What did you eat today?

[Crankin]

B: 2 eggs, scrambled with kale, salsa, 1/4 avocado, bowl of strawberries, coffee
S: handful of walnuts
L: cup of left over chicken/kale/quinoa soup, an apple
22.5 mile ride, slow, but with some sprints, where I went ahead of my friend. I ate some nuts, cranberries, chocolate bits during the ride, one water bottle
D: noodle free lasagna, with zucchini, ground beef, tomato sauce, green pepper, side of pineapple chunks, glass of red wine

[Crankin]

B: breakfast sandwich on a spelt whole wheat roll, with one egg, 2 slices of bacon, bowl of strawberries and pineapple, coffee
S: handful of walnuts
L: home made chicken salad with mayo, almonds, cranberries, on lettuce, with fig vinegar, cup of tomato soup
3.5 mile hike
S: 2 whole wheat pita crackers, glass of red wine
D: Czech meatballs with cauliflower "mashed potatoes," salad, 2 squares dark chocolate

[Catrin]

Yesterday:

B: last of the chorizo frittata, 1 slice fresh side, coffee
1 hour hard conditioning group training session followed by protein shake
L: homemade "egg drop soup" made with bone broth, pork, veggies - only calling it egg drop soup because I dropped a beat egg into the soup
S: small scoop pumpkin ice cream
D: 1/3 baked/stuffed pumpkin (very small squash), over mixed salad greens, 1 beer.

This is the first time I've worked with an actual pumpkin - treated it just like I do other squash. It was interesting, I found it less sweet than butternut or acorn squash. It worked well in my savory recipe however.

[spokewench]

B: 2 eggs, 1 piece wg toast with butter, coffee
L: small bowl of beef stew and dinner roll
S: very small piece of chocolate cake
D: salmon on the grill, rice, sautéed zucchini with a small sprinkle of parmesan cheese, 1 glass chardonnay

[Crankin]

1/2 a Lara Bar before boot camp
B: egg whites, corn tortilla, green chili, 1/4 avocado and an orange, coffee
L: garden salad with a scoop of chicken salad, and a few croutons (I thought I'd be at home for lunch, but ended up at the office, so I had to buy
S: the rest of the Lara bar from this morning.
D: glass of red wine, one bone in chicken breast grilled with lemon/garlic under the skin, roasted Brussel sprouts, 2 squares dark chocolate

[Owlie]

Yesterday:

B. Frittata, coffee
S: triple mocha brevet with 1/2 of a grain-free strawberry/zucchini muffin
L: salad with roast chicken, veggies, drizzle of avocado oil for dressing
spent some time at the gym working on kettlebell technique, also did some deadlifting before heading to the trails for a 30 minute trail run
S: Quest protein bar (grain/soy free)
D: sausage/kale soup with more roast chicken - VERY tasty on a cool fall evening!

In the end I don't think I ate enough - I think most of my calories was from the mocha For some reason I am being really tempted by mocha and pumpkin lattes right now. I KNOW what is in them, there are only 2 independent coffee houses from which I will get them but still...I also note that I am starting to crave sugar again and I don't think that a coincidence. Time to shut down the sugar train!

Oh great. Now I want a pumpkin spice latte. It's too hot, but I still want one.

B: Tea with milk and sugar. I realized I am pretty much out of everything, so I went grocery shopping...at Trader Joe's. Oops.
L: Sesame beef, brown rice with a generous sprinkling of this stuff, cooked peppers, and cubed daikon radish with a bit of soy sauce.
D: Probably leftover pork that DBF's parents sent me home with, mashed sweet potatoes and salad (if it's not too funky). If it is, broccoli or kale.

Edit: Broccoli. The salad had somehow gotten shoved to the back of the fridge and then frozen. And there will be birthday cake and a glass of chocolate milk with Kahlua in it.

[spokewench]

B: 1 piece wg toast with peanut butter, coffee
L: bowl of homemade chicken noodle soup, 1 dinner roll
D: pinto beans, brown rice, sprinkle of cheddar cheese, lots of salsa, 1 dinner roll, 1 glass chardonnay
1 small piece chocolate cake

[Crankin]

Lara Bar before 5 AM 10 mile ride
B: 2 eggs, scrambled with 3 Czech meatballs, bowl of strawberries, coffee
L: small sweet potato, shredded chicken with green chili salsa, an apple
S: another Lara Bar
D: 2 corn tortillas with refried black beans, poblano, red pepper, another bowl of strawberries
2 squares dark chocolate

[spokewench]

B: shredded wheat, milk, coffee
L: homemade chicken noodle soup, 1 dinner roll
small piece of chocolate cake
D: margarita pizza, salad with vinaigrette dressing, red wine

[Catrin]

Yesterday

B: frittata, fresh side, coffee
L: baked stuff squash
Birthday metabolic rowing challenge with some lifting followed by protein shake
D: country style ribs, homemade bbq sauce, squash, ice cream
S: pumpkin-coconut-bacon biscuits - 2 small with a cup of milk

No beer on my birthday, it causes light insomnia and it is a work night

[spokewench]

B: piece of WG toast with peanut butter, coffee
L: beans and rice with salsa
D: ricotta and spinach ravioli, with homemade marinara with some whipping cream added, parmesan cheese sprinkle, salad with vinaigrette dressing, 1 glass red wine
Dessert: a peach muffin

TODAY
B: peach muffin
S: 1 banana
L: homemade chicken noodle soup
D: chicken on the grill with asparagus and probably leftover rice, 1 glass of wine

[Crankin]

B: 2 eggs, left over Czech meatballs, an orange, coffee
L: chicken salad with cranberries and walnuts
S: slice of Machengo
D: I made some lentil/kale soup. I put a little too much kale in it, so the texture was kind of off, but it tasted good. One beer
No exercise for the past 2 days; bad allergies

[Owlie]

Skipped breakfast.
L: Tuna salad, pasta+veggie salad.
S: Snickers, one of those Starbucks double shot things.
S: Handful of pita chips
D: Pasta with a pumpkin sauce (pumpkin, chicken broth, herbs, half-and-half), with chicken, kale and Parmesan.
I think there might be an apple with peanut butter, possibly a slice of leftover birthday cake for dessert.

[spokewench]

B: 1 peach muffin, coffee
S: 1 banana
L: leftover chicken noodle soup
D: 1 grilled chicken thigh, rice, green beans, chardonnay

[Crankin]

B: egg whites, the last of the left over Czech meatballs, an orange, coffee
L: roasted veggie sandwich on whole wheat
S: dried apricots, slice of Machengo before 3 mile run
D: we went out to celebrate me getting my counseling license... the actual dinner was pretty healthy. The before and after stuff wasn't! had 1.5 empanadas for an app (stuffed with corn and cheese), dinner was a 10 oz skirt steak, which I cut in half immediately to take home, with a puree of sweet potato, butternut squash, and mixed greens. We drank a bottle of red wine , and then walked across the street where I had a kiddie sized scoop of coffee and cookies ice cream.