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[Reesha]

I tracked my calories for today on Livestrong and it came out to about 1600 (including two beers--woo, a healthy dinner of whole wheat pasta with sausage and pesto, a heaping bowl of raspberries and hot cereal with maple syrup, two bananas and a few tablespoons of almond butter). However, I rode 37 miles today with an average speed of about 15.5 mph.

My question is... did I eat enough? Should I eat more. According to livestrong I burned about 2100 calories during me ride, but that seems high... Maybe not. I was really working that headwind hooo boy.

I know it's late, but I'm hungry and I'm trying to decide if I should just go to bed because my body is craving a food-induced seratonin flood, or if I should let my body have what it needs.

It's probably beer munchies

[Veronica]

It looks to me like you're not eating enough protein.

At that average speed your ride took you about 2.5 hours. 2100 calories is too high of an estimate for what you burned during your ride. I usually see numbers of around 600 calories per hour on my Polar.

Probably not what you want to hear, but I'd cut the beer.

Veronica

[Reesha]

Haha, well, I rarely drink. A few times a month and very minimally when I do.

You're probably right about the protein, but between the nuts in the pesto, the almond butter and the italian sausage and the whole grain cereal and pasta, I managed to get 53g, and most of it was eaten immediately post ride. I wish I'd had chicken around the house but no such luck. Time to hit the grocery store!

[Veronica]

That's only 13% of your calories from protein.


I don't drink, so it's really easy for me to say, cut the booze. But if you have two beers once a week, that's 300 calories per week, you could just cut out. That's like a third of a pound over a month.

Of course I could apply the same math to ice cream. However, I'm not actively trying to lose anymore weight. I'm pretty happy where I'm at.


Veronica

[Reesha]

You're right about the protein I need to keep more of the good stuff around!

Where do you get most of your protein if you don't mind my asking?

[Veronica]

I eat a lot of fish - 2 -3 times a week. Trader Joe's has frozen Ahi and MahiMahi fillets that we grill up. For dinner we eat just the fish. It's about 300 calories because it's two servings and 42 grams of protein. If we're not having fish than it's a steak or chicken. Or sometimes a mini pizza. We're not perfect.

I also eat eggs. I don't have a cholesterol problem so I eat up to 7 yolks per week - but usually only 4.

What I don't get enough of is vegetables. They don't sit well pre-workout, so eating them at lunch is out. I don't eat much fruit, because fruit is really just a form of sugar. I know lots of people disagree with that, but cutting out most of the sugar is what has really helped me to get where I want to be.

Veronica

[Reesha]

This is going to sound hilariously awful but it's summer vacation right now so I'm not teaching and I live in Downtown St. Louis where we don't have a grocery store! I used to drive right by this market Straub's that had the BEST fish so I would stop each day and pick up salmon or some kind of white fish. In the spring I ate fish every day! I miss it terribly, but it would be a 30 minute drive out there just to get it. I should probably take up eggs and egg whites for breakfast along with the Bob's Red Mill 7 Grain hot cereal I have with raspberries or blueberries.

[jobob]

Probably not what you want to hear, but I'd cut the beer.

Hey! Them's fightin' words, missy.

[Veronica]

Hey! Them's fightin' words, missy.

Yeah, I know. I was thinking of you when I wrote that actually, since I know how much you LIKE your beer!. But it;'s easy for me to say 'cause I don't like it. You don't see me giving up ice cream. But I did give up Red Bull and chocolate chip cookies (except when they are straight out of the oven!)


Veronica

[Selkie]

Yeah, I know. I was thinking of you when I wrote that actually, since I know how much you LIKE your beer!. But it;'s easy for me to say 'cause I don't like it. You don't see me giving up ice cream. But I did give up Red Bull and chocolate chip cookies (except when they are straight out of the oven!)


Veronica

Ice cream is a good source of calcium.

It's good you gave up "the Bull" because it's hard on your teeth enamel.

[jobob]

Ice cream is a good source of calcium.

Yeah, that's it!