What did you eat today?

Today is a rest day!! Yay! I really needed one.

Breakfast - smoothie with almond milk, blue berries, peaches, flax meal and just a touch of agave.
"snack" - 2 unflavored lattes with 1% milk. Yeah, this is overboard, but this was over the course of a 3 hour meeting at a coffee shop. I justified it by having no sweetener and recognizing that it's really no worse than drinking a glass of milk.
Lunch - Spinach salad with mushrooms, peppers and tomatoes. Balsamic vinegar. Topped with 1/3 of an avocado and 4 oz. turkey meat. Side of a kick@ss carrot/cabbage shredded salad I made last night with a light sesame/ginger/garlic dressing. I made a ton, so this will re-appear all week!
afternoon snacks - I had both a pear and a apple, an hour or so apart.
Dinner - I bought a whole wild coho salmon last night. I'll cut it into fillets tonight and grill up 2. I'll freeze the rest. Plan to have roasted cauliflower on the side.

B: Mango smoothie
L: Giant burger
S: Coconut water, a small slice of cheesecake, tea
D: Some of the fries from lunch with ketchup, Greek yogurt, possibly an apple later. The cramps have kicked in, so I can't actually eat much right now...

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Originally Posted by Susan Otcenas

Catrin - something has been puzzling me. If you are struggling to get enough calories, why are you drinking skim milk and eating egg whites and light butter? Why not drink regular milk, eat whole eggs and use regular butter? The volume is the same but with more caloric density.

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Perhaps my reasoning is off, but considering how many eggs and how much dairy I consume, I am afraid that I will get too much fat. My sports nutritionist said that I should keep fat in my diet at 30% or less, and I am consistently right at or just over 30%. I have added nuts and am doing more cooking with olive oil.

I am considering going moving from non-fat Greek yogurt to a higher fat percentage version to help. Am I being overly concerned about the fat content in the eggs and dairy?

Oh man I am turning into an eating machine! It is AWESOME. And I am still losing weight.

Today:
Breakfast 1 @ 6 am: small bowl of quinoa with parmesan and butter
Breakfast 2 @ 7:30 am: greek gods greek yogurt (like dessert I tells ya) with honey and almond butter
Morning Snack @ 10 am: Pouch of pink salmon with that same greek yogurt
Lunch @ 12 pm: spring mix salad with 7 oz of grilled turkey breast, 2 oz salami, banana with sunflower seed butter, steamed broccoli, glass of 2% milk
Pre-ride: 1 roctane gu
26 mile ride: 2 bottles gu brew, 1 roctane
12 mile ride home: 1 bottle gu brew
Dinner: tray of whole foods tuna/avocado sushi (OH YUM). I was so hyper off the caffeine from the roctanes that I accidentally ate a huge blob of wasabi without looking! 6 oz seared salmon and asparagus sauteed in coconut oil.

THIS IS GREAT!

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Originally Posted by Reesha

Oh man I am turning into an eating machine! It is AWESOME. And I am still losing weight.

Today:
Breakfast 1 @ 6 am: small bowl of quinoa with parmesan and butter
Breakfast 2 @ 7:30 am: greek gods greek yogurt (like dessert I tells ya) with honey and almond butter
Morning Snack @ 10 am: Pouch of pink salmon with that same greek yogurt
Lunch @ 12 pm: spring mix salad with 7 oz of grilled turkey breast, 2 oz salami, banana with sunflower seed butter, steamed broccoli, glass of 2% milk
Pre-ride: 1 roctane gu
26 mile ride: 2 bottles gu brew, 1 roctane
12 mile ride home: 1 bottle gu brew
Dinner: tray of whole foods tuna/avocado sushi (OH YUM). I was so hyper off the caffeine from the roctanes that I accidentally ate a huge blob of wasabi without looking! 6 oz seared salmon and asparagus sauteed in coconut oil.

THIS IS GREAT!

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I love Greek Gods yogurt! There's a container in my fridge. I assume you have the plain? I really like the honey one--it's really tasty with strawberries and granola.

I'm totally hooked on the Kirkland brand nonfat greek yogurt from Costco. Super high in protein and soooooooo creamy that you would never guess it's nonfat. I buy the plain and dress it up with blueberries. SO good.

I used to eat a lot of Nancy's nonfat yogurt, but now I find it too tart and not creamy enough.

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Originally Posted by Owlie

I love Greek Gods yogurt! There's a container in my fridge. I assume you have the plain? I really like the honey one--it's really tasty with strawberries and granola.

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Hmmmm, will have to check out the plain. I use Greek yogurt for so many things...though not recently. That must change.

Susan, the salmon sounds awesome!

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Originally Posted by Owlie

I love Greek Gods yogurt! There's a container in my fridge. I assume you have the plain? I really like the honey one--it's really tasty with strawberries and granola.

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I buy the plain in the big tub cause I throw almond butter and raw honey into it too... I can't seem to find big tubs of the honey kind. But seriously, I think it's tastier than Fage Total which seems more paste like to me. This feels smoother in its fully fatted form. Also packs a huge calorie punch which I now need... A six oz serving has a ridiculous amount of calories... add in my honey and AB and I've got a perfect breakfast!

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Originally Posted by Catrin

Susan, the salmon sounds awesome!

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Yes, I envy all pacific northwesterners their ability to buys scads of wild, sustainably fished salmon/char/coho. Mmmm boy.

handful of almonds and 2 dried apricots before 3 mile run-walk
B: coffee, 2 eggs and egg whites with mushrooms and peppers, one apple chicken sausage, an orange
S: handful of cranberries before 15 mile fast and hot ride
L: salad with turkey breast, lettuce, red peppers, grape tomatoes, artichoke hearts, goat cheese, fig infused balsamic vinegar, cup of roasted red pepper tomato soup
S: 4 oz. soft serve vanilla/chocolate twist soft serve in a regular cone with chocolate dip (it was 93 here today; my first trip to Dairy Joy)
D: glass of red wine, rosemary/garlic roasted chicken with brussel sprouts, 2 squares dark chocolate

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Originally Posted by Reesha

I buy the plain in the big tub cause I throw almond butter and raw honey into it too... I can't seem to find big tubs of the honey kind. But seriously, I think it's tastier than Fage Total which seems more paste like to me. This feels smoother in its fully fatted form. Also packs a huge calorie punch which I now need... A six oz serving has a ridiculous amount of calories... add in my honey and AB and I've got a perfect breakfast!

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I can't find full-fat Fage around here (why do I want to write "phage" every time?), so I buy the 2%. It's a little weird on its own, but much better when stirred up with honey.

I should look to see if I can find big tubs of the honey Greek Gods around here. If I can't, it's going to be another thing I can only get after trips to Cincy.

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Originally Posted by Catrin

Susan, the salmon sounds awesome!

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It's out on the grill right now! We *are* fortunate to have ready access to great seafood. So, every time I see farmed ATLANTIC salmon at Costco or elsewhere, I always wonder why! Well, probably because it's inexpensive. My favorite place to go for fresh seafood is Uwajimaya. They have the best selection around, plus plenty of sushi grade fish. Mmmmmm.

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Originally Posted by Catrin

Perhaps my reasoning is off, but considering how many eggs and how much dairy I consume, I am afraid that I will get too much fat. My sports nutritionist said that I should keep fat in my diet at 30% or less, and I am consistently right at or just over 30%. I have added nuts and am doing more cooking with olive oil.

I am considering going moving from non-fat Greek yogurt to a higher fat percentage version to help. Am I being overly concerned about the fat content in the eggs and dairy?

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About dairy? I'd suggest not. Just stick to non- or low fat. The eggs, IMO, yes. You are losing out on a nutritient dense food by cutting out the yolks. They will not increase you cholesterol.

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Originally Posted by indysteel

About dairy? I'd suggest not. Just stick to non- or low fat. The eggs, IMO, yes. You are losing out on a nutritient dense food by cutting out the yolks. They will not increase you cholesterol.

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Thanks, this is what I was wondering. I hadn't seen your message, but I had 2 fresh whole eggs for breakfast. Outside of winter my eggs come from a friends back yard that roam around her yard and garden eating all kinds of good things. They are well cared for and she keeps a close eye on them. The eggs range in size from tiny to huge, and because they are grass-fed, are every color under the sun...but not white. Yummy as well! I just picked up a couple dozen from her yesterday :) Fresh eggs 2 days old can't be beat! (and no, I've never used THOSE for egg whites - that would be a waste!)

My friends treated me to a special weekend downtown Chicago. It was a 10-year belated bachelorette/bridal shower party. Although, toned down quite a bit from what I imagine it would have been ;)

Here's a sampling of what we ate . . . (I like modeling food) (And I'm not looking foward to weigh-in on Friday)

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Originally Posted by limewave

My friends treated me to a special weekend downtown Chicago. It was a 10-year belated bachelorette/bridal shower party. Although, toned down quite a bit from what I imagine it would have been ;)

Here's a sampling of what we ate . . . (I like modeling food) (And I'm not looking foward to weigh-in on Friday)

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The food looks awesome, but not as good as YOU look! Nothing wrong with the occasional indulgence :)

That looks like an awesome feast!

I ran out of energy gels and no bike shop was open before work this morning so I picked up some Welch's fruit snacks for energy on my rides that are increasing both in number/duration. Others have used them for centuries or marathons so they might be a cost-effective choice for this summer. Along with raisins!

Yesterday:

B: Cereal, 1% milk, coffee
L: leftover 1/2 chicken breast, tomato sauce, spagetti pasta
D: leftover roasted chicken, rice, gravy, salad with vinaigrette dressing, 1 glass white wine

Today:
B: 1 bowl of rice chex, strawberries, 1% milk, coffee
Snack Banana
Lunch ??
Dinner: will be Salmon, roasted potatoes, broccoli

I saw this today and it made me chuckle. We spend so much time thinking about what we *should* or *shouldn't* be eating, (or maybe it's just me and I need to replace those "we" words with "I"...) and sometimes I think it's really just as simple as this:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater


Today:
5:00 banana
5:30 2600 meter swim
6:45 Gu Roctane gel
7:00 40 minute run
8:30 two eggs scrambled with mushrooms, peppers, scallions, kale and 1/2 of chicken sausage. Topped with a sprinkling of crumbled gorgonzola. Mmmmm.
Also, a banana with one Tablespoon of the most frickin' awesome almond butter ever: http://shop.wildsquirrelnutbutter.co...ts/joyful-java Big breakfast, but I was hungry!

Lunch will be my usual spinach salad with various veggies. Topped with 4oz turkey and 1/3 of an avocado. Will also have some carrot/cabbage salad from yesterday.

Dinner: I have chicken breasts in the fridge, so I'm thinking I'll simmer them with onions, tomatoes, garlic, some broth and maybe a little white wine. Side o' broccoli. If I get home early enough, I'll roast up some brussels and sweet potatoes too! Roasted sweet potatoes are like candy. Who needs dessert when you can have sweet potatoes??

Mmmm, can I come over for dinner, Susan? ;)

Actually, in all seriousness, can you post your recipe for your slaw? I love having cold salads in the fridge to grab as snacks!

Today -
B: smoothie (almond milk, 1/2 banana, blueberries, strawberries, egg white protein powder, spinach, 1 T coconut milk)
S: coffee with half n half, small slice of banana bread (paleo version, no sugar added!)
L: Cabbage and sausage soup, orange, raw milk cheddar
S: cuban pork topped with coleslaw, apple
D: grass-fed NY strip steaks, roasted veggies

Last night I had grass-fed beef liver and onions that I cooked in a cast iron pan on our grill (we currently have no stove) and it was delicious. I'm all iron-rich now too! :p

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Originally Posted by GLC1968

Mmmm, can I come over for dinner, Susan? ;)

Actually, in all seriousness, can you post your recipe for your slaw? I love having cold salads in the fridge to grab as snacks!

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You know where I live! ;)

Hhmmm, recipe. Well, I kinda made it up based on flavors I like. I grated up some ginger (maybe 3/4 an inch worth off the end of an average size piece of ginger root), crushed a couple cloves of garlic, put in a blob of tahini (maybe a tablespoon), ~4 tablespoons of rice wine vinegar, a splash of balsamic, a tablespoon or so or olive oil, a dash of salt... Tossed it all into my Magic Bullet (love that thing, btw!). I ended up with perhaps 1/2 cup of dressing. This was a enough dressing for a shockingly large pile of carrots (shredded in the food processor) and an entire head of purple cabbage. I'm going to be eating that all week!

oh man-- you too with the purple cabbage/carrot slaw! I'm an addict. so nutrient dense and so delicious! I whiz mine in the food processor and keep it in the fridge all week long.

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Originally Posted by Reesha

oh man-- you too with the purple cabbage/carrot slaw! I'm an addict. so nutrient dense and so delicious! I whiz mine in the food processor and keep it in the fridge all week long.

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I intended to put in some kale from my garden as well, but the pile of carrots was already so big that there was no room left in the bowl! :p

Rest day. I took a 2.5 mile walk before breakfast instead of going to my weight training class
B: endive stuffed with low fat cream cheese and lox, very small bowl of whole wheat flakes and blueberries, skim milk, coffee
L: salad with left over salmon, artichoke hearts, red peppers, goat cheese, fig infused vinegar, an apple, nuts and cranberries
S: slice of Ezekial whole wheat (I don't like it as much as the raisin bread) with soy nut butter.
I rode about 4 very slow miles with one of my clients
D: salad with arugula, half a grapefruit, proscuitto, walnuts, olive oil, 2 pieces of sheep's milk cheese

still hungry

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Originally Posted by Susan Otcenas

You know where I live! ;)

Hhmmm, recipe. Well, I kinda made it up based on flavors I like. I grated up some ginger (maybe 3/4 an inch worth off the end of an average size piece of ginger root), crushed a couple cloves of garlic, put in a blob of tahini (maybe a tablespoon), ~4 tablespoons of rice wine vinegar, a splash of balsamic, a tablespoon or so or olive oil, a dash of salt... Tossed it all into my Magic Bullet (love that thing, btw!). I ended up with perhaps 1/2 cup of dressing. This was a enough dressing for a shockingly large pile of carrots (shredded in the food processor) and an entire head of purple cabbage. I'm going to be eating that all week!

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Ooh, sounds good! Thanks!

I use my magic bullet every morning for my smoothies! It's great for making those date balls I make in small quantities, too (not that I'm doing that or anything!:rolleyes:).

Today:

B: Kashi Autumn Wheat cereal with skim milk, strawberries, whole eggs, skim milk, coffee
S: almonds and raisins
L: Roasted skinless chicken breast, brown rice, sauteed kale, 1 small apple
S: Luna bar

15 minutes Helix lateral trainer, 60 minute high intensity class, 30 minutes Bosu class & tomorrow is a riding day :)

Post-workout - Powerbar

D: chicken sweet pesto sausage, 1 slice Ezekial bread, small Romaine salad with balsamic vinegar and oil dressing, small tomato, couple of pieces of goat cheese, 2 squares 85% dark chocolate dipped on some great PB, skim milk.

I am still hungry and am short about 100 calories...hmmmm what is in the fridge? I should have eaten more for lunch - need to balance out my calories better - lunch tends to be too light I think.

B: Oatmeal with some kashi mixed in

S: Apple

L: Ham with a small slice of wheat bread, some pretzles and veggies ( peppers, onions, zuch, carrots.)

45 min lower body weight workout and 45 min walk

S: Small square of dark chocolate

D: Broiled shrimp and a large salad

S: 1 graham cracker and some fresh strawberries.:)

So my roommate has discovered she's lactose intolerant, so I got her pasta&cheese-in-a-box. Made some for lunch with ham and broccoli added, omfg.

At the end of the work day I was RAVENOUS. Then I remembered something about carbs making you hungry...

so today:
commute to work (4.5 miles)
banana and trail mix
some crackers
pasta of doom
apple
commute home
SO HUNGRY EAT ALL THE THINGS

Never doing pasta for lunch again. It isn't really a part of my diet at all, so maybe it's worse if you're not used to it.

B: 2 egg plus some egg white omelette with salsa, low fat cheddar, a couple of slices of low salt ham, 1/8 avocado, slice of Ezekial whole wheat bread, coffee. I thought I was going on a 45 mile hilly group ride, but I felt so sick from allergies, I ended up riding later in the day. Didn't need that big of a breakfast
L: salad with proscuitto, orange, walnuts, cup of tomato soup, handful of nuts, cranberries, chocolate bits
22 mile ride
S: piece of Sheep's milk cheese, 3 whole wheat pita rounds
D: 3 lamb meatballs, with mint pesto, stir fried zucchini in olive oil, salad, glass of red wine, 2 pieces of dark chocolate

B: bowl of cereal, strawberries, 1% milk, coffee
L: salad with mayonnaise type dressing, herbs and dungeness crab, 1 glass prosecco - out to lunch
D: salmon, roasted yukon gold potatoes, broccoli, 1 glass red wine

Hello girls...I thought this might be fun to post in on--so here's my first one!

Thursday Rest Day: (I felt good so I couldn't resist a light morning workout)

Morning Workout: Crossfit WOD and a run
Breakfast: 1/2 cup of almond/cashew mix with coffee
Lunch: PB&J (whole wheat, sugar free jelly, natural PB, with naner slices) and a sliced apple
Snack: 4 crackers and carrots
Dinner: DH had dinner waiting on me :) We had a salad with chicken and a BLT.
Snack: Cateloupe slices and nuts

Excited to read everyone's posts!

Yesterday was a disaster. :o

5:00am Banana with almond butter
6:00am one hour cycling class
7:30am apple and 1% latte
8:30am met an industry colleague for breakfast at a cafe. This is where the day started to go sideways: omelette with smoke salmon and dilled sour cream. Grilled potatoes and fruit on the side. Declined the bread.
10:30 Another 1% latte. Sheesh.
12:00 The usual spinach salad with veggies, 2 oz. turkey
3:00 carrot cabbage salad and a pile of snap peas
6:00 I knew I wasn't going to have dinner for a few hours due to some scheduling issues, so I had another banana with almond butter. I really need to not have almond butter in house. :o There's no such thing as a little almond butter in my world.
8:00 Excuses excuses. Dinner plans fell apart and I had stuff to do, so I had a cup of yogurt and blueberries.
9:00 (ohmigod, I can't believe I'm admitting this...) Not one, but TWO vodka cranberries while working on deconstructing my bike in the garage. I'm getting ready to fly with it tomorrow and it needed to be broken down into the suitcase.
10:30 (ohmigod, I can't believe I'm admitting this, too...) I finish up in the garage, walk into the kitchen, and Jeff is baking brownies. Geez, louise, shoot me now. Needless to say, brownies were consumed.

Sigh.

But hey, on the bright side, I got my bike all squared away so I won't be up until midnight tonight doing it at the last minute. Instead, I'll have time to eat more brownies....

Ok, until the brownies, I was wondering what the big deal was?! ;) The rest of that stuff was ok in my book. And you passed on bread? Really? You should get 'brownie' points for that anyway...so see...it all works out in the end. :p

Have a good trip!


Yesterday -
B: two toasted slices of paleo banana bread with butter
S: coffee with half n half
L: chicken curry over veggies (instead of rice)
S: 1 oz raw cheddar, apple, 1/2 protein bar
D: grass-fed NY strip steaks with a big ole pile of broccoli
And I had a single tiny square of a new 72% dark chocolate bar I bought that is so freaking good that only one tiny square is actually enough. Unreal!

Today -
B: two toasted slices of paleo banana bread with butter
S: coffee with half n half, 1/2 protein bar (maybe)
L: 2 cup broccoli, pouch of tuna (we need to go to the grocery store!), orange
S: 1 oz raw cheddar, apple
D: uncured bacon and fresh eggs with piles of veggies in them
S: another square of that amazing chocolate!

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Originally Posted by GLC1968

Ok, until the brownies, I was wondering what the big deal was?! ;) The rest of that stuff was ok in my book. And you passed on bread? Really? You should get 'brownie' points for that anyway...so see...it all works out in the end. :p

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Oh, my friend, let me count the ways.

a)I generally try not to drink my calories, so TWO lattes and 2 alcoholic drinks in one day is waaaay overboard.
b) nothing wrong with the eggs, salmon, etc., but it's really more an issue of volume. Restaurant portion sizes are too big, and I've never been good about stopping when there's still food on my plate.
c) almond butter is best eaten with a spoon, not a knife. :o
d) the brownies were over over the top. But Jeff threw away the rest of the pan this morning. We agreed they were too sweet.

AH well, today is a new day, right? :)

Yeah, I definitely understand the 'not drinking calories' thing, but I make an exception when in a coffee shop. A cup of coffee with cream (or a latte) is about a billion times better choice than a pastry and it makes me feel both indulgent and 'normal', so I don't feel guilt about it. For me, it's always been about the experience and not the calories (in that situation).

A big ole glass of OJ? Now that makes me feel guilty! ;)

My point is that your day wasn't a 'disaster' my most people's standards. (Even with the brownies!) A disaster would be eating an entire large pizza by yourself and then consuming the free trial lava crunch cake too. Or finishing off an entire bag of Mini Eggs (not the individual serving size!) in one day. Or consuming a pint of Ben n Jerrys in one sitting and then following it up with a large stack of oreo's. Or filling a plate with deserts from a buffet to 'taste' them all and ending up gobbling them up even though you'd already eaten an entire meal. Or maybe eating all the halloween candy before halloween and having to buy more so your husband doesn't know about it. Don't ask me how I know about these types of days, please. :o

Yesterday was baaaad...

B: Kashi Autumn Wheat cereal with skim milk, 6 almonds, 2 whole eggs, skim milk, coffee (so far, so good)

S: 1/2 cliff bar

L: Roasted skinless chicken breast sandwich on Ezekiel bread

S: remainder of cliff bar

Pre-ride snack: Powerbar

1+ hour easy mountain bike ride :D :cool: :D

D: Dinner? Who needs a real dinner...had some Kashi Autumn Wheat cereal with skim milk and a few almonds...

I DO have veggies in the fridge, but it was much too late to cook when I got home from the mtb trail...

5 almonds and 2 dried apricots before very hard boot camp type of class at 5:30 AM
B: egg white omelette with left over mint pesto, half a grapefruit, latte with skim milk, then a coffee
L: left over lamb meatballs (3), an apple
S: nuts and cranberries
D: 2 pieces of sheep's milk cheese, 2 ww pita rounds
glass of red wine, swordfish with mango salsa, salad with veggies and fig
vinegar, 2 pieces of dark chocolate

I am a piggy compared to most of you...okay, all of you.

B: Mango lassi (7oz plain Greek yogurt, one champagne mango, enough sugar to bring out the mango flavor (they're not great mangoes), and a bit of cardamom)
L: Peanut sesame noodles, snow peas with a little sesame oil and chili flakes (mm!), dried mango
S: A whole bag :o of Chex mix (okay, they're the little bags, but they're still bigger than a bag of chips!), a mini Toblerone, and a bottle of Lifewater
14-mile ride (Water, about 1.5 bags of sports beans)
D: Cereal, possibly followed by some bell pepper and radish dipped in hummus.

I have a big ride tomorrow and I did 30 earlier this evening so I think I'm going to have a giant bowl of quinoa with scrambled eggs and parmesan... oh my god I can't wait.

yesterday:
B: egg whites with red pepper, half a grapefruit, coffee
L: 6 oz. tuna in oil and a slice of Ezekial whole wheat raisin bread
21.5 mile slow but hilly ride with friend, lots of water; it was hot
S: pack of nuts and cranberries
D: (restaurant) whole wheat penne with sauteed artichoke hearts, tomatoes, spinach and olive oil (I ate about 2/3), salad with veggies, 1.5 glasses of red wine