What did you eat today?

[Owlie]

Yesterday:
Cereal with 1%, large glass of orange juice
18-mile easy ride
Water and a shot block on the ride
small frappucino, a small scone and some chips
Red pepper hummus on whole wheat bread, some cheese, Greek yogurt, strawberries and some granola
another small frappucino
Spice-rubbed chicken breast, garlic-lime rice and a cabbage/carrot/jalapeno slaw.

I think I need to work some more veggies into my diet.

[aquamoose32]

B: Banana, peach, cherries, tea with honey and milk,
S: Orange, watermelon with salt, more watermelon with salt

15 mile ride up the mountain on my classic bianchi

S: sorbet
L: cranberries, raspberries, tea with soymilk, pear, tomatoes

D: beer, juice, arugula and beet salad

I dont know what it is, I am on a fruit kick and it feels amazing. Nothing else sounds very appealing. All I want to eat all day is fruit. Maybe cause it is summer?

[Catrin]

Yesterday:

No breakfast or morning snack

L: (well, coffee hour at church after services) PB & strawberry jam sandwich, minestrone soup, raw veggies, milk, coffee

S: Homemade "trail mix" (choc chips, pecans, peanut butter chips, a little salt)

20 mile bike ride

D: roasted skinless chicken breast, Orzo, roasted brussel sprouts, 1 beer

S: fresh blackberries with low-fat sour cream. Yummmmm!

[Crankin]

B: 2 homemade waffles with walnuts and cranberries, 3 slices turkey bacon, blueberries, coffee

slice of whole wheat raisin bread before 50 mile ride.
L: (during ride) half of a chicken pesto wrap on whole wheat, a few baked potato chips, half a Sobe energy drink

the rest of the ride included a Shot Block, 3/4 of a Luna Bar, a bottle of Nuun and water, and another bottle of water when I got home (as well as finishing the Luna Bar), a slice of cheese

D: veal piccata, with whole wheat orzo/tomatoes/spinach, half a glass of wine, 2 squares dark chocolate

[limewave]

I feel like I eat so much more than everyone else!!!

B: egg sandwich w/ bacon + Green Smoothi
S: Greek yogurt + Homemade granola bar
L: Black beans and Rice w/ greens
S: String cheese, raisins
D: Ultrameal Shake (w/ frozen banana) + Salad
ES: Dark chocolate square, bowl of popcorn

SO, the last few weeks, every afternoon, I have been CRAVING potato chips in the worse way. I looked up "decoding cravings" and read that craving salty things indicated a deficiency in minerals and to eat more greens. I was already eating a salad with my lunch and dinner! I kept playing around with adding more greens to my diet. I finally decided to try a Green Smoothie (smoothie made with leafy green vegetables and frozen fruit). I have been having one with breakfast for the last few days. I can't believe it, but I no longer crave potato chips! And I have more energy in the mornings. I truly did not think eating spinach would satisfy my lust for Lay's Potato Chips, but it sure has. Weird.

[Owlie]

Yesterday:

Bowl of cereal with 1%, glass of orange juice
half a Snickers...then I remembered why I only eat the "fun size" ones
1/3 lb cheeseburger with pepper jack, lettuce, tomato, jalapeno and chipotle mayo, fries with ketchup, a cherry coke
1 scoop cookies and cream ice cream from Ben and Jerry's. (The ice cream was more like cookie parts held together with ice cream rather than ice cream with cookies in it...)
1 slice whole wheat toast with crunchy PB and strawberry jelly and a glass of water.

[spokewench]

B: Banana, peach, cherries, tea with honey and milk,
S: Orange, watermelon with salt, more watermelon with salt

15 mile ride up the mountain on my classic bianchi

S: sorbet
L: cranberries, raspberries, tea with soymilk, pear, tomatoes

D: beer, juice, arugula and beet salad

I dont know what it is, I am on a fruit kick and it feels amazing. Nothing else sounds very appealing. All I want to eat all day is fruit. Maybe cause it is summer?

I've been watching your food intake lately. How do you feel when you ride? I would never make it with what you are eating!

[Crankin]

3 slices of low salt ham over tomatoes, with melted cheese, strawberries, coffee
string cheese
2 small pieces left over frittata, grapes, nuts and cranberries
handful of whole wheat pita chips and hummus
boneless chicken breast grilled with apricot preserves and cumin, whole wheat cous cous with currants and ginger, salad with goat cheese and cranberries, 2 squares dark chocolate

[aquamoose32]

I've been watching your food intake lately. How do you feel when you ride? I would never make it with what you are eating!

I dont know I am on this weird kick lately. All I wanted was fruit and I feel great. Although today had more substance. I have barely been drinking water even and peeing all the time. The past month I felt like I was hungry all the time, I was eating like 5 meals a day, I was riding a ton, and was gaining weight, muscle perhaps or just weight. Usually when I ride I gain weight and when i do yoga (I teach yoga) more I loose weight. I am about 110lbs. I kept thinking I was so hungry was cause I was going to get my period but then it didn't come and suddenly all I want is fruit. Weird huh. We'll see how long this kick lasts. I would think I would maybe loose a few pounds but not yet. Maybe it's all the beer and gin I've been drinking to make it balance out. That's the bad part about working at a bar. I have also eased my riding lately 20 mile rides instead of 50 for this past week to let my body rest and recover a bit. I am also vegan so I tend to eat a lot of fruit and veggies anyways. Everyone's body is different everyone thrives off of different fuels. We are human cells and organisms, our needs flux with the seasons and weather I believe as well. Thats why I find this post so interesting. Everyone has such interesting food habits and things that work for them.

Today
B: tea with soymilk and honey, granola
s: few big handfuls salty pretzels, few bits of orzo pasta salad
s: 2 beers at the river and 1/3 a watermelon toped with TONS of salt.
d: sauteed spinach with white beans, tofu sandwich on barley rye bread, 1/2 banana
dd: kombucha

[spokewench]

shredded wheat, 1% milk, coffee
granola bar
salad with chicken breast, vinaigrette
salad with chicken, vinaigrette, 1 glass of wine

[Catrin]

Yesterday...

B: Bran cereal with blackberries, 2 scrambled egg whites, skim milk
S: Hummus with celery sticks
L: Roasted skinless chicken breast with orzo, cucumber in garlicky low-fat sour cream
D: Remaining Roasted skinless chicken breast with orzo and roasted brussel sprouts. Blackberries with no-fat Greek yogurt for dessert.

[Owlie]

Yesterday:

Cereal with 1% milk
Red Dragon cheese (some kind of cheese with mustard seeds and beer in it) melted on crackers, cabbage, carrot and jalapeno slaw, glass of mango lemonade
Spoonful of Nutella and a sliver of cheesecake brownie
Goan fish curry (made with tilapia), rice, and a mixture of the slaw and salad greens
Iced matcha latte
Another spoonful of Nutella
Half a Snickers bar.