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B: wholewheat tortilla cheese crisp, blueberries, coffee
I was sick most of the day after this.
L#1: half a soy nut butter sandwich on Ezekial bread
a couple of hours later, I ate the rest of my lunch #2: Greek yogurt with blueberries, cranberries, almonds
D: some pepper rings and hummus, 3 small boneless, skinless chicken thighs, quinoa, asparagus, salad, glass of red wine, strawberries
B: rice chex, 1% milk, coffee
Snack: 1 nectarine, 1 banana
Lunch: 1/2 sandwich, roasted pepper and cheese; salad with vinaigrette dressing, garbanzos and kidneys beans; 1/2 carrot cake cupcake
Dinner: grilled chicken thigh, salad, vinaigrette dressing and blue cheese crumbles, 1 beer
Today:
B: scrambled whole eggs, Kashi Autumn Wheat cereal with raisins and a couple of almonds, skim milk, coffee
26 miles - had a banana halfway, Heed in my hydration pack (had planned for a longer ride)
L: salad with chicken, tomato, onion, homemade dressing, skim milk
S: 1 slice sprouted wheat bread with a bit of PB
D: roasted chicken breast, roasted kale, a bit of brown rice, a bit over a pint of yummy chocolate stout. 2 squares dark chocolate
b: cornflakes with fresh strawberries and blackberries with skim milk. 2 slices of cantaloupe. Tea with milk
snack: almond,banana muffin, coffee with milk at a stop point during bike ride
snacK: chocolate energy bar...at a bike festival event. (a freebie)
d: steamed savoury egg custard with steamed beef slices, onion, ginger root and garlic
Stir friend boy choy, red pepper, onion, garlic with light noodles
B: sandwich on Ezekial bread, one egg, slice of low fat cheese, blueberries and a banana, tea
L: Ate half a soy nut butter and jelly sandwich on Ezekial bread after riding 13.8 miles to the start of the ride we were leading. We then led the 15 mile ride, where all I had was a bottle of Nuun, and then rode another 12 miles home, for a total of 42. something.
S: ate a left over chicken thigh when I got home
D: Went back to the bike rally (by car) for dinner, happy hour, and a speaker. I had a glass of wine, one piece of cheese and a couple of carrots with hummus, followed by a small chicken thigh, broccoli slaw, black bean salad, and a piece of corn bread. Dessert was a small portion of lemon cake topped by strawberries and vanilla ice cream.
I am still not feeling well; it seems to be moving up, into my head/chest. I worked really hard riding today, both physically and mentally, as we had many "situations" with our group of participants, so I really needed that food!
B: 1 egg, 1 piece wg toast, coffee; strawberry, peach oj smoothie with yogurt
S: 1 nectarine
L: 1/2 hamburger patty
S: chips with salsa
D: pork with green chili sauce, brown rice and whole pinto beans, 1 beer
2 taffy cookies
Unexpected rest day, but my calf was pretty insistent that I take the day off, it even complained when I used the clutch in my car!
B: Steel cut oats with blueberries and a little PB, whole egg scrambled with 1 egg white, skim milk, coffee
L: sprouted wheat bread sandwich with roasted skinless chicken breast, tomato, feta cheese
S: 1/2 cup Blue Bell Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream, I finally succumbed for the first time this summer :)
D: roasted skinless chicken breast, sauteed kale, brown rice, skim milk
Resisting the desire for more ice cream...
B: whole wheat bagel, lox, light cream cheese, tomato, blueberries and strawberries, coffee
S: 3 dried apricots
L: chicken sandwich on Ezekial bread, slice of low fat muenster cheese, blueberries on picnic ride of just under 20 miles
S: nuts and cranberries
D: Father's Day at restaurant, where I had one beer, bowl of parsnip soup and scallops on a bed of arugula, with grapefruit slices and fennel.
My wieght was way down today. Perfect excuse for eating a bit more good carbs.
1 cinnamon roll, coffee, bowl of chex, 1% milk
1 dubs tennis match
grapes, watermelon, 1/4 power bar,
1 very long 97 degree singles match
1 gatorade, 1 pepsi
1 glass red wine, chicken with tomato sauce, provolone cheese, garlic bread and spagetti
2 taffy cookies
dried apricots and walnuts before boot camp
B: egg white omelette with salsa and a sprinkle of low fat cheddar, black beans, an orange, coffee
L: salad with chicken, grape tomatoes, quinoa, chick peas, lettuce, balsamic vinaigrette, an apple
S: nuts and cranberries, Luna Bar
D: open faced sandwich of low fat grated cheddar, mixed with pimentos, mayo, parmesan and one slice turkey bacon and tomato on Ezekial bread, salad
B: rice chex with a peach, 1% milk, coffee
1 luna bar
L: 2 small chicken tacos
strawberry, banana, oj, yogurt smoothie
D: small plate of leftover pork in green chili sauce, brown rice and beans, 1 glass red wine
1 taffy cookie
B: tuna over a couple of tomato slices, melted jack cheese, small bowl of whole wheat flakes, strawberries, blueberries, 1% milk, coffee
L: salad with chicken, spinach, black beans, salsa, an apple
S: nuts and cranberries at 2, slice of Ezekial bread and soy nut butter at 4.
D: sea bass over grape tomatoes and zucchini, whole wheat orzo and pine nuts, glass of white wine and 2 squares dark chocolate
Cereal with rasberries, 1% milk, coffee
L: beef sammy with green chilis, on a hoagie
Snack: Yummy cookies and cream ice cream one scoop
Dinner: 1 piece of sausage mushroom pizza, salad with vinaigrette, 1 glass red wine
Today, well below my calorie targets, sadly. I will do better tomorrow.
B: whole egg scrambled with an egg white, steel cut oats with blueberries, skim milk, coffee
S: some energy mix from home - I NEED to go to the store...
L: mixed beans/rice, roasted skinless chicken breast
D: Stir-fried some fresh baby bok choy, water cress, and roasted skinless chicken and a small amount of brown rice, skim milk
90 minute hot ride. Rewarded myself with 3 tablespoons of Blue Bell Chocolate Mint Ice Cream....yummmm! I figure a couple of tablespoons won't do too much harm and as long as it is good quality full-fat ice cream, that small amount satisfies me. This isn't the way to make up the missing calories.
Today at the farmers market I picked up a new veggie - Amaranth (the leaves, not the seeds). The leaves are striking, I will try them first in a fresh salad, we shall see. They also had Purslane which was quite interesting, but I will try that next week.
Why not??? Sounds good to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Catrin
B: grape nuts, 1% milk, coffee
L: pork with green chili, beans and rice, with two tortillas
D: salmon, 1 corn on the cob, salad with vinaigrette and blue cheese crumbles
I love ice cream far too much to do that, and while my blood sugar is in the normal range these days, it is always in the back of my mind that if I slip too far then the diabetes can return...So a few tablespoons here and there will have to do....unless I've ridden at least 35 miles on the road or trail ridden all day, then I can have more ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by spokewench
hmmmm, watch my longer rides increase in frequency now :D
Yep, my comment has probably made you into an exercise animal! Next thing we know, you will be winning the national mountain bike competition! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Catrin
Didn't realize you had had problems with diabetes. That is a bit scary - I can definitely understand you wanting to be careful with things like ice cream!
I've always been kind of lucky with what I eat; I have a fairly high metabolism and if eaten in moderation, I can have things like ice cream and cookies and they don't seem to bother me (blood sugar or cholesterol). So far so good. I do struggle with the little bit of extra fat around the middle that most of women over 50 struggle with, but all in all am doing well so far.
Keep up the good work with your fight against diabetes; that is impressive!
Will ride for Blue Bell Ice Cream :DQuote:
Originally Posted by spokewench
I think I forgot yesterday's meals and I can't remember what I had for breakfast or lunch. But, we went out to dinner where I had a 1.5 roasted eggplant/mozzarella appetizer, 2 glasses of chianti, and a grilled salmon open faced sandwich with a side of spinach. I ate one piece of the bread and 2/3 of the salmon.
Today:
B: ate the left over salmon in an egg white omelette, blueberries, coffee
L: 2 veggie burger patties, cole slaw, an apple
S: a popsicle
D: grilled tofu in hoisin sauce, whole wheat soba noodles in a soy nut butter/chili paste sauce, 2 squares dark chocolate
Today:
Breakfast: usual steel cut oats, two whole eggs, skim milk, coffee.
S: small banana
L: I forgot my lunch so I bought a sliced cajun chicken sandwich on a fresh small ciabatta roll. Quite yummy, with veggies, a bit of cheese, and some aioli that was to die for.
S: 1/2 Power Bar
60 minute HARD workout - cross training class at the gym
post-workout - other half of the Power Bar
D: 6 ounces roasted chicken - turned it into chicken salad with onions, tomato, a few almonds, reduced fat mayo, Amaranth leaves and Ezekiel bread. Skim milk.
B: rice chex, milk, coffee
Snack: bing cherries, 1 banana
Lunch: 1 fried catfish filet, french fries
1 glass white wine
Dinner 1 glass white wine, small top sirloin steak, a slice of watermelon, cantaloupe and a couple strawberries
Hey girls! Guess what?
you know how I used to eat the same thing every day?? NOT ANYMORE! you girls will be proud!
My husband and I decided that it will be worth it to add $60 extra dollars to the food budget every month to try our best to eat natural foods.
OH and I also started commuting to work instead of doing the gym every morning.
Thursday (yesterday)
Morning Commute: 20 miles ride to work(has a few hills on the first 10 miles, then a long flat stretch on the last 10)--took me an hour and 15 min. (side note: they started a 4 month construction project on the highway that I drive to work on-- so my DRIVING commute took an hour each way. BAHAHAHA and only 15 minutes more...ON A BIKE!! yeehaw!)
Breakfast: 1/2 c almond/cashew mix (i can't seem to get off that stuff) with coffee and bottle of water
Lunch: 2 apples and peanut butter and some amazing granola that had pumpkin seeds, almonds, little bits of fruit, etc.
Snack: orange
Afternoon Commute: 20 miles home-- a nice headwind for me.
Snack: handful of trailmix
Dinner: 7 pieces of pork tenderloin, baked sweet potato, and asian veggies courtesy of the hubbin :)
Snack: Mango and 10 pistachios
B: Greek planin yougurt with some strawberries
S: Brownie...co-worker made some and I did not want to hurt her feelings.:p
L: Left over pork chop with some veggies
Rode my spin bike 45 min (way to warm for me to ride outside..99.) Weights
D: Not sure yet.
Today: Rest day
B: lean pickings - but always plenty of eggs. 1 whole egg + 1 egg white, Ezekial bread, skim milk, coffee
S: banana
L: Cliff bar
S: (after shopping trip and starving) Trader Joe's Sweet Basil Chicken Turkey Sausage, Multigrain Slim, and a very small amount of Trader Joe's "Unexpected Cheddar Cheese" (very sharp white cheddar mixed with Parmesan - wonderful!)
Dinner will either be a nice big salad full of veggies and Amaranth leaves with homemade vinaigrette, or a small home-made "pizza" with same veggies. It depends on how lazy I get :) One Blue Moon will be included at some point, though skim milk will go with dinner
I left on vacation for the weekend after lunch.
Will report back on Monday.
Today:
B: steel cut oats with almonds and blueberries, 3 egg whites, skim milk, coffee
12.5 mile ride to gym (ate a banana when I got there)
1 hour advanced Bosu class with kettlebells (had a Power bar afterwards)
15 mile hot ride home - starving and as no food was ready had another small Power bar
I seem to get much more hungry when riding in hot weather than when it is a bit cooler - also notice my heart rate tends to trend higher when it is hot.
L: very late - roasted chicken breast, salad with amaranth leaves, carrots, cherry tomatoes, onion, balsamic vinegar, a bit of sharp cheddar cheese. Blue Bell Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream for dessert
D: more roasted chicken breast, strawberries with non-fat yogurt, 1 beer
Still 300 calories short for the day, but that is enough food for one day....at least I am getting much closer to my net calorie targets on heavy exercise days than I once did.
B: bowl of special k; coffee
Starving today!
L: big plate of spagetti and tomato sauce
Snack: coke float with vanilla ice cream
1 beer
D: chili relleno, beef taco, rice and whole beans, 1 margarita
slice of Ezekial bread before boot camp
B: egg whites and lox, an orange, coffee
L: home made chicken salad, made with plain Greek yogurt, cranberries, walnuts, an apple, slice of Ezekial raisin bread
S: small piece of Machengo cheese and pita rounds
D: salmon cooked in parchment with veggies, whole wheat orzo, veggie salad, glass of rose wine
Yesterday: rest day
B: Steel cut oats, 1 whole egg + 1 egg white, skim milk, coffee
L: 4 oz roasted skinless chicken breast and an incredible pasta salad (lots of spinach, olives, a small amount of pasta, tomatoes, onion, feta cheese, I think the dressing was a Greek feta vinaigrette) I bought the salad as I had left part of my lunch home, but it will be easily duplicated
S: 1/4 cup ice cream.....
D: 4 oz roasted skinless chicken breast and Kashi winter wheat cereal with skim milk - not at the same time though. I SO didn't want to cook or do much in the kitchen so settled for whatever required no work at all :o I spent all evening resting/elevating my knee and reading.
Cereal, 1% milk, coffee
L: broccoli and chicken with a tiny bit of white rice
D: 1 grilled chicken leg and 1/4 of a chicken breast, 1 piece corn on the cob, green beans, sliced tomatoes, 1 beer
Those of you who are consistent about posting here regularly, can I ask a question? Do you eat your meals/food and then write it down (or remember it) to post here, or do you plan it out in advance so posting here is just transferring it from some other medium?
I obviously haven't been good about reporting, so I was wondering what you all did...
Here is today -
B: smoothie - 1/2 banana, 1/2 c strawberries, 1/2 c blueberries, 1/2 c spinach, 1/4 c coconut milk, 1 scoop of egg white protein powder
S: Lara bar and coffee w half n half
L: huge bowl of mixed frozen veggies, 4 oz of chicken, 1 T olive oil, greek seasoning, juice from 1 lemon wedge, 1 c cherries
S: apple and 1 oz uncured salami
D: cabbage and sausage stir fry
Tomorrow I am starting a Whole30, so things will clean up a bit (no more lara bars, salami or half n half for the next 30 days!).
I actually post yesterday's food when I post - usually post in the morning first thing when I get up and check all my emails, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by GLC1968
I either post my meals right after I finish dinner (like now), or the next morning. Sometimes, I have trouble remembering the previous day's breakfast, if it's the next day.
B: whole wheat cheese crisp with chicken breast, a sprinkle of low fat cheddar, green chili salsa, tomatoes, blueberries, coffee
L: finished the left over chicken salad from yesterday, with a handful of nuts, cranberries, chocolate
S: slice of Ezekial bread
D: portabella mushroom sandwich , with red pepper rings, mayo/yogurt, on Ezekial bread, cole slaw, roasted red pepper/tomato soup
Like Crankin, I generally post right after dinner. Outside of the weekends my diet doesn't vary all that much so it is pretty easy to remember, I also track it in Lose It to keep track of my numbers. Posting it here keeps me honest.
Today:
B: steel cut oats with blueberries, whole egg + egg white, skim milk, coffee
S: banana
L: Remainder of the spinach/feta pasta salad and added some sweet basil turkey chicken sausage. Blueberries + 0 fat Fage Greek yogurt for dessert.
S: Power bar
1 hour group training class
30 minute Bosu class
D: Skim milk, 4 oz roasted skinless chicken salad with the last of the amaranth leaves, mushrooms, sweet peppers, carrots, cherry tomatoes, homemade vinaigrette and a bit of grated sharp cheddar. Dessert was a few strawberries with 2 tablespoons Blue Bunny mint chocolate chip ice cream :) At this rate the 1/2 gallon is going to last until September ;)
Crankin, it is interesting reading your breakfast choices, I need to start mixing things up a bit before I get tired of my steel cut oats.
Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day. About 9 years ago I bought a low glycemic type eating plan/cookbook, which had a 3 phase eating plan to help lose weight and keep it off. I did lose 5 lbs., and also found lots of good different things to eat for breakfast. Some of the recipes are a little out of date now, like with artificial sweeteners, but I like the combinations of foods in there.
I've always eaten "real" food for breakfast. Except now, it's not left over pizza or Chinese food, cold, right out of the fridge.
B: 2 eggs, 1 piece wg toast, oj, coffee
handful of goldfish
L: chicken sandwich with lettuce, tomato and hot sauce, 1 pickle
D: vege stir fry with rice noodles (onions, mushrooms, kale, napa cabbage, red bell pepper, pea pods)
Today:
B: steel cut oats with blueberries, whole egg + egg white, skim milk, coffee
S: banana
L: roasted skinless chicken breast salad with one slice sprouted wheat bread
S: Trader Joe's Multi-Grain Slim bread, 1 ounce "Incredible Surprise" Cheddar/Parmesan cheese
D: Purslane and Red lettuce with 4 ounces roasted skinless chicken breast salad, raisins, strawberries, homemade apple/honey vinaigrette, skim milk
Last rest day for the knee :)
B: I made the quinoa, sweet potato, and egg dish and had some blueberries and coffee with it.
S: before my ride to do errands I had half a Luna Bar (12.5 mile ride)
L: tuna sandwich on a spelt flour roll, which I bought this morning, an orange
D: salmon burger patty with a salad with avocado, tomato, lettuce, sweet potato, 2 squares dark chocolate
We rode another century today :)
Breakfast: hashed potatoes with all kinds of veggies, scrambled eggs, buttered biscuit, OJ
Morning snacks: clif margarita shot blocks, small can of OJ
Lunch: Luna peanut honey pretzel bar, the best $1 hot dog I have ever eaten, 3 string cheeses, 1 banana, celery and peanut butter
Afternoon snacks: clif shot blocks, peanut honey pretzel bar
Post-ride: Recoverite, some pretzels
Dinner: spaghetti with meat sauce, delicious bread and butter, fruit salad, and apple-walnut pie from Avon Cafe!
Late night snack: more fresh baked bread.
We're riding over the continental divide tomorrow... weeee!
I decided that I'm going to post the previous day's food.
Yesterday:
B - cold chicken, 1/2 apple, almond butter
S - black coffee, 1 oz nuts
L - steak fajita salad with quac and salsa
S - 1 T coconut butter
D - huge fricken steak with a pile of asparagus at a restaurant (that only serves local grass fed beef and it was outstandingly delicious!)