What did you eat today?

[alexis_the_tiny]

I love bok choy but need to get better at cooking it. I've never been good at stir-frying, which is strange because it should be easy.

I saw watercress in Chinatown today and wondered what to do with it. Do you cook it?

My mom taught me as a kid that you cut the stems off the bok choy and stir fry them first until they're a bright green color and throw the leaves in to finish cooking. Something about the stems taking longer to cook. Bok choy is probably the only green leafy veg I eat, usually stir fried with loads of garlic and really hot chili peppers.

Watercress can be thrown into salads, this sandwich shop used to put tender watercress leaves into the egg salad sandwiches. Yum. I slow cook it with pork ribs and Chinese red dates to make soup. According to Chinese lore, that soup is good for your lungs. I just think it's darned tasty.

Today's food:
Breakfast: 1 cup low fat yogurt, 1 cup cereal drink
Workout: Running after my students in a swimming pool. Otherwise known as aqua-running!
Snack: peanut butter on wholewheat bread
Lunch: Alphabet pasta in tomato sauce with spinach and pork sausages
Snack: low fat yogurt and half a muesli bar
Dinner: Carrot and meatball soup with pasta

[spokewench]

B: special K, strawberries, 1% milk, coffee
Snack: banana
Lunch: small helping of enchilada casserole, rice
Dinner: rice, 1 chicken thigh cooked in peppers/artichokes/onions/tomato sauce, 1 glass prosecco
2 snack pieces of chocolate

[limewave]

Eggs and toast.
Oatmeal
Luna Bar
Banana and a Salad
Yogurt w/ PB and raisins
spicy black beans and salsa
green smoooooooooooothie

[Crankin]

a few walnuts (5-6?) before strength and core class
B: 3 slices turkey bacon, low salt turkey breast over sliced tomatoes with melted cheddar, half a grapefruit, coffee
S: OK, I was shopping in Walmart (I hate to say that, only 2nd time I've been to one) for supplies for my kiddie sessions, when I realized I didn't have my snacks for the day. I bought a bag of almonds, cranberries, and chocolate pieces. Ate a small handful in the car, and deduced the cranberries are much sweeter than the ones in the TJ packets. It's a big bag, I have to break it into small packets.
L: home made chicken salad made with Greek yogurt and walnuts, an apple, piece of cheese
S: a couple of handfuls of the above snack mix
D: tuna with sesame seeds, baby bok choy with shitake mushrooms,whole wheat soba noodles in a light soy sauce, 2 squares chocolate

[Catrin]

Why can't I get enough calories on an exercise day? I eat, and eat, and eat...and STILL wind up far below where I should be...but it is creeping up. Not being hungry doesn't help...but I know I need it.

B: "mixed" scrambled eggs (egg whites with 1 whole egg), steel cut oats with a few blueberries and a bit of PB, skim milk
S: 10 almonds and a few raisins
L: roasted skinless chicken breast, 2 slices sprouted wheat bread, raw carrots and celery.
S: small apple with a bit of PB

pre-workout snack: Larabar

60 minute group training class, 30 minute Bosu class
A few almonds and raisins while cooking dinner

D: out of ready protein outside of eggs and it is too late to cook it so... 3 egg-white omelet with bok choy and green onions (actually pretty good) with a slice of toasted sprouted wheat bread.

I figured out that I am still almost 700 calories down...so having a snack of skim milk and a few more almonds & raisins for a pre-bedtime snack.

I am glad that I don't have to worry about net calories, just reaching an average target is hard enough! I HAVE noticed that now I am eating more I no longer have trouble sleeping all night long, someone told me that low blood sugar will interfere with sleeping.

[Owlie]

B: Egg, bacon and cheese sandwich, mocha.
L: Chicken sandwich, Sun Chips
S: Half a Clif bar
14.5-mile bike ride (on which I ate the other half of the Clif bar)
D: Bowl of cereal. It was going to be the last of the chickpea curry, but by the time I got home after running errands, I was feeling far too lazy.

[solobiker]

Today:

B: Oatmeal with protien powder and some almonds

S: Beef jerky and an apple

L: Chicken and 1 cup of chopped up veggies

Walk 1 hour
Spinnerval 45

S: Chocolate milk and some pretzels

D: Chicken with a salad
Frozen fruit.

I have never have posted on this before. I may try just to keep me "honest"