what do you eat for breakfast and lunch?

[pooks]

My favorite healthy breakfast. You can measure if you want, but I generally don't.

In a bowl --

Some lowfat cottage cheese.
Frozen blueberries.
Chopped nuts (or chunky peanut butter, better than you'd think)

That's is. Protein, fruit, healthy fat. And if I want to make it extra delish, I put a lot of chopped mint on top.

I also use this as a snack sometimes, or a light supper -- smaller quantities for snack, larger for supper.

I'm not sure why, but it really hits the spot and is easy to have on hand.

[Bklynmom]

Breakfast:
Oatmeal with a handful of nuts, a handful of bluberries and a packet of splenda (sorry)
Or
Uncle Sam Cereal with some nuts and fruit - usually blueberries

Snack:
Lowfat liquid yogurt and piece of fruit

Lunch:
BLT with Turkey bacon OR
Egg Salad on wheat bread

Snack:
Fruit or a yogurt
little carrots while cooking family dinner

Dinner:
Big portion of Protien, usually chicken, and a large vegetable portion, like a whole container of rosted Brussel sprouts, or Kale sauted with Garlic.
Recently I have been having my lunch carbs at dinner if I have a bigger ride the next day, like rice or pasta

Sometimes if I get desperate I have one of those Weight Watchers deserts.

Lost about 8 lbs in the last 3 months this way. I do find that when I increase my mileage, I get hungrier for a week or two and then it levels out.

[run it, ride it]

Well, I'm a student... so I don't do 'meals' so much as 'forage.'

Breakfast is a must, and usually my biggest meal--but it's spaced over about 2-4 hours while I study as my classes are late in the day. I like to do some rice cereal with no-fat soymilk, or oatmeal with fruit on top, along with a cup of yogourt and something like 3 egg whites plus one whole egg mixed with mozza cheese and veggies.

Later on I'll hit up some rice cakes with peanut butter, an apple, an orange, a pear, some grapes maybe... sometimes this all occurs within my 'breakfast' hours.

Then I go to class, or sometimes the aforementioned paragraph happens after class... then I run, or bike.

After excercise I stock up on protein--1 scoop of protein powder mixed with water and some salmon ala George Foreman grill. Sometimes I'll cook up a small potato to go with it. I guess you could call this dinner--it tends to occur between the hours of 3pm-midnight.

My other 'dinner' favourite is making a pizza on a rice pizza crust with pesto and mozza and more mushrooms and broccoli than you can shake a stick at.

Random snacks include a platefull of rice crackers with mozza and peppers melted on top.

I recently affirmed that I have a wheat allergy. This was a huge adjustment as I lived primarily off of bread beforehand. For the first few weeks of the switch I tried to substitute rice bread, but man does that stuff ever have way more calories, smaller slices, and cost too much. I'm trying to wean myself off it.

Another problem I have is that I am hungry ALL THE TIME now that food doesn't hurt to eat--when I was eating wheat, I'd spend most of the day in too much pain to want to eat anything. Sometimes in the morning I'll eat a bit of wheat just to curb my appetite. I don't need the extra food/pounds, and lord knows I can't afford it!

Meat also doesn't much agree with me, but I'm learning to like fish just to get some more protein in me and curb my appetite further. I've also started with tofu in my eggs.

[dex]

Breakfast (during the week): Foofie salad! Where foofie salad is oatmeal (steel cut if I thought to start them the night before), lowfat ricotta (or cottage cheese if I'm out of ricotta), a handful of frozen blueberries, with a sprinkle of cinnamon and a pinch of Splenda (sugar gives me hot flashes, so I try to stay away from it unless I'm having the very occasional dessert treat or a serious craving for Sprite, because I know I'm going to pay the price later when I'm trying to strip off my clothes...not good when one is about to go to the office).

Breakfast on the weekends usually consists of eggs, veggies, and cheese in the form of an omelette or frittata.

Lunch is, um, pretty much always restaurant purchased during the week, because I can't seem to get myself to pack up food to take to work.

[nicole309]

My breakfast is nearly the same every day. One sliced banana topped with granola and Kefir. I'll add organic raspberries when the CO-OP has them. After that I make a latte from the best coffee beans I can find. Lately, I have been getting them from Princess Valient in Port Angeles. There has been some great stuff in Victoria, Salt Spring Island, and the vicinity. I am a big fan of Discovery Coffee, Fantastico, and Bean Around the world when I am in Victoria. Also, love Bubby Rose's for breakfast when I am there.
Lunch varies from a sit down restaurant, lunch date with business partners or girlfriends to a power bar on the fly. That just depends on the day.

[shawnada]

this is my first post. I am new to this but I would like to respond to Jenn and what she is eating. You said that your dad had you eating a certain plan and you were losing weight. I read what you were eating and smiled and giggled because it is what I eat everyday and in the same order. I am a competitive bodybuilder who earned her pro card in 2003. That is exactly what we eat when we are in diet mode for a show. I am giving duathlons a try this year because I love cardio(and weight training) I am a natural bodybuilder so I'm not one of those girls that looks like a guy. I would like to know the background your father has in nutrition.

[Bikingmomof3]

Breakfast is fairly routine: Homemade whole wheat pancake with 1 Tbsp 100% pure maple syrup, 2 Morningstar Farms "sausage" links, yogurt, and coffee.

Since I eat 5-6 meals a day, this holds me over through exercises until my first snack.

[RoadRaven]

Jenn and Shawnada...

Sounds like a great diet to shed weight, but I am interested to know how sustainable it is in terms of power output...

I can understand it for body-building, when the weight loss is importance for muscle definition...

But in an endurance sport like cycling, surely you are not feeding the muscles as you shed the fat?? Or am I interpreting this wrong?

I would love to shed weight that quickly, but I don't know if I could be a mum, have a FT job and bike on that fueling system.

What do you both think based on having lived with/on it?

[Zen]

Raven, those were my thoughts exactly.
This is a bodybuilders diet, it's not for endurance sport.

[surgtech1956]

JENN - I like your 'diet' to shed the weight. I'm a vegetarian - is there a vegetarian version? What kind of protein shake do you drink/make??? Thanks for your post.

[shawnada]

You are right regarding our diets. It is ideal for bodybuilding because your goal is to eliminate as much fat and sodium from your diet and body to show all definition and striation. Your carb intake is low, women loose their menstrual cycles because body fat is so low, your cranky and irritable and above all else exhausted and hungry. It is not a healthy sport but the reward is when you are on stage and you look dam good!!!! I am not competeing this year in bodybuilding because I have chosen to do duathlons this year in the northwest. The hardest thing for me in my training is to consume more carbs and calories. It messes with me mentally because it is opposite of my normal eating and calorie intake. I am a creature of habit. I eat the same things every day and a cheat on the weekend. I am learning to increase my portion sizes so I can have the energy for the amount of training I am doing. Low carb and low-cal should never be used in the same sentence when doing endurance events.

[RoadRaven]

Thanks for clarifying that shawdana. Good luck with increasing the carb/calorie intake. I know it can be tough when one style of eating has been a complete focus and a way of living.

Surgtech... be careful about opting for this diet... consider it well in combination with what you are asking from your body in terms of energy output/exercise.


EDIT:
Whoops These are your first two posts, Shawdana. Welcome to TE and great to have you joining in our discussions!

[hellosunshine]

Huge gigantic b'fasts, usually involving eggs and cheese and potatoes and salmon/chicken/steak/tempeh/mushrooms. Often SPAM. A piece of fruit. Coffee. A couple squares of chocolate. Some tortilla chips. Yogurt and honey if I'm still feeling peckish.

Lunch is about half what I eat for b'fast, and usually just whatever I can find to toss in a bag and take to work. I like V8 in the pop-sized cans, cuz I can chug one in a hurry. It's not too easy for me to get time to eat some days.

can i come to yours for breckie!!!!


im porridge,1/2 pint of milk,tea,2 toast


on the bike bread roll,2 small nanas,apple(2 1/2-3 1/2hr training ride)

porridge,tea,protein drink (80 calories)


lunch,cottage cheese sarnie.2 small bananas.1/2 pint milk.porridge.2 pears
maybe tuna sarnie some days,maybe meat!maybe tin of beans on toast.........


NEVER eat out,NEVER been to a take away in my LIFE!!!sounds excessively dull,never done drugs either!and i hardly drink,CLOSETED!!!

[maillotpois]

Yeah, I want to go to Knot's house for breakfast, too!!!

My breakfast varies but always involves either hot or cold cereal and a 4 or 5-shot soy latte (depending on mood).

[teigyr]

Count me in as one of the ones camping out at Knot's house!

Breakfast is my most structured meal. I tend to eat eggbeaters scrambled with onion, turkey bacon or Morningstar "sausage" (love it!), and a whole wheat english muffin. I tend to also sprinkle fat free cheese, parmesan, or feta on the eggs. I usually make either coffee or mate just to wake up.

For lunch I tend to grab low fat frozen food or leftovers. I also bring an energy bar and something else to snack on. Today I brought whole wheat Fig Newtons.

For dinner, well, we sin at home We're never totally unhealthy but we'll do things like low fat burgers, pizza, or more complex things if we have time.