What did you eat today?

[Crankin]

B: egg white omelette with low fat cheddar, salsa, an orange, coffee
L: veggie burger with melted low fat Havarti, cup of tomato soup, apple, pack of nuts and cranberries
one hour on the trainer, doing intervals
S: piece of Machengo cheese
D: glass of red wine, 2 very thin, pork chops coated with cumin, pan seared, with peach-poblano-cilantro salsa, and whole wheat fusilli with red pepper, olive oil, one dark chocolate truffle

[Reesha]

B: egg white omelet w/ swiss, 1 slice toast with ham and slice cheese
L: tilapia, cucumber/tomato salad, sauteed collard greens
D: pork + fennel meatballs with blackberry preserves, frisée salad w/ poached egg + shallot vinaigrette

[Catrin]

It is Crankin's fault...I found a wonderful cheese at Trader Joe's...Toscano cheese with peppercorns. This is just plain yummy!

Today:

B: steel-cut oats with berries, scrambled egg whites, skim milk, coffee

40 minute lower-body workout session, fitness walk prior to it.

L: whole-wheat tortilla wrap with skinless roasted chicken breast, turkey bacon, partial slice of Gouda cheese, sprouts...I was hungry!

1 hour bike ride....OUTSIDE

S: 2 small slivers of the yummy Toscano cheese (I am in trouble), handful of almonds and raisins

D: Smoked chicken/turkey sausage, 1 slice sprouted bread, 1 beer

S: berries and fat-free Greek yogurt.

I am still hungry for some reason, but I've eaten enough today - time to go to sleep!

[Reesha]

What do you guys do with your egg yolks? I have chickens, but I buy regular grocery store eggs for the egg whites. I cook the yolks and feed them to the chickens. They love them! I would never dream of not eating the yolks of my own chickens' eggs!

[Catrin]

What do you guys do with your egg yolks? I have chickens, but I buy regular grocery store eggs for the egg whites. I cook the yolks and feed them to the chickens. They love them! I would never dream of not eating the yolks of my own chickens' eggs!

I buy egg whites, I eat so many of them that I don't want to waste all of those yolks...I do buy whole eggs, but I don't use them for egg whites.

[Reesha]

Yeah I was eyeballing the big carton of egg whites wondering if it was a better value than a tray of 18 large eggs. There was no estimating in that fashion. Still, I have a place for the yolks. Once I'm doing making my egg whites, I just dump the yolks in the pan while it's still hot and they cook on the residual heat. Then chicken treat time!

Although sometimes my dog gets one as a treat

[Crankin]

I buy the big carton of egg whites. I started out just dumping the yokes a few years ago, but since I buy organic eggs now, that's way too wasteful and expensive. We manage to still go through quite a few eggs a week, even with me using the whites from a carton. Sometimes I mix the whites with regular eggs, sometimes I just eat regular eggs. But, since this is the only way I can up my protein at breakfast (I'm allergic to whey), it works.

[Anelia]

What do you guys do with your egg yolks? I have chickens, but I buy regular grocery store eggs for the egg whites. I cook the yolks and feed them to the chickens. They love them! I would never dream of not eating the yolks of my own chickens' eggs!

I eat whole eggs. Usually 3 every morning together with some oats and curd. I bake them as a pancake. It is a totally natural product and I don't believe that natural food would do harm. Eggs are egg-xcellent

[Owlie]

I'm a whole-egg (fried or omelet-ized) person. The only recipe I can think of that calls for egg yolks alone is for cookies. I think that might be counterproductive. (Unless, of course, you feel like baking. Then you are free to send some my way.)

Reesha, I find feeding egg yolks to chickens funny, in a rather warped way.

[Crankin]

OK, my weight was down even more Saturday morning. I've been really good and I tried to plan for going out Sat. night. Alas, that didn't work so well...
B: 2 egg omelette with Mexican cheese, salsa, avocado, 2 chicken-sage breakfast sausages, half a grapefruit, coffee

L: baked whole wheat tortilla with chopped tomato, avocado, chicken breast on top, cup of butternut squash soup
40 minute hike up a steep hill and down the even steeper side, 30 minutes of yoga
S: 1/4 cup of low fat cottage cheese, nuts and cranberries
D: Italian restaurant, where DH and I shared an anti-pasti plate (this was my downfall), cod baked with zucchini and tomatoes, with a side of roasted eggplant and potatoes. I ate half the cod, all of the veggies, and 2 pieces of the roasted potatoes. Oh yea, and the 2.5 glasses of red wine. Decaf.

[spokewench]

What do you guys do with your egg yolks? I have chickens, but I buy regular grocery store eggs for the egg whites. I cook the yolks and feed them to the chickens. They love them! I would never dream of not eating the yolks of my own chickens' eggs!

I eat them! There is nothing wrong with an egg yolk! My cholesterol numbers are perfect

[spokewench]

B: 2 eggs scrambled with green chili peppers and mozzarella cheese, a few roasted potatoes and a piece of wg toast with butter, oj and coffee
L: small plate of enchilada, brown rice and beans
D: 2 tilapia tacos with cabbage, crema/green chili sauce, cabbage and tomato salsa, 1 beer

[Catrin]

I eat them! There is nothing wrong with an egg yolk! My cholesterol numbers are perfect

My cholesterol numbers are great, but I don't want the fat in the yolks, I eat a LOT of egg whites in the course of a week. I like the pure protein and low calories in egg whites, though I do still eat whole eggs a few times a week.

[Crankin]

25 minutes of hill walking intervals and 3 minutes of running on the treadmill, "fasting"

B:endive, stuffed with low fat cottage cheese and smoked salmon, blueberries, walnuts, and cranberries, coffee
L: We hosted 2 of DH's co-workers who are here from China. A morning of historical tourist spots in town, about 2 miles of walking. Then we went to the restaurant at a local airport, where they feature local produce, cheese, and meats. We often eat here on rides. Anyway, it was later than we planned, but I had a veggie omelette with fontina cheese, 2 slices of multi grain toast, and a small bowl of home made applesauce, coffee
D: minestrone soup with turkey meatballs/fennel, spinach, tomatoes and a salad

[Reesha]

I eat them! There is nothing wrong with an egg yolk! My cholesterol numbers are perfect

Ah, you suspect me of omitting them all together. not to worry, for the four or five egg whites I eat per day, I often eat 1-2 of my chicken's whole eggs. Seven whole eggs per day is just a bit too much. If I'm not clucking within a year, I shall be surprised