What did you eat today?

[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.

[Susan Otcenas]

Catrin

I have read that over time we tend to eat the same VOLUME of food, regardless of what we're eating. SO, when one is losing weight, it's best to substitute high volume/lower calorie foods (ie. sub 100 cals of high volume broccoli for the same volume of say, rice, which has several times those cals at the same volume). In your case, you need to ADD more cals, so you might try subbing in something lower volume/higher calori so that you get the calories you need without the "I'm not hungry anymore" feeling.

[Crankin]

B: 2 scrambled eggs with salsa, low fat cheddar, 2 pieces Canadian bacon, half a grapefruit, coffee
28 minute run-walk-cool down, a little over 2 miles, hilly
L:half a turkey sand. on whole wheat, with mustard, goat cheese, cole slaw, an orange
I kicked a soccer ball and ran around for 30 minutes with one of my clients
D: very small boneless chicken breast with a balsamic reduction and pine nuts, roasted zucchini and red pepper, whole wheat cous cous, 2 pieces dark chocolate

[Owlie]

For me, fruit makes a terrible snack. It's good as part of a snack, with something higher-protein, or as dessert, but if I eat it on its own, I'm hungry again in ten minutes. It's like my stomach is asking "Are you sure there isn't more?"

B: Ham, egg and cheese sandwich, mocha. I need to stop eating breakfast out.
L: Leftover chicken stir fry.
S: Goldfish crackers (more than I should admit to), 2 mini Reese's cups, some coconut-flavored "enhanced water" that I got for for free. It wasn't actually too bad, but I'm not going to make a habit out of it.
D: Very large "things I found in the fridge" salad: Arugula with a handful of spring mix, radishes, a bit of yellow bell pepper, a can of olive oil-packed tuna (drained), walnuts, dressing.

[Catrin]

Susan and GLC, thank you. Yeah, I KNOW that the old "fat makes you fat" thing is bogus - it isn't that simple, but I did buy into it and it did help me lose a lot of weight. Now it is time for something different.

Susan - great idea, and I hadn't thought about it that way. I am going to have to think about next weeks shopping

Today:
B: 2 egg whites + 1 whole egg, steel cut oats with blueberries, dried cranberries and a bit of PB. Skim milk and coffee
S: small apple + a bit of PB
L: Roasted skinless chicken, brown rice, raw carrots, celery and bok choy. 10 Almonds with some raisins
S: Cliff bar
D: (at church) Lentil soup, small salad, bread.

Not bad for a rest day, though probably still a bit low. I need to go grocery shopping but that won't happen until tomorrow night or Friday.

[spokewench]

special k cereal, 1% milk, coffee
1 banana
chicken, vege stir fry with rice noodles
1 chobani peach yogurt
4 pork ribs, roasted potatoes, salad with vinaigrette dressing and blue cheese crumbles, 1 glass red wine

[GLC1968]

OK, yesterday's dinner got changed. We ended up eating at a Mexican place, so I had lots of guacamole and a big salad topped with fajita steak, veggies, more quac, pico and salsa. YUM! Some corn chips were consumed, but I tried to keep it to a minimum.

Today

Breakfast - smoothie: 1/2 banana, 6 frozen strawberries, 1/2 scoop egg white protein powder, 1/2 c almond milk, 2 T coconut milk, 1 c spinach
Snack - coffee with cream, lara bar
Lunch - 3 cups mixed veggies, 3 oz cooked chicken, 1/2 c yellow curry sauce (coconut milk, yellow curry paste)
Snack - 1 oz raw milk cheddar, 1 apple, 2 oz spiced nuts
Dinner - Ground beef/Spinach/Basil/Pumpkin/Egg bake

[Susan Otcenas]

5:30 am: 2 small slices homemade wholegrain bread with homemade strawberry fig jam
6:00 am: one hr cycling class
7:15 am: 20 minute transition run
7:45 am: 1 cup nonfat greek yogurt with 3/4 cup blueberries. Inhaled in the front seat of my car after the run.
8:30 am: 2 slices of Dave's Killer Bread Light, with one tablespoon Wild Squirrel's Bright-Eyed & Bushy-Tailed Peanut Butter. (This stuff is to die for. It's peanuts, ground espresso beans and little nibs of dark chocolate. oooh la la. Amazing on toast!)
12:00 pm: salad (spinach, mushrooms, sweet peppers) with balsamic vinegar. 1 medium (250 grams when raw) roasted sweet potato. 1 pear.
3:00 pm (planned snack) One cup steamed broccoli with sriracha
6:30 pm (planned dinner) Tonight's plan is a 4oz. burger made with locally-sourced grass fed beef (we bought part of a steer from our CSA), mushrooms, peppers, spices, etc. One 100cal "thin bun". Some combo of veggies on the side (probably broccoli, cauliflower & brussels sprouts). I might stir fry some kale, too. I have lots.

[Owlie]

5:30 am: 2 small slices homemade wholegrain bread with homemade strawberry fig jam
6:00 am: one hr cycling class
7:15 am: 20 minute transition run
7:45 am: 1 cup nonfat greek yogurt with 3/4 cup blueberries. Inhaled in the front seat of my car after the run.
8:30 am: 2 slices of Dave's Killer Bread Light, with one tablespoon Wild Squirrel's Bright-Eyed & Bushy-Tailed Peanut Butter. (This stuff is to die for. It's peanuts, ground espresso beans and little nibs of dark chocolate. oooh la la. Amazing on toast!)
12:00 pm: salad (spinach, mushrooms, sweet peppers) with balsamic vinegar. 1 medium (250 grams when raw) roasted sweet potato. 1 pear.
3:00 pm (planned snack) One cup steamed broccoli with sriracha
6:30 pm (planned dinner) Tonight's plan is a 4oz. burger made with locally-sourced grass fed beef (we bought part of a steer from our CSA), mushrooms, peppers, spices, etc. One 100cal "thin bun". Some combo of veggies on the side (probably broccoli, cauliflower & brussels sprouts). I might stir fry some kale, too. I have lots.

That peanut butter sounds amazing. Or extremely dangerous. Or both. Good thing I probably can't find it here. (Are the peanuts roasted? I can't do raw ones.)

[solobiker]

Commute to work via bike..short ride..about 3 miles

B: , Greek plain yogurt with protien powder

S: Luna bar

L: Salad without dressing with 4oz of steak and an apple

Commute home then went on an hour long walk

S: Pretzels and dried fruit

D: Not sure yet..most likely chicken

[Susan Otcenas]

That peanut butter sounds amazing. Or extremely dangerous. Or both. Good thing I probably can't find it here. (Are the peanuts roasted? I can't do raw ones.)

Yup, roasted. So good.

http://wildsquirrelnutbutter.com/

Of course, now that I've discovered it, they discontinued that flavor. SO, I bought 2 jars and at some point shall attempt to recreate it! They have other flavors, though. So much peanut butter, so little time....

[Catrin]

I actually met my calorie target today - but only because we had a day-long meeting that featured a working lunch ordered from Jimmy John's...

B: 2 whole eggs, steel cut oats with blueberries, skim milk, coffee
S: small apple with mozz. stick
L: Jimmy John's Beach Club sandwich without mayo (on their slim sub bread) Something like 700 calories I doubt dropping the mayo made that much difference.
Pre-workout snack: Power Bar

1 hour group training class - he kicked our buts! I have a solo workout with the same trainer tomorrow so didn't do the 30 minute Bosu class after.

D: baked tuna steak, roasted kale and bok choy, 1 slice Ezekial bread, skim milk.

Target calories today of 2,000, reached about 1,900. Wouldn't have happened with my normal lunch though. Grocery shopping tomorrow, thinking about how to mix things up!

[Reesha]

oh man my stomach is regretting tonight!!!

My aunt made amazing homemade whole wheat pizza and then we had a cake from a local bakery. My stomach is not having this grainy overload right now! weeee! It's been months since I've had this much wheat.;

[Owlie]

Yup, roasted. So good.

http://wildsquirrelnutbutter.com/

Of course, now that I've discovered it, they discontinued that flavor. SO, I bought 2 jars and at some point shall attempt to recreate it! They have other flavors, though. So much peanut butter, so little time....

Nope, can't get it here. That almond butter looks good, though...

Today was interesting...
B: Frappucino, bacon, egg, cheese sandwich. This is getting absurd. I know I'm not sleeping terribly well, so I end up oversleeping and grabbing breakfast on the way to 'class', but still.
L: Random assortment: Beef jerky, that "life water" stuff (coconut flavored), 2 slices of pizza, a slice of cake for a classmate's birthday.
S: a few chocolate-covered espresso beans, half a protein drink
14.8 mile bike ride--2 shot blocks when I got back to the car, water
D: 3 or 4 strips of flank steak fajita (marinated in beer, lime juice, Worcestershire sauce and spices), with onions and bell pepper marinated in the same stuff, on an 8-inch tortilla with a spoonful of guacamole. It was all that would fit on the tortilla. A side of cilantro-lime rice, and most of the remaining baby arugula.