What did you eat today?

[Catrin]

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.

For me, this is the best way to increase my protein to the levels I've been told I need with the least number of additional calories. I am supposed to have high levels of protein and low fat...

I have been, however, mixing things up a bit by adding a few more good whole fats (small amounts of good cheese, almonds, etc.) and pulling back a bit on carbs. I am feeling pretty good, and while I am not currently losing weight I am not gaining any...

A couple of times a week instead of having 3 egg whites at breakfast, I will have 2 egg whites and 1 whole egg - yummy!

[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.

[azfiddle]

unusual 2 ride day!

B: steel cut oats with 1 T. toasted pecans, 1 T. dried cranberries
S: (on 42 mile ride) 1/2 Clif bar, 1 GU
L: leftover snapper with tomato, onion & chile, tomato basil pasta, chile/lime tortilla chips, 5 "Savannah Smiles" lemon Girl Scout cookies
S: (on 25 mile ride) 1 GU,
D: chicken sausage (spinach-feta), sauteed mushrooms, spinach,onion, tomato, red & green peppers), 1 cup pasta, parmesan cheese

then I baked choc chip cookies for DH to celebrate finishing his 300k and enjoyed 4 of them. I was still hungry....

*I once declared, right here on TE, that I would never use GU... but have had a change of heart since the El Tour de Tucson training with Carmichael Training Systems coaches. (The first one's free.....) I don't use them on every ride, but they are convenient...

[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

[Owlie]

Brunch, since I got up at noon today : Cereal with 1%
Green tea latte (iced), half a bag of peanut butter M&Ms, a Hershey kiss
Marathon cleaning session--totally counts as weight lifting in my book...
Half a 2% Greek yogurt with granola and a (generous) drizzle of honey
~30 minutes on the trainer
The other half of the yogurt carton
Pulled pork sandwich with chipotle barbecue sauce, a banana and half a blood orange.

[Catrin]

Super Bowl Sunday:

B: The usual (steel-cut oats with berries, scrambled egg whites, skim milk, coffee)

S: small apple with 1/2 cup cottage cheese

L: whole wheat tortilla wrap with 4 slices turkey bacon, tomato slices, 1/2 avocado, sprouts and a bit of low-fat "mayo", 1 cup skim milk. More coffee

1 hour bike ride...outside

D: home-made black bean soup (very simple, with only spices, tomato, onion, celery), 1 small roasted/skinless chicken breast, 1/2 cup brown rice. 1 beer, 2 wedges dark chocolate. A bit of no-fat Greek yogurt on the soup, yummy!

[alexis_the_tiny]

Monday Blues:

B: plain full fat yogurt with cornflakes.

L: Leftover braised noodles with this beancurd roll stuffed with pork and shrimp.

Gym session: 25 minutes of intervals on a gym bike :s 20 minutes of weights and dynamic squats + lunges

Post gym: A bottle of apple, lemon, cucumber and lettuce juice (big mistake, stomach is very unhappy now)

D: brown rice, cabbage stir fried with red chilies and garlic, soy sauce egg

Something like 2 litres of water and counting...

[spokewench]

1 bowl of cereal, strawberries, banana, 1 small pancake with maple syrup, coffee
2 1/2 hours of tennis (1/2 of a nut energy bar)
Lunch: small plate of enchilada and beans
Dinner: ricotta stuff shells with tomato and sausage (chicken) sauce, sauteed yellow and zucchini squash, 1 glass red wine
1 brownie

[Owlie]

Catrin, do you puree your soup or just let it cook and fall apart? I've been (I just typed it as the legume ) hunting for a black bean soup recipe. The last one I made just wasn't all that good.

B: Whole-grain waffles with peanut butter and jelly (hey, it's not bad! And quick too!)
L: Buffalo chicken sandwich (with spinach, onion and banana pepper), jalapeno potato chips
S: Small Toblerone. Oh, how I missed those.
glass of Coke
D: Bowl of bean soup, with kale
15 minutes of ladders on the trainer.
I'm going to go make myself a sort of pina colada-inspired smoothie. I don't have rum but I do have a bunch of bananas to use up.