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[DebW]

My son told me that my house has been leaking through the kitchen light fixture. But I don't know if anyone is doing anything about it.

I worked all day Saturday and Sunday morning. But this afternoon I went on a hike with my research group. As with most hikes in Switzerland, the destination was a restaurant on top of a mountain. We hiked for less than 2 hours. Rain started while we ate lunch, but ended by the time we left the restaurant, and rain and thunder started again as we got to the cars. We had planned to stop for a swim on the drive home, but cancelled that.

[Reesha]

Le sigh...

I really want to go to Switzerland someday (with a bike )! The French Alps were not enough!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Yes we FINALLY have gotten two days of beautiful weather!...I forgot what it was like.

This morning a BEAUTIFUL 20 mile bike ride with DH in perfect perfect weather, what a pleasure!
Then went to a small party this afternoon and sat under the trees eating lunch and then lots of fresh berries, and playing music. I feel so grateful to have had such a perfect day.

[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!

[Tuckervill]

this is what my d-i-l was doing on lake washington today while i was getting attacked by a leech.

Okay, I'm way way behind, but what the holy heck is that?!

Karen

[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.

[Veronica]

That's why I like the Trader Joe's frozen stuff. I can pre buy a bunch and just thaw it when I want it. We're not so good with the fresh fish thing - it usually ended up going bad.

Veronica

[Reesha]

I had the same problem-- that's why I started shopping every day on the way home from school. I'd buy just enough for dinner and then go home and enjoy. The fish never tasted as good even one day later!

The trader joe's stuff is pretty good... I recall enjoying their albacore steaks.

I'm afraid I've been spoiled by the fresh salmon... I'm not sure TJ's would be up to snuff.

[Biciclista]

Tucker, that's a milk carton boat for a contest.

Reesha, sometimes when you are dehydrated, it feels like hunger. If you drank two beers (sorry, i'm a teetotaler) that made you feel like you were getting enough fluids but instead continued the dehydration.
INstead of the two beers when you were thirsty, a sports drink and a glass of water would have done you a lot more good.

Forgive me, alcohol has never given me pleasure (genetics) so I fail to understand why anyone would drink it as a recovery drink. Save the alcohol for parties, take care of your body while you're training.

[Reesha]

It was many hours later and I hardly considered it a recovery drink I drank the beers for the taste, not because I was thirsty. Immediately after my ride (on the drive home) I drank about a liter or so of water in addition to the liter I drank during my ride so I figured I'd be fine. I'm pretty sure it wasn't thirst I was feeling-- I think Veronica is right-- I was probably craving more protein. I felt the same sense of hunger while I was drinking the beers. Anyway, there's probably not a lot of teetotalers (including my parents/brother) who I could justify two beers to I just love a delicious beer from time to time-- it's a treat!