What did you eat today?

I ate way too much yesterday. Breakfast was fine, 2 egg omelette with cheese and salsa, 3 slices turkey bacon, 2 skim milk cappuccinos

then I went to my monthly peer consultation group meeting, where I had more coffee, 2 very small scallion scones, about half a cup of wheat berry salad, and mostly the fruit off of the top of some pastry thing.

came home and ate 3/4 of a Luna Bar before a 20 mile ride. It was freezing out, about 33, and riding in the cold makes me ravenous. When I got home I finished the Luna Bar, had a whole wheat deli flat and a piece of low fat Havarti cheese

went out to dinner for my anniversary at a very nice restaurant in Newton, that I've been wanting to go to for , oh, 15 years. I had a salad with pears and walnuts and wild sea bass on a bed of pureed butternut squash, with more pieces of squash around it. Also had one roll and butter and we drank about 3/4 of a bottle of red wine. We shared an apple crisp with sour cream sorbet on top. I guess it's OK, since not too many people reach 32 years of marriage, but, still.

Congratulations on your anniversary. 32 years is a real accomplishment :) I bet it doesn't feel that long!

I met with my new personal trainer this morning and he set me up on a nutrition plan for the next six weeks. I'm pretty smart and never really eat much junk, but it's so nice to have a human being tell me what to do. There's just TOO much conventional wisdom out there sometimes. Zach is a cyclist too- a Cat 1 mountain bike racer, but a personal trainer by profession.

Here's what he's having me do to reach my 15-20 lb weight loss by April.

He wants me to do one of two things:
eat 5 300-400 calorie meals per day OR eat 3 400-500 calorie meals + 2 200-300 calorie snacks. I'm aiming for about 1800-2000 calories per day.

He wants my protein intake to be between 100-150 grams per day.
I should only be get 25 grams of carbohydrates per meal/snack, so ideally about 150 grams per day total.
Fat he was a little nebulous on, but based on what he said (quality fats from olive oil and nuts, seeds, and fish) it will probably be on the low end.

Here are some extra rules he gave me:
Glycemic carbs should come early-- grains, fruits. By dinner I should be getting carbs from veggies alone.
Lots of veggies and water all day long
Plan meals and snacks around workouts (this week I'm doing 6 hours low intensity cardio, 2 days of weight training and one low intensity 30 minute fasted workout)
No late night snacks/ minimal alcohol

I felt a little sorry for him that he ate the same thing every day during the winter, but I figure he must not like to cook very much and he's a national level mountain bike racer.

Anyway, I've got like a pound and a half of atlantic salmon in the fridge (we recently discovered we can buy fish at cost through James' workplace), so that will keep me well covered over the next couple days. I'm excited! I hope I can stick to the plan well this week :)

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Originally Posted by Catrin

Owlie, is that steel-cut oats or regular oatmeal? I find the only way I can stomach rolled oats is with LOTS of peanut butter. With steel-cut I can limit that to 1 teaspoon of PB, or a couple (5) almonds or walnuts and a few blueberries and skim milk. Yum!

You might want to consider pairing the oatmeal with more protein, perhaps a couple of scrambled egg whites or a slice or two of turkey bacon? It may just be my body and blood sugar issues but I do much better the rest of the day with something like this for breakfast. PB does have protein of course, but not all that much...

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Steel-cut. I hate rolled oats, except the way DBF makes them, and even then, I'm not eating them pre-workout! I'm finding that I need fat and protein before a ride (or trainer workout), and all the fiber in oatmeal just sucks everything up. If I'm not riding/spending quality time with my trainer, oatmeal with almonds and dried cherries is fine.

B: Cereal w/ 1%, almonds
S: 1 fun-size Snickers bar, more almonds
41-minute trainer workout
L: Small bowl of turkey soup
S: Another Snickers bar, black tea with milk and sugar, a couple of shortbread cookies
D: Veggie (bamboo shoots, baby corn, green bell pepper, onion, carrot, broccoli, snow peas) and chicken stir-fry over brown rice.

I'm getting red meat cravings. Thanks, ovaries.

2 buttermilk waffles with dried cranberries and walnuts, an orange, coffee

tuna and wheat berry salad

20 mile ride, Luna Bar after

ground lamb with veggies, in a slightly Moroccan flavored sauce, ww cous cous

2 pieces dark chocolate

There's my menu today. Usually I like simle things but doday I had lots of different things. I will change this.

yesterday:
plain non fat Greek yogurt, blueberries, cranberries, almonds, piece of ww toast with soy nut butter, V-8, coffee

chicken salad w/mayo, strawberries

Luna Bar

home made chicken Cesar salad with oil and vinegar dressing and a whole wheat roll, 2 pieces dark chocolate

Yesterday was bad:
B: Bottled coffee thing (a boil advisory in the student union meant that I didn't get my coffee :eek: ), a doughnut.
L: Philly cheesesteak and a Dr. Pepper
S: Tea, almonds, a couple shortbread cookies
D: Brown rice, leftover stir fry.

B: boiled eggs, ham, cheese, tomatoe
L: yoghurt and muesli (pre-ride)
S: milk (after ride)
D: baked lamb ribs, lamb soup, cabbage and carrots salad

yesterday:
egg white omelette with low fat cheddar and salsa, strawberries, coffee
nuts and cranberries
salad with chicken, ham, cheese

Luna Bar
ww deli flat and hummus when I got home

vegetarian chili with soy crumble sausage, cannelloni, hominy, poblano pepper, chipolte sauce, veg. broth

Today:
2 eggs over easy, 2 slices turkey bacon, 3 pieces Machengo cheese, half a grapefruit, coffee

chicken salad with some nuts thrown in, half an apple

slice of low fat Havarti

Arctic Char with pepper jelly/Dijon mustard sauce, whole wheat Israeli cous cous, salad, half a glass of red wine, 2 pieces dark chocolate

B- cereal with skim milk & fresh raspberries, tea with skim milk, a tangerine

Snack - toast with peanut butter, coffee with skim milk

Christmas lunch- lobster fettucine with asparagus and tomato. (it was spicy!)
fallen souffle chocolate cake slice, shared with another person
cranberry juice, later coffee

Dinner- just 1 c. of light noodles, banana, tea with milk. Yup..and cornflakes with milk

30 minute depleted ride
Breakfast 1: 1 egg sandwich on whole wheat bread with 1/2 oz cheddar
Breakfast 2 3 hours later: 5 oz yogurt with raspberry jam and almonds
Lunch: 1/2 turkey sandwich on whole wheat with tiny caesar salad and 2 huge cups steamed broccoli
Afternoon snack: 1/2 turkey sandwich on whole wheat
Dinner: bowl of hot and sour soup, 2 oz roast pork. a few tablespoons of cookie dough for dessert :o

2 eggs, hashbrowns, 1 piece wg toast, coffee
2 pieces of margarita pizza
1 beer
1 salad with vinaigrette and blue cheese crumbles, 1 glass prosecco
2 dates

B: greek yogurt, raspberry jam, sliced almonds, kashi peanut peanut bar
L: cottage cheese, 1/2 turkey sandwich, bean soup, roasted veggie salad, banana
AS: kashi bar
D: atlantic salmon, steamed broccoli
1:10 on trainer
ADS: cottage cheese

B: 2 bites of a Luna Bar before strength/core class, after class, 3 slices low salt ham on a sliced tomato, with cheddar cheese melted on top, half a grapefruit, coffee
S: more coffee
L: finished the chicken salad, with some left over ww Israeli cous cous stirred in, half an apple
S: the rest of the Luna Bar
D: big bowl of chicken/spinach/chick pea/whole wheat orzo soup, with parmesan
2 pieces of dark chocolate

B: egg whites, avocado, salsa, blueberries, coffee
L: went out to lunch with Hirakukibou. I am not sure what the thing I had was called. It was basically a stack of veggies on a bed of squash, which was like toast and a sauce of pureed spinach. Also ate about half of a slice of rye bread, coffee
S: 3 pieces Machengo cheese, 3 pita chips
Then I went to our neighborhood holiday tea with my driveway neighbor. Everyone there was like 85 years old. I had a glass of wine at my driveway neighbor's house (we decided to pre-lubricate), and 2 tea very teeny sandwiches at the tea, with a glass of sherry, which tasted like medicine.
D: chicken sandwich on a whole wheat deli flat, with low fat Havarti, cole slaw, an orange

B: 1 piece wg toast with peanut butter
L: 1 granola bar
1 very small piece of toffee with chocolate
D: rice with stir fry (chicken, onions, mushrooms, asparagus), 1 glass of prosecco
a couple of fruit jelly candies

Breakfast: milk, coffee and cream (real one, taken from the top of the boiled milk)
Lunch: cabbage&carrots salad, some pork ribs, a glass of sweet red wine
Afternoon snack: same as lunch
Dinner: N/A
I was at a daytime Christmas party and everybody was sitting around a big table with food. I organized different entertainment for the children: went for a walk in the near wood, collected leaves and pebbles to put on some cards later. And the biggest enjoyment: we baked together Christmas cookies, the children shaped them differently with rabbits, ducks, stars, hearts, etc. They served the cookies to the guests wearing white aprons and everybody was so happy and satisfied. They got applauses and pictures :D
I didn't eat cookies, the smell, the pleasure of baking them with the children and giving them to the others was enough.

Yesterday:

B- 1 c. of cornflakes with skim milk. A tangerine. @ 5:00 am
B- Later at work: brown toast with peanut butter & coffee with milk

Lunch - light Thai spicy and sour soup, coffee with milk
Snack- a chocolate chunk cookie, a coffee with milk

Supper- sauteed bison (marinated with a bit of maple syrup, soy sauce, fig balsamic vinegar, rosemary, garlic, fresh ginger root) inside ciabatta sandwich bun
sauteed sliced fennel bulb on side
red wine
a chocolate pecan bun
Yes, well, he prepared supper. An anniversary dinner to celebrate our first date.....20 yrs. ago. :o

Oh well, such special occasions are rare. :)

OK, bad eating day yesterday

B: 3 pieces of small slice whole wheat raisin bread French toast, 2 slices turkey bacon, coffee
L: left over chicken/ww orzo/spinach soup with a chicken sand. on a ww deli flat with slice of low fat Havarti, cole slaw
16.6 mile ride
S: piece of Machengo cheese
D: we had no plans for Sat. night, so we decided to do errands and go and get a beer and apps at a new place at around 6 PM and then decide... made the mistake of getting a sampler of boneless wings and we ate them all.
Ended up going home around 8:00 and deciding we were just about ready for bed! Ate an orange and watched TV, so I could digest my very unhealthy dinner

B: 1 egg, 1 piece wg toast, butter, coffee
L: 1/2 carnitas burrito
appetizer: a couple slices of Harry & David Pear, blue cheese and cracker
D: bowl of minestrone soup, slice of chicken, 1 piece bread
1 strawberry chobani greek yogurt

yesterday:
B: 2 egg omelet with 2% mozzarella, 2 pieces of multigrain toast (mmm Companion bread!)
L: 2 chicken tenders, sauteed brussels sprouts, 2 pieces of multigrain toast (it is that hard to resist!)
AS: Kashi peanut peanut butter bar
D: Went to a tapas place, had 1 cuban chicken slider, 1 chicken skewer, and goat cheese stuffed red pepper slices. Totally overpriced. Remind me not to do tapas again except at home! ;)

I'm starting today off well with a 4 egg white omelet with red peppers, avocado, and lowfat cheddar and 2 pieces of toast. Strength training later!

yesterday
B:
cornflakes with skim milk, milk with tea, 1 fresh tangerine

Snack at the market:
small creme puff with almonds and hazelnut cream
Chocolate sourdough bun
coffee with milk

Snack:
2 c. of tea with skim milk
a small sample of kristollen (German christmas cake with dried fruit)

Dinner:
stir fried broccoli, shanghai bok choy, red peppers, onion, garlic, mushrooms, ginger root with buckwheat noodles
1/4 c. of red wine (I fell asleep anyways. It doesn't take much :p)
tea with milk

Snack:
tangerine
tea with milk
cornflakes with skim milk

B: eggs (2), lox, and onions, blueberries, strawberries, and banana, coffee
yoga class
more coffee
L:chicken salad on a bed of spinach, walnuts, cup of butternut squash soup
4 mile hike in the woods
piece of cheese
D: (restaurant) small cup of Italian chicken soup, salad with beef and blue cheese, vinaigrette, few onion strings on top, glass of red wine

B: 2 eggs, hashbrowns, toast, coffee
Snacks: small bag of potato chips
handful of dark chocolate almonds
D: 1/2 carnitas burrito, 1 glass prosecco

Yesterday was a busy day training-wise! I walked for 45 minutes briskly with my pup, strength trained for an hour, and rode the bike for an hour outside. I hope I ate appropriately!

B: egg white omelet with avocado, red pepper, lowfat cheese. multigrain toast.
Walk with dog!
pre-weight training snack: organic fruit snacks
post -weight training snack: lifeway mango lassi
L: chicken salad, red pepper sticks, apple slices, 1/2 avocado
AS: 1/2 granny smith apple
1 hour bike ride low to moderate intensity
D: tuna salad sandwich with pickle!

plain non fat Greek yogurt with blueberries, almonds, dried cranberries, slice of ww raisin bread with soy nut butter, coffee

salad with low salt ham, chicken, low fat cheddar, salsa, an apple

packet of nuts and cranberries
Luna Bar

Tilapia sauteed in sesame oil, served on a bed of greens, with soba noodles and a ginger/sesame dressing
2 squares dark chocolate, a tangelo

breakfast: chicken steak and walnuts
lunch (before ride): muslei in milk
snack (after 2,5hs ride): a pint of whole milk, whey protein and a banana
dinner: salad #1: 1. beet root, carrot, apple, walnuts, parsley, lemon
salad #2: lettuce, canned tuna, red onion, olives, lemon
Green tea of the brand Pickwick with cherry taste
This is my dinner, all colors:
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Yesterday:

B: bran cereal, scrambled egg whites, skim milk, coffee
S: 2 pieces home-made mint-chocolate fudge :rolleyes:
L: small skinless, roasted chicken breast with sprouted wheat bread
S: Cliff bar

45 minute strength workout, 90 minutes spinning class

D: bowl of bran cereal with banana, skim milk (too late for much else, need to go shopping)

B: egg whites, cheddar, 2 slices of turkey bacon, half a grapefruit

L: chicken salad on a bed of spinach, with nuts and cranberries, cup of butternut squash soup, ww deli flat

S: 3 pieces of Machengo cheese, 3 ww pita chips (I had a late appt)

D: 2 very thin and small pork chops with a chili rub, mango salsa, baked sweet potato wedges, spinach, 2 squares dark chocolate

Yesterday:

B: Steel cut oats, egg whites, skim milk, coffee
S: tiny crispy/crunchy/yummy apple
L: small skinless roasted chicken breast, sprouted bread
S: 7 tiny Trader Joe's Chocolaty Cat Cookies - (basically crunchy chocolate animal crackers - almost)
D: spicy chicken soup with lentils, fire-roasted tomato, lots of chopped spinach, corn and lots of shredded skinless roasted chicken breast. Served with a small amount of brown rice and a bit of no-fat Greek yogurt. Skim milk

half a banana before spin class
2 egg omelette with goat cheese and pesto, half a grapefruit, coffee after spin class

salad with tuna and olive oil, vinaigrette, apple

broiled eggplant, red pepper, goat cheese, olive oil sandwich on whole wheat ciabatta. DH sliced the bread so thinly, he made 2 smaller sandwiches for each of us.
cup of roasted tomato soup
glass of white wine

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Originally Posted by Catrin

Yesterday:

B: Steel cut oats, egg whites, skim milk, coffee
S: tiny crispy/crunchy/yummy apple
L: small skinless roasted chicken breast, sprouted bread
S: 7 tiny Trader Joe's Chocolaty Cat Cookies - (basically crunchy chocolate animal crackers - almost)
D: spicy chicken soup with lentils, fire-roasted tomato, lots of chopped spinach, corn and lots of shredded skinless roasted chicken breast. Served with a small amount of brown rice and a bit of no-fat Greek yogurt. Skim milk

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Love Trader Joes everything!!!!!!!!!!! Have you had the lentil dip? yum!

3 small pieces of Machengo cheese, 3 slices low salt ham, one thin slice of ww bread from the bakery, orange, coffee

chicken and low fat Havarti sandwich on ww deli flat, apple, packet of nuts and cranberries

Luna Bar

dinner out: 3/4 of an 8 oz. tenderloin steak, sweet potato, garden salad with oil and vinegar, a rather large glass of red wine

Crankin, I almost picked up a wedge of Machengo cheese today from Trader Joes, but the price encouraged me to try a wedge of "Lite Sharp Celtic Cheddar" instead, we will see.

Last night when I came home from a hard spinning class, I found myself craving fat. Any kind of fat, but I didn't have anything! No nuts, no cheese, no whole eggs, all of my dairy is non-fat...didn't even have any nut butter. Almonds and cheese went on this morning's shopping list for Trader Joe's. I am beginning to wonder if I should try to lower my carbs further and raise my fat (good fats, of course) and see if that is what's been going on with my weight plateau. This isn't the first time I've recently craved fats after a hard workout.

Yesterday:

B: Steel cut oats, egg whites, skim milk, coffee

S: apple and 2 tiny choc/mint truffles

L: left-over yummy chicken/veggie/spinach soup with a bit of brown rice

S: Cliff Bar

30 minute brisk walk, 90 minutes spinning (45 steady state, 45 minute class)

D: more left-over yummy chicken/veggie/spinach soup with brown rice

Machengo cheese *is* expensive. But, I am so addicted to it. It's cheaper at Trader Joe's than anywhere else. Frankly, I don't mind paying for good food and good bicycles.

half a banana before spin class at 5:30
B: sandwich on a whole wheat bagel with low salt ham and low fat Havarti cheese, blueberries and strawberries, coffee

L: salad with arugula, chicken, goat cheese, red pepper, cup of roasted red pepper soup

S: slice of ww bread and hummus

D: well, at my Chanukah party, so a little (a lot) more than usual: small slice of chicken with orange sauce, chunk of salmon with sauce verte, piece of kugel (noodle pudding) 1.5 potato pancakes with applesauce on top, salad with fennel, half a bagel with cream cheese. 2 glasses of wine. one brownie and one slice of sour cream chocolate cake.

So far today...

B: egg sandwich with 2 egg whites and 1 whole egg with a small amount of shredded lite Irish white chedder, sprouted bread, a bit of no-fat cottage cheese, coffee and skim milk

1 hour pilates reformer (they offer free classes on Christmas and New Years Eve), 25 minutes weights, 20 minutes Arc Trainer - TRYING not to overdo it...
S: apple with a bit of PB

Lunch: leftover chicken/veggie/spinach soup with a bit of brown rice, skim milk. coffee afterwards

35 minute bike ride

D: remainder of the leftover chicken/veggie/spinach soup, and a piece of sprouted bread with a bit of PB. skim milk

S: 6 almonds, small banana (just starving for some reason)

Really wanted to open my half-growler of Teddy Bear Kisses (chocolate Russian Imperial Stout), but I want to save that for tomorrow night. I KNOW I will feast tomorrow with friends, and even if I try to be good will still eat too much and you know, it is Christmas, I can enjoy good food and beer with friends!

Broke pretty much every "eating rule" I have today, along with several really good beers. As it is Christmas I refuse to feel badly for feasting with friends, and will just have to be extra strict next week and not weigh until Friday. That last part will be hard... It wasn't so much quantity, I just couldn't stay out of the homemade sweets :o

B: cheese and crackers, celery with cream cheese, coffee

L: egg whites, coffee

S: "buckeyes", pretzel/white chocolate/peppermint things, fudge (not really that much of any of them but all of them...)

D: honey glazed ham, green beans, potatoes, bread, beer

S: more beer, cookies

Uh...
B: Bowl of cereal, gingerbread-flavored tea with sugar and half-and-half
L/D: Turkey, green beans, potatoes with garlic, glass of red wine; 2 small pieces of baklava and a cookie for dessert
S: Pieces of turkey while packaging the leftovers for freezing; more cookies, pumpkin spice-flavored tea with sugar and half-and-half.
There's still a lingering hole there. I think I'll have an apple.

Yes, I'm riding tomorrow before it starts raining.