What did you eat today?

[Crankin]

Yep, I eat a lot of whole eggs, olive oil, avocado, and walnuts. I do use egg whites a couple of times a week, but basically, eggs don't cause cholesterol issues, the fat is not that high, and they are easy to make.
While I don't over eat these things, the more I add them into my diet, the more weight I lose or maintain, because I am not so hungry. And for me, that's a big issue. I could eat 24 hours a day.
I will be interested to see what my total cholesterol is; I go for my physical next week. Since it's a new doctor, she's ordering the tests after i see her. My total cholesterol last year was 217... my HDL is high (74) so my ratio is perfect. But, since I started cycling in 2000 and changing my diet from carb based to more protein and fats, my total has gone down from 244 . So, obviously the addition of more eggs, chocolate, red wine, olive oil and nuts hasn't hurt, and maybe has even helped.
I cook eggs in olive oil. DH uses real butter (a small amount).

[Catrin]

I've been avoiding whole eggs because I just plain eat so many of the darn things! I have gone down to two eggs at breakfast rather than 3, so I can replace those with whole eggs on exercise days, or at least have 1 egg white and 1 whole egg. My cholesterol is fantastic, as is the HDL/LDL ratio so I don't know what I am worried about - guess I want to keep it that way.

Good point about other forms of fat being better for us than dairy fat. Often I just dress my salads with a good balsamic vinegar or even just lemon juice, this looks like another area that I can improve in...thanks for the ideas everyone! I don't want to go overboard, and considering what my diet was like for years it is a bit ironic that I am having this kind of a problem with it

[Susan Otcenas]

5:00 am: banana
5:30 am: 2600 yard swim
6:45 am: Gu Roctane gel
7:00 am: 40 minute run
8:15 am: (breakfast, finally!) 1 cup nonfat greek yogurt with 1 cup mixed berries, 1 small slice homemade wholegrain bread with homemade strawberry fig jam
10:30am: a pear and another cup of yogurt
1:00 pm: (lunch) salad (spinach, mushrooms, sweet peppers) with balsamic vinegar. One can of sardines packed in olive oil.
3:00 pm One cup grapes, one cup fresh pineapple.
6:30 pm (dinner) Tonight's plan is kale & tofu sauteed with garlic and olive oil. Steamed broccoli & cauliflower with sriracha dressing on the side.

Obviously, I eat a lot of fruit! 5 servings today. I don't always eat that much fruit, but it's a rare day that I don't have at least 3 pieces. Today's protein sources are the greek yogurt (I buy the very-high protein version, low carb), the sardines and the tofu. I should probably eat more protein and less fruit!

[GLC1968]

I may join you all here again now that the only thing I have to keep my body weight under control is nutrition. I eat way more than all of you AND I am not active right now (except for daily life...no exercise to speak of)...

Breakfast: smoothie: 1/2 banana, 1/2 c blueberries, 1/2 almond milk, 1 T coconut milk, 1/2 scoop egg white protein, 1 cup spinach
Snack: coffee with cream, 1 lara bar
Lunch: 1/2 cup homemade quacamole with baby carrots and cukes, leftover beef stew with parsnips and mushrooms served over kabocha squash
Snack: 1 oz raw cheddar, 1 apple
Dinner: ground beef/spinach/basil/pumpkin/egg bake
'desert': a handful of spiced nuts

[Susan Otcenas]

I eat way more than all of you

hahaha, we're channeling each other. That's what I said when I posted last week! Me and my 7 meals a day...

I *am* active, but I'm also not losing anything right now. Of course, that could have more to do with days like yesterday, when I had sushi for dinner, then got sucked into going to YoZone with Jeff. Did you know they have peanut butter frozen yogurt??? Sooooo good. (And sooooo bad for my plan to drop some pounds before tri season. )

[GLC1968]

hahaha, we're channeling each other. That's what I said when I posted last week! Me and my 7 meals a day...

I *am* active, but I'm also not losing anything right now. Of course, that could have more to do with days like yesterday, when I had sushi for dinner, then got sucked into going to YoZone with Jeff. Did you know they have peanut butter frozen yogurt??? Sooooo good. (And sooooo bad for my plan to drop some pounds before tri season. )

I don't want to know about a frozen yogurt place! It's bad enough that I'm jonesin' for a freakin' Blizzard! Stupid Meyer Lemon cheesecake - it got to me good!

I just punched today's meals into my tracker and I'm at 40% fat for the day. Go me!

Catrin - let go of your old ideas....fat does not make you fat. I'm proof. I gave up my low-fat diet and lost weight (it was hard at first, I admit...but now it feels great). I maintain with little effort, no calorie counting and no hunger (except when I should be hungry). I still have about 15 lbs to lose, but I'm not even going to try until I can exercise like a real person again. For now, maintenance is fine with me.

[solobiker]

I need more variety...pretty much the same thing as yesterday. I find that it is just convienent.

B: oatmeal with protien powder and some almonds and raisons

S: apple and a few more almonds

L: about 4 oz of chicken and a bunch of chopped up veggies along with some pretzels

Run about 3.5 miles

S: some more chicken..of course..and an orange

D: Either chicken or possible a pizza where I use a soft shell (fajita) and put pizza makings on it. Yummmm.

Some frozen fruit for dessert.

Weights for about 20

Oh and I did have a few small pieces of dark chocolate.