What did you eat today?

[Crankin]

whole wheat bagel with low fat cream cheese and lox, bowl of blueberries and strawberries, coffee

25 mile ride, one bottle of water/Nuun

5 whole wheat veggie dumplings, an apple

BBQ at friends': lots of hummus and pita chips, 2 rum twizzlers
small boneless chicken breast,green salad, quinoa salad w/apple, broccoli slaw, 2 small scoops ice cream, drizzle of fudge sauce choc. chip cookie

I am hungry again...

[Catrin]

Crankin - I love how you are able to indulge in small amounts of comfort food (like ice cream) that doesn't sabotage your day. You are my example I can get away with very small pieces of brownies or chocolate, but home made cookies, as well as ice cream, are a different matter. I dare not have them in my house except for when I am making cookies to take someplace. Sherbert or frozen fruit just aren't good ice cream craving subsitutes...

[Owlie]

I can come over and help with the cookies.
I know you're on a fairly restrictive diet, but I find a small amount (1 ice cream-shop scoop or less) of full-fat premium ice cream satisfies far better than a larger amount of other stuff. *sticks face back into her dish of Graeter's*
Unless it's gelato, of course.

Yesterday:
Cereal with 1%, orange juice
2.5 slices of wg bread with red pepper hummus
Strawberries, Greek yogurt, the last of the granola
WF wine tasting thing--3/4 glass of wine total (not a wine drinker, me), small amount of kale salad, two chicken wings with potato slices, mac&cheese, marble pound cake
Half a burger, a few fries, Caesar salad, half a roll with butter

Today:
Cereal with 1%, orange juice
24-mile ride (1 shot block, water, bit of gatorade)
my usual post-ride frap, a tiny scone, chips
The other half of the burger, salad, spicy slaw, the rest of the fries, ketchup
Bolthouse protein drink (the mocha thing) cut with skim milk
Small amount of chicken curry, rice, broccoli
2 handfuls of cherries
Small amount of mocha chocolate chip ice cream

[Catrin]

I can come over and help with the cookies.
I know you're on a fairly restrictive diet, but I find a small amount (1 ice cream-shop scoop or less) of full-fat premium ice cream satisfies far better than a larger amount of other stuff. *sticks face back into her dish of Graeter's*
Unless it's gelato, of course.

Oh I agree entirely, which is why I generally go to a good ice cream place and get a single dip cone when I HAVE TO HAVE ICE CREAM

I've played with the idea of getting a small container for the freezer to see if I really do have enough discipline to have only a small amount of it. Now the weather is calming and my weekly mileage is up to where I want it to be I think I will have to try it

[Catrin]

I can come over and help with the cookies.
I know you're on a fairly restrictive diet, but I find a small amount (1 ice cream-shop scoop or less) of full-fat premium ice cream satisfies far better than a larger amount of other stuff. *sticks face back into her dish of Graeter's*
Unless it's gelato, of course.

I decided to follow your advice I did damage with the cookies yesterday, and much to my surprise this afternoon I was satisfied with the ice cream after I carefully measured out a serving. Just to be safe all I purchased was a pint of Ben & Jerry's to see if I can be trusted with ice cream in my freezer...

[Owlie]

I decided to follow your advice I did damage with the cookies yesterday, and much to my surprise this afternoon I was satisfied with the ice cream after I carefully measured out a serving. Just to be safe all I purchased was a pint of Ben & Jerry's to see if I can be trusted with ice cream in my freezer...

And, uh, if you decide you can't, I'll take it off your hands...

Yesterday:
My usual cereal with 1%
Sun chips, Bolthouse protein thing, cabbage slaw
Chai
Indian-spiced beef, rice, spinach, two handfuls of cherries
mocha chocolate chip ice cream

Today:
Cereal w/ 1%
Sun chips
Bison burger with tomato, onions and BBQ sauce, homemade fries, jalapeno slaw (red and green cabbage, carrots, jalapenos), watermelon salsa, corn on the cob, half a beer
small amount of peach daquiri
grilled peach with balsamic glaze

I might have some yogurt, strawberries and granola later...

[Catrin]

And, uh, if you decide you can't, I'll take it off your hands...

Oh that won't be necessary, there won't be any left should I discover I can't be trusted around it I DID NOT, however, get my favorite. I love good mint-chocolate chip but of course they don't have that in Ben and Jerry's pints. So I forced myself to get the raspberry cheesecake with white chocolate and swirls. Hard job, but someone has to do it.

No ice cream unless ride > 35 miles. It will be interesting to see what happens to my weekly mileage total with this approach

[indysteel]

No ice cream unless ride > 35 miles. It will be interesting to see what happens to my weekly mileage total with this approach

Maybe I should try that as a way to limit my ice cream addiction. Or not......

I'll be interested to see what additional tests reveal about my thryoid. Perhaps I've gotten away with eating ice cream like I do because it's been overactive for some portion of the last year (since I last had it checked). It seems odd though because I don't have most of the symptoms one generally associates with it. Here's hoping that it's nothing, although I think that might overly optimistic of me, given that I have a sister with Grave's disease. Maybe they just caught it really early.

[spokewench]

spent a while in the morning roasting veges, carrots, kohlrabi, turnip radishes, red radishes, beets; did this on the grill since it was too hot to do inside

Breakfast: 1/2 piece of wg toast with peanut butter, cheerios, strawberries, raspberries, 1% milk, coffee
Lunch: 1 corn tortilla, leftover zucchini, onions, tomato, corn saute, chili sauce, black beans taco
snack: 1 beer
Dinner: 1/4 of grilled steak, 2 roasted small new red potatoes, salad with lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, avocado, roasted radishes, beets, carrots, kohlrabi, blue cheese crumbles and italian dressing, glass of red wine

[Reesha]

I've been on a beans and rice kick. James and I are trying to spend less on food and beans and rice are cheap, nutritious and plentiful.

Today it's lima beans slow cooked with smoked ham shanks, onions, bell peppers and celery served with rice. Oh man, I can't wait!

[Crankin]

yesterday:
3 egg omelette with bruschetta and cheese, 3 slices turkey bacon, blueberries, coffee
raspberry lime ricky on a ride stop

salad with chicken and kidney beans, avocado, an orange, slice of whole wheat bread

Indian food, pretty late after a movie: chicken tikka, cup of lentil soup, a few pieces of naan, glass of red wine

[Reesha]

Yum to the Indian Food. Have you ever been to Monsoon over in Acton? I love that place!

I started today with a mini bowl of corn flakes. Mmmm commodity corn.

[spokewench]

bowl of cheerios, strawberries, raspberries, strawberries, 1% milk, coffee
2 pieces cheddar cheese, 3 thin pieces of salami, watermelon
1/4 of a butternut squash, filled with zucchini, onion,brown rice, turkey sausage filling, with homemade marinara sauce over the top and some mozzarella cheese
1 ice cream sandwich

In addition, I made a wonderful chicken vege soup that I will be eating on in the next few days. chicken, onions, carrots, celery, new red potatoes, green beans, cabbage, rainbow chard.