a weekend of not-so-good eating habits...

Have you ever had one of those weekends where you can't seem to find healthy food - even if you try???

Unfortunately, I did. Friday night was the last real meal that I ate - shish-ka-bobs... yummy. Then - the dove eggs (I won't go there). I think that was the beginning of my downfall. Then I got up Sat. morning and ate a clifbar and went for my morning ride. I was supposed to judge a crawfish cooking contest (which wouldn't of exactly been healthy but would've been good and solid food) that ended up with no entries (but an hour of driving to find that out). :( Went to a crawfish boil Sat night - ate about 10 lbs of crawfish. Sunday was worse - kids' cereal for breakfast, no ride, bad lunch (onion rings and a bit of a chicken wrap - I tried to be healthy, but it was awful and ice cream), then a birthday party with really good cake, then pizza for dinner. I felt so nasty last night! My new saddle comes today - once I get it installed I'm going to have to ride a looooonnnnnnggggg way to burn off the weekend glut.

I'm back to normal healthy eating today, TG. My yogurt this morning tastes sooo good.

The closest I got to real food this weekend was a box of honey-garlic chicken wings. I was weak. I couldn't help it. It wasn't my fault. :D
Other dubious choices this weekend were: Cheezies, dry-garlic pepperoni stix, beer, popcorn, Reece's Peanut Butter Cups. True gastronomic chaos.
I only managed one meagre 40km ride Saturday evening. Today I'm fasting, and doing all my errands by bike. Yuk...I can still taste those pepperoni stix.

~Sherry.

PS- it was good imported beer from France...that's pretty close to health food, isn't it? Isn't it?? Please?

Well just consider it as a Weight Watchers Wendy Plan Super High Points Day. WWWPSHPD. Point being that your body is working super hard to metabolize all that stuff and now HAH! you can exercise and drop your intake and come out better after all.

Gosh... I got my blender cranking (I still have to work on getting it wedged up against the wheel tightly enough) - bananas, a little chocolate syrup, half a cup of yogurt, and some ice cubes... it's a lot more work if it's more full, but that crunches the ice better. Whew! DELISH! TONS of calories and I only did 25 miles on Saturday, because on the way home from the ride I lead, I stopped at a garage sale and bought a bookcase for 3$ and strapped it on the bike... but the next yard sale was a guy who refinishes furniture so I ended up leaving it there so it could graduate from a basement bookcase to a bedroom bookcase... and then the *next* yard sale had tons of IRISES so I rode to my floral consultant's house and we went back and bought ALL of them (43) and some daylilies so my cute little (BAKED TO A DRIED-OUT CRUNCHY BROWN last summer) back yard might just get some color :-)
Tonight if you're in the area I'll haul that blender out to Countryside Day School (Staley & Kirby, Champaign) at 6:00. I'll pick up some bananas... ice... yogurt... Hmmm... I wonder what the open container laws are about bicycles, I bet a little amoretto would go a long way...

Yup - I had some beer in there, too. You can't eat crawfish without beer. It just wouldn't be right. :D

At least we went to the birthday party on our bikes - towing the kids in the trailer. So - I guess I did ride a little yesterday. Uhhhhh - maybe a mile or 2. That's better than nothing, right??? Maybe I worked off a spoonful of cake. Maybe...

It'll be a turkey avocado wrap (yes we have those in the MS Delta now - but they're new) for lunch. The chicken thing from the weekend was from Sonic. I do not recommend it.

It's good to know I'm not alone in the lousy eating weekend. :)

I would love to see that blender in action!

*slowly raises hand*

Yeah, I had a weekend of grossly unrestrained overindulgence as well. First a bachelorette party for a friend who is getting married, and then a birthday party for my ManFriend.

Oh yeah, it must have been in the air this weekend.

Friday, went to the wine bar with my friend. Then came home and ordered in thai food, which was just appetizers. But still nothing good for you really. Then had some port.

Saturday, went out for dinner. Had a beer, turkey burger and some mashed potatoes. So I guess not too bad.

Sunday, went to my friend's house for dinner and had grilled sausages, rice, and parmesian covered tomatoes.

Didn't get on my bike at all either. :D

I feel like I've been doing the whole New Year of bad eating habits, (or really, just over-eating habits) along with not doing weekday rides, and justifying it all (but not really, I _know_ better) by saying "Oh, I've been doing 100 mile, 200 mile, 300 mile rides every weekend." I've _got to_ get back on the wagon! At least I'm still counting, so I am aware of exactly how much damage I am doing...

I agree, bad eating was in the air... Spent Sat. at the coast with friends. How can 4 people drink 7 bottles of wine in one afternoon and evening????? The worst of it was that I didn't get in any time on the bike the whole weekend either. Sheesh.
Barb

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along with not doing weekday rides, and justifying it all (but not really, I _know_ better) by saying "Oh, I've been doing 100 mile, 200 mile, 300 mile rides every weekend."

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Ok I don't feel so bad now. I'm totally justifying my slacking by saying to myself "hey I have a 300k this weekend." :rolleyes:

This weekend I had a thing for cupcakes. :D

On Saturday I also ate a ..... I really hate to admit this.... a ......twinkie:eek:

It sure is good to know I'm not alone. Shall we promise to be good this coming weekend? Uh... maybe not. I'm going to be in MD for Mother's Day and my mom's having a catered birthday party for my stepfather on Sat and the family is having a big Mother's Day party on Sun. I don't see much healthy eating happening. I'll try, though. Crabcakes are healthy, right? We get the ones with no breading - true MD crabcakes. And, I'll have no riding for almost an entire week (Thursday-Tuesday). Ooh that's bad.

I'll be forced to be good- I'm riding a 200k Saturday, and working OT Sunday...

Geesh - ride a mile or 2 in there for me, so I don't feel so bad. ;)

Gosh, I've been eating terribly since I went on vacation in March, and have five extra (solid) pounds to show for it. I've been tracking my intake on fitday and the quantity has amazed me. So that last few days I've been trying to clean up my act! Sunday I still managed to eat cookies, chocolate, and cheese, but at least in smaller quantities!

Did you enjoy the food you ate? Was the company good?

I think it's important to be aware of what you eat, but life is short. You never know what is going to happen. Don't begrudge yourself the enjoyment you get from eating - especially if you're spending time with family and friends and socializing. That doesn't mean go all wacked and eat poorly every day or neglect the exercise side of a healthy lifestyle. And if you're eating because you're bored or depressed that's obviously not good.

Just my .02 cents.

V.

Don't worry about me Veronica - I had a great time this past weekend and I'm going to enjoy every last bite of that giant crabcake! Ooh I can taste it already! I was just so amazed at how crappy I felt after eating so poorly. I usually eat well and also eat fairly rich foods (nothing fried though - even here in the south), but I didn't see a vegetable after friday night. Everything in moderation works for me. The twinkie - I can't even begin to explain that. Those things do not normally come into my house - my husband brought them back as leftovers from the lock-in he did with the local youth.

The only veggies I eat are in salads mostly. I'm just not a fan of veggies. I like to eat them, I don't like to cook them.

Twinkies and the other Hostess snack cakes, Devil Dogs, HoHos, etc. are one of the great disappointments to me as an adult. I rarely got them as a kid and remember them as being REALLY good. Now that I can buy whatever I want, my adult palate thinks they're gross. :D

V.

Lee & I like to ride out to Alum Rock Park in San Jose, which is a moderately hilly 60-ish mile round trip for us.

We (I) have taken to stopping at a 7-Eleven a few blocks before the park entrance (V knows of which one I speak) and I'll buy a pack of some evil Hostess cake-like snack item.

Last week it was SuzyQ's. yuuuum.

We ride up to the picnic area in the park, sit at a bench by the babbling creek under a shady tree, watch the squirrels and listen to the ducks, admire the wildflowers, and share the calorie-laden glob of goodness without any bit of guilt or remorse. Then head back home.

Life does not get much better than that, I tell ya.

Hey that's my frappicino store! Frappicino right before climbing Sierra Road - it hit the spot that day.

V.

Hee hee, when my eyes roved over the cold drink section and saw the frappucinos, I thought of you!

I opted for some Odwalla mango-juice thingy, in an attempt at eating healthy. :rolleyes:

Maybe someday we'll tack Sierra Road to that trip since we pass right by it. yeah right.

I must admit I splashed out a bit this week-end too. I found fresh locally produced rhubarb in the market on Saturday and just HAD to get some. Mmmmm....rhubarb pie with custard. I ate two huge slices on Sunday night. :p

I tend to pig out most Sundays though. This week-end was nothing unusual. BF and I sleep in Sunday morning, then get up just in time for "CountryFile" on BBC1. Countryfile and a fry-up is just the best way to start a Sunday. Proper bacon from the butchers, fried eggs, sauteed mushrooms, toasted crumpets. Occasionally I even make fresh scones or pancakes to top it off.

Then Sunday night always includes cake of some sort. I love baking and have decided that I need more practice. And BF and friends all agree that I need more practice too :p . They all volunteer to test the product. So I bake most week-ends.

But at least it's all fresh and home made and that's healthy, right? :o

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Originally Posted by uk elephant

But at least it's all fresh and home made and that's healthy, right? :o

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Sure - if it's homemade it must be healthy. Like the homeade ice cream I like to make with the new Cuisinart ice cream maker I got for Christmas.:D It's calcium - right? No preservatives. Yeah - that's it.

ok Friday night-chili relleno (homemade) to celebrate cinco de mayo. Oatmeal sat morning- not bad. Sat afternoon went to a group of friends open house for arts and crafts (high end stuff) had several little pastry thingy's, pickled garlic, humus, candy coated almonds, homemade ginger ale with champaigne (a couple of those). Came home had nothing for dinner. Sunday? Oh sunday was good- the local market had a sale on king crab legs. So our neighbors and our family bought a bunch and had that for dinner. With a ton of butter, corn on the cob potatoes. It was funny cause there was a salad. Nobody touched it! And that is not like us. But we all enjoyed the crab so much I think we didn't want to ruin it or something. Then for dessert we had a chocolate sheet cake I made from scratch that afternoon. It was a light sheet cake. (yea right)

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Originally Posted by fishdr

Sure - if it's homemade it must be healthy. Like the homeade ice cream I like to make with the new Cuisinart ice cream maker I got for Christmas.:D It's calcium - right? No preservatives. Yeah - that's it.

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We just got one of those for my husbands birthday! The lemon sorbet is sooooooo good. And so is the ice cream. But it leaves a bit of a waxy feeling in your mouth. I need to find a recipe that is a little less fatty. Maybe it's the brand milk you use? Any tips? Or do you just follow the book?

I've been using the recipes in the book. I usually make the chocolate ice cream - just the basic recipe, not the fancy one with the eggs. I know what you mean about the film in your mouth. I find the chocolate doesn't do that like the vanilla. I've made mint chocolate chip with that recipe that has had varied results. I'll have to try the lemon sorbet when we get back from our trip - that sounds yummy!

Saturday was Farm Market Day here. Not much fresh stuff yet, but I did find spring garlic. So what to do with a bunch of spring garlic? Stopped at the fish store on the way home, and the grocery store next to it. Here's what I made:

Sautee diced spring garlic and carrots in butter or olive oil.
Add a splash of white wine (I had one of those mini bottles from the plane)
Toss in a pound of mussels and steam til open, remove from heat.
Remove mussels from pot.
Add a few good dollops of sour cream to broth, + a good fistful of peeled fresh prawns, and one diced monkfish filet. Simmer til the fish is cooked.
Add the mussels back, more white wine if sauce is too thick by now, also a few herbs if you have some handy.
Enjoy with garlic bread, or rice, or pasta.

MMmmmmmm! Doesn't have to be "junk" food to be sinful, or fast food to be quick. ;)
And I have one bowlful left for tonight still.

That sounds good! I think we're having homemade spaghetti tonight. I have a quick recipe for sauce that is soooo tasty. It does have some whipping cream in it. I know it sounds wierd, but it's great. I found the recipe in "Cooks Illustrated". Great recipe and great magazine. No ads and scientific approach to cooking and cookware and product reviews. Very cool. Oh no, I'm drifting in my own thread... again.

Are Twinkies the ones with some kind of uber-white fake cream stuff covered in a layer of distant-relative-of-sponge-cake that taste like they've been dipped in pesticide before packaging? I ate one of them once, just to see if I would live to tell the tale... :eek: ;) :p

I read on here that Twinkies were the perfect cycling food- so it must be true!!

Yup - that's a twinkie. They are a unique item.

Perfect cycling food.... whaaaa???

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Originally Posted by fishdr

Yup - that's a twinkie. They are a unique item.

Perfect cycling food.... whaaaa???

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This is where that was discussed.

I too just this evening promised myself that I'd get back on the wagon and try to lose the 5 lbs I've gained in the last couple of weeks. Mine stems from eating too much after I exercise, PMS, and a bad case of the blues. Bad combo. Pants kept coming unsnapped at work today (I wore my shirt out for that reason). :o Hubby's gone this week, and when that happens I usually eat poorly.

Well there you go! Who knew twinkies could be, even loosely, "health" food.

Yellow - I hope hubby comes home soon so you can cheer up and eat better. :)