What did you eat today?

[Catrin]

B: ground beef/veggie frittata
L: big spinach salad with chicken, bacon, dried cranberries, almonds, vinagrete
S: banana with a bit of almond butter
D: roasted chicken and parsley with the last little slice of paleo banana bread

[Crankin]

B: egg whites with a couple of slices of ham and chicken, green chili salsa, 1/4 avocado, an orange, coffee
S: handful of walnuts
L: salad with chicken, black beans, sprinkle of low fat cheddar jack cheese, tomatoes, lettuce, salsa, side of blueberries and strawberries
12 mile hilly ride
S: 2 dried apricots, piece of matzah with margarine
D: It's Restaurant Week, so we went to the Blue Room in Cambridge. You get a 3 course dinner for a fixed price. Except for the dessert, I did fine. Had a shaved veggie salad for my first, grilled Arctic Char on a bed of parsnip which looked like a potato pancake, and an upside down apple crumb cake with vanilla ice cream. The portions were smaller, which means they were normal. I could have done without the dessert and I left most of the cake part.
And I had 2 two glasses of rose wine. Feeling very spring-like.

[aquamoose32]

Breakfast
Black tea with sugar
2 pancakes with jam
Orange

1 cliff blocks pack
2 cliff bars
1 bottle of Gatorade

Cycles 74 miles

Big sale and bowl of pasta with tomato sauce
8 carrots And cheese and one banana
2 beers

[Catrin]

Yesterday

B: Last of the ground beef veggie casserole
L: Tuna salad with lettuce wrap
S: banana
Short bike ride
D: Sauteed shrimp/veggies with jicama "home fries" first time I have made or eaten jicama and missed the part where it said to slow-cook the jicama first. Still good and cooked with Parsley.

[shootingstar]

Yesterday:

B-oatmeal with skim milk, fresh strawberries, blueberries
small slice of Easter stollen cake-bread, 2 cups of tea with skim milk

Snack- coffee with milk, a small slice of cornmeal savoury bread (near end of a 35 km. ride)
Tea with milk later, a tangerine, small slice of goat cheese
more tiny slice of stollen

Dinner-smoked salmon sandwich on French baguette with tomato, onion, goat cheese, basil, mustard
Tea with milk, a chocolate handmade EAster egg

THis is not ideal..

[Catrin]

Today:

B: eggs scrambled with veggies, fresh side "bacon", coffee
14 mile easy bike ride
85 minute hard group workout with a protein shake afterwards
L: beef shanks in broth with spinach and a poached egg, sweet potato
D: Moroccan Meatballs over cauliflower-rice with Velvety Squash - and both were lovely! I was going to make some cauliflower rice pilaf but am tired of cooking, will probably make it tomorrow night.

HERE is the recipe for the velvety squash - and it is VERY good. Any winter squash or even sweet potatoes will do - I chose to use kobacha squash. I really like them and I can cut them far easier than butternut squash.

[Crankin]

B: very small endive (the leaves fell apart) stuffed with low fat veggie cream cheese and lox, piece of gefilte fish, an orange, coffee
L: chicken leg, 1/4 avocado, cup of roasted red pepper tomato soup, an apple
13.5 mile windy and hard ride
S:walnuts, cranberries, chocolate (a handful), followed by 2 little pieces of Machengo cheese about an hour later
D: DH made blueberry waffles, which I ate with walnuts and one very spicy jalepeno chicken sausage, 2 squares dark chocolate

[spokewench]

B: cereal, milk and mango, coffee
1 chocolate cream egg
D: beef vegetable soup, 1/2 chocolate chip cookie, glass of red wine
cup of teawith honey

[Catrin]

I like garlic I only made a small squash so I cut the garlic in half. I didn't have pecans so I used what nuts I had. Very tasty and a different way to make squash and to get some good carbs into my diet.

[Crankin]

2 dried apricots and a small glass of almond milk before boot camp
B: egg whites, kale, and lox scrambled, an orange, coffee
L: 3 very small left over chicken pieces, about half a cup of black beans, an apple
S: corn tortilla with hummus, a few nuts
D: taco on a bed of lettuce. No shell, ground turkey with home made taco seasoning, home made guacamole and salsa, dish of strawberries, 2 squares dark chocolate

[Catrin]

B: the usual scrambled eggs with veggies, 1 slice fresh side, coffee
Group training...post- workout protein shake
L: Moroccan meatballs with cauli-rice, last of the velvety squash, some chopped strawberries + pineapple for dessert
S: starving, so had a small salad that I was too full to eat at lunch
D: beef shank in broth with some cauliflower rice pilaf

[GLC1968]

I thought I looked a bit slimmer in the mirror as I got out of the shower today so I tried on some pants that have been too small to wear for the past few months and they fit! Yay! I love it when my wardrobe expands for free!

B: sweet potato waffle topped with almond butter, 1/2 banana, pork sausage patties, black coffee
L: left over pot roast, roasted sweet potatoes and a green salad
S: hard boiled egg, apple
D: salmon, asparagus, salad and fresh pineapple.

Last night, we had to run errands so I had salmon and veggies at a restaurant instead of cooking my own, so I'll be making it tonight!

[Crankin]

B: 2 eggs, scrambled with 1/2 a sweet potato, kale. 2slices uncured bacon, blueberries, coffee
more coffee at work
L: salad with lettuce, tomatoes, chicken and ham, salsa, an apple, handful of nuts
S: small corn tortilla and a wedge of cheese (I don't know the name, it's one my DH likes)
D: I made the Chinese style cabbage and veggies from the Paleo cookbook, but I used tofu instead of chicken. Not Paleo, but it tasted great.
2 squares dark chocolate

[Catrin]

I'm glad someone is...because I'm not! (at least, not lately)

I need to have more in my diet and it has/ is challenging to get enough without too much fructose. I am using you as an example which really helps... Thank You

[GLC1968]

I need to have more in my diet and it has/ is challenging to get enough without too much fructose. I am using you as an example which really helps... Thank You

Well then, you are welcome! I probably need to reduce my fruit intake a bit but it adds such variety that I haven't bothered.

I am going to have to start paying attention to my starchy carb consumption (particularly timing) as I start biking more, but for now, I don't really think about it. I do find that I have a bit of a preconceived notion of what dinner should look like from my upbringing. A good meal includes meat, a big serving of veggies and a small serving of starch. I tend towards that template whether I mean to or not!

Wednesday
B: sweet potato waffle w/ almond butter, 1/3 banana, sausage patties, black coffee
L: tuna salad with homemade mayo over arugula, spinach, red peppers, cukes and celery, clementines
D: unsure - I think we'll be out (car shopping!) so I might suggest Chipotle so that I can get a carnitas salad with guacamole (my favorite!)

very short run after work (less than 2 miles).