What did you eat today?

[Susan Otcenas]

I scan this thread often, and I always feel like I eat *a lot* compared to some of you. Here's yesterday:

6:00 am: banana
6:30 am: 2700 yard swim
8:00 am: Gu Roctane gel
8:15 am: 40 minute run
9:30 am: (breakfast, finally!) 2 eggs, 1 chicken sausage, 2 small slices homemade wholegrain bread with homemade strawberry fig jam
11:00am: apple
1:00 pm: (lunch) salad (spinach, mushrooms, carrots, sweet peppers) with balsamic vinegar and topped with 1/2 can of salmon (about 2 oz.), 1/2 medium sweet potato, 1 cup steamed broccoli
4:00 pm 1 cup nonfat greek yogurt
6:30 pm (dinner) 1/4 of a medium roasted butternut squash with a dash of maple syrup and a sprinkling of unsweetened shaved coconut, kale water-sauteed with mushrooms and garlic, steamed broccoli.

Huh. I ate 7 times yesterday! I guess that's typical for me though, when I have a double workout, like yesterday. If I have just one workout, I eat 6 times.

On the bright side, this WAS within my calorie budget for the day!

[Crankin]

Uh, you exercise 5X as much as some of us...

[spokewench]

Uh, you exercise 5X as much as some of us...

Ditto! I only play tennis - it doesn't burn half as many calories as cycling for hours did. I probably eat the most calories of all the folks that post here a lot. But, I do watch now since I don't exercise as much

[Crankin]

5 almonds before strength and core class
B: 4 slices of low salt ham rolled with cream cheese, bowl of Irish oatmeal
L: can of tuna in olive oil, red peppers, an apple
S: pack of nuts and cranberries
D: salmon burger, cole slaw, asparagus roasted on the grill, 2 squares dark chocolate, glass of red wine

[spokewench]

B: rice chex, strawberries, milk, coffee
Snacks: 1 Banana and 1 chobani peach yogurt
Lunch: 2 chicken thighs and some greek garbanzo bean salad
Dinner: chicken sandwich with feta, pesto, tomatoes, 1/2 glass red wine

[Reesha]

I scan this thread often, and I always feel like I eat *a lot* compared to some of you.

Don't worry, I'll give you a run for your money this summer on my x-country bike ride!

Today:
1 hour fast walking
B: 3 eggs w/ parmesan, chopped strawberries
MS: larabar
L: large salad with roasted butternut squash and grilled chicken
AS: an ounce or so of cheeeeeese
D: turkey meatballs and sauce (skipped the pasta). grapefruit half for dessert

[katluvr]

[QUOTE=Susan Otcenas;629695]I scan this thread often, and I always feel like I eat *a lot* compared to some of you. Here's yesterday:QUOTE]

That is why I don't post here...I eat more, eat out more and I drink more! No wonder I am stuck at this weight!

K

[Crankin]

Hey, I eat out a lot and don't lie about my red wine obsession!
5 almonds before run-walk (30 minutes)
B: egg white omelette with turkey breast, avocado, goat cheese, an orange, coffee
L: half a low salt ham sandwich, with mustard, cole slaw
S: small skim milk iced mocha latte
D:glass of red wine, piece of cheese, 2 thin pork chops with a spicy chili-hoisin-soy sauce and mushrooms, home made cabbage slaw with ginger sesame dressing
2 squares chocolate

[Reesha]

Me too. I never post in this thread because I eat about three times more than the people who post here.

That is why I don't post here...I eat more, eat out more and I drink more! No wonder I am stuck at this weight!

K

Oh but I always think it's interesting! Everyone here has different metabolic requirements based on age, size, and activity level. Also various unique health problems. I started the thread just because I'm curious how others eat within the cycling community. I figured I'm getting just a tiny cross section though. By the same token, I tend not to post here when I'm not trying to accomplish something in training or with fat loss. It just helps to write this stuff down somewhere for me.

Yesterday was weird because my body just wasn't that hungry.
3 eggs with parmesan for a late breakfast
half a bag of buttered movie theater popcorn
16 mile bike ride
1 oz cheese
beef shawarma on basmati rice with pickled beets

I guess I just wasn't that hungry. Today my brother and sister and their SOs are coming down to my mom's for dinner so I am putting on my chef hat.
I'm making pork butt braised with apples and herbs (optional bbq sauce and rolls), warm german potato salad, carrot and purple cabbage slaw, deviled eggs for starters (mmm).

I'm trying to find a sexy new deviled egg recipe. Maybe something with craime fraiche and herbs? If anyone has any ideas I am all ears!

[Catrin]

I'm trying to find a sexy new deviled egg recipe. Maybe something with craime fraiche and herbs? If anyone has any ideas I am all ears!

I made an interesting variation a couple of years back that used canned crab, it was pretty good! The problem, however, is if someone bites into it expecting more traditional stuffed eggs they get quite the surprise! Your idea sounds good and probably safer

[Owlie]

Oh but I always think it's interesting! Everyone here has different metabolic requirements based on age, size, and activity level. Also various unique health problems. I started the thread just because I'm curious how others eat within the cycling community. I figured I'm getting just a tiny cross section though. By the same token, I tend not to post here when I'm not trying to accomplish something in training or with fat loss. It just helps to write this stuff down somewhere for me.

Yesterday was weird because my body just wasn't that hungry.
3 eggs with parmesan for a late breakfast
half a bag of buttered movie theater popcorn
16 mile bike ride
1 oz cheese
beef shawarma on basmati rice with pickled beets

I guess I just wasn't that hungry. Today my brother and sister and their SOs are coming down to my mom's for dinner so I am putting on my chef hat.
I'm making pork butt braised with apples and herbs (optional bbq sauce and rolls), warm german potato salad, carrot and purple cabbage slaw, deviled eggs for starters (mmm).

I'm trying to find a sexy new deviled egg recipe. Maybe something with craime fraiche and herbs? If anyone has any ideas I am all ears!

I can't help with the deviled eggs, but shawarma...drool. Anyway.

Yesterday:
Cereal with 1% milk
Small white chocolate mocha
the equivalent of 2.5 glasses of wine, small amounts of salad, jambalaya, California roll, vegetarian paella (good, actually, but I think it needed that flavor from that comes from browned meat bits), chocolate truffles and peanut brittle. Yes, I was a little tipsy by the end.
12 oz frozen yogurt (non-fat strawberry/low-fat cheesecake swirl, with strawberries on top, then a layer of low-fat coconut with shredded coconut on top. I have a coconut problem.)

Today:
Big bowl of cereal with 1%
Tea (with 1% milk and sugar), 2 chocolate cookies.
Chickpea and cauliflower "curry" (really, they're just in a spicy tomato sauce...), brown rice, salad (1/2 arugula, 1/2 spring mix, with sliced radishes and Caesar dressing--it was what I had in the fridge.)

[Catrin]

Rest day today, so a target of 1600-1800 calories. I made it, barely, but I did make it

B: 1 egg white + 1 whole egg, 1 cup steel cut oats with fresh blueberries + 6 almonds, skim milk and coffee. 1 small chunk of low-fat Celtic white cheddar

S: small banana with 1 tsp PB

L: Leftover seared tuna steak sandwich with sprouted wheat bread, a little more white cheddar, steamed bok choy

S: 8 almonds + a few raisins

D: roasted skinless chicken breast, brown rice, steamed/sauteed kale, bok choy, and onion. 1 Bad Elmer's Porter

S: small apple with 1 tsp PB

[Crankin]

B: omelette with 2 turkey-sage breakfast sausages, goat cheese, marinara
L: 1/4 lb. of chicken salad with red grapes and almonds from the Concord Cheese Shop. This place has the best salads around. This was during the lunch break at the club bike workshop we were presenting at... some of the other presenters grilled us about why we weren't eating the crappy sandwiches they provided for us.
S: packet of nuts and cranberries,one piece of Iberico cheese
D: OK, went to the North End, had a stressful drive and time finding space in the parking garage, so we did have a nice walk to the restaurant.
DH and I shared parts of the 3 course Restaurant Week menu. Shared an eggplant/mozzarella melanzzine and a delicious blood orange salad. Perfect portion sizes. I ordered farfalle with spring veggies for my main course. It was delicious, and it was easy to only eat half, since there was cream sauce involved. I actually found myself scraping the sauce off.
Had about 2 glasses of red wine and we split the most delicious piece of flourless chocolate cake.

[Catrin]

Rode today so had a target of 2000 calories, didn't meet it but didn't do too badly:

B: 2 egg whites, 1 cup steel cut oats with fresh blueberries + a bit of PB, skim milk and coffee

L: Cliff bar + 2 small cups of coffee at church. Then I went to a baby shower at a hospital (she is on total bed rest at the hospital until she gives birth/they induce) - had a strawberry, 3 Townhouse crackers with a bit of cheese and two tiny roast beef roll-ups with cream cheese

Pre-ride snack: banana/pb sammy on one slice sprouted wheat bread

1 hour pretty hard ride

D: roasted skinless chicken breast, 1/2 cup brown rice, roasted kale, sauteed bok choy and mushrooms in olive oil, 6 almonds and a few raisins, 1 beer (pretty shocking how many calories were in this meal I needed them but still!

Just a little over 1,800 calories consumed, just a tad bit more fat than I needed but other than that I won't complain. Hard to really calculate the calories from what little I had at the shower, so I may be closer to my goal than I know.

[PamNY]

I scan this thread often, and I always feel like I eat *a lot* compared to some of you.

Me too. I never post in this thread because I eat about three times more than the people who post here.