What did you eat today?

[Crankin]

3 small pieces of Machengo cheese, 3 slices low salt ham, one thin slice of ww bread from the bakery, orange, coffee

chicken and low fat Havarti sandwich on ww deli flat, apple, packet of nuts and cranberries

Luna Bar

dinner out: 3/4 of an 8 oz. tenderloin steak, sweet potato, garden salad with oil and vinegar, a rather large glass of red wine

[Catrin]

Crankin, I almost picked up a wedge of Machengo cheese today from Trader Joes, but the price encouraged me to try a wedge of "Lite Sharp Celtic Cheddar" instead, we will see.

Last night when I came home from a hard spinning class, I found myself craving fat. Any kind of fat, but I didn't have anything! No nuts, no cheese, no whole eggs, all of my dairy is non-fat...didn't even have any nut butter. Almonds and cheese went on this morning's shopping list for Trader Joe's. I am beginning to wonder if I should try to lower my carbs further and raise my fat (good fats, of course) and see if that is what's been going on with my weight plateau. This isn't the first time I've recently craved fats after a hard workout.

Yesterday:

B: Steel cut oats, egg whites, skim milk, coffee

S: apple and 2 tiny choc/mint truffles

L: left-over yummy chicken/veggie/spinach soup with a bit of brown rice

S: Cliff Bar

30 minute brisk walk, 90 minutes spinning (45 steady state, 45 minute class)

D: more left-over yummy chicken/veggie/spinach soup with brown rice

[Crankin]

Machengo cheese *is* expensive. But, I am so addicted to it. It's cheaper at Trader Joe's than anywhere else. Frankly, I don't mind paying for good food and good bicycles.

[Crankin]

half a banana before spin class at 5:30
B: sandwich on a whole wheat bagel with low salt ham and low fat Havarti cheese, blueberries and strawberries, coffee

L: salad with arugula, chicken, goat cheese, red pepper, cup of roasted red pepper soup

S: slice of ww bread and hummus

D: well, at my Chanukah party, so a little (a lot) more than usual: small slice of chicken with orange sauce, chunk of salmon with sauce verte, piece of kugel (noodle pudding) 1.5 potato pancakes with applesauce on top, salad with fennel, half a bagel with cream cheese. 2 glasses of wine. one brownie and one slice of sour cream chocolate cake.

[Catrin]

So far today...

B: egg sandwich with 2 egg whites and 1 whole egg with a small amount of shredded lite Irish white chedder, sprouted bread, a bit of no-fat cottage cheese, coffee and skim milk

1 hour pilates reformer (they offer free classes on Christmas and New Years Eve), 25 minutes weights, 20 minutes Arc Trainer - TRYING not to overdo it...
S: apple with a bit of PB

Lunch: leftover chicken/veggie/spinach soup with a bit of brown rice, skim milk. coffee afterwards

35 minute bike ride

D: remainder of the leftover chicken/veggie/spinach soup, and a piece of sprouted bread with a bit of PB. skim milk

S: 6 almonds, small banana (just starving for some reason)

Really wanted to open my half-growler of Teddy Bear Kisses (chocolate Russian Imperial Stout), but I want to save that for tomorrow night. I KNOW I will feast tomorrow with friends, and even if I try to be good will still eat too much and you know, it is Christmas, I can enjoy good food and beer with friends!

[Catrin]

Broke pretty much every "eating rule" I have today, along with several really good beers. As it is Christmas I refuse to feel badly for feasting with friends, and will just have to be extra strict next week and not weigh until Friday. That last part will be hard... It wasn't so much quantity, I just couldn't stay out of the homemade sweets

B: cheese and crackers, celery with cream cheese, coffee

L: egg whites, coffee

S: "buckeyes", pretzel/white chocolate/peppermint things, fudge (not really that much of any of them but all of them...)

D: honey glazed ham, green beans, potatoes, bread, beer

S: more beer, cookies

[Owlie]

Uh...
B: Bowl of cereal, gingerbread-flavored tea with sugar and half-and-half
L/D: Turkey, green beans, potatoes with garlic, glass of red wine; 2 small pieces of baklava and a cookie for dessert
S: Pieces of turkey while packaging the leftovers for freezing; more cookies, pumpkin spice-flavored tea with sugar and half-and-half.
There's still a lingering hole there. I think I'll have an apple.

Yes, I'm riding tomorrow before it starts raining.

[shootingstar]

Breakfast today began with:

cornflakes with skim milk + fresh cut pineapple, tea with milk.....and a piece of chocolate mousse cake from Christmas dinner. Gosh this will take awhile to whittle down.

But in my mind, eating a piece at beginning of day is better than at the end.

[Catrin]

Today is indeed another day...

B: egg whites with a bit of no-fat cottage cheese and turkey bacon

S: chocolate chip cookies...the remainder are now in the freezer

L: apple with no-fat cottage cheese

[Owlie]

Dietary beer goggles, Catrin?

I made a batch of shortbread (chai-flavored), and my mom made multiple batches of various Goan sweets (the cookies are incredibly addicting), in addition to what my great aunt sent us. Plus there's the tray of baklava, and the cake, and...
I swear I ride my bike so that I can keep eating dessert.

B: whole grain cereal with pecans with milk
S: latte
L: Turkey sandwich (with cheese, lettuce and cranberry sauce), some low-salt chips, half a slice of pizza
fast, slightly chilly 18-mile bike ride
S: An embarrassing number of cookies, tea with milk and half-and-half

[Crankin]

B: Greek yogurt, blueberries, dried cranberries, walnuts, ww deli flat with soy nut butter and some pepper jelly, 2 cups coffee
L: fresh tuna sandwich on a roll (mmm), side of pilaf at a fish market, after 4.5 mile fast hike with friends
1/2 glass of red wine at 5 PM
D: salad with spinach, grape tomatos, chicken breast, goat cheese, herbs de Provence, vinaigrette
2 squares dark chocolate

[Catrin]

Finished up the day today:

S: 1/2 pb/banana sandwich

90 minutes hard spinning, also did 1 hour on the trainer after lunch

D: homemade shredded chicken soup/stew with carrots, celery and onion with a bit of brown rice...yummm! Skim milk, time for more water.

[spokewench]

B: Nada - just got back from a week long trip and had nothing but coffee in the house;
L: 1 piece WG bread, piece of ham, cheese, 1 cookie
D: pork stew with butternut squash, potatoes and carrots, 1 glass red wine
Dessert: 2 oatmeal cookies

[Anelia]

half-and-half

What do you mean by half-and-half? Sorry for the dumb question but I am not a native speaker. I tried to google it and it turned out that it can mean different things. I like reading this forum because every time I learn something new.

[Owlie]

What do you mean by half-and-half? Sorry for the dumb question but I am not a native speaker. I tried to google it and it turned out that it can mean different things. I like reading this forum because every time I learn something new.

Milk/Cream mixture. Tasty...