Sharing-What's your favorite menu for training?

[alison_in_oh]

Breakfast: Fruit or veggie, low-GI starch, protein source.
Lunch: Fruit or veggie, low-GI starch, protein source.
Dinner: Fruit or veggie, low-GI starch, protein source.
Snacks: Protein and fat source (nuts, cheese, yogurt, hummus, peanut butter)
Dessert: ICE CREAM!
Beverage: Hop Devil IPA. Or any hoppy fermented beverage.

Pre workout: Food. Not too much fat or other dense stuff right before a major exertion (save my energy for riding, not digestion!); preferably some starch a while before to help build up glycogen reserves.
Post workout: Starchy food.

On the bike: Clif bar or banana (you MUST eat if you'll be on the bike more than two hours)

Just so you know, in this house we bike to eat, not the other way around. The beauty of such a high-energy sport is that the weight WILL stay off as long as you are getting your rides in. We just follow some basic nutritional principles to make sure we're as healthy as we can be.

[Susan126]

Breakfast: Cereal and coffee
Lunch: Salad or a lean cuisine
Dinner: meat (usually chicken) vegies, salad, and rice
Snacks: fruit OR blue bunny ice cream's bunny tracks!

Pre workout: mocha and a pumpkin scone from Starbucks
Post workout: water and energy bar

mountain biking: sandwich . . . favorite is turkey with swiss and dijon mustard, lettuce and tomato . . . also almonds or trail mix.

road riding: same as above.

[trigurl]

hhmmm, I eat a lot more than most of ya'll

b: egg white omelet(2 eggs) with spinach and cheese, 1 banana

s: 1/2 cottage cheese and low sugar slim fast & 1/2 bagel with peanut butter ( I am hungry in the mornings - all morning)

L: 1/2 pita with spinach and turkey pepperoni, veggies, cottage cheese w/ fruit

s: whole grain bread w/raspberry preserves, probably a small cheese snack and today probably a yogurt

d: some type of lean meat w/ veggies

s: probably fruit and/or fruit juice - maybe a Kiss or two to get my 2000 calories in.

I am 4 weeks away from a duathlon so I am training pretty hard right now and I must be burning a lot of calories. I just read a good article from my triathlon training bible, that states women need from .022-.024 grams of protein for every pound of body weight which means I need 3-4 grams, so I have added in more protein this week, hence the cottage cheese, high protein in a small amount, altho animal protein is preferable. I love meat but was limiting it b/c of trying to lose weight, glad I read this article

[nuthatch]

Breakfast: Oatmeal, walnuts, blueberries, flax seed meal & tea with soymilk
Lunch: Tuna, salmon or legumes on brown rice
Dinner: Vegs, small meat portion, b rice, ww pasta or ww bread
Snacks: Apple, banana, orange, almonds & raisins - more tea with soymilk

Pre workout: (5am on weekdays) plain yogurt w/honey & flax seed meal
Post workout: Only on weekend rides (30+ miles) Balance Outdoors bars, peanut butter balls (honey, PB & soy protien powder), grapes, Propel.

It doesn't take much food before a ride to give me that "oye, I'm gonna barf!" feeling during the ride. I never eat after 6 p.m. because of reflux and I think this really helps with keeping my weight closer to my goal. Saturdays are off days in the winter for riding and I eat popcorn as my treat food! I gave up chocolate 3 years ago (my hands shake just thinking about it - I had NO control).

[Veronica]

I'm a dietician's nightmare.

Breakfast - frozen Belgian waffle with an estimated 3 - 4 tbs peanut butter, and a tbs of maple syrup, coffee with whole milk, cranberry/raspberry juice or OJ or a combination of the two

Snack - peanut butter granola bar and sometimes a yogurt

Lunch - Dinner leftovers or a ceasar salad with bacon, parmesan cheese, almonds, and real dressing, one homemade cookie - either peanut butter or chocolate chip

Snack - Red Bull and another peanut butter granola bar. I don't always eat this. If I can get on my bike for a ride soon enough, I don't bother with a snack. My after work ride is only about 80 - 90 minutes and I drink Gatorade when I ride.

Dinner - If I've gone riding usually frozen pizza, unless I prepped dinner in the morning. If I haven't ridden than I cook some something. Chicken pot pie, chicken and dumplings, steak and potatoes, fajitas.

I tend to drink water with all my meals, except breakfast or when we have a pizza.

I like fruit, but I'm very picky about it. It can't be squishy and it doesn't stay fresh enough, long enough for me. I wish I passed a farmer's market on my way to work. We used to get a delivery of organic stuff every other week, but we couldn't eat it fast enough. And I'm too lazy (or too busy) to go to the store every other day.

In spite of what I eat, I am quite healthy. Calories in vs. calories out. I only eat when I am hungry and I stop before I feel full.

Weekends are different. I usually make sure we have bananas for our long weekend rides. Meals are always a little weird on the weekends too. A lot of the time we just eat two - no dinner.

V.