What did you eat today?

[Crankin]

I ate way too much yesterday. Breakfast was fine, 2 egg omelette with cheese and salsa, 3 slices turkey bacon, 2 skim milk cappuccinos

then I went to my monthly peer consultation group meeting, where I had more coffee, 2 very small scallion scones, about half a cup of wheat berry salad, and mostly the fruit off of the top of some pastry thing.

came home and ate 3/4 of a Luna Bar before a 20 mile ride. It was freezing out, about 33, and riding in the cold makes me ravenous. When I got home I finished the Luna Bar, had a whole wheat deli flat and a piece of low fat Havarti cheese

went out to dinner for my anniversary at a very nice restaurant in Newton, that I've been wanting to go to for , oh, 15 years. I had a salad with pears and walnuts and wild sea bass on a bed of pureed butternut squash, with more pieces of squash around it. Also had one roll and butter and we drank about 3/4 of a bottle of red wine. We shared an apple crisp with sour cream sorbet on top. I guess it's OK, since not too many people reach 32 years of marriage, but, still.

[Reesha]

Congratulations on your anniversary. 32 years is a real accomplishment I bet it doesn't feel that long!

I met with my new personal trainer this morning and he set me up on a nutrition plan for the next six weeks. I'm pretty smart and never really eat much junk, but it's so nice to have a human being tell me what to do. There's just TOO much conventional wisdom out there sometimes. Zach is a cyclist too- a Cat 1 mountain bike racer, but a personal trainer by profession.

Here's what he's having me do to reach my 15-20 lb weight loss by April.

He wants me to do one of two things:
eat 5 300-400 calorie meals per day OR eat 3 400-500 calorie meals + 2 200-300 calorie snacks. I'm aiming for about 1800-2000 calories per day.

He wants my protein intake to be between 100-150 grams per day.
I should only be get 25 grams of carbohydrates per meal/snack, so ideally about 150 grams per day total.
Fat he was a little nebulous on, but based on what he said (quality fats from olive oil and nuts, seeds, and fish) it will probably be on the low end.

Here are some extra rules he gave me:
Glycemic carbs should come early-- grains, fruits. By dinner I should be getting carbs from veggies alone.
Lots of veggies and water all day long
Plan meals and snacks around workouts (this week I'm doing 6 hours low intensity cardio, 2 days of weight training and one low intensity 30 minute fasted workout)
No late night snacks/ minimal alcohol

I felt a little sorry for him that he ate the same thing every day during the winter, but I figure he must not like to cook very much and he's a national level mountain bike racer.

Anyway, I've got like a pound and a half of atlantic salmon in the fridge (we recently discovered we can buy fish at cost through James' workplace), so that will keep me well covered over the next couple days. I'm excited! I hope I can stick to the plan well this week