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B: omelette with Mexican cheese and ham, salsa, cara-cara orange, coffee
4 mile hike
L:small sandwich on olive bread, with goat cheese, sun dried tomato tapenade, spinach
S: nuts and cranberries, later piece of Machengo cheese, 3 whole wheat pita rounds
D: boneless chicken breast with "jerk" rub, salad with spinach and hearts of palm, vinaigrette, black beans, 1 piece of dark chocolate
still hungry
Bowl of cereal with 1%, small white mocha
Apple juice, green tea latte
30-minute trainer session
1 glass of low-sodium V8, with a couple drops of Tabasco.
A spin on 15-bean soup: The bag of beans, minus seasoning packet, chicken broth, celery, carrots, 2 slices of bacon, .5 lb chorizo, kale, Tabasco sauce, S&P, and a 28oz can of diced tomatoes. I didn't know that beans could be that good.
I might have some baklava for dessert.
I was on an overnight trip, so yesterday was . . .
B: 1 cinnamon roll, 1 egg, 1/4 of a biscuit, 1/2 banana, coffee
2 hours tennis
L: salami, cheese and 5 crackers
Snack: 1 beer
D: roasted chicken, macaroni and cheese (homemade), peas, 1 glass of red wine
Yesterday:
B: egg white omelet with ham and swiss
MS: banana
L: chicken + avocado omelet stuffed crepe
AS: apple
D: carrot sticks, homemade chicken tenders
I can neither confirm nor deny that I have eaten chocolate.
35 minutes on the trainer, doing intervals, etc.
B:egg white omelette with water chestnuts and ham, coffee
L: left over layered Mexican salad with some extra chicken thrown in, apple
S: cup of cottage cheese, almonds, blueberries, cranberries
D: left overs; about 3oz of hangar steak, bunch of asparagus, whole wheat soba noodles with red peppers, piece of dark chocolate
B: doughnut, coffee (I'm not convinced it is coffee, actually).
L: 6" buffalo chicken sub with cheese, spinach, onions and banana peppers, Dr. Pepper
30 min on the trainer
1 glass V8 juice
Bean soup, jalapeno kettle chips
Hot chocolate
B: eggs and ezekiel toast. Bit of orange juice
S: oats with apple
L: UM Shake, salad
S: ezekiel cinnamon raison toast w/ sunflower seed butter, cup of butternut squash chili
D: Roasted root veggies and kale
S: Green smoothie
Day 1 of 10 of no caffeine. Surprisingly, no migraine. However, I am foggy, tired, and not very productive.
Yesterday:
Breakfast: Bran cereal with 6 almonds and blueberries, 3 scrambled egg whites, skim milk, coffee
S: small banana
L (left it at home) settled for a "lo-carb" roasted chicken Po'Boy (no bread) with a small amount of mushroom etoufee
S: remainder of roasted chicken from lunch
1 hour fitness walk, 1 hour spinning
D: 1 cup fat-free cottage cheese with a few almonds and berries, one slice sprouted wheat toast
For someone who used to never eat fruit nor nuts, I am doing much better in this department. Now I just have to remember what vegetables are - outside of the occasional steamed broccoli and spinach/kale in my soups.
B: ham and low fat cheddar melted over a sliced tomato, bowl of Irish oatmeal with 6 almonds and blueberries, coffee
L: salmon salad and an apple
S: packet of nuts and cranberries
D: (restaurant) glass of red wine, garden salad with oil and vinegar, blackened swordfish, sweet potato, broccoli and carrots
I wish I liked fish. That sounds like a wonderful dinner!Quote:
Originally Posted by Crankin
On the menu today (Official Day 1 0f DH's Elimination diet/Cleanse: no caffeine, sugar, processed flour, corn starch or corn syrup)
B: Eggs and Ezekiel Toast, sm glass OJ
S: Organic Oats w/ apple slices & Cinnamon
L: UM Shake--no PB :-( and a salad with homemade salad dressing
S: Ezekiel Cinnamon Toast w/ Sunflower Seed Butter
D: Oriental Stir Fry using Bragg's Liquid Amino's instead of Soy Sauce with Quinoa
S: Green Smoothie
1 cup coffee, zucchini bread
L: hamburger with blue cheese and french fries
D: small helping of rice and beef stir fry with broccoli, onions, bok choy
B: 3 dried apricots and 6 walnuts before spin class, 4 slices of turkey breast rolled up with mayo inside and Irish oatmeal with blueberries, coffee
L: cottage cheese with ham and almonds mixed in, apple
S: 2 slices Machengo cheese, 1/2 a glass of red wine
D: chicken breast sauteed in whole wheat bread crumbs/olive oil, 2 OZ whole wheat spaghetti with organic marinara, spinach and parmesan, one piece dark chocolate
B: 1 piece WG toast with cherry jam, coffee
L: small helping of leftover homemade mac and cheese
Snack, handful of blackberries
D: beef enchiladas, brown rice, whole pinto beans, 1 margarita (all homemade) I did this the easy way, made some soup today with rice, so just made some extra brown rice when I made the soup, used up some taco meat that I had in the freezer for the enchiladas, and some frozen pintos that I had in the freezer too.
I feel like I am eating way more than everyone else . . . oh well! I'm starting to drop some weight and getting closer to my happy-race weight.
B: Eggs and Ezekiel toast, bit of orange juice
S: Oats with raisins and cinnamon
L: UM Shake and salad
S: Ezekiel Toast w/ Sunflower Seed Butter and cup of veggie soup
D: Spicy black beans, fajita veggies and salsa atop a bed of greens
S: Green Smooooooooooothie
And I'll probably eat some other stuff too.
I doubt you're eating more than me...
You may eat more often than most, but that doesn't seem like too much to me! Sounds delicious!Quote:
Originally Posted by limewave
Yesterday:
B: 4 egg white omelet with ham and swiss
MS: greek yogurt
L: 1/2 turkey + roasted veggie sandwich, salad w/ chicken
D: slow braised pork cheek with celeriac puree
ES: cutie clementine
I think your calories are just spread out more than most. You seem to eat more small meals; also, if you are training to race, then you should be eating more than I am right now. I play tennis a lot, but it in no way burns as many calories as training to race.Quote:
Originally Posted by Reesha
B: 2 dried apricots and a handful of walnuts before strength and core class, broiled red pepper with tuna stuffed inside, with melted low fat Havarti on top, small amount of whole wheat flakes, 1% milk, blueberries
L: turkey breast and cole slaw wrapped in romaine leaves (4), cup of tomato soup
D: one pan seared boneless chicken breast, on top of whole wheat fettucini, with pesto, stir fired baby bok choy and mushrooms, 1 piece of dark chocolate
DH came home from his company's annual meeting with several gifts, including dark chocolate from Israel and France, truffles, and 2 bottles of champagne :).
While I consider myself "in training", I am working with my personal trainer/coach to drop 15 lbs before summer time. Racing is incidental and is not what I'm really training for. I'm training to ride across the country. AllQuote:
Originally Posted by spokewench
of my rides in the last two months have low intensity. I've also been weight training so I've been gaining serious muscle mass and losing fat. Clearly something is going right. Once I am closer to my weight goal and amp up miles and aerobic levels, naturally I will eat a commensurate amount of calories.
Today: Breakfast sandwich w/ 2 eggs, ham + swiss
Lunch: Tuna wrap and spinach salad
AS: greek yogurt
D: Shrimp curry!
Wait it occurs to me that you were responding to limewave!Quote:
Originally Posted by spokewench
Yep, I guess it wasn't quite clear!Quote:
Originally Posted by Reesha
B: egg white omelette with low fat cheddar, salsa, an orange, coffee
L: veggie burger with melted low fat Havarti, cup of tomato soup, apple, pack of nuts and cranberries
one hour on the trainer, doing intervals
S: piece of Machengo cheese
D: glass of red wine, 2 very thin, pork chops coated with cumin, pan seared, with peach-poblano-cilantro salsa, and whole wheat fusilli with red pepper, olive oil, one dark chocolate truffle
B: egg white omelet w/ swiss, 1 slice toast with ham and slice cheese
L: tilapia, cucumber/tomato salad, sauteed collard greens
D: pork + fennel meatballs with blackberry preserves, frisée salad w/ poached egg + shallot vinaigrette
It is Crankin's fault...I found a wonderful cheese at Trader Joe's...Toscano cheese with peppercorns. This is just plain yummy!
Today:
B: steel-cut oats with berries, scrambled egg whites, skim milk, coffee
40 minute lower-body workout session, fitness walk prior to it.
L: whole-wheat tortilla wrap with skinless roasted chicken breast, turkey bacon, partial slice of Gouda cheese, sprouts...I was hungry!
1 hour bike ride....OUTSIDE :)
S: 2 small slivers of the yummy Toscano cheese (I am in trouble), handful of almonds and raisins
D: Smoked chicken/turkey sausage, 1 slice sprouted bread, 1 beer
S: berries and fat-free Greek yogurt.
I am still hungry for some reason, but I've eaten enough today - time to go to sleep!
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!
I buy egg whites, I eat so many of them that I don't want to waste all of those yolks...I do buy whole eggs, but I don't use them for egg whites.Quote:
Originally Posted by Reesha
Yeah I was eyeballing the big carton of egg whites wondering if it was a better value than a tray of 18 large eggs. There was no estimating in that fashion. Still, I have a place for the yolks. Once I'm doing making my egg whites, I just dump the yolks in the pan while it's still hot and they cook on the residual heat. Then chicken treat time!
Although sometimes my dog gets one as a treat :)
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.
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...Quote:
Originally Posted by Crankin
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!
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 :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Reesha
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...
I eat them! There is nothing wrong with an egg yolk! My cholesterol numbers are perfect:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Reesha
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
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by spokewench
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
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 :DQuote:
Originally Posted by spokewench