What did you eat today?

[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"

[Catrin]

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

It really is helpful to post on this thread, and the interaction is very helpful as well.

Regarding my problems with not getting enough calories, I've noted that my fat intake is still markedly below what the sports/diabetes nutritionist recommended, and my protein just a couple of percentage points high. Fat does have more calories...so it seems time to pull back a bit on non-fat dairy and move at least a portion of it to low fat. I've added more olive oil for cooking (rather than spray), but apparently that wasn't enough to move the caloric needle sufficiently. I don't want to add unhealthy things to my diet just to move the calorie needle!

[spokewench]

It really is helpful to post on this thread, and the interaction is very helpful as well.

Regarding my problems with not getting enough calories, I've noted that my fat intake is still markedly below what the sports/diabetes nutritionist recommended, and my protein just a couple of percentage points high. Fat does have more calories...so it seems time to pull back a bit on non-fat dairy and move at least a portion of it to low fat. I've added more olive oil for cooking (rather than spray), but apparently that wasn't enough to move the caloric needle sufficiently. I don't want to add unhealthy things to my diet just to move the calorie needle!

Catrin - Fat is not "unhealthy" if they are good fats. Avocados, nuts, non-saturated fats. I use plenty of olive oil to cook with things like that.

Of course with anything you don't want to overdo it, but add some healthy fats. Your body will thank you.

[Catrin]

Catrin - Fat is not "unhealthy" if they are good fats. Avocados, nuts, non-saturated fats. I use plenty of olive oil to cook with things like that.

Of course with anything you don't want to overdo it, but add some healthy fats. Your body will thank you.

I know, this focus on considering all fat to be bad isn't correct or good, but I did absorb that idea some time ago. My original nutritionist had me on a diet that only included 15% fat and I took that and made it work.

My new diet is supposed to have up to 29% fat.. Fat is also a great energy source as well. I will say that I only maintained that 15% fat proportion for about a year, until I lost most of my weight. That is really hard to maintain over a longer time period.

I have already added more nuts to my diet, and cooking with olive oil for things other than my egg whites (which stick to the pan if I don't use spray). I suspect that I will enjoy Greek yogurt with a bit more fat content

[spokewench]

B: cereal, 1% milk, strawberries, coffee
Snack: banana
Lunch: peanut butter and jelly sandwich on wg bread
Dinner: chicken stir fry with broccoli, red onions, mushrooms, pea pods, soy sauce and rice noodles, 1 glass beer
1 reeces peanut butter cup