What did you eat today?

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Originally Posted by Crankin

I buy the big carton of egg whites. I started out just dumping the yokes a few years ago, but since I buy organic eggs now, that's way too wasteful and expensive. We manage to still go through quite a few eggs a week, even with me using the whites from a carton. Sometimes I mix the whites with regular eggs, sometimes I just eat regular eggs. But, since this is the only way I can up my protein at breakfast (I'm allergic to whey), it works.

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For me, this is the best way to increase my protein to the levels I've been told I need with the least number of additional calories. I am supposed to have high levels of protein and low fat...

I have been, however, mixing things up a bit by adding a few more good whole fats (small amounts of good cheese, almonds, etc.) and pulling back a bit on carbs. I am feeling pretty good, and while I am not currently losing weight I am not gaining any...

A couple of times a week instead of having 3 egg whites at breakfast, I will have 2 egg whites and 1 whole egg - yummy!

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Originally Posted by Reesha

What do you guys do with your egg yolks? I have chickens, but I buy regular grocery store eggs for the egg whites. I cook the yolks and feed them to the chickens. They love them! I would never dream of not eating the yolks of my own chickens' eggs!

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I eat whole eggs. Usually 3 every morning together with some oats and curd. I bake them as a pancake. It is a totally natural product and I don't believe that natural food would do harm. Eggs are egg-xcellent :p

I'm a whole-egg (fried or omelet-ized) person. The only recipe I can think of that calls for egg yolks alone is for cookies. I think that might be counterproductive. (Unless, of course, you feel like baking. Then you are free to send some my way.)

Reesha, I find feeding egg yolks to chickens funny, in a rather warped way. ;)

OK, my weight was down even more Saturday morning. I've been really good and I tried to plan for going out Sat. night. Alas, that didn't work so well...
B: 2 egg omelette with Mexican cheese, salsa, avocado, 2 chicken-sage breakfast sausages, half a grapefruit, coffee

L: baked whole wheat tortilla with chopped tomato, avocado, chicken breast on top, cup of butternut squash soup
40 minute hike up a steep hill and down the even steeper side, 30 minutes of yoga
S: 1/4 cup of low fat cottage cheese, nuts and cranberries
D: Italian restaurant, where DH and I shared an anti-pasti plate (this was my downfall), cod baked with zucchini and tomatoes, with a side of roasted eggplant and potatoes. I ate half the cod, all of the veggies, and 2 pieces of the roasted potatoes. Oh yea, and the 2.5 glasses of red wine. Decaf.

unusual 2 ride day!

B: steel cut oats with 1 T. toasted pecans, 1 T. dried cranberries
S: (on 42 mile ride) 1/2 Clif bar, 1 GU
L: leftover snapper with tomato, onion & chile, tomato basil pasta, chile/lime tortilla chips, 5 "Savannah Smiles" lemon Girl Scout cookies
S: (on 25 mile ride) 1 GU,
D: chicken sausage (spinach-feta), sauteed mushrooms, spinach,onion, tomato, red & green peppers), 1 cup pasta, parmesan cheese

then I baked choc chip cookies for DH to celebrate finishing his 300k and enjoyed 4 of them. I was still hungry....

*I once declared, right here on TE, that I would never use GU... but have had a change of heart since the El Tour de Tucson training with Carmichael Training Systems coaches. (The first one's free.....) I don't use them on every ride, but they are convenient...

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Originally Posted by Reesha

What do you guys do with your egg yolks? I have chickens, but I buy regular grocery store eggs for the egg whites. I cook the yolks and feed them to the chickens. They love them! I would never dream of not eating the yolks of my own chickens' eggs!

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I eat them! There is nothing wrong with an egg yolk! My cholesterol numbers are perfect:D

B: 2 eggs scrambled with green chili peppers and mozzarella cheese, a few roasted potatoes and a piece of wg toast with butter, oj and coffee
L: small plate of enchilada, brown rice and beans
D: 2 tilapia tacos with cabbage, crema/green chili sauce, cabbage and tomato salsa, 1 beer

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Originally Posted by spokewench

I eat them! There is nothing wrong with an egg yolk! My cholesterol numbers are perfect:D

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My cholesterol numbers are great, but I don't want the fat in the yolks, I eat a LOT of egg whites in the course of a week. I like the pure protein and low calories in egg whites, though I do still eat whole eggs a few times a week.

25 minutes of hill walking intervals and 3 minutes of running on the treadmill, "fasting"

B:endive, stuffed with low fat cottage cheese and smoked salmon, blueberries, walnuts, and cranberries, coffee
L: We hosted 2 of DH's co-workers who are here from China. A morning of historical tourist spots in town, about 2 miles of walking. Then we went to the restaurant at a local airport, where they feature local produce, cheese, and meats. We often eat here on rides. Anyway, it was later than we planned, but I had a veggie omelette with fontina cheese, 2 slices of multi grain toast, and a small bowl of home made applesauce, coffee
D: minestrone soup with turkey meatballs/fennel, spinach, tomatoes and a salad

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Originally Posted by spokewench

I eat them! There is nothing wrong with an egg yolk! My cholesterol numbers are perfect:D

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Ah, you suspect me of omitting them all together. not to worry, for the four or five egg whites I eat per day, I often eat 1-2 of my chicken's whole eggs. Seven whole eggs per day is just a bit too much. If I'm not clucking within a year, I shall be surprised :D

Brunch, since I got up at noon today:o : Cereal with 1%
Green tea latte (iced), half a bag of peanut butter M&Ms, a Hershey kiss
Marathon cleaning session--totally counts as weight lifting in my book...
Half a 2% Greek yogurt with granola and a (generous) drizzle of honey
~30 minutes on the trainer
The other half of the yogurt carton
Pulled pork sandwich with chipotle barbecue sauce, a banana and half a blood orange.

Super Bowl Sunday:

B: The usual (steel-cut oats with berries, scrambled egg whites, skim milk, coffee)

S: small apple with 1/2 cup cottage cheese

L: whole wheat tortilla wrap with 4 slices turkey bacon, tomato slices, 1/2 avocado, sprouts and a bit of low-fat "mayo", 1 cup skim milk. More coffee

1 hour bike ride...outside :)

D: home-made black bean soup (very simple, with only spices, tomato, onion, celery), 1 small roasted/skinless chicken breast, 1/2 cup brown rice. 1 beer, 2 wedges dark chocolate. A bit of no-fat Greek yogurt on the soup, yummy!

Monday Blues:

B: plain full fat yogurt with cornflakes.

L: Leftover braised noodles with this beancurd roll stuffed with pork and shrimp.

Gym session: 25 minutes of intervals on a gym bike :s 20 minutes of weights and dynamic squats + lunges

Post gym: A bottle of apple, lemon, cucumber and lettuce juice (big mistake, stomach is very unhappy now)

D: brown rice, cabbage stir fried with red chilies and garlic, soy sauce egg

Something like 2 litres of water and counting...

1 bowl of cereal, strawberries, banana, 1 small pancake with maple syrup, coffee
2 1/2 hours of tennis (1/2 of a nut energy bar)
Lunch: small plate of enchilada and beans
Dinner: ricotta stuff shells with tomato and sausage (chicken) sauce, sauteed yellow and zucchini squash, 1 glass red wine
1 brownie

Catrin, do you puree your soup or just let it cook and fall apart? I've been (I just typed it as the legume :o ) hunting for a black bean soup recipe. The last one I made just wasn't all that good.

B: Whole-grain waffles with peanut butter and jelly (hey, it's not bad! And quick too!)
L: Buffalo chicken sandwich (with spinach, onion and banana pepper), jalapeno potato chips
S: Small Toblerone. Oh, how I missed those.
glass of Coke
D: Bowl of bean soup, with kale
15 minutes of ladders on the trainer.
I'm going to go make myself a sort of pina colada-inspired smoothie. I don't have rum but I do have a bunch of bananas to use up.