of vegetables plus some kind of wok sauce (store-bought).

Evening: herb tea, a cracker or cookie or two sometimes. If I have dark chocolate at home another sq of this will frequently disappear roundabout now.

I've pretty much stopped buying snacks on impulse while on the road or while shopping, since I incorporated a few snacks into my regular diet. I'll buy an icecream or latte every now and then, but mostly to be social, not as much because I really crave it.

[katluvr]

I was wondering IF only gals that ate "healthy" were posting....
really makes me think I over eat, but when I do eat healthy at about 1400 calories I am HUNGRY. GUT, wrenching hungry!
So here is what I ate yesterday and I skipped my workout!

B: 1 1/2 cups crunchy rasin bran w/ 8 oz 1% organic milk (probably the onlyt good thing I ate!)
L: provided by hosp at a lunch meeting--RB on wheat bread, baked lays and BIG choco chip cookie...that I ate at my NEXT meeting (so I guess that was my snack)
S: 2 mini reeses...OMG I can never give those up
D: we went out...Carabas--slice (2 halfs) of sour dough bread w/ olive oil dipping sauce (yum). Ceasar salad WITH the dressing on and croutons. 1/2 of the chicken pizza--not too cheesey, chicken and pin nutes on it thin crust.
Oh and 2 glasses of wine. (What can I say).:o

I probably eat like that at least one or twice a week. So probably explains why I have 8 pounds to lose and can't lose it. I love food. I love eating out. I get bored w/ same ole food easliy.

So there is the honest picture of my eating habits!

[limewave]

This is as interesting as I thought it would be! Everyone here eats so nicely-- hurray for us :D


That's only because you asked yesterday. Now, if you would have asked on Saturday after I did my AR . . . There would have been about 3 pieces of cheese pizza, cheesy avacado dip with pita chips, a few beers, cookies, I think there was a salad in there and a York Peppermint Patty. And that was just dinner.

[Reesha]

Well, that's eating nicely too ;)

mmmm cheesy avocado dip

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

This is as interesting as I thought it would be! Everyone here eats so nicely-- hurray for us :D

Funny, I was just thinking the opposite! :cool:

[Grog]

I eat A LOT more than 1,400 calories/day. But I have a fast metabolism, no weight to lose, and cycle at least 25 k/day, most days.

[limewave]

I eat A LOT more than 1,400 calories/day. But I have a fast metabolism, no weight to lose, and cycle at least 25 k/day, most days.

Wish I had your problem! I think I killed my metabolism from years of inactivity and HORRIBLE eating habits. It's really hard for me to lose weight now. I have to eat a specific combination of proteins/carbs/fats while maintaining 1400-1600 calories a day. If I work out for more than 60 minutes, I can add nutrition during that workout--but anything more and it's going right to my butt (which is usually what happens).

[Pax]

I eat A LOT more than 1,400 calories/day. But I have a fast metabolism, no weight to lose, and cycle at least 25 k/day, most days.

What a rarity! I only know a few other women like that, I would say I envy them but I like my body fine so I'm just happy for them instead.


What did I eat today...so far a bowl of great grains with soy milk, and at break I had a cup of black coffee. Lunch is at Chipotle today so it'll be a burrito bowl with guac...YUM!! :p

[GLC1968]

How about this...I've got one bad day and one good day to share...

Yesterday:
B: cinnamon chip scone and coffee with skim milk from Panera
S: cherry vanilla bagel from Panera
L: left over chicken Kung Pao from chinese place on Sunday (had 1/3 of the meal) and a 1/2 can of diet Coke
S: 1/4 c of granola that I brought to put on my yogurt (didn't eat the yogurt because I didn't have time to go to the break room!).
D: sushi (assorted rolls and nigiri)
desert: 1 cup light ice cream with about 2 Tbs of mini choc chips on it

Today's plan:
B: 1 egg, 1 slice of canadian bacon & 1 whole grain english muffin
S: coffee with goats milk, grape tomatoes
L: 3 oz tuna, 2 cups frozen veggies (broccoli & beans, mostly), 1 orange
S: 1/2 cup goats milk yogurt w/ 1 tbs of apple butter (all homemade)
D: chicken breast with homemade pesto (grilled), steamed broccoli, sauteed zucchini and baked acorn squash

Yesterday - all of it was purchased
Today - almost all of it was home made or home grown

How's that for contrast? :p

[katluvr]

GLC1968---you make me feel much better! :)

[shootingstar]

I eat A LOT more than 1,400 calories/day. But I have a fast metabolism, no weight to lose, and cycle at least 25 k/day, most days.

Normally my minimal intake is probably 2,000 calories/day --with or without any cycling. I dunno. I've never tracked calorie intake. I will have to downgrade the intake as the years go by.

I used to have a fast metabolism.

[azfiddle]

Yesterday I had...
breakfast: oatmeal with dried peaches and less than a teaspoon of honey

snack: about 1/2 a Luna bar

lunch: green salad with some chicken and marinated artichoke hearts, apple
(10.5 mile ride before dinner)

dinner: leftover vegetable beef soup with pasta stars, 2 corn tortillas with low fat cheese, salsa and an ounce of chicken.

snack: skinny cow ice cream sandwich and a handful of pretzels, banana chips and cat
That comes out to about 18 points on weightwatchers.... or around 900-1000 calories. I'm hungry and on a plateau again :-(

[GLC1968]

GLC1968---you make me feel much better! :)

Oh good! ;)

I didn't want anyone to think that we are all healthy eaters all the time, right?!

[shootingstar]

This is abit wrong for me today so far. Really, I ate as if it has been for a 75 kms. bike ride...instead of a 28 kms. windy but sunny bike ride today. :)

B- cereal with skim milk. Ciabatta bun with goat cheese. Tea with skim milk
L- Biked over to the market. peameal bacon sandwich with headache-inducing horseradish mustard. Dearie me, I had forgotten this mind-blowing condiment. Haven't had this formerly favourite sandwich in past 2 yrs. :o More meat than I can recall. Oh well, at least it's lean. Coffee with milk.

Back at hostess' home for a fresh prune plum and tea with skim milk. Told my sis we could split-share the skinny puff pastry twist with raspberry filling from the market later on. Poor kid (she's struggling with a sudden back ache and her 18 month active daughter). I'm glad I bought the fresh peaches for her family.

S- don't know. But a restaurant meal with a friend at a restaurant where culinary students run the show and serve their concoctions. Will be walking and taking subway instead of cycling. Walking will be about half hr. in total. Very pleasant.

This is not a model diet. Just a visitor's diet. :):o:rolleyes: Most likely will near the 3,000 calorie mark by end of today.

I probably won't be seeing my family and friends for the next few years. So gotta make choices and slip in cycling when I can here and there.

[Pax]

Yesterday - all of it was purchased
Today - almost all of it was home made or home grown

How's that for contrast? :p

Yesterday I went to the Co-Op with the intent of buying a pre-made (somewhat) healthy dinner. Once I got there I stopped and thought "a nice made from scratch dinner won't be that hard", so I picked up salad fixings/portobellos/and cheese instead. Ended up having a lovely salad with grilled portobellos on top, it was soooo much better than even decent pre-packaged food.

[Crankin]

I think I probably eat around 1800-2400 calories a day, except of course, if I am going out to eat..
Yesterday I had:
B: half a cup V8, egg whites (2) and grated cheese, and about a cup of whole grain organic cereal w/skim milk, tea
snack: low fat string cheese
L: low salt ham (2 slices) and low fat provolone cheese sandwich on a whole wheat roll with Dijon mustard, a teeny scoop of pasta/veggie salad (I was at a picnic at my internship, where the clients made lunch, which I mostly did not eat), and an apple
snack: at 4 Pm before my class, I had a handful of walnuts and dried cranberries. At 5:15 during the break, I ate a Luna bar because dinner would be late)
D: turkey burger,mixed with panko bread crumbs, on a ww roll, tomato, avocado slices, and low fat provolone, onions. about a half cup of cole slaw, my usual 2 small pieces of dark chocolate from Trader Joe's.
I drink water all day long and with my meals.

Today, so far, I've had:
B: about a cup of low fat cottage cheese, mixed with fresh strawberries, almonds, and dried cranberries, a slice of whole wheat toast, with about a teaspoon of soy nut butter on it, V8, tea
snack: a Luna Bar (chocolate) before going on a 22 mile ride, low fat string cheese
L: salad with romaine lettuce from nearby farm and grape tomatoes from same farm, topped with tuna packed in olive oil, a sprinkle of romano cheese, and red peppers, with wine vinegar on it, plus about a cup and a quarter of acorn squash soup, water

tonight's dinner will be portobella/cheese enchiladas in whole wheat tortillas and black beans

[limewave]

Today:

B
fried egg sandwich with gluten free bread.
small bowl of oatmeal
coffee
(I like big breakfasts)

Snack
12 almonds

L
Protein shake (I added 1/2 frzn banana and 1 tsp PB)

Snack
2 cups popcorn

D
Chicken and broccoli stirfry made with tamari and quinoa
(leftovers from yesterday)
1 piece Dark chocolate

I will probably do a 30 min strength training workout followed by 20 minutes on the stationary bike before dinner.

[Reesha]

Today did not start out well-- meetings always bring all manner of goodies.

After swimming 45 minutes this morning, I ate:

2 plums
a bite of cheesecake (there were cheesecake bites at the meeting :()
a reeses peanut butter cup
2 rolls with jam

This was all over the course of the morning-- all of it food provided at meetings.

Lunch:
Kielbasa dog without a bun with sauerkraut
green bell pepper stuffed with bulgur

Dinner:
Cilantro lime chicken burger (not as good as I hoped... too much red bell pepper)
a bunch of brussels sprouts steamed yummm

overall it all balanced out I think. :)

[OakLeaf]

I wasn't going to play because DH isn't home and I just can't be bothered to cook for one. But I never measure what I eat and I was too curious not to join in. :p So here goes. Not that I'll probably get around to adding everything up. :rolleyes:

Breakfast - this at least is pretty normal, I NEVER cook breakfast except to nuke some hot cereal when it gets cold outside.

2/3 c blueberries (frozen, from a U-Pick not too far from here)
2 tbsp walnuts
1/2 c oat O's cereal
1/2 c hemp milk (probably 1/3 c would've been more like my usual portion, but I was measuring into a 1/2 c measure just to see :rolleyes:)

Sen cha green tea x 3 - 12 oz mugs

3/4 c mixed vegetable soup (leftover)

1 can Amy's lentil veg soup (which I definitely wouldn't have eaten if DH was home, but there probably would've been more leftovers too)

Went to the buffet restaurant for dinner:
1/3 c mashed potatoes
1/2 c baby limas
1/2 c cooked spinach
Medium portion of baked fish (maybe 5 oz)
3" crab cake
3 brussels sprouts
1 fried shrimp
1 deviled egg (1/2 an egg)
1/4 c peas
2" square peach cobbler
1" x 1.5" x .25" peanut butter brownie (it was so small compared to what I usually think of as a "brownie" I had to be specific ;) )

Water (not enough... a little over 1 liter so far today)

Odds are I'll have a late-night snack before it's over; I got some delicious grapes and plums from the farmer's market. :)
Edit: yep. Two plums and a handful of Canadice grapes, yum.

Today was a running day. On cycling days I usually eat more.

[shootingstar]

Ok, Oak this was my restaurant supper this evening ...an addendum to my earlier post today. At a restaurant to help train culinary and hospitality students at a college:

a cherry tomato amusee bouche with some sort of cheese filling
appetizer: smoke salmon over curried pancake with cilantro yogurt sauce
pear-ginger juice drink
grilled trout with tomato, pine nuts and herbs over a sort of broccoli (looks close to Chinese gai lan, but not quite)
ginger peach crumble with cardamon spiced topping (artfully served in a little tartlet shape instead of usual jumbly mess)

Menu is not overly fattening,but methinks whole day added up to alot. :o:)
All students dressed in their serving whites, etc.
I'm happy above all, to have caught up with good ole friend on news.

[Owlie]

Hm...probably a bit off, but here goes:
Yesterday:
B: Bowl of cereal with 1% milk.
L: don't remember. I think there was an apple involved.
D: spaghetti tossed with Italian sausage, chunks of tomato, onion, garlic, parsley and olive oil and a salad.
There were a couple cups of tea involved here, too.

B--skipped it. I was late to class anyway. :|
L--free pizza (sausage) and a can of Coke.
Snack-- pumpkin spice frappucino from the Starbucks on campus.
D--leftover spaghetti from last night.
Snack--chai with milk and sugar and a bowl of cereal.

[ny biker]

yesterday:

breakfast: 3 eggo nutri-grain waffles with margarine and light pancake syrup, plus tea with sugar.

lunch: tuna salad, avocado, swiss cheese, lettuce, tomato on spinach wrap with diet coke

dinner: barilla spinach and cheese tortellini (1 cup) topped with margarine and shaved parmesan cheese

Also had some wheat thins before dinner and another diet coke with dinner. Usually I have orange juice with dinner but I was in a bad mood so I splurged with a soda.

today:

same breakfast.

lunch: muenster cheese on rye with tomato and russian dressing, plus a pickle.

dinner: 1/2 a cheese Tombstone pizza

Also more wheat thins before dinner. I don't usually snack like that but I expect it will continue until I finish the damn box (1-2 more days). And I had a couple of orange sticks (chocolate filled with orange jelly).

Tomorrow I will have the same breakfast, because it's what I always eat, unless I'm doing a long bike ride in which case I increase it to 4 waffles, or if I'm at my parents' house and it's Sunday, because then my mother will make breakfast for us. In summer I put fresh blueberries on the waffles.

For lunch tomorrow I'll probably go to Noodles & Co., in which case I'll have whole grain linguini with either mushroom stroganoff sauce and extra mushrooms or with a tomato cream sauce with mushrooms, tomatoes and extra spinach.

And lots of diet coke. It's my addiction.

p.s. grapes are on sale this week so my snack for the next week will be grapes.

[Crankin]

This morning I went downstairs at 6 AM, to find 2 freshly made waffles waiting for me. I added 2 pieces of turkey bacon and a sliced peach from the farm stand, and coffee.
Oh oh. Writing this down made me remember that I forgot to take my calcium, and drink my V8. I guess the waffles startled me so much, I forgot my normal routine.
I wish I could have ridden to my internship today. I was jealous when DH rode off, even though it's 49 F out right now. I will ride (a very short ride) when I get home.

[GLC1968]

Oy, I started my day off in the wrong way again...but I was late so I skipped making my own breakfast (I need to stop this).

B: cinnamon chip scone, coffee w skim milk
S: none
L: 1 slice leftvover veggie pizza, 2 cups frozen veggies
S: none
D: not sure...probably leftover portuguese kale soup with french bread and a salad.

No snacking for me today since I'll be on the test floor or in the lab all day and no food or drink is allowed. I have to remind myself at least once an hour to go get a drink of water at least or I'll be terribly dehydrated by the end of the day, too.

[pfunk12]

I really need to stop reading this thread. Everytime I read a post, I get hungry. Some of the meals that you are eating sound sooo good. :) Question though - does anyone on TE ever have a glass of wine or bottle of beer in the evening to unwind? Or am I the only one? :p

[papaver]

I really need to stop reading this thread. Everytime I read a post, I get hungry. Some of the meals that you are eating sound sooo good. :) Question though - does anyone on TE ever have a glass of wine or bottle of beer in the evening to unwind? Or am I the only one? :p

You are not alone, believe me. :D

[pfunk12]

Whew! Glad to hear it. :D


You are not alone, believe me. :D

[7rider]

I really need to stop reading this thread. Everytime I read a post, I get hungry. Some of the meals that you are eating sound sooo good. :) Question though - does anyone on TE ever have a glass of wine or bottle of beer in the evening to unwind? Or am I the only one? :p

Just a glass??? :confused:;)

[pfunk12]

Okay, if I'm confessing...2 glasses. Preferably red wine since it's healthy. :D


Just a glass??? :confused:;)

[lo123]

What a rarity! I only know a few other women like that, I would say I envy them but I like my body fine so I'm just happy for them instead.


What did I eat today...so far a bowl of great grains with soy milk, and at break I had a cup of black coffee. Lunch is at Chipotle today so it'll be a burrito bowl with guac...YUM!! :p

Once I started cycling and lifting weights, I had to increase my caloric intake by about 500 calories because I kept gaining weight on my prior 1400 calorie/day "diet". It feels like a real chore for me to hit 1900-2000 calories a day, especially with healthy food. But, I started dropping weight once I did.

Today I've had/plan to have:

B: cinnamon raisin bagel with 2 TBSP light cream cheese, coffee + creamer

S: strawberry nutrigrain bar

L: Salad with grilled chicken and a diet pepsi

S: an apple with a TBSP of peanut butter

D: Leftover Kielbasa with scalloped potatoes

hmm.. according to livestrong, I'm only at 1300 calories, and tonight's a ride night. crap. Guess I'll throw in some ice cream for dessert and a pre-ride snack.

[spokewench]

Breakfast - one egg with whole grain toast, oj and coffee
Snack - Granola bar
Lunch - Broccoli and beef; rice
Dinner - Red leaf lettuce salad, with cucumbers, tomatoes, red peppers, blue cheese sprinkles, cut up ham, and olive oil and red wine vinegar dressing

[limewave]

Errrr . . . I just ate a bay of M&Ms.

[papaver]

Okay, if I'm confessing...2 glasses. Preferably red wine since it's healthy. :D

I'm enjoying my Chimay blue as we speak. :D (But it's nearly 10 pm over here).

[letsride89]

Breakfast-
1 cup banana nut cherrios with 1 tbsp melted peanut butter/coffee with splenda and hazelnut cream, 1 glass of water

Snack- none

Lunch- Mcalisters Peach Chipotle Wrap and fruit cup/water/diet coke

Snack- none

Dinner- 1/2cuprice/chx breast/1cupvegies/3 TBSP light 3chz ranch/crackers

Snack- sugar free pudding with strawberry cornflakes.

probably 1500 cals? idk.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Here's a general healthy eating guide:
http://www.completefitness.com.au/articles/ia/newfoodpyramid.jpg
http://www.co.st-lawrence.ny.us/Office_For_the_Aging/NewPyramid2.gif

It's anyone's guess as to how all the highly processed 'foods' we Americans tend to eat would fit into these categories.

[spokewench]

Where's the beer and wine food group???:D

[Reesha]

Ugh another bad start today. My co-teacher brought me specifically a donut from Lamar's (heaven) without my permission. So I ate it. That was after 45 minutes swimming though sooo... still bad :D

Lunch:
A cup of Sweet and sour tofu stir fry (not that thick sweet and sour go
Steamed carrots
Low sodium egg drop soup

Afternoon snack: Banana

Ten mile leisurely bike ride

Dinner:
8 oz Silk light chocolate soymilk
8 oz orange juice
A bowl of brown rice scrambled with two eggs and plenty of kimchi <3

[Crankin]

I had one of my left over mushroom and black bean whole wheat burritos for lunch, with an apple. snack was string cheese.
When I got home, I ate one slice of whole wheat bread with a little soy nut butter. Then I went for a 2-3 mile hike in the conservation land, including an uphill portion that is about a 25% grade at 2 points.
Dinner was one chicken breast, rubbed with curry powder, with an apricot jam/lemon juice sauce, sauteed in olive oil. I ate about a cup of whole wheat couscous, and a salad with romaine, grape tomatoes, and a tsp of vinagrette dressing. I did have a glass of red wine and my dessert was as always, 2 squares of dark chocolate.

[Susan Otcenas]

Today:

"pre-breakfast" (oh-dark-30 before a breakfast meeting) - 2 slices light whole wheat toast with homemade apple butter
breakfast - steel cut oats with 1/2 banana and 1 T brown sugar
snack - yogurt, coffee with chocolate soy milk
lunch - Flatout light Italian wrap with 3 oz turkey, lettuce, mushrooms
snack - grapefruit
dinner (as soon as I get home from work will be...)- 4 oz fish simmered with tomatoes, mushrooms & onions. Wild rice. Steamed broccoli & cauliflower. Big green salad with homemade balsamic vinaigrette. Depending upon my mood, I may skip the rice in favor of red wine. ;) I only have 6.5 WW points left to spend on dinner, so I can't have both.

[7rider]

Where's the beer and wine food group???:D

In college, a friend of mine got by on what she referred to as the "-ine" (een) food groups ... as in "Caffeine. Saltines. Nicotine".
:rolleyes:

Today was a special day for me, so DH made dinner - eggplant parm and pasta and we split a bottle of cab. Yummmmmmm

[OakLeaf]

In college, a friend of mine got by on what she referred to as the "-ine" (een) food groups ... as in "Caffeine. Saltines. Nicotine".

The five basic food groups: sugar, salt, starch, grease and alcohol.

[ny biker]

In college, a friend of mine got by on what she referred to as the "-ine" (een) food groups ... as in "Caffeine. Saltines. Nicotine".

Monday nights in college I had band rehearsal at 6 pm (yes, I was in the marching band.) Dinner was usually a hot pretzel and a can of coke while standing in the hallway outside rehearsal room.

Ah, the good old days...

Today for lunch I went with the mushroom stroganoff from Noodles & Co. Also this morning I found a small bag of unsalted cashews that I had bought a couple of weeks ago during a long drive, so I had some of them for my pre-gym snack. Now for dinner I will have half a large baked potato topped with 2% milk cheddar cheese plus a glass of OJ.

Tomorrow for lunch I think I might go to Quiznos for an 8" tuna melt on wheat. With lots of pickles.

[Owlie]

Today was a terrible food day. I've felt off all day, and what I ate probably didn't help:

B: bowl of cereal with 1% milk.
L: PB&J
S: another pumpkin spice frappucino. I at least get the small ones...
D: I had a late running group meeting (damn research) and BF's sick, so him cooking is probably a terrible idea. I had a bowl of cereal and one of applesauce. :/

[ny biker]

Today was a terrible food day. I've felt off all day, and what I ate probably didn't help:

B: bowl of cereal with 1% milk.
L: PB&J
S: another pumpkin spice frappucino. I at least get the small ones...
D: I had a late running group meeting (damn research) and BF's sick, so him cooking is probably a terrible idea. I had a bowl of cereal and one of applesauce. :/

That's not necessarily bad, depending on the kind of cereal.

[JH-NV]

B- Fage yogurt - 6 oz..... 1/2 of a blueberry muffin (thereby negating yogurt)
with plain latte

L- 3 oz fresh mozzarella with 2 slices of proscuitto and fresh basil leaves

D- IN-n-Out burger!!!!!

I thought twice about posting, but the first step towards recovery is always hard

[Crankin]

breakfast this morning was a serving of steel cut oatmeal, cooked in a cup of skim milk, with a sprinkle of brown sugar and some cut up strawberries. I also had 2 slices of low salt ham and a cup of coffee, half a cup of V8.
My weight has stabilized after about 3 weeks of losing weight, without trying. This seems to be part of my fibro. flare ups. It was hard to eat more without eating badly, if you know what I mean. I didn't want to pig out and start eating a lot of junk and sugar, just to keep my weight up, because, believe me, I normally just look at something and gain. So, I had a few days of guiltlessly eating lots of good carbs and Indian food!
OK, gotta go read my group therapy text. Only 230 pages to go.

[OakLeaf]

I'd been craving meat and had a steak on Sunday. As of last night I still had B.O. :p I guess the ground beef in the freezer will have to wait a couple of months.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I'd been craving meat and had a steak on Sunday. As of last night I still had B.O.

B.eef O.dor ?

[OakLeaf]

B.eef O.dor ?

:D :D

[Susan Otcenas]

Pre-run fuel - banana
During run (1hr, 50 min - 10.3 miles)- 3 Gu Roctane
Breakfast - homemade whole wheat Belgian waffle with raisins, topped with 1Tbsp GLC1968's amazing pear butter. 1/2 cup cantaloupe. 1/2 grapefruit. 6oz orange juice. (yeah, I'm starving after a long run. :) )
Snack - yogurt. coffee with chocolate soy milk.
Lunch - 2 slices Oroweat light whole wheat bread with 3oz turkey breast, lettuce & mushrooms. 1 cup roasted red pepper soup. salad greens.
dinner - my friend Jill is making fish tacos. I'm sure I will overindulge. :D

[spokewench]

Breakfast - 1 banana, some pineapple and raspberries
Mid morning snack - small 1 egg, ham and cheese burrito
Lunch - small plate of spagetti and tomato sauce
Dinner - will be grilled chicken thighs, veges from the garden, perhaps a piece of nice freshly baked whole grain bread and a glass or two of wine (it is friday!)

spoke

[RolliePollie]

I would like to enter the contest for the WORST diet of the day:

Breakfast:
Coffee with chocolate soymilk
Two strawberry Pop Tarts
Two DanActive "Probiotic Dairy Drinks"

Bike Ride (48 miles, pretty flat, avg. 17.5 mph, temp 95 hot degrees):
2 bottles Gatorade
Pack of HoneyStingers
1 Powerbar Gel

Lunch:
Large Carl's Jr. Strawberry Milkshake with Whipped Cream

Dinner:
3 slices Safeway Select lots-of-meat-on-it pizza (thin crust...which of course makes it so much more nutritious)
1 fresh pear
Lots of cherry tomatoes
Glass of skim milk

I may need some dessert later. You know, just to add some additional sugar and fat.

Good grief, I can't believe I've just admitted to this. My diet is not the greatest in general, but today was ATROCIOUS. But in my own defense, after a longish ride in the heat, my appetite gets really screwed up. Only certain things sound good. This doesn't explain the breakfast though :(

[Owlie]

Today:

Breakfast: Coffee frappucino, skipped the whipped cream.

Lunch: Goldfish crackers.

Snack: handful of unsweetened banana chips and a bag of BBQ potato chips.

Dinner: Miso soup, tuna spicy rolls, and salmon sashimi.

I need to go shopping.

[GLC1968]

B: two slices organic whole grain bread with 1 T natural PB and 2 T of Susan's plum jam (damn...it's gone!!).
S: coffee with goats milk
L: left over grilled chicken w/ pesto, 1/4 c brown rice, 1 c leftover sauteed zucchini
S: PB choc chip cookie
D: 2 slices veggie pizza and 1/2 a diet coke

Not a good day, but not my worst ever. I feel like I'm forgetting something...I swear that I ate more than this today!

[Owlie]

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.

[OakLeaf]

Yesterday (fully supported ride, so I was eating what they had out) -

Started out with my usual breakfast, millet-rice-oatbran cereal with rice milk, walnuts and dried cranberries.

Two bottles of HEED (one scoop each)

Banana with a lot of PB
Some kind of granola bar

Sandwich: two slices wheat bread, two slices turkey-type pressed food product (yeah I know :rolleyes:), one leaf romaine lettuce, mustard, pickle slices, big handful of potato chips

Diluted Gatorade (thought I had HEED powder with me, turns out I was carrying an empty cylinder around :rolleyes:)

Banana with not quite so much PB
More diluted Gatorade and plain water

Recovery snack: Key lime Larabar

Dinner: black-eyed pea chili with ground beef :eek: (DH cooked). And beer. :) M**t three times in one week and twice in one day :eek: It's going to be a looooong time before I have any more.
[ETA: probably not that long if we wind up at family's for Thanksgiving]
[edit again: realistically probably going to be having m**t NEXT weekend - another fully supported two-day ride, and my body really needs protein on a long ride. They normally put cheese out, but I don't do well with dairy and exercise - and it's too much to hope that they'll have my usual standby when I'm fueling myself, tuna salad. :p]

Late night snack: dry cereal

[smilingcat]

b'fast A bowl of miso soup with tofu and scallions with left over rice.

Few pieces of "green & black" chocolate with almonds.

A small cup of frozen yogurt, strawberry flavor and double dutch chocolate.
Finished off the OJ in a carton of what little was in there.

nibbled on few thin slices of kalamata olive bread with smoked gouda. Each slice was like a silver dollar medallion size.

nibbling on smoked albacore tuna. It was a huge club a while ago...

half a peach and half a asian pear :D:D

hmm just been grazing. Working on a computer creating a web page for our cat rescue group. Just have to add hooks into MySQL and add a few forms here and there.

time to raid the fridge again. Stress eating...

[Crankin]

My weight was down again yesterday and I seriously took it as permission to eat a lot. Good thing, because yesterday was Rosh Hashanah, which started by DH making raisin challah french toast, of which I ate 3 pieces, with 2 pieces of turkey bacon, oj (4oz) and coffee. Then the fun began. After services, we went to a friend's for lunch. I had: 4 slices of turkey breast, rolled up with 2 pieces of provolone cheese (not low fat). 2 potato knishes (little ones), a small slice of challah with a little bit of chopped liver on it, fruit salad, a small piece of noodle pudding with no cheese in it, and a rugelah with 2 cups of coffee.
And I was hungry when I got home, so at around 7:30, DH made proscuitto and mozzarella paninis.
Today we went for a hard 30 mile ride in CT. Breakfast was 2 scrambled eggs, a whole wheat bagel with low fat cream cheese and lox, and tea. I ate a Luna bar as rode for the first 15 miles and drank a bottle of Accelerade. Lunch was a soy nut butter and jelly sandwich on whole wheat, followed by 6 apricots. I drank another half of a bottle of Accelerade and some plain water for the second half of the ride. After the ride we stopped at a cafe where I had a raspberry and chocolate chip scone and a mint iced tea.
Dinner was way too much Chinese food: 3 little scallion pancakes (fried), 2 Peking beef rolled up pancakes, a little curry cicken, and brown rice.

I am stuffed.

[shootingstar]

Due to visiting a good friend in a rural area while in Ontario, I haven't been cycling for past 3 days. Great meals though...:rolleyes:

Yesterday at 8:30 am cooked/served by friend:
b- 3 small slices of peameal bacon, orange juice, 2 c. of tea with skim milk, scrambled eggs and leftover peach cobbler from yesterday. :D

snack on train of fruit bar and coffee

lunch/supper/I don't know- @ 3:00pm prepared by my mother after I buzzed back into Toronto before flying home to Vancouver:

white rice with homemade fresh tomato sauce and slices of chicken breast (I don't get picky ..when I hardly see mother ..for her to buy brown rice for me...it'll just sit around wasted at their home unused later.)

airport: blueberry muffin, coffee with milk

aircraft ride: juice, coffee


Messed up my meal/food intake due to 3-hr. time zone changes, hence have not eaten for past 16 hrs.

My bike ride today...is filling our empty refrigerator!

[limewave]

B: Sausage, egg, and veggie skillet (leftover from camping)
S: almonds
L: Lots of cooked veggies (lightly seasoned), string cheese

(plan for the rest of the day)
S: Apple slices and PB
D: Protein Shake (made with banana and soy milk)
S: 2 cups popcorn, 1 piece dark chocolate

[papaver]

ehm... what is string cheese? :o

[limewave]

ehm... what is string cheese? :o

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_cheese

[papaver]

never heard of it. :o I like mozarella though... :)

[Pax]

B: Kashi 7 grain flakes with a sliced banana on top and soy milk, with a cup of tea

L: Tabouli salad, fresh veggies

S: 3 Matt's chocolate chip cookies. D'OH!

D: Green beans and red potatoes with mixed greens on the side. And an apple donut from the orchard store for desert.

[papaver]

never heard of it. :o I like mozarella though... :)

I'm on a shabby diet right now. :o
This morning... two slices of white bread with Jacques Matinettes

http://lieludalis.wordpress.com/2008/01/20/chocolate-week-jacques-callebaut-for-breakfast/

Some fresh grapes as a snack

Noon: 2 slices of brown bread with ham

Evening: Grilled veal, fresh beans, peas and carrots and potatoes.

[tulip]

shabby diet, me too today
english muffin (whole wheat) with fruit spread
tea with milk and stevia
cheerios with banana and milk and stevia

ramen noodles (I know, I know, it's horrible!!)
some chocolate chips

3 big glasses of water so far.

I'll be better for dinner, promise!

[Pax]

Tulip - You're the first person I've "met" who uses stevia! I want to try it out but can't figure out what to buy...any tips??

[spindizzy]

I haven't run in a week and only cycled once. (planned break from training) I feel gross. Perhaps it has to do with eating 2 hot dogs, 1 cheesburger and fries, 2 Haagen-Dazs ice cream bars (dark chocolate), 1 creme brulee, 1 margarita and 2 glasses of wine, and oh, beer after my century. :eek: Mind you this has been eaten over a week, but my stomach is protesting big time..too bad stomach and mouth cannot agree! And the cheesburger and fries were from McDonald's (gasp) - then I saw this video about a woman carrying around a cheesburger and fries from McDonald's for many years (no mold, barely any decomposition)- I'll have to find it and post it....

Think I'll make rice and beans for dinner...

[Susan Otcenas]

Saturday:

B: Eggs scrambled with peppers, mushrooms, broccoli, onions, zucchini, scallions & cheddar. Cantaloupe.
S: Vegan scone & soy latte from Peet's coffee
L & D (3pm, so it served as both): assorted sashimi, rice, agedashi tofu, saba shioyaki (grilled salted mackeral), miso soup.
Waaaaay too much food at this meal, considering the only thing that got exercised was my credit card while shopping for a new dress for a special occasion. ;)


Sunday:
B: 10 grain hot cereal. Cantaloupe.
S: 1/2 fruit/nut bar
Ride food (35 mile bike ride): Clif Bar
Lunch: An enormous meat, cheese & veggie calzone. It was enough for 2 people, but I ate it all nonetheless. I felt a little sick after. :rolleyes: You ever have one of those meals when you *know* you should stop, but you just can't help yourself? That was this meal.
D: A whole lotta grapes picked fresh from the vine. I ate them as I picked them. :o
Before bed snack - Blackberry cobbler with vanilla ice cream. Boy oh boy, was this the capper to a total food day disaster, or what?! The blackberries were *also* fresh picked, and Jeff simply had to make cobbler. I have no willpower around Jeff's homemade cobblers!!

Today:
Pre-run fuel: yogurt
Run fuel (12 miles, 2hr 10min) - 3 Gu Roctane
B: Apple Cinnamon hot cereal. Grapes. Pear.
S: Plain nonfat yogurt with 1 tsp jam. Coffee with chocolate soy milk.
L: Flatout wrap with 2 oz. turkey
Planned afternoon snack: Pear
Planned dinner: Tofu with sauteed Swiss Chard. Steamed broccoli & cauliflower. Green salad.

After the weekend of overeating I just had, today is shaping up much better!

Susan

[GLC1968]

After the weekend of overeating I just had, today is shaping up much better!



I'm such a bad influence! :o

OK, for me today:
B: french toast (whole grain organic bread, 1.5 fresh eggs, a little goats milk, sugar free syrup)
S: coffee w/ goats milk & handful (15) of pretzel nuggets
L: left over veggie pizza and a small bowl of blackberries
S: grapes, most likely
D: grilled salmon, roasted beets, baked acorn squash & steamed broccoli
S: probably a zucchini muffin (assuming I get around to baking them like I hope)

[Susan Otcenas]

I'm such a bad influence! :o


No you're not. Without your influence, I wouldn't have that pretty new dress! :D Besides, I'm a firm believer we have to take responsiblity for our own eating habits. I know I control my own destiny. The only person making me overeat was me.



roasted beets

Ooh, now *there's* a good idea! Fresh from your garden to my plate. Seems to be a recurring theme of the past couple of weeks!

BTW - I have 6 or 8 more jars of that plum jam in my freezer. I read you're out. Remind me to bring you another jar next week. :)

Susan

[tulip]

Tulip - You're the first person I've "met" who uses stevia! I want to try it out but can't figure out what to buy...any tips??

I used to grow it and dry it myself, but then I moved and have not restarted growing it. Maybe next summer.

I found some packets in the sugar section of the grocery store. Called Stevia In The Raw. Same folks as Sugar In The Raw. Smallish green box with packets. Not too bad in my tea and cereal. I have not bought it in bulk for baking, though.

[GLC1968]

I have 6 or 8 more jars of that plum jam in my freezer. I read you're out. Remind me to bring you another jar next week. :)


Mmmm, plum jam! I can trade you your little empty container for a full one! :D

[Pax]

I used to grow it and dry it myself, but then I moved and have not restarted growing it. Maybe next summer.

I found some packets in the sugar section of the grocery store. Called Stevia In The Raw. Same folks as Sugar In The Raw. Smallish green box with packets. Not too bad in my tea and cereal. I have not bought it in bulk for baking, though.
I'll have to take a look for it, thanks!

[spokewench]

Saturday
Breakfast bowl of cereal with fruit
Went for a long hard hike - ate a banana and small granola bar
Lunch - small plate spagetti noodles/mixed veges and tomato sauce
Dinner - Bowl of Beef stew with potatoes and carrots, beer
Dessert - Orange cream ice cream bar

Sunday
Breakfast Bowl of Cereal, OJ
Lunch - Bowl of beef stew
Dinner - Thai chicken with butternut squash, zucchini, red bell pepper and coconut milk sauce with brown rice (all the veges came from my garden except butternut squash), glass of wine
Dessert - Homemade zucchini muffin (again from my garden) with yum, yum, cream cheese frosting.

Monday
Breakfast - zucchini muffin; banana
Lunch - Large carne asada burrito
Dinner - small amount of brown rice with grilled salmon, glass of wine
Dessert - Zucchini muffin with frosting

[indigoiis]

Today I am riding both in and back to/from work, for a total of 60 miles, and yesterday I ran eight. Tomorrow I ride 30 and run 3. So I "get" to fuel up.

a.m. quaker granola with milk
black coffee

once at work I had fresh fruit salad, cheese slices with oyster crackers (leftover from a meeting) water and gatorade

Lunch I had a chicken cordon bleu torpedo, small bag of sour cream and onion chips, diet coke, 2 chocolate chip cookies.

Snack: 5 hersheys miniatures

Dinner: meatloaf, homemade mac and cheese, and brussel sprouts... water and more water.

Prbly round 8K calories. :eek::D

[Owlie]

Today:
Breakfast: bowl of cereal with 1% milk...at 11am. Oops.
skipped lunch (see above).
Snack: venti pumpkin spice latte (need the caffeine--I have a biochem test on Wednesday!) and a slice of pumpkin bread.
Dinner: leftover ravioli (mixture of beef and ricotta) in tomato sauce, an Odwalla juice thing (pomegranate limeade--yum!) and a salad (planned)
Dessert--small square of rice crispy treat (one of my roommates was bored).

I'll probably have a cup of tea with DBF later this evening.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

breakfast:
2 eggs
2 croissants
large skim milk latte.

lunch:
large portion tuna salad
large portion of my home made slaw from organic kohlrabi, carrots, and cabbage
large glass water with apple cider vinegar and honey

dinner:
bowl of our own fresh made chunky apple sauce
some pickles I made last week from a friend's organic cucumbers
rice pudding with whipped cream
kukicha twig tea with honey

[shootingstar]

B- 1 c. of oatmeal with abit of skim milk
fresh plum
tea with skim milk

snack- 1 multigrain raspberry scone
coffee with milk

snack 2- small slice of rosemary bread, 2 rye crackers
1 peach
tea with skim milk

Supper- pasta sauteed with beet greens, gai lan (belongs in mustard green family. It's a Chinese veggie.), red pepper, onion, garlic, ginger root, a dab of chili paste and abit of soy sauce. I cobbled this together with no recipe --amazingly filling, even kind of meaty in taste. Hard to explain this.. A colourful dish too.

[shootingstar]

B.- oatmeal with milk, a fresh plum

Then 2 hrs. later at 10:00 am had lunch (questioning my own sanity) at a gourmet bakery cafe:
Lunch
latte with skim milk
paninni sandwich with roasted veggies & goat cheese
dessert of pistachio sour cherry chantilly cream pastry.

Snack of more fresh plums and tea with milk

Supper planned for:
homemade leek and potato soup

Pretty cavalier to use the excuse it's a thxgiving weekend for eating like this. :) Tomorrow planning on a long bike ride where at end of day will be supper with friends at a Malayasian restaurant. Menu has alot of red chili icon-marked dishes. Yay!!

[redrhodie]

This is what I ate yesterday, a pretty typical day for me.

B- steel cut oats with raisins, maple syrup and 1% milk

B part deux-(after I arrive at work) whole wheat English muffin with Neufchatel cheese. I usually eat 2 breakfasts.

L-small Eggplant grinder (you may call that a hero or submarine where you live) from pizza place.

D-spaghetti with tomato/veggie sauce (2 helpings).

snacks through the day- grapes, a tangerine, a kiwi fruit and some almonds. Organic ice cream sandwich for dessert.

I know I should have had a salad, too. I do eat them regularly.

[Crankin]

B- whole wheat bagel, veggie cream cheese (just a little, it wasn't low fat), and lox, an orange. 1/2 cup of oj and 2 cups of black coffee.

L- chicken salad on a whole wheat roll, grapes, club soda-

snack- Luna bar while riding, bottle of Accelerade, piece of homemade cornbread (small) and herbal tea after the ride

D (when i get up from the computer) will be chicken tostadas on whole wheat tortillas (1 for each of us), salad and water to drink.

[tctrek]

I was a very, very bad girl today... we ate brunch at a local winery. Yes, that means I drank wine. On the menu was pecan-crusted salmon, southern fried chicken, gorgonzola mashed potatoes, creamed spinach, spinach salad with strawberries and walnuts and a brown sugar vinegarette. OMG -- to die and go to heaven. For desert was cheesecake, key-lime tarts and chocolate covered strawberries.

[OakLeaf]

Oatmeal with PB and raisins.

Plenty of Sencha green tea.

Warm blueberry-pomegranate juice.

(Maybe there's a small handful of almonds in here, I don't quite remember. :o)

Leftover gobhi masala (local cauliflower, garlic and onions, and homegrown hot peppers), masoor dal & rice.

A mixture of rice syrup and barley malt syrup and a pinch of sea salt in my gel flask on my long run.

Risotto with local lima beans, onion and garlic, and homegrown red Russian kale, with some imported parmigiano reggiano and aged balsamico on the side, and local white Cabernet Franc.



I did pretty good today. :) Maybe some of those amazingly delicious local grapes before bedtime.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Double skim latte
croissant
granola with banana, dried cranberries, and yogurt.

fresh chopped apple salad w/walnuts, dates, raisins, and yogurt.
2 home-pickled eggs

Large glass milk
large tuna salad on a bed of our own garden greens and local tomatoes
kukicha tea w/honey

[tulip]

pancakes with maple syrup. Mmmmmm.
small cuppa coffee with milk and real sugar. mmmm. Sundays are my coffee days.
bit of that awesome greek yogurt. mmmmm

no lunch; I wasn't hungry til about 3.

Then I had a burrito with rice, black beans, beef, guacamole and salsa. And a coke. I was really hungry at that point! I shoulda had an apple earlier.

I had a bit of leftover spinach calzone with tomato sauce for a late snack. And most of a big bottle of Pellegrino sparkly water. I love that stuff! And a bit more of that greek yogurt.

next time: Eat More Fruit!

[SLash]

coffee x 2
homemade bread toast w/peanut butter, honey and apple slices

rode 20 miles

peanuts
low fat yogurt

homemade veggie pizza (red peppers)
salad with greens, apple slices, almonds, sunflower seeds, croutons, red pepper chunks, olive oil/red wine vinegar

I don't get the credit for the bread or pizza, DH makes all of our bread and pizza dough.

(Yesterday we went out for Mexican food after our bike ride and pigged out):D

[limewave]

B: Oats Deluxe (oats, dried cherries, walnuts, 1tsp brwn sugar, 1/4 cup milk)
3 pieces of bacon
large coffee

AM Snack: No need today!

Lunch: lots of veggies with little olive oil and seasonings.
String cheese (this is what I'm pack when I'm lazy--which is most days)

PM Snack: apple slices with cinnamon, handful of almonds

Dinner: Some baked chicken and vegetable combination
(or if I'm really lazy, which will prob be the case, fried egg sandwich).

PM Snack: tea, 1 piece dark chocolate

[limewave]

Oh, I'll probably have some pumpkin seeds too! Just baked some last night.

[spokewench]

Breakfast - cup of coffee, shredded wheat with bananas and strawberries

Lunch - cup of homemade ham and split pea soup, 5 crackers with a bit of leftover grilled trout on top

Dinner - leftover roasted chicken, potatoes, gravy and vege, glass of wine

[papaver]

pancakes with maple syrup. Mmmmmm.
small cuppa coffee with milk and real sugar. mmmm. Sundays are my coffee days.
bit of that awesome greek yogurt. mmmmm

no lunch; I wasn't hungry til about 3.

Then I had a burrito with rice, black beans, beef, guacamole and salsa. And a coke. I was really hungry at that point! I shoulda had an apple earlier.

I had a bit of leftover spinach calzone with tomato sauce for a late snack. And most of a big bottle of Pellegrino sparkly water. I love that stuff! And a bit more of that greek yogurt.

next time: Eat More Fruit!

Girl, we are so alike when it comes to food. :D And drinks for that matter.

[papaver]

Yesterday:

breakfast: a croissant and an egg (thanx to my sweet girls, my lovely chickens)

Noon: a cheese sandwich and my chervel soup (was great!)


evening: pasta with spinach, smoked salmon and herbcheese (very yummy).

[tulip]

leftover pancakes with maple syrup
tea with milk and real sugar

lunch: black beans and rice with salsa and cheese. Oh, I forgot, I have an avocado!

dinner: I'll probably have the same as lunch, with with the avocado, and then I'll have an apple. That's my goal...an apple a day.

[Crankin]

B: egg white flat omelete, with smoked salmon and capers, broiled to a finish in the oven, V-8 and cup of tea
snack: light string cheese, handful of almonds and dried cranberries

L: salad with romaine lettuce, chicken breast, grape tomatoes, red pepper, and reduced fat cheddar, blush wine dressing (like a tbsp.). A piece of small slice whole wheat bread with a tbsp. of soy nut butter, cup of coffee

snack: cranberry/nut Luna Bar after ride, 20 oz. bottle of Acclerade

D: 1/2 lb of sauteed grouper with a spicy sauce made of low salt soy sauce, honey, lime juice, and chili sauce, green onions. Udon noodles (probably more than I should have had), water and 2 squares of dark chocolate

[shootingstar]

Yesterday was 85 kms bike ride.

B- oatmeal with milk. tea
L- @11:00 grilled pannini sandwich with proscuttio and provolone cheese
gelato - pumpkin, pistachio
small coffee
Snack - stopped 3 different times to eat an Italian pastry of canelloni like thing with marsacpone cheese & whipping cream. From sandwich place

Water sips

@4:00- Starbucks coffee

@6:00 onward- sampled 6 different Malaysian restaurant dishes: roti canai, vegetable curry, flat rice noodles with seafood, lemongrass chicken dish, etc.

I know-- not sensible. Then I rode for 10 kms. before catching a transit train home. I was getting too cold.

[mirliluck]

I am a 6 small meals kinda girl... :o

Breakfast:
Fruit smoothie w/ chia seeds + Ezekial english muffin w/ almond butter

AM snack:
Rice cake w/ apple butter

Lunch:
Steamed broccoli w/ cottage cheese & carrot sticks

PM Snack:
Fage yogurt w/ chopped almonds and raspberries.

Pre-ride: ( Tonight is a 20 mile ride involving lots of climbing)
Homemade energy bar ( yum!)

Dinner: Shrimp masala over brown rice.

[tulip]

Girl, we are so alike when it comes to food. :D And drinks for that matter.

Ha! And I had a beer with lunch today! Ah, the joys of working from home...I think I'll take a nap now.

[rubywagon]

Breakfast: Bowl of shredded wheat, black coffee

Snack: Slice of swiss on a few whole grain crackers

Lunch: Half of a cheddar, arugala, pesto sandwich, half of a banana

Pre-ride snack: Almonds and chocolate

Dinner: Leftover tofu enchilada pie

I love this thread. :)

[spokewench]

Breakfast: Egg, ham and cheddar burrito

Lunch: Leftover mashed potatoes with peas and some gravy

Snack - Melba toast a few small pieces; gatorade

Dinner: Homemade pizza - margerita with fresh tomatoes from the garden and basil in my windowsill. Nice glass of red wine.

[OakLeaf]

Breakfast: oat O's cereal, raisins, walnuts, hemp milk, Sencha green tea

HEED in my water bottles

Second breakfast (yeah I'm a hobbit, at least on days when I ride in the mornings - Tuesday morning is always a breakfast ride): scrambled eggs, hashbrowns, biscuit, decaf coffee (only because it was so cold!!)

Late lunch: a small helping of leftover risotto from the other night

A nip of 10 Cane rum while cooking

Dinner (whenever the freakin' muffins are done): roasted homegrown butternut squash and green beans with a sauce of soy sauce, cane vinegar and local butter; homegrown zucchini muffins. And a glass of organic hard cider.



ETA: am I the only one who doesn't post to this thread on days when I eat a bunch of cr*p? ;)

[shootingstar]

ETA: am I the only one who doesn't post to this thread on days when I eat a bunch of cr*p? ;)

Hehehehe.. my last entry wasn't stellar. :rolleyes:

Today's won't be either, with a 18 kms. ride before it drizzled:
B- oatmeal with skim milk, tea with milk & slice of rosemary bread with slice of brie cheese.

Snacks --Starbuck's dark coffee with milk, a biscotti
more tea and milk, a plum and um...another slice of cheese.

Supper- leftover slices of yesterday's thxgiving dinner: focaccia with smoked salmon, goat cheese, onions and garlic
Leftover mango mousse cake
Tea & apple

Tomorrow's supper might better: Linguine sautee with leftover butter-scallop sauce and tofu. Should throw in a veggie there too. ;)

[Crankin]

B: whole wheat bagel, 2 slices low salt ham and sprinkle of low fat cheddar, with yogurt/butter, toasted. a few grapes. oj, coffee
(I need to buy more fruit. not local anymore, though)
snack: medium coffee and a low fat string cheese
L: salad with lettuce and about half a cup of chicken salad, grape tomatoes, a green apple, water
snack: handful of almonds and dried cranberries at 3 and a Luna Bar at 5:30 when I was in class
D: 2 very small/thin boneless pork chops, with a sauce of shallots, butter, basalmic vinegar. salad with lettuce, avocado, mushrooms, sprinkle of dressing, and 2 baby sized sweet potatoes. water
2 squares of dark chocolate

I am still hungry...

[GLC1968]

Two days ago I had pancakes with maple syrup and bacon for breakfast and then nothing else until dinner where I had 1/3 of a place of Pad See Ew. Talk about an unhealthy day! :eek:

Today was/is better:
B: whole grain english muffin, 1 egg w/ green peppers & onions, 1 slice of canadian bacon and a small glass of apple cider.
S: coffee w/ goat's milk
L: low cal fruit smoothie with a tiny scoop of protein powder (eaten on the run...not good but better than fast food!)
S: homemade zucchini nut muffin & an apple
D: (haven't eaten this yet) grilled chicken, apple/acorn squash dish, salad and grilled zucchini (all from the yard except the chicken).

[Susan Otcenas]

ETA: am I the only one who doesn't post to this thread on days when I eat a bunch of cr*p? ;)

No. :D

I'll fess up on yesterday.

B: oatmeal with raisins, sunflower seeds & coconut on top (my new favorite way to eat oatmeal!). 1/4 of a cantaloupe.
Snack: 2/3 of an everything bagel with peanut butter & jelly. (I simply can not resist peanut butter, even when I'm not hungry. :o)
Lunch: This is why the day *really* went awry. Jeff & I went to Papa Haydn's, a great restaurant in town, after a morning meeting. After working our way through 2 breadbaskets :eek: of the yummiest french bread with this fabulous pepper butter, I then ate a sandwich comprised of focaccia, smoked turkey, applewood bacon, avocado, gorgonzola, lettuce, tomato & mustard. With a side of cucumber salad. And a pop. At least the pop was a diet. (Like that helps...)

I was soooooo full that I couldn't even think about food until late in the evening, when I had a small green salad with balsamic vinaigrette. Then, Jeff whipped out the chocolate/peanut butter dessert he took home from Papa Haydn's and I somehow managed to limit myself to just 3 bites. Then I had some grapes. I don't know why. I wasn't hungry.

So, Oak, there you have it. A food disaster post. :o

Susan

[Susan Otcenas]

apple/acorn squash dish

Did you make the apple/acorn dish from allrecipes? I brought the leftovers for lunch today.

[GLC1968]

No, unfortunately. I didn't bring my laptop home and it didn't occur to me that I could just look it up on facebook again from Rick's computer! Duh! I'll make it tomorrow, I think.

I still have piles of veggies I need to eat that don't keep as well as the acorn squash keeps...so I made a HUGE saute of assorted stuff (last of the green beans, almost the last of the zucchini, onions, tomatoes, broccoli and store bought cauliflower) - YUM!

[papaver]

muesli and milk for breakfast

a banana

whole wheat bread with goat cheese and home made soup.

an apple

Stuffed tomatoes with quinoa, feta, herbs... and a salad.

[rubywagon]

Toast with peanut butter and coffee.

Slice of swiss, 4 whole grain crackers.

Red pepper quesadilla and salsa.

Snack will be a banana.

Dinner is gnocchi over a bed of spinach.

[tulip]

I wanna eat cr*p, but I have none in the house! Working from home eliminates the temptation to go out for lunch. And I'm one of those people who doesn't go grocery shopping until my cupboard is bare, which it is right now.

This morning I treated myself to a latte, even though it isn't Sunday (my usual coffee day). I also had a whole wheat bagel with cream cheese and a slice of tomato.

A late lunch (it's 2pm and I'm just eating lunch) is MORE black beans and brown rice. I've been eating this for days. I made a big pot of spicy black beans in my slow cooker. I prefer white rice, and I usually mix the two, but I need to go to the grocery store!!

Tonight I'm having chicken biryani with more brown rice, and a green salad. I'll also get some ice cream at the store, since I haven't had ice cream in at least a month, maybe more. It's time! I'm thinking Dove vanilla with that dark chocolate shell swirled through. mmmm.

[spokewench]

So Far today:

Breakfast: English muffin with peanut butter; cup of coffee
a couple hours of tennis
Lunch: Bowl of my homemade ham and split pea soup

But, I'm really hungry today; so I'm not sure how good I'm going to be the rest of the day?

I'm cooking up a big piece of london broil to make into burritos tonight. Hope I can make it with just a small snack till dinner; I have 2 more hours of tennis to play this evening.

[papaver]

Oh and I'm having this one to unwind after a looooooooooooong day. (it's 9 pm here).

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee261/fattiebert/lachouffe.jpg

[pfunk12]

Enjoy, Papaver!! La Chouffe looks...uh...tres grande!!

[papaver]

Enjoy, Papaver!! La Chouffe looks...uh...tres grande!!

I took the smaller version. :D but thanx!

[Crankin]

B: whole wheat bagel, with soynut butter, cup of low fat cottage cheese, with sliced almonds and dried cranberries, coffee, little bit of OJ
L: Half a chicken sandwich on whole wheat, honey dijon mustard, coleslaw, and mango squash soup
snack: half a Luna bar before a very short 11 mile ride and half afterwards, bottle of H20 with Nuun
dinner,a t restaurant: club soda with lime, salad with lettuce, tomato, croutons, raisins, carrots, a little baslamic vinegrette
blackened tilapia, salsa, sweet potato, and a mix of summer squash/zucchini
herbal tea

snack: 2 squares of dark chocolate

time for bed...

[redrhodie]

B- 2 eggs and a whole wheat English muffin.

rode 15 miles to work

B2- another English muffin with cream cheese

L- Frozen broccoli and cheddar pot pie (on days I drive, I stock the freezer with stuff like this for lunch on the days I ride).

snack-a banana

rode 15 miles from work

D-Home made cabbage soup, a slice of rye bread with butter, half a potato pancake with sour cream, an orange, and chocolate pudding for dessert.

[tulip]

Ice cream for supper!

[shootingstar]

B: slice of bread with cheese. banana. Tea with milk
S. apple danish and coffee. OK bad. And didn't even cycle today.
snack: small slice of brie cheese.
Tangerine
Supper: sauteed red pepper, beet greens and gai lan. (below is only beet greens, pic from another day.) over pasta. With steamed salmon fillet on side with fresh ginger root, green onion and garlic. There's only 1/2 tsp. of soy sauce and 1/8 tsp. of oil, but steam condensing into water, makes it look like alot of soy sauce....but it's watered down abit.

The fish you place in a pot of water about 1 inch deep or more. Boil water and bring down heat to medium. Steam cooks fish. This piece took about 15 min. or less.

Finished meal with grapes and tea with milk.

[Owlie]

B: bowl of cereal with 1% milk
L: Half a PB&J and an apple. I should had more...
Between-class caffeine boost: peppermint latte from Starbucks
D: spaghetti tossed with a quarter of an onion (sliced!), two chopped roma tomatoes, Italian sausage, spinach, garlic and parsley. And there are leftovers!
A small bowl of cereal and a mint Milano cookie for dessert.
And there is likely to be a cup of tea or coffee tonight. (DBF is studying for an exam...)

[Owlie]

B: Cereal
L: missed it.
S: pumpkin spice latte...which sadly tasted like someone had cleaned out a still in a chem lab and mixed the resulting goo with some water and sugar. Most of a Pay Day.
D: Grab bag night ("what can I make with what I have in the fridge?"): It ended up being a sort of chicken curry with basmati rice and wilted spinach. Served with a large glass of cold water with a squirt of lime juice. Mint milanos for dessert.

[rubywagon]

-peanut butter toast and coffee
-pizza for lunch
-pre-ride (20 mile) snack was 6 crackers with cheese and red pepper
-dinner was a fabulous brown rice, cabbage, onion, quorn "chicken" stiry fry made by the hubby
-I am currently enjoying a giant glass of shiraz :cool:

[GLC1968]

Yesterday -

B: Kashi hot cereal and coffee
S: coffee and a cinnamon chip scone :eek:
L: sliced chicken breast on whole grain bread with a couple of leaves of spinach
S: none
D: 3/4ths of a thin crust large veggie pizza & 1/2 of a cinnapie (Papa Johns)! :eek:

I was moaning in pain in bed last night and today I'm eating NOTHING but fruits and veggies. I don't know why I did that, but boy, am I paying for it. :(

[tulip]

I had tea for breakfast and that's all. I just wasn't feeling like eating this morning. I had a black bean and rice burrito for lunch with some beef, tomatoes, green salsa, and guacamole. I also had a Coke. I'm not proud, but it did taste mighty fine.

At 3pm I'm scheduled to have an apple.

Tonight I'll have some leftover chicken with potatoes and carrots that I cooked up last night. I think I'll have a salad, too. And since there's still ice cream in the freezer, I'll likely have a bit of that as well.

[spokewench]

So Far today:

Breakfast: English muffin with peanut butter; cup of coffee
a couple hours of tennis
Lunch: Bowl of my homemade ham and split pea soup

But, I'm really hungry today; so I'm not sure how good I'm going to be the rest of the day?

I'm cooking up a big piece of london broil to make into burritos tonight. Hope I can make it with just a small snack till dinner; I have 2 more hours of tennis to play this evening.

I managed to hold myself to two handfuls of walnuts day before yesterday for a SNACK and had my quite large taco (beef, cheese, salsa, tomatoes, lettuce) for dinner with rice and whole pinto beans

YESTERDAY:
Breakfast: carrot cake muffin with cream cheese frosting; coffee and orange juice
LUNCH - 3/4s of a large chicken burrito with enchilada sauce; water
DINNER - Two hours of tennis; two glasses of wine and some rice chips/pretzels (yes, I was very very bad!) But the socalization was really fun.

[papaver]

a croissant and a coffee

some grapes


a rye sandwich with homemade jam

liquorice (the salty kind)

stir fry with chicken.

too much coffee during the day.

[shootingstar]

Really do have not-so-good meals. Anyway:

B- oatmeal with milk, tea with milk, tangerine
Snack/Lunch -coffee with milk, a..apricot danish
Snack- sourdough bread slice with small slice of brie

Supper- Chinese restaurant large seafood soup with light noodles, mushroom and wood ear fungus. (This is just part of the tree mushroom/fungus family. To me, there's not much taste. It's a textural thing which we had back in childhood also.)
Premium jasimine dragon well tea..this is expensive stuff @ $90.00 /lb. I only have it in teapot @$4.00. smells like a flowering jasmine bush. Soooooo soooothing.
Green tea ice cream.

Cycled homeward...like a happy, bloated fishbowl rolling out into the night sea. But 3 hrs. later ..just fine.:)

Tomorrow must amp up on veggie.

[rubywagon]

Breakfast: Toast with peanut butter and black coffee
Snack: Banana
Lunch: Cabbage and Quorn "chicken"
Snack: Crackers and cheese
Dinner: (2) Salmon tacos on small corn tortillas with cabbage and sauce made from salsa and vegenaise, rice, corn, and a delicious microbrewed mocha porter.

[spokewench]

Not a great day!

Breakfast: Shredded wheat and strawberries
Snack: Goldfish
Lunch Hamburger and French fries
Dinner Salad with olive oil and parmesan toast

[solobiker]

b: frosted mini wheats

s:Fig Newton during my mtn bike ride

L: Tokyo Joes: Rice Bowl with chicken and veggies

D: Cooking some chicken right now.

[GLC1968]

Friday -

B: coffee with goats milk, glass of apple cider
L: apple
D: snacked on tortilla chips, hummus, crackers and cut veggies while drinking an espresso martini & half a margarita.

Today -
B: coffee w goats milk, whole grain english muffin with PB
L: a few sweet potato fries
D: chicken tortilla soup and some chips with queso
S: low fat oatmeal choc chip cookies

Man, I've had three fantabulous days in a row now, huh? :eek:

[deeaimond]

B: half a cinnamon raisin bagel and plain black coffee
L: fried rice (brown rice, salmon, corn, green beans)
S: chocolate ice cream w peanuts... 1/2 cup
S: white fungus dessert (a sweet chinese dessert soup i cooked over a charcoal fire, it does not sound as gross as u imagine, the white fungus is just a mushroom variety thats white and crunchy, like wood ear fungus, its cooked with barley, red dates and honey dates, dried longans, some rock sugar)
D: rice with bittergourd, spinach, fried liver, and chinese herbal soup...

Today's Sunday so i get to cook all day!! :)

i look at what some of you eat... so little!!! how??!!!

edit: I just ate the other half of that bagel. I have yet to have that dinner but i want to go for a run first...and i'm hungry, so bagel, and then run and then come back for dinner. I have a weight loss goal to attain!! (but i didn't sign up for the weight loss challenge coz i never keep to it... sigh...)

[shootingstar]

Deeiamond: One day will try the white fungus dessert. Presumably there is considerable sugar or honey in it since the fungus is pretty neutral by itself.

Fu gwa (bittergourd) I had 2 yrs. ago or so. Tastes good if properly stir-fried with beef or chicken, shitake mushrooms. Very high in a particular nutrient that some medical researchers are looking into extracting/examining possible use for drug therapy. My mother prepared it several times annually.
http://food.oregonstate.edu/glossary/b/bittermelon.html

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19825210?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum (Article on veg having properties to lower blood suggar. Just type in "bitter melon" in this db to get list of references.)


What is your version of the herbal soup for supper?

Yesterday:
B- oatmeal with milk, tea, tangerine
Snack - coffee with milk, biscotti
Snack/Lunch (?)- slice of sourdough bread with brie cheese slice
Snack- shrimp dim sum (har gow), tea with milk

Supper- mixed salad with carrots, lettuce, brocoli, etc. with homemade vineagrette dressing. With roasted red beets on side sprinkled with small amount of feta and..raclette cheese. We were trying it out...
Tea with milk

Today:
B-oatmeal with milk, 2 fresh prune plums, tea with milk
I don't what else, but supper must be shrimp with stir-fried veggies and buckwheat noodles since fresh shrimp must be prepared today.

[deeaimond]

hi shootingstar,

i make the dessert myself, so I don't add as much sugar as the outside versions. If it were just for myself i'll use even less, probably skip the rock sugar, but for the whole family i need to do it normally. I seldom make it coz it can be pretty sweet.

here we fry the bittergourd with egg. and its very good. its good to drink raw bittergourd juice.

for herbal soup, I just boil a piece of pork with the chinese herbs, it was... a packaged box of herbs from the medicall hall... I dunno what they are called individually but this combination was for the liu wei qing bu tang - or the six flavour cooling tonic soup... then i add some chinese wolfberries at the end.

but to cut a long story short, i got side-tracked on my run and met some friends at a eating place and had some mutton satays instead. so i didn't have my dinner as stated.. hehhe...

bad bad eating out here in Singapore..

[limewave]

Egg sandwich
1/2 granola bar
Slice of cheese
1/2 turkey club and cup of soup
handful (or two) of candy corn . . . .

I think I need to get my veggies in yet.

[spokewench]

Saturday:
Breakfast: Cereal and banana
Lunch: burrito with beef, rice, beans, salsa
Dinner: Pasta (egg noodles) with chicken stroganoff; glass of wine
Dessert: Small bit of ice cream

Sunday:
Breakfast: Toast and peanut butter
Lunch: Leftover pasta and chicken stroganoff
Snack: 1 Beer
Dinner: Piece of ham steak, roasted sweet potatoes, green peas, glass of wine
Dessert : Large bowl of ice cream!

I pigged out this weekend; need to tone it down a bit!

spoke

[GLC1968]

A more balanced day on tap -

B: Bob's Red Mill Muesli & coffee w/ goat's milk
S: more coffee
L: a huge container of mixed steamed veggies and an apple
S: baby carrots & a homemade lowfat oatmeal cc cookie
D: psuedo chicken pot pie with either a salad or sauteed zucchini on the side
S: possibly another one of those cookies ;)

[solobiker]

B: Cereal
S: Fiber one bar
L: Small serving of pork and rice
S: Apple and almonds
D: Chicken and a salad

Boy looking at this I really need to eat more veggies. I did have some celery but I don't count that. Maybe I will have some red peppers too.

[rubywagon]

PB toast and coffee
Banana
Swiss cheese and pesto sandwich with Sun Chips
Lentils, rice, cabbage, and onions with bread on the side
Waiting to dive into a Beverly Hills chocolate cake after my kids go to sleep :cool:

[deeaimond]

Yesterday:
B: peanut m&ms and orange juice
L: herbal soup and leftover salmon fried rice
D: Instant noodles w/ bittergourd and shrimp
Dessert: oatmeal waffle with chocolate ice-cream

Today:
B: Oatmeal waffle and coffee
L: coconut rice w beansprouts, egg, some fried peanuts and anchovies
S: prawn noodles in broth
D: Sweet Sour pork and rice, tofu bittergourd soup

I need to buy some apples... I ran out..

[shootingstar]

Are apples in Singapore expensive?
A Filipino woman told me they were in her country because the Philippines does not grow apples. We forget what is ordinary fruit to us, is more "extraordinary" naturally/locally elsewhere in the world. I had a Malaysian roommate who once tried to sneak past Customs, 6-lbs. of fresh cherries at the aiport from Canada when she went back to Malyasia to visit. No, her cherries were confiscated.
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Yesterday was haywire eating, due to all-day planning session/meeting at hotel plus another lecture elsewhere in evening: both meetings on cycling. Thankfully did bike 36 kms. in total for 2 different meeting places! :) :

Yesterday
B (at home): oatmeal with skim milk, tea with skim milk, 1/2 of fresh dragonfruit
B (at meeting after arriving by bike): 1 grapefruit juice, 2 slices of sweet coffee bread, 4 small slices of pineapple, melon and coffee
lunch: multi-grain roll, tossed green and tomato salad, abit of bean salad, small slice of chicken breast with gravy, steamed baby veggies, slice of baked macroni, cheese and rice. 3 little desserts. Coffee. (Yea, tried nearly everything. Lunch was catered with cyclists in mind...somewhat.)
Supper: very small square from dearie's thin-crusted fresh tomato, spinach & mozarella cheese pizza.

at least 3 more cups of coffee and tea with milk, I didn't include in above list.


Today:
14 kms. morning bike ride
B- oatmeal with skim milk, tea, fresh prune plums
Snacks - 1 freshly baked pretzel and coffee
banana, tea with milk
small slice of cheese & rye cracker
a pear
Supper- linguine with clams, tomatoes, onions, abit of pepper, onions and garlic. Kohlrabi dish was postponed until later this wk.
tea with milk

[deeaimond]

We import all our food, so prices in general are similar to the US. But we get food from EVERYWHERE. I get apples from the US, China, South Africa, Australia. Not a locavore obviously. But we don't grow food. Good apples are still more affordable and easy to find because of the quantities brought in. All fruit actually, similar to prices in the US these days. In Singapore at least.

B: wanton noodle in broth, black coffee
S: chinese pear, rice kueh
L: noodles in prawn broth, with 1 and half cups of blanched cauliflower and green beans
S: rice kueh, coffee
post-run snack: apple
D: rice vermicelli in fish head soup

I think many of you TErs must be wondering about all these strange things I eat, its local stuff, and if anyone is ever interested I'll explain any of these items to everyone. :D We have great food here!

this week I'm involved in a marking exercise for a national exam, so no time for breakfast at home. I'll go back to more 'normal' food when i return to my regular schedule. ;)

[Crankin]

Today:
B: half a glass of oj, 2 cups of coffee, low salt ham sandwich, with low fat cheddar slice on a whole wheat bagel. strawberries
snack: Luna Bar, 20 oz. bottle of Accelerade, water on a fairly hilly 35 mile ride
L: about a cup and a half of left over whole grain angel hair pasta with marinara sauce, half a grapefruit.
Dinner will be very thin pork chops with a spicy rub and mango-mint salsa.

[redrhodie]

B- Rolled oats with raisins, milk and honey, coffee

B2-Whole wheat English muffin with Neufchatel cream cheese, apple cider

L-Mac and cheese and peas

S-a banana and some pumpernickel prezels

D-Thai restaurant--"Shrimp in the pot," rice, and pumpkin custard for dessert

I'm not done yet. I need some more fruit, and maybe some nuts.

[Owlie]

B: Glass of water and a slice of pizza (we were out of milk.)
L: More pizza.
S: Cream soda, a couple of mint milanos
D: Soup. I think dessert will be a honeycrisp apple.

[shootingstar]

Thurs.
48 kms. of riding --divided over 3 different times of day & evening.
B- oatmeal with milk, tea with skim milk. Fresh pear
Snack- coffee with milk, almond biscotti
slice of rosemary olive oil bread and cheese
Supper- brown rice with cooked in egg white & Chinese sausage (ate at 3:00 pm). Tea with milk.
Snack-- small portion of homemade green bean & tomato salad marinated in balsamic vinegar, oil. Tea with milk. Some plums

Fri.
no bike riding
Same breakfast but with banana
Snack - Grapes. tea and milk.
Same bread but no cheese.
Supper at restaurant: minestrone soup
cheese tortellini with pesto and tomato sauce
tiramasu (real deal, not half-hearted stuff)
1 glass of water, 2 coffees with milk
Snack- 1/2 dragonfruit

Today
38 kms. bike ride
B. -oatmeal with milk, 1/2 dragonfruit, tea with milk
Snack- grape foccacia slice with coffee & milk
4 small shrimp dim sum, tea with milk
banana & grapes
Supper- homemade chicken soup with Chinese green mustard veggie (gai choy) & noodle. To ward off a ticklish cold in throat.
homemade bean & tomato salad as last Thurs.

[Pax]

deeaimond - I'd be interested in knowing what 'rice kueh' is??

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We eat out a LOT lately, my honey's mom is dealing with inoperable bladder cancer so our schedules are all over the place, we grab a meal together whenever we can. I've started asking for a box when my meal is served and put half of it in there first thing. The other thing has been to eat a couple of bites and then set my fork down, we chat more and I don't feel like I'm wolfing my food down. Side benefit...I feel full before I've finished half a meal.

[deeaimond]

deeaimond - I'd be interested in knowing what 'rice kueh' is??

______________________________________________________________________

We eat out a LOT lately, my honey's mom is dealing with inoperable bladder cancer so our schedules are all over the place, we grab a meal together whenever we can. I've started asking for a box when my meal is served and put half of it in there first thing. The other thing has been to eat a couple of bites and then set my fork down, we chat more and I don't feel like I'm wolfing my food down. Side benefit...I feel full before I've finished half a meal.

Thats actually a great idea.. I did the same thing too today!! (and I always do that when I'm in the US, portions are HUGE)

Rice Kueh - Kueh (pronounced Kway) is a malay/local word for cake, as in a sweet dessert cake. rice kuehs are made of rice flour, mixed with various colours, flavours and liquids, then steamed. The end result is a fragrant, dense, soft, chewy confection, not very sweet... kinda like... actually I can't think of anything american thats like that. Sometimes they use other flours, or mashed root vegetables such as tapioca or sweet potato.. then its something else- kueh.

Today
B: red bean bun, thosai (indian crepe), black coffee
L: 1/2 portion of chicken rice, with 1pc fried chicken (I was on a ride and that was all there was....)
L2: spinach tofu soup, with some liver...
D: rest of the soup + l bowl melon
S: 5 milk cookies w hot cocoa

[rubywagon]

Yesterday
Breakfast: Peanut butter toast and coffee
Pre-ride snack (50 miles): 1/2 Clif Bar, 1/2 banana
Late lunch: 3 pieces frozen, thin-crust, cheese pizza
Dinner: Vegan waffles with agave nectar syrup
Evening snack: Triscuits with cheddar cheese, 2 glasses of shiraz

[Pax]

Rice Kueh - Kueh (pronounced Kway) is a malay/local word for cake, as in a sweet dessert cake. rice kuehs are made of rice flour, mixed with various colours, flavours and liquids, then steamed. The end result is a fragrant, dense, soft, chewy confection, not very sweet... kinda like... actually I can't think of anything american thats like that. Sometimes they use other flours, or mashed root vegetables such as tapioca or sweet potato.. then its something else- kueh.


I'll have to see if I can find some here in town, I have a student working for me who's from Malaysia and she might enjoy a taste from home.

[Owlie]

I've been sick this week, so my eating has been all over the place.

Yesterday:
Got up late.
B: An apple. (We ran out of milk, so no cereal for me.)
L: Don't remember. Whatever I found in the fridge.
S: Two chocolate chip cookies and Earl Grey Lavender tea with milk and sugar.
D: Bowl of soup with a couple of slices of bread.
S: Mug of milk.

[Crankin]

B: whole wheat bagel, lite cream cheese, lox, and tomato. a few strawberries, 2 cups of coffee and 1/4 cup of grapefruit juice.

L: Chicken (Boar's Head) and light provolone on whole wheat bread, with mustard, about 1/4 cup of cole slaw, an orange, one square of dark chocolate.

snack when riding: half a Luna Bar at about mile 12 of a 25 mile ride, a bottle of water with Nuun. Ate another half a Luna bar when I got back.

D: salad with roast chicken, romaine, poblano pepper, chick peas, goat cheese, grape tomatoes, glass of water and one square of dark chocolate

I think I ate way too much salt on Friday, because when I woke up yesterday, I had gained 4 pounds since Thursday

[shootingstar]

38 kms. bike ride-- different route than yesterday.

B- oatmeal with milk, 3 prune plums & tea with milk
Snacks - apricot danish & coffee with milk (yea, bad. A stopover near end of ride.)
slice of cranberry & pistachio bread with soy cheese, tea & milk
banana
Supper- baguette sandwiches with warm braised portabello mushrooms (marinated in red wine, herbs, wine vinegar, oil etc.) with Raclette cheese slices and fresh basil.
Dessert (also homemade): peach compote with ginger root, cinnamon, red wine and maple syrup drizzle over yogurt. No sugar was added. Supper was courtesy of dearie who invented this all stuff. :)

Earl grey tea with milk :):)

[Owlie]

B: Cereal.
L: More cereal.
S: Cadbury chocolate fingers. (Just a couple, though.)
D: Frozen chicken nuggets (they were organic, though) and a couple of yogurt&green onion potato chips. I'm going to go make a salad in a little bit. Can of Blue Sky's version of Dr. Pepper.

[shootingstar]

D: Frozen chicken nuggets (they were organic, though) and a couple of yogurt&green onion potato chips. I'm going to go make a salad in a little bit.

Owlie, sorry you're feeling like crap. But I couldn't help but giggle at your justification for the organic chicken nuggets, ..followed by a bag of chips. Real comfort food or shall we say, real 'chicken soup' for the sick cyclist. :o:)

[miller]

so far today I had

breakfast full plate steamed organic carrots and three free range chicken thighs with spring water + supplements

snack roasted hazelnuts with spring water

lunch 3 steamed organic zucchinis and eight ounces of Tilapia fish with spring water + supplements

and yesterday I had

breakfast hazelnut milk + supplements

snack roasted organic almonds and raw organic walnuts with spring water

lunch full plate steamed organic celery and 3 free range chicken thighs with spring water + supplements

snack Manitoba harvest organic unsweetened hemp milk and spring water

dinner full plate steamed organic kale and eight ounces grass fed beef with spring water + supplements

[ASammy1]

B- bowl of Raisin Bran
S- banana
L- Lean Cuisine and an apple
S- 3 fig newtons and a piece of provolone, small glass of choc milk
D- Flounder w/ mashed potatoes (flakes :rolleyes:), and carrots

[shootingstar]

Miller, kindly introduce yourself here:
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=2001&page=156

We don't know anything else except you take supplements quite often during the day. :) Are they vitamins?

1-2 TE members are located near you. :rolleyes:

[Owlie]

Let's see:
B: Bowl of cereal and a latte from Starbucks to get me through morning classes
L: Spring mix plus half a chicken breast (chicken sprinkled with garlic powder, pepper, paprika and oregano with a little salt, cooked in olive oil and a bit of chicken broth), with olive oil and vinegar dressing. Can of Blue Sky
S: a couple of Cadbury fingers
D: More organic chicken tenders with ketchup and spring mix with oil and vinegar dressing. A can of Blue Sky. Hm...I need starch.
There will be another Starbucks trip in the near future--I have a biochem exam tomorrow morning.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Pretty good day today....considering it's Halloween!

a late Breakfast:
Large skim latte,
Bowl of granola with banana and cranberries in yogurt,
& a corn muffin.

an early dinner, very large portions each of:
Fresh pulled (my garden) carrots,
*Big* pile o' (my garden freshly cut) Swiss chard and bok choy,
Roasted garlic potatoes grown by my friend,
& glass of milk.
(we had the same stuff for dinner last night too)

6 tiny 'miniature chocolates'.

[shootingstar]

B- oatmeal with milk, tea with milk. Tangerine, grapes.
Snacks- almond biscotti & coffee with milk
banana, tea with milk, 2 slices of rosemary bread with abit of blue cheese
1 freshly baked pretzel, more tea
Raisins.
Supper - sauteed mushroom, onions and garlic wrapped and baked in phyllo (he forgot to add escargots.. :( which I bought a tin.)
sauteed leek and fennel on side.
abit of yogurt with homemade applesauce
2 fresh figs

[cylegoddess]

orange (breakfast before yoga) and roobois tea with stevia
green apple
red apple
GIANT serving of coleslaw , no mayo but with apple cider vin, lemon, salt and pepper
quinoa spice cookie
slice of Parmesan cheese
quinoa biscuit
another serving of coleslaw( Im on diet as I gained 3 kilos on vacation and shorts are too tight.Somewhat ill, so not so hungry.)
four raw carrots
Protein shake( after ride)
Dinner( which will be two big heads of broccoli, beans and whatever else I think of, steamed.)

I wish , oh I wish I had some little cakes or apple pies! Must be time for protein shake again:)

[deeaimond]

B: 2 sliced wholewheat toast w butter and coconut jam
L: roasted curry chicken w/ homemade coleslaw and green beans
S: steamed rice cake w. coconut,
S: papaya and honeydew fruit blend
D: dbl cheeseburger w/ small fries
S: Instant ramen w/ ham and some honeydew

I haven't exercised in 3 days!!!

time to start again tmw. :D

[redrhodie]

So far today:

B- oatmeal with milk

B2- whole wheat English muffin with cream cheese

L- quesadilla filled with cheddar cheese, leftover mashed potatoes and broccoli rabe (sounds weird, but it was good) with avocado and salsa verde

a square of dark chocolate

I need to eat some fruit, but I'm really not hungry. Don't know what I'm going to do for dinner.

D- steamed carrots, broccoli, and leeks, roasted potatoes and celery root (my last veggies from my CSA share), and cottage cheese.

a mini peppermint patty

still need some fruit

[Crankin]

B: 2 pancakes, with dried cranberries, almonds, and half a banana, and a little powdered sugar.
3 pieces of turkey bacon, half a cup of blueberry juice and 2 cups black coffee
Snack: a piece of light Jarlsburg cheese, water
L: 2 slices of chicken breast and a slice of light cheddar on a whole wheat sandwich roll, honey mustard, a little cole slaw and an an orange

20oz. water on a 20 mile ride
snack: more Jarlsburg
dinner: going out, to Legal Seafood to celebrate friends' anniversary and my b-day. I will have some kind of healthy fish and try not to eat the bread!

[redrhodie]

Happy birthday, Crankin! Those pancakes sound good!

[OakLeaf]

Happy birthday Crankin!

My day:

Oatmeal with PB and currants
Makaibari Estate Darjeeling green tea

HEED
SoBe Energy
More HEED
Potato chips (no sandwiches at the convenient store, and the little coffee house is closed Sundays :()
SoBe Green Tea

In the oven:
Roast chicken (local, naturally raised heirloom variety hen)
Sweet potatoes (farmer's market)
On the stovetop ready to be steamed:
Cauliflower (farmer's market)

Fixing meat is so. freakin. easy. The 2-3 times a year we have meat at home, it's easy to understand why people get addicted to it. Spend 20 minutes prepping a meal instead of an hour and a half? Yeesh.

[ASammy1]

B-shredded mini wheat cereal
L- Taco Bell :p
S- cherry yogurt
D- parmesan crusted tilapia, stuffing, green beans
S- granny smith apple, popcorn

[shootingstar]

Deeiamond- Coconut jam? Is it a popular there in Singapore?
Happy birthday Crankin! Hope you treat yourself to nice seafood.

42 kms. -same distance as yesterday also

B- oatmeal with milk, tea with skim milk, tangerine
Snacks - apricot danish, coffee with milk
2 slices of rosemary bread with blue cheese
grapes, fresh fig
Supper- noodle stir-fry with broccoli, red pepper, beet greens, onion, garlic amd ginger root with black soy bean garlic sauce. (Fridge defroster problem compelled me to be creative with veggies.)
Snack- banana, fresh fig, tea with milk.

[tribogota]

a whole batch of homemade brownies...ooops

[Crankin]

Hey, thanks for the birthday wishes. It's actually tomorrow, but we went out on our friend's anniversary to celebrate both. Of course, we are going out tomorrow, too! Nothing special, probably just a local restaurant, where I can be fairly disciplined. I was good at Legal Seafood and resisted the white bread roll, but not the wine.

Today:
B- egg white omelete with goat cheese, blueberries and strawberries, oj and coffee
Snack- slivered almonds and cranberries
L- veggie burger on whole wheat roll, with avocado and an orange, water
snack- Luna bar
D- one and a half lamb chops sauteed with olive oil and garlic, couscous with grape tomatoes, and pineapple. 2 squares dark chocolate

[tulip]

This morning, after I managed to gulp down my Energen-C and vinegar concoction, I went out and had a latte. Jeez those things are expensive--$4.50!! Lucky for me, I prefer tea (made at home). I buzzed all day because of that latte.

In addition to the coffee buzz, I had a fruit smoothie that I made from frozen fruit, soy milk, and yogurt.
For lunch I made a turkey burger with cheese and tomato on an english muffin. And relish.

I had a bowl of Cheerios for a snack. Alas, I am out of bananas.

For dinner, I made myself a delightful little omelette with local eggs and swiss chard and herbs from my garden. It was delicous!

I have brownies in the freezer that I made last week, but I'm not really in a brownie mood tonight.

[Owlie]

I read what you all are eating and I feel like a horrible person :o, mostly based on my coffee habit and my love for carbs.

Yesterday:
B: bowl of cereal and a cup of coffee
L: don't actually remember...
D: Salad made up of lettuce (for crunch) and spring mix (for some kind of nutritional value) and half a chicken breast, cubed, followed by a few slices of Cotswold cheese on roasted garlic crackers and a glass of milk and a glass of water.
S: chamomile tea with sugar.

Today:
B: croissant and a pumpkin spice latte.
L: cereal with 1% milk and an apple.
D: chicken cooked in an entire jar of Frontera red pepper and roasted garlic salsa; basmati rice; sauteed onions, red bell pepper and a chili pepper; cabbage stir-fried with garlic. Sort of eclectic, really.

[shootingstar]

This morning, after I managed to gulp down my Energen-C and vinegar concoction.

Am trying to understand this concoction. :confused: with vinegar? What does the combo do? I love preparing omlette or scrambled eggs with veggies for supper at times. Easy, fast, nutritious.

Unlike yesterday, didn't do much cycling (5 kms. pfftt. Nothing.) vs. 18 kms. yesterday.
Today
B- oatmeal with milk, tea with milk. fresh fig, 2 plums.
Snacks- almond biscotti & coffee with milk
2 fig & anise bread slices
a small slice of blue cheese, tea with milk
Supper - steamed salmon fillet with onion, garlic, ginger root & soy sauce, oil
light Asian noodles on side flavoured with salmon sauce from above dish
sauteed spinach & lettuce on side
tea with milk, tangerine.

[tribogota]

Owlie, I am sure glad that my whole pyrex of brownies makes you feel bad:D
yesterday I had a donut, oops
today I made myself crepes for an after dinner snack..
oooops again
am on a sugar kick, but don-t have the will to get off, I'll crash soon though

[bikegirl1234]

Hi ladies. I think being accoutable to these posts and writing what ive been eaating will help stop my binge eating.
breakfast
6 egg white
1 bagel
2 tbsp butter
ketchup

snack
big bag of popcorn
2 mini snickers

lunch
pasta
oil and garlic
and parmesan cheese

snack
frozen yogurt

dinner
salad
chicken
rice

snack
popcorn and ice cream
HELP HELPHELP HELP

[OakLeaf]

Yesterday -

Oatmeal with PB and diced fresh apple

Plenty of Gyokuro green tea (man, I'm addicted, that is SO good even though it's super expensive)

2 oz "gel" consisting of 3 parts barley malt syrup to 1 part blackstrap molasses, with a pinch of sea salt, plus a little water

Snack of leftover butternut squash risotto (not too much... saving room for ... )

Then we went out to dinner. :D :o

Appetizer of bruschetta topped with green tapenade and marinated vegetables, over lightly wilted arugula
Cream of wild mushroom soup
Grilled rainbow trout over sweet potatoes and gnocchi, with sage butter
Crème caramel with fruit compote
Rosé champagne....

[redrhodie]

Oakleaf, that dinner sounds delicious.

Yesterday:

b- 2 eggs and a w/w English muffin with butter
b2- cereal with milk

lunch 3 slices of pizza with artichokes, mushrooms and broccoli

dinner, a big salad with spinach, beets and chick peas, and a cheese and avocado sandwich on multi-grain bread

snacks, an apple, a kiwifruit, a mango and 3 pieces of chocolate and a cup of hot apple cider.

[Kelly728]

B: Whole wheat toast with almond butter
-Ran 3 miles
S: White chocolate mocha with skim milk..so bad but so good
L: Whole wheat pasta with roasted tomatoes, onions, garlic, and a bit of cottage cheese mixed in and a banana/almond milk smoothie

No dinner yet... but I'm SO HUNGRY. My fridge is almost empty, yikes.

[Owlie]

Owlie, I am sure glad that my whole pyrex of brownies makes you feel bad:D

No, that just makes me drool. I'd have to replace my keyboard if you said you'd baked them in one of these: http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/kitchen/a1aa/

Let's see:

B: Bowl of cereal with 1%
3 mi bike ride (thanks, idiots on roads...)
Post-ride snack: glass of Coke. Best thing I've found for staving off the post-ride headaches I get.
L: Slice of pizza.
S: A couple of mini chocolate chip cookies
D: I think it'll be leftover chicken or fried rice (homemade).

[shootingstar]

Yesterday was only 16 kms. of cycling.
usual breakfast of oatmeal, tea, etc. Tangerine
snacks: biscotti, cofee & milk. Banana
2 granola bars, 3 coffees & milk, another banana. Was manning a Bike to Work Wk. food station.
Supper: sandwich with proscuitto, artichoke pieces, tomato, onions.


Today only 13 kms. of cycling. Could have done more in between rain showers, I guess. Losing my jive today.
Same breakfast as above.
Snacks: Apricot danish & coffee,
2 slices of green olive bread
Raisins, 1 banana
Supper: stir-fried shrimp with veggies and noodles. Tea & milk.

[Reesha]

Blueberry yogurt
Giiiiant Bowl of Chicken soup (I'll probably have another ;))
A bagel with raspberry cream cheese
1 orange gatorade....

[cylegoddess]

My first race
before;
two bananas
Turkish apple tea
Orange juice
After;
Entire body weight in bananas, oranges and apples( they were free!1) I must have had about 5 bananas,two apples and unlimited orange smiles( I love it when fruit is cut up for me:D)
Then;
fresh baked quinoa biscuits with quince paste and Parmesan
Salad( avocado, red cabbage, green pepper with balsamic and mustard)
Steamed green beans, carrots, okra and chinese mushrooms. I think elephant ears and the one that look like tentacles.
Red quinoa( with hot sauce yum!)
Baked mushrooms

[Owlie]

Late breakfast: Bowl of cereal with 1% milk
S: Cup of coffee.
Late lunch/early dinner: 3-egg omelet with cheddar, tomato, onion, garlic and half a chili pepper. I ate the rest of the onion and tomato on the side. Sort of a pico de gallo, without the cilantro (because I ran out). Pomegranate limeade to drink.
I think I'll have something later. There will be an apple and perhaps carrots involved--I think I ate my cholesterol allowance for the month! :eek:

[shootingstar]

fresh baked quinoa biscuits with quince paste and Parmesan
Salad( avocado, red cabbage, green pepper with balsamic and mustard)
Steamed green beans, carrots, okra and chinese mushrooms. I think elephant ears and the one that look like tentacles.
Red quinoa( with hot sauce yum!)
Baked mushrooms

Elephant ears= shitake mushrooms?
Those quinoa biscuits sound good and interesting. We just bought some fresh quince. Got to check a recipe book on what to do with them.

Yesterday
Same breakfast & snack as previous entry, except bread was slice of cranberry pistachio bread (sour dough based).
Supper: homemade green curry tomato, red pepper, onions, garlic and ginger root. Over brown rice.

Today
B- oatmeal with milk, tangerine, tea with milk
Snacks- pumpkin scone, coffee with milk
2 tangerines, slice of cranberry pistachio bread, raisins, tea with milk
Fresh baked pretzel. (Real German style, not the chain bakery ones. The authentic ones are the healthiest, at least no fats.)
Supper - steamed salmon fillet with bit of soy sauce, oil, ginger root. With light noodles on side (flavoured with sauce from fish dish) and blanched spinach.

[Owlie]

B: a latte from Starbucks after my cell biology exam.
L: The last of the leftover meatloaf from Sunday night, with ketchup
S: a few mini chocolate chip cookies, chai with milk and sugar.
D: Leftover fried rice. Guess I'm cooking tomorrow night.

[cylegoddess]

Shooting star - quinoa is a berry, that is ground like a grain, for flour. It has a texture like cous cous( but with little 'tails' ) when cooked for savory or can be flaked for cereal. It has more fat and more protein than grain.

MMM quince !
I have PMT and am eating EVERYTHING> I hate that. Esp since all I eat is mostly fruti and veg so I am bloated up like a big balloon:confused:.

[Susan Otcenas]

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Sweet-Potato-Carrot-Apple-and-Red-Lentil-Soup/Detail.aspx

I made this for dinner last night. My only tweeks were that I only had one carrot in the house, and I used a couple of chicken boullion cubes instead of veggie stock. Also added additional black pepper.

It came out really really well, was very satisfying, and is full of healthy stuff!

Highly recommended!

[deeaimond]

Weekend, Monday and tuesday I did pretty good,

For lunch on Monday and tuesday I packed some ginseng chicken soup for lunch, with brown rice and a vegetable.

Last night I was too tired to prepare anything for lunch.

this morning i woke late, so didn't have time for breakfast,a run or a long ride to work.
lunch was packed rice(white) with squid and 3 types of veggies
since it was mostly white rice and veggies, i was hungry again 4 hrs later, and guess what i had an egg sandwich (white bread!) and a sweet bun...

I think i figured out what makes me sleepy/tired... REFINED CARBS! I was soooo sluggy after that i almost fell asleep in front of the kids!

for tmw's lunch, i made curried lentil and cauliflower stew, with some boiled eggs. :)

I find that i really need to make the effort to prepare my lunches. somehow i feel much better, and i can schedule in exercise better.. it's tough though, cooking and planning...nothing comes easy i guess... sigh...

on a more upbeat note, 5 more school days till end of term, and 2 weeks till i go to the US to see my dearest boyfriend! I'm excited!!

[Susan Otcenas]

My garlic press. I think it's an OXO. After buying a few cheapies over the years, which always ended up breaking or bending, I finally plunked down the $$ for an expensive one. This one is bombproof and will last me forever.

I used garlic almost everyday, and would not want to go back to mincing by hand.

It's also useful for mincing fresh ginger.

I also have to say how much I love my Henckels knives. A good quality knife set with decent heft is invaluable in the kitchen. Again, I use them every day and would be quite the frustrated cook without them.

[kiwibug]

Breakfast:
Oatmeal with frozen blueberries
Banana

Lunch:
Salad with taco-seasoned beef and light cheese, salsa for dressing.
Fruit cup.

Dinner will probably be some more taco salad.

[papaver]

I ate too much today... http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/ekelig/g026.gif

[tulip]

I didn't eat enough today...

coffee (once a week), it was a delicious latte from my new kinda local cafe
finished off my loaf of bread I made on Monday. It lasted 3 days; that's pretty good. I had it with some Brie.
An apple.

I'll probably have some spaghetti and a salad for dinner.

It's not enough, but I'm working so much and kindof on auto mode and I lose may appetite when I get like that. Deadline is over this weekend so I'll get back to normal soon.

[papaver]

you should eat better when you are working long hours. It'll be easier to focus and you'll make less mistakes...

[tulip]

i know, i know...I just did have a nice dinner with spaghetti and veggies.

[7rider]

Ugh.
I took the day off today to attend the retirement luncheon for a dear friend of mine on the Eastern Shore of Maryland (it's a 2 hour drive to the restaurant, which is why it took the whole day). I scoped out the menu of the place on line - it all looked yummy - so I had a very light breakfast, anticipating a HUGE lunch. We got into town early, and we found the guest of honor at the local maritime museum. On a lark, I said to him "Hey, let's go to the restaurant before anyone gets there, and have a Bloody Mary while we're waiting!"
Well, they all thought that was just about the best idea since sliced bread!!
So off we went.
It ended up being a bloody day, indeed, for Mary, as pretty much all of the guests thought that sounded just fine!
And we didn't eat off the menu -- our guest of honor pre-ordered a buffet of local faves, including oyster stew (yum!), chicken Chesapeake (with lump crab, of course), rockfish, and various local and in-season veges. And cheesecake for dessert.
Oh, my. It was a feast to bust a gut. I don't think I'll be reporting in for that weight loss challenge this week! :o

[shootingstar]

I just discovered sweet potatoes.... YUM!!!! Stuck it in the oven for 45 mins or so, put some cinnamon one it, so good. Also had some baked zucchini and yellow squash with italian seasoning, garlic powder and minced onions.

I can't cook, but Im trying to learn some very-very-very easy and healthy options. Ive been eating raw veggies and fruits (and not so good stuff on the weekends) and Im exhausted, not making it through work outs.

Enjoy the learning process!
When you start roasting garlic cloves with the the zuchhini, it gets even yummier. Just take a couple of cloves (not the whole bulb if you don't like that much garlic) and cover lightly with foil, put on same sheet/ dish that has your zucchini. Might take abit longer than 45 min.


_________________________________________________________
Yesterday: 42 kms.
Breakfast- 1/2 c. oatmeal with skim milk (unlike some TE members, I'm lazy. I use microwave.) ; 1 tangerine, tea with milk
Snack- apricot danish, coffee with milk
slice of black olive bread, slice of soy cheese, more tea
Supper- noodles lightly stir fried with chili paste, soy bean garlic paste, snowpeas, broccoli, onions, garlic, ginger root. (homemade)
Banana, tea with milk

Today: 16 kms. cycling
Breakfast- same as above
Snacks- almond biscotti, coffee with milk
slice of black olive bread, 2 slices of soy cheese
Supper - steamed salmon fillet with abit of soy sauce, oil, ginger root & minced green onion; buckwheat noodles on side, blanched baby bok choy.
Raisins, tea with milk

Salmon dish takes 20 min. to prepare and cook, baby bok choy took 10 min. to wash and cook, buckwheat noodles took 15 min. to cook and drain. In total, supper took half an hr. from start to dinner table.

[Blueberry]

Yummy dinner tonight - local eggs scrambled, with a thin sliver of goat cheese on top (called Asia Luv - has sesame, ginger, etc) nestled up against a pile of (again locally grown) shitake mushrooms sauteed. A big pile of sauteed zucchini on the side. All from within 60 miles of home! Yahoo!

[Owlie]

Brunch (I got up WAAY late today...): Cereal with 1% milk
S: Pumpkin spice latte.
D: Chicken cooked with onions and carrots, rice, cabbage. It would have been healthy if I hadn't insisted on cooking the onion+carrots...and the cabbage...and finishing the sauce for the chicken with butter. I think I used about a tablespoon and a half. It was really good and got the cabbage out of the fridge, though. Dessert was more chocolate than I care to admit.

[tulip]

I made a great dinner last night. Ground turkey mixed with on egg and chopped kale that I had previously cooked with olive oil and garlic. I made that into turkey-burgers. Along side that, I had mashed sweet potatoes with a bit of butter. I bought a bunch of sweet potatoes earlier in the week and baked them all and put them in the fridge. That way, all I have to do is heat them up quickly.

I also had some peas--they were canned but good, small, young peas.

And homemade bread, of course. And red wine, of course.

A delicious and healthy meal with lots of veggies. I didn't have any dessert--I was full!

[tulip]

Yummy dinner tonight - local eggs scrambled, with a thin sliver of goat cheese on top (called Asia Luv - has sesame, ginger, etc) nestled up against a pile of (again locally grown) shitake mushrooms sauteed. A big pile of sauteed zucchini on the side. All from within 60 miles of home! Yahoo!

Yum...is the farmer's market where I met you still going on in the winter (location not disclosed here)? I'll be in town next week and was thinking of going, if it's open.

[Blueberry]

Yum...is the farmer's market where I met you still going on in the winter (location not disclosed here)? I'll be in town next week and was thinking of going, if it's open.

It's open 8-12 this coming Saturday (11/21), Tuesday the 24th from 3-5:30 (the Turkey Day market!), and is closed for the Saturday after Thanksgiving (guess they figure everyone will still be stuffed!). It opens back up on 12/5, but the hours change to 10-12 for the winter. Hope you can make it - there's still lots of yummy food (we're getting great lettuce, good winter greens, there will be cheese, there might be one more week of mushrooms, and then they are gone for the season, and, of course, pies)!

I'm definitely going to have to borrow your Turkey Burger idea - it sounds fabulous!!

CA

[Owlie]

I skipped breakfast this morning...
Lunch: cup of coffee and a scone from Starbucks
S: a honeycrisp apple
Dinner: A leftover burger patty from last night broken up and mixed with leftover rice. It wasn't bad, considering the difference between the seasoning in the rice (it was green rice) and that in the burger. A couple of Cadbury's chocolate-covered digestives for dessert, and I think I'll follow that up with an apple.

[7rider]

Stir fry is a great way to use up leftover veges.
A bit of onion, left over broccoli, a couple sections of bell pepper, and a single salmon fillet, stir fried with soy sauce and wasabi, over rice.
Just enough to feed 2 with no leftovers.
Yum.

[NbyNW]

Today was a travel day for me. Curious how others manage healthy eating during travel, since the season is upon us. I typically don't have much of an appetite when I am sitting on planes all day, but I do need to have something in my stomach.

Coffee and a stale donut for breakfast, then an hour of Pilates then straight to the airport. I only had time to get another coffee and a ham/swiss ciabatta sandwich at Starbucks. The sandwich was so-so, but at least it was better than the snack box (three different kinds of crackers, chips, fake cheese spread) that they offered. Ate half the sandwich before getting on flight #1, which was four hours. Ate the second half before getting on flight #2.

Maybe it was the airports I was passing through today, but NOTHING looked appetizing, so I chose portability above all.

Had a nice bowl of Taiwanese rice porridge when I finally arrived at my parents' place.

[Crankin]

Yesterday:
B: 2 scrambled eggs in an omelet with goat cheese and salsa. One corn tortilla, browned on the gas burner. very small glass of blueberry juice

I admit to nibbling as I was preparing bread stuffing for turkey and cranberry mold (mostly some of the baguette I was using)

L: veggie roll up at local french bistro. it had hummus and a variety of beans, veggies.
(we rode to the bistro on the Jamis' in a drizzle that became more pronounced on the way home... 8.9 miles)

D: small sandwich of baked eggplant, goat cheese, and yellow pepper on left over baguette, with a small bowl of sweet potato soup, 2 pieces of dark chocolate
s: about half a slice of left over raisin bread challah french toast

Today: B: organic oatmeal with flax seed and skim milk, tomato, low salt ham (3 slices) and a slice of low fat provolone. small glass of grapefruit juice, 2 cups of coffee

Trying to mentally prepare myself to not eat too much later today and to get in at least 12 miles on the bike or a 3 mile walk

[shootingstar]

Yesterday: 18 kms.

B- oatmeal, tea with milk, 1 tangerine
Snacks- coffee with milk, blueberry scone
Snack/Supper -2 granola bars, 1 hot chocolate, 2 coffees (was manning a fall bike to work wk. commuter station table)
- small cinnamon swirl bun with no icing (Starbuck's version) No time to eat more before an evening lecture.
Hanging out too long with other fellow cyclists derailed a proper supper.
_______________________________________________________
Today: 46 kms. (morning ride. In middle of ride felt momentarily nauseated for a few min. Probably 'cause didn't eat properly yesterday.)
B- oatmeal, green tea, tangerine
Snacks- small saffron baguette, coffee with milk
tea with milk
Supper - 2 pork gyoza, big bowl of laska mushroom soup (has a bit of coconut milk) with lean Chinese barbecued pork slices and rice vermicelli, pot of jasmine tea (a particular brand that has wonderful jasmine floral aroma), cappucino ice cream.

[Susan Otcenas]

Breakfast: Steel Cut Oats with raisins. Grapefruit.

pre-ride snack: mini Lara Bar
During 51 mile ride: clif bar, kashi tlc bar, gu2o (500 cals total)

lunch: homemade carrot ginger soup. 1 slice homemade bread.

dinner: huge green salad with 3 oz turkey breast (leftover from Thursday) and homemade balsamic vinaigrette. Steamed broccoli & cauliflower with a tablespoon of cranberry sauce.

I'm still hungry, but that's just tough luck for me. I overindulged on Thanksgiving and now need to do damage control. :o Think I'll go have a cup of tea.

[Owlie]

Today was an odd mix of road food and real food:

B: Soup made with leftover turkey, some bread with it.
S: Gingerbread latte from Starbucks, a few bites of BF's pumpkin bread.
D: Double cheese burger from Steak n' Shake with onion, pickle, lettuce, ketchup, fries, and a Coke.
Misc: a small piece of ladoo (http://www.indianfoodforever.com/desserts/boondi-ka-laddoo.html), a few kettle chips and a couple sips of vanilla Coke.

[redrhodie]

Yesterday I had:

B1- an egg and ww toast.

B2- ww English muffin and cream cheese

L- eggplant grinder from pizza place

snack- slice of pumpkin bread

D- gnocchi with tomato basil sauce at restaurant (and semolina bread)

Dessert- apple crisp

Again, no fresh fruit or vegetables. Seems to be a thing with me that I'm in denial about. This thread is good for pointing it out. I do love me some simple carbs, though :o!

[OakLeaf]

Red, there certainly wasn't "no" fruit or vegetables in what you described. A bit light maybe, but not at all absent.

Raw fruits and vegetables aren't necessarily the best thing for everyone, especially as the weather gets colder. Some people do very well with raw produce, others not so much. It's possible you might find it easier to put more vegetables into your diet if you stop trying to eat them raw?

[Reesha]

I made a big pot of chicken soup with carrots, parsnip, parsley, celery, onion, garlic and swiss chard. It cooked for several hours yesterday and then matured on a warm stove all night.

I had it for breakfast with Alton Brown's southern biscuits.

omg.

[redrhodie]

Red, there certainly wasn't "no" fruit or vegetables in what you described. A bit light maybe, but not at all absent.

Raw fruits and vegetables aren't necessarily the best thing for everyone, especially as the weather gets colder. Some people do very well with raw produce, others not so much. It's possible you might find it easier to put more vegetables into your diet if you stop trying to eat them raw?

That's interesting. I hadn't heard that raw isn't always ideal before. In fact, it's kind of been drilled into me, and I do have digestion issues with some raw foods. Still, I though I was supposed to be eating them, so I'd plan around it.

This may change my life. :)

[Owlie]

B: four inches of French bread, sliced in half lengthwise with butter and black raspberry jelly.
L: an apple and a frappucino. :o
S: a few slices of salami
D: Two bowls of turkey soup and some more of the bread.
Dessert: either black raspberry chip ice cream or a triangle of baklava. Haven't decided yet.

[Catrin]

(breakfast) 2 scrambled egg whites and 1/2 cup cottage cheese
(snack) non-fat yogurt
(lunch) turkey/spinach/bean soup (yummy)
(snack) more non-fat yogurt
(dinner) chicken breast, broccoli, salad, apple
Protein shake after working out


They have me on a very strict diet so it doesn't change much outside of replacing poultry with fish.

[Owlie]

Reviving this. I like the accountability.

B: bowl of cereal with 1% milk.
L: homemade chicken fried rice. (For the...4th? 5th? time this week. I hate cooking for only me)
S: piece of peppermint bark and a handful of chocolate bunny grahams.
D: Chicken tacos from Qdoba.

[shootingstar]

Today, while not "normal" eating, at least was not yet another feast-like celebration, that I've had off and on since Christmas. Due holidays, then going away in Leavenworth, WA where we had some real quality German restaurant meals (about 2 restaurants out of handful, are excellent), a niece visiting us, etc.

B: oatmeal with abit of milk, 1 orange
Snack: biscotti and coffee (thank goodness, then I didn't eat nor drink anything for next 5 hrs. since I biked somewhere else to an event and there were lineups for food at museum cafe.)
Finished 38 kms. of cycling.
Snack: 1 banana and 2 c. of tea with milk. 3 slices of small saffron baguette. (Delicious.)
Supper: red Thai rice, stir fried cauliflower, pepper with onions, ginger. 2 cups of tea. Handful of raisins.

Oh yea, my birthday is coming up, then Chinese New Year's which falls on Valentine's Day. More reasons to celebrate and eat. :o:D

[Owlie]

B: Bowl of cereal (Honey Bunches of Oats, with almonds) with 1% milk
S: A pina colada smoothie from the smoothie place by the grocery store.
L: a small bowl of fried rice. (I can see the bottom of the container! It's a miracle!)
D: Two chicken drumsticks, seasoned and baked, with barbecue sauce. A small pile of spaghetti tossed with salt, pepper and a little bit of butter. Steamed broccoli.
S: Chai with milk and sugar for the evening tea and Skype call with BF, and a 2-pack of Reese's cups. :o I think this means I need protein.

The good news is that I got the meat cooked for the whole week.

[limewave]

B: Ultrameal (metagenics) Shake
S: Almonds & raisins
L: Spicy black beans & quinoa
S: Veggies
D: Ultrameal Shake
S: Ghiradellis Intense Dark 86% Chocolate Square

(Shake twice a day for three days to help detox after vacation)

[tulip]

I made a big spinach lasagne in my slow cooker. It's delicious, but I guess I'll be eating it all week long! I put small batches in the freezer, kindof like TV dinners.

[Owlie]

B: 1.5 poptarts. I was running late this morning. How did you guess?
(The other half is still in my backpack! :eek::o)
L: Roast beef and bacon sandwich with a thin slice of cheddar, red onion, lettuce and horseradish.
S: (caffeine break) small coffee frappucino, a few (small) pieces of peppermint bark.
D: Two drumsticks, spicier than I expected, but good. Oven fries (+ ketchup) and baby spinach (+ a bit of ranch dressing).
Dessert will be a square or two of the hazelnut chocolate my dad got for me.

[shootingstar]

Yesterday

18 kms. bike ride after breakfast:
1 c. of microwaved oatmeal with a bit of skim milk
c. of tea with skim milk

Snack #1: 1 biscotti and 1 coffee with skim milk
Snack #2 : 2 c. of tea, 1 banana

Supper: homemade foccacia with sundried tomatoes, basil, onion,garlic, red pepper
homemade dessert foccacia embedded and baked with green grapes and mango slices with lemongrass, grated ginger root, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamon and drizzled with honey and lemon juice.

Had leftover focaccia for another meal. :)

Today:
16 kms. bike ride
Same breakfast and snack #1 & #2 above.
Supper: broiled salmon fillet with miso-orange juice, ginger root and lemon topping/marinade, steamed lettuce (well, lettuce abit soft for salad). With buckwheat and green tea noodles on side. (Well, had to use up last of buckwheat noodle left in pantry.)

[Catrin]

Yesterday:

Breakfast: Myoplex protien shake with milk and 1/2 banana
Snack - fat free yogurt
Lunch - salad greens with baked chicken
Snack - more fat free yogurt
Dinner - chicken wrap (with veggies) at fitness club
Snack - boiled egg with 1 piece bread

Exercise: 30 minutes weight lifting. 10 minutes walking, and 50 minutes spin class

Today:
Pretty much the same though for dinner I am planning to make an egg-white omelet with veggies and my evening snack will be 1/2 cup fat-free cottage cheese and a small apple.

Exercise tonight will be about 15 minutes on the elliptical and 30 on the step mill...

[Owlie]

B: skipped it :/
L: The last of the fried rice
S: pumpkin bread and a cinnamon latte, more chocolate than I care to think about.
D: spaghetti with alfredo sauce, with chicken and a lot of broccoli thrown in. Can of Blue Sky cola.

[limewave]

I just had a lofthouse frosted sugar cookie.
Surely, I will be paying for that.

[XMcShiftersonX]

Today was just a short 22 mile bike ride with a friend, but I increased my entire ride's average by over 1 MPH!

B: Multivitamin, Cheerios with soy milk.
During ride: 1 Chocolate Gu pack, half of a peanut butter Clif bar, and Caffe Latte flavored Perpetuem
After ride: Peanut Butter Builder's bar, home made smoothie: raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, marion berries, banana, flax seeds, soy milk, and Genisoy Vanilla protein powder.
L: A Tofurkey sandwich with lettuce and vegenaise on a hoagie roll, lima beans, and Vanilla Soy Yogurt.
D: Haven't decided yet!

-Jessica

[Owlie]

B: Frappucino and a croissant... at 3pm, because I got up 30 minutes before I had to be in class.
L: See above
S: a cup of Really Good Darjeeling (that's the technical term!) with a little bit of sugar.
D: What's in the fridge? pasta: One (organic) Italian sausage, 2 cloves of garlic, part of a red onion, snow peas, a cubed Roma tomato, a few handfuls of my roommate's leftover baby spinach and parsley, tossed with olive oil and spaghetti, with some salt and pepper. Tasty, pretty light, and relatively quick.
S: 2 cups of green tea.
S: 2 cups of white tea+mate chai blend, with sugar. (Yes, I know. It's weird, but oddly good.)
S: (I have a test tomorrow, can't you tell?) Bowl of Indian-style rice pudding, made with jasmine rice and 1% milk.

[redrhodie]

Yesterday I had

B 2 eggs and toast

S Greek yogurt and strawberries

L veggie burger on ww bun and roasted fingerling potatoes

D salad with lettuce, tomato, cukes and carrots, savory bread pudding and Brussels sprouts

More snacks throughout the day- an orange, nuts and raisins, and half a mango.

Dessert ice cream sandwich

I've been trying to eat more veggies AND more protein. That means I'm always eating. Luckily, I don't have trouble with that! I can always eat...:rolleyes:

[7rider]

Having just celebrated Purim, a co-worker is keeping me well fed with hamentaschen.
I don't know if I should hug her....or punch her! :rolleyes:;)
Mmmmmmm

[redrhodie]

Having just celebrated Purim, a co-worker is keeping me well fed with hamentaschen.
I don't know if I should hug her....or punch her! :rolleyes:;)
Mmmmmmm

I had to google that. YUM! Definitely hug her (and send me some ;))!

[ASammy1]

I'm making Eggplant, Zucchini and Sweet Red Pepper Stew for dinner! It's a new recipe and I'm super excited to try it out. :D

[Crankin]

I tried making Hamentaschen once.
Oy, the filling tasted good, but the pastry looked like, well, not the 3 cornered hat it is supposed to be. Good thing my kids were very little and they didn't know any better.
I haven't posted on this thread for awhile. Today I ate:
B: 2 homemade waffles, half a cup of grapefruit juice, coffee, 3 slices of turkey bacon
S: light string cheese, coffee
L: Salad with one hard boiled egg, chicken, lettuce, grape tomatoes, handful of blue cheese, apple, water
S: banana, Luna bar
D: Panini with low salt ham, goat cheese, pesto, cole slaw
2 pieces of dark chocolate

[Susan Otcenas]

MMmmmm, just got a great hamentaschen recipe to try from a friend (in all my spare time).

B: 1/4 cantaloupe. Steel cut oats with 1/2 banana & 1/4cup raisins. Green Tea.
Swam for an hour.
S: 3 oz of turkey. Not deli turkey. Real turkey. :)
S2: 6oz yogurt
L: Green salad with cukes, red peppers, scallions and half a can of albacore tuna. Green apple.
S: grapefruit.
65 minute bike trainer workout
D: Not sure yet, but probably a gardenburger on a sandwich thin with steamed asparagus on the side. And perhaps a glass of wine!