what do you eat for breakfast and lunch?

[pooks]

Perhaps i'm supposed to be shocked by what you eat, but actually I'm impressed by how little you eat. Only one poptart? LOL

[deedolce]

Yep. I never was a big eater. My family claims I used to cut rice grains in half to eat. But I can gain weight pretty darn easily. Ever since I hit my mid 40's, especially! grumble.

[teigyr]

Well, I'm not so much of a regular fig newton girl so it's hard to say. They work well for riding and I don't think they are horrible for you. Truth be told, I'd rather eat peanut butter cups

I don't really notice a difference though between the whole wheat and the regular. I am used to whole wheat; I know some people aren't and really don't like it. Costco had the WW ones so I am stocked!

[Popoki_Nui]

Wow. You folks eat a lot.

Breakfast (about 10am): ~4oz grilled beef, chicken or fish. Small chunk of cheese. Tea or decaf coffee, black.

Lunch: lunch?

Dinner (about 4pm): small mixed salad, no dressing, often with a hardboiled egg. Tea or decaf coffee, black.

Evening snack (not every night): cup of mixed nuts, or a couple cups of popcorn.

Lots of water and plain tea (black, green, herbal) in between. Ride days I'll have my morning protein in a sandwich between wholewheat bread or in a wholewheat wrap. And a juice and power bar midway thru the ride.

Not helpful for weight loss, though.

[shawnada]

You eat in one day what I eat in 1 1/2 meals. Do you feel tired all the time or do you do ok? Your carbs are next to nothing and calories and nutrients are scary low.

[Popoki_Nui]

You eat in one day what I eat in 1 1/2 meals. Do you feel tired all the time or do you do ok? Your carbs are next to nothing and calories and nutrients are scary low.

Yeah, well...it's what I have to do to keep the weight from packing on. I make sure to take a high quality women-specific miltivitamin every day, plus fish oil supplements and so on.

I used to eat most of you, but I ballooned up to 242 pounds in spite of lots cycling, hiking, walking, and generally being more active than I've been since I was a teen. Not much else I can do...

[onimity]

Wow, I am amazed at how little some of you eat!

I am not a breakfast eater but since I've been riding to work have become one.

On weekdays:

Breakfast 1: a big glass of (whole) milk and a banana/apple/etc., more if I actually feel hungry.

I ride a little over 10 miles into work, stop about 7 miles in and have a Gu or similar before the big hills begin, otherwise I am shaky and mean when I get to work!

Breakfast 2: Oatmeal, juice and anything is free for the taking in the office kitchen. Maybe a bagel, maybe a breakfast burrito, maybe just some more juice.

Snacks: I snack at my desk throughout the day; I make a habit of bringing snacks with me throughout the week so that I always have a good variety on hand. Things like: crackers, granola/yogurt, trail mix, dried figs, wasabi peas, sunflower seeds, and of course chocolate (dark). Lots of juice, lots of water.

Lunch: Sometimes I'll eat out (never fast food though), sometimes I'll pack a lunch, just depends on what's going on work-wise. If I pack a lunch it's usually leftovers or a frozen Indian entree from the health food store (convenient, but I can recognize all of the ingredients!), some sort of fruit or vegetable and a big salad.

The big snack: before the ride back home I have a big snack, and then eat some sort of energy snack as I ride, a pack of shot blocks or Sharkies fruit snacks.

I have a glass of juice and another small snack when I get home.

Then Dinner, usually cheese/crackers and salad to start, then some meat/fish with pasta/rice/bread and another veggie, squash is a favorite, or yams, or broccoli, or artichokes. I usually try to pick something local and in-season. I eat out a decent amount for dinner too, but usually the pattern is the same. I love food. I eat almost any type of cuisine and try to get a wide variety of foods in my diet.

On weekends I usually go for longer rides so I like a bigger breakfast before I head out. One of my favorite things to do is to make 'leftover breakfast burritos' Egg+cheese+tortilla+salsa+leftovers. It's amazing how good things like butternut squash or salmon can be in a breakfast burrito!

Popoki Nui, do you track the number of calories that you eat a day? I ask not because I am a calorie counter in the limiting sense, but because it seems that you are not even getting enough calories to sustain your normal (non-cycling) needs. If your caloric intake is too low the body can go into panic-mode and slow your metabolism down to a snail's pace. Not to mention that you burn muscle, etc.

I had a nutritionist put me on a really strict diet a few years back when I was having problems with hypoglycemia. She calculated (who knows how!) that I needed 1,400 calories a day. I ate precisely what she specified (3 meals, 2 snacks) and I gained 20 pounds in short order, lost my muscle tone and the energy to do even the most basic things. I decided that it wasn't working for me and ate the way I normally do. My energy came back, the weight dropped off, and all by eating more. I'm no expert, but these things aren't always totally logical or simple. If that's truly all that you are eating in the course of a day you might try seeing a Dr. that specializes in these things for some advice? We're all very different of course, but I don't think that I could ride even a mile a day eating that little.

Anne

[Zen]

Wow. You folks eat a lot.

Breakfast (about 10am): ~4oz grilled beef, chicken or fish. Small chunk of cheese. Tea or decaf coffee, black.

Lunch: lunch?

Dinner (about 4pm): small mixed salad, no dressing, often with a hardboiled egg. Tea or decaf coffee, black.

Evening snack (not every night): cup of mixed nuts, or a couple cups of popcorn.

Lots of water and plain tea (black, green, herbal) in between. Ride days I'll have my morning protein in a sandwich between wholewheat bread or in a wholewheat wrap. And a juice and power bar midway thru the ride.

Not helpful for weight loss, though.

That's not enough to eat, especially if you're trying to lose weight. Your body sees that it's not getting enough nutrients and is holding on for dear life, literally.