What did you eat today?

I am genuinely interested in what other people eat on a daily basis-- especially here at a women's cycling forum! I want to know how people eat before big races and long rides. I'm curious to see what kind of spread we have here.

I will start :D

Today I ate:

No breakfast :( That's a huge no-no, but I woke up late and didn't have time to grab anything before swimming this morning!

Lunch:
Gardenburger without the bun
A heap of steamed broccoli
Roasted cherry tomato salad
A couple ounces of turkey on the side

Dinner:
A large bowl of brown rice with two eggs scrambled and delicious kimchi
Glass of OJ

What did you eat today? :o

Breakfast:
3/4 c Kashi Heart Healthy
1 banana
1/2 cup 2% organic milk
coffee

Morning snack
No fat yogurt
1 c grapefruit

Lunch
Hebrew Nat'l no-fat franks (2)
1 c sauerkraut
1/2 c mashed potatoes (my passion!!)

Afternoon snack:
Apple
15 almonds

Dinner
Garden Salad with spinach, tomatoes, cucumber, olives, feta cheese and balsalmic vinegarette
1/2 hard boiled egg

Your day looks pretty much perfectly balanced-- nutrition-wise. I wish I had enough forethought to plan snacks, but I'm usually too busy to think about being hungry mid morning and mid afternoon.

I can't take too much credit for that. DH packs me a big lunch box every day with all the snacks and good food to keep me away from the vending machines. I just open it and pull out snacks and eat. I'm a lucky ducky.

Indeed! I need my boyfriend to move in pronto. I'll put him to work :D

Did everyone who posted so far cycle today? ;)

Last few days not normal at all food-wise ad cycling-wise, since I'm visiting family and friends. Cycling has been only 12-35 kms. daily. I normally ride 42 kms. daily back home in Vancouver.

Since yesterday was a non-cycling day due to other activities with 2 sisters, I won't elaborate unusually diverse and filling meals, including 1 early dinner at Chinese restaurant where 3 of us shared 4 entrees. :o
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But since you asked with curiosity for "longer" rides, recently 4 days ago as part of 35 kms. trip:

Breakfast
1 small bowl of cornflakes with skim milk (hey, it's my sister's home.)
a fresh peach
tea with skim milk

Lunch (This is not normal for me. I barely have any lunch. I've improved over the years, at least a bigger breakast is a regular habit now.)
1 slice of bread with 2 tblsp. of goat cheese
tea with skim milk

Supper (at my dearie's son's gastropub. he is chef/cook there, it was destination goal of our ride:)
shared 1 large bowl of chilled minted melon and cucumber soup with dearie
I had leek risotto with scallops, mushroom and tomato
pineapple juice

Came back where before 2 hrs. before went to bed, had plum and tea with milk.

I swam for 45 minutes this morning (leisurely) and then rode about 15 miles this afternoon (also leisurely) :D

Well, since I just signed up for the weightloss challenge, I'll fess up to my diet as well.

BF Frosted bite size mini wheats with 2% milk.

Snack, string cheese and almonds

Lunch,3-4oz Roast beef on WW with light mayo and mustard.

snack, 1 small cup(120 cal.) ice cream. almonds
snack, 100 cal granola bar
Dinner, tons of fresh green beans cooked with some sort of specialty sausage from costco.
cup of 2% milk

Oh yeah, a few mini reese's from my secret stash in my room that the kids don't know about. After these are gone I won't refill the stash. But I'm too weak to toss them out.

Today I did week 5 day 3 of couch to 5K which is 8 min. jog, 5 min. walk, and 8 min jog. Tomorrow is my bike ride day.

mini reese's are both the essence of evil and the essence of all that is good and right in the world.

Two somewhat-thick pieces of home-made spelt bread, each with honey, peanut butter, raspberry spread and cottage cheese.

Coffee. (Nothing in it.)

Hard-boiled egg once I got to the office.

A small-ish portion of udon noodles with two lime&cilantro flavoured chicken drumsticks (leftovers from last night). With the skin, thank you.

A handful of cherry tomatoes and maybe 5 cubic inches of cheddar.

An espresso.

A (home-made) bun stuffed with a little more cheddar and home-grown sprouts, with a bit of Dijon mustard.

That's it up to now, and I don't know what dinner will be yet.

Oh, and maybe 3 small squares of milk chocolate (Ritters with cornflakes!). And about 2 liters of water.

This a good thread for me. I've always struggled with my weight. I grew up eating what my mom called balogna boats: Ringed pickled balogne with a large scoop of mashed potatoes and topped with lots of cheese.

Anyways:

Breakfast:
Fried egg sandwich (1 whole egg + 1 egg white on gluten free bread)

Snack:
Coffee and nature valley granola bar

Lunch:
2 cups cooked vegetables with a tsp olive oil and light seasoning
1 cheese mozza cheese stick
(usually it's more planned, but I was rushed this morning)

Snack:
Apple
12 raw almonds

Dinner:
1/2 cup quinoa
Chicken and broccoli stirfry (1/2 cup)

Snack:
Banana
1/2 ounce 86% dark chocolate

I wasn't planning no the last snack, but I ended up doing an hour ride on the trainer after I got the kids to bed.

Breakfast: bowl of oatmeal with about 2-3 tbsp of dried cranberries, plus a slice of homemade banana bread

Morning snack: yogurt and a banana

Lunch: Tuna sandwich on homemade bread

Afternoon snack: a cup and a half of carrot sticks and celery sticks; about a cup or so of red grapes

Late afternoon snack: apple

Dinner: fried egg sandwich (2 eggs) with a slice of cheese on a whole-wheat english muffin

Post dinner snack... one beer ;)

Nothing really to brag about, but today's food was:

Breakfast:
2 fried eggs, 2 croissants, a large skim espresso latte

Lunch:
large bowl of whole wheat cereal with lo-fat milk

Dinner:
2 bowls of vegetable soup jam-packed with veggies grown by myself and neighboring friends.
Way too much local sheep milk cheese w/herbs.

After breakfast today I rode my bike 16 miles which included a few big hills. :)

pancakes with sugar free syrup, scrambled egg

six oreos

large bowl of home made mac and cheese with ham and broccoli in it

and a bunch of delicious concord grapes that I bought from a woman down the road for $2.00
:) :) :)

B: 1 chicken sausage (spinach and feta) and coffee
swam laps
L: 1 turkey burger (no bun), garden salad w balsamic vinaigrette.
D: 1 Lobster, asparagus w lemon, radishes, 200 g FAGE full fat yogurt


(if I were gonna do a long ride after breakfast I would have eaten 2 sausages instead of 1)