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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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Indeed! I need my boyfriend to move in pronto. I'll put him to work :D
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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.
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I swam for 45 minutes this morning (leisurely) and then rode about 15 miles this afternoon (also leisurely) :D
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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.
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mini reese's are both the essence of evil and the essence of all that is good and right in the world.
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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.
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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.
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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 ;)
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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. :)
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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
:) :) :)
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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)