What did you eat today?

[Susan Otcenas]

Today is a rest day!! Yay! I really needed one.

Breakfast - smoothie with almond milk, blue berries, peaches, flax meal and just a touch of agave.
"snack" - 2 unflavored lattes with 1% milk. Yeah, this is overboard, but this was over the course of a 3 hour meeting at a coffee shop. I justified it by having no sweetener and recognizing that it's really no worse than drinking a glass of milk.
Lunch - Spinach salad with mushrooms, peppers and tomatoes. Balsamic vinegar. Topped with 1/3 of an avocado and 4 oz. turkey meat. Side of a kick@ss carrot/cabbage shredded salad I made last night with a light sesame/ginger/garlic dressing. I made a ton, so this will re-appear all week!
afternoon snacks - I had both a pear and a apple, an hour or so apart.
Dinner - I bought a whole wild coho salmon last night. I'll cut it into fillets tonight and grill up 2. I'll freeze the rest. Plan to have roasted cauliflower on the side.

[Susan Otcenas]

Mmmm, can I come over for dinner, Susan?

Actually, in all seriousness, can you post your recipe for your slaw? I love having cold salads in the fridge to grab as snacks!

You know where I live!

Hhmmm, recipe. Well, I kinda made it up based on flavors I like. I grated up some ginger (maybe 3/4 an inch worth off the end of an average size piece of ginger root), crushed a couple cloves of garlic, put in a blob of tahini (maybe a tablespoon), ~4 tablespoons of rice wine vinegar, a splash of balsamic, a tablespoon or so or olive oil, a dash of salt... Tossed it all into my Magic Bullet (love that thing, btw!). I ended up with perhaps 1/2 cup of dressing. This was a enough dressing for a shockingly large pile of carrots (shredded in the food processor) and an entire head of purple cabbage. I'm going to be eating that all week!

[Reesha]

oh man-- you too with the purple cabbage/carrot slaw! I'm an addict. so nutrient dense and so delicious! I whiz mine in the food processor and keep it in the fridge all week long.

[Susan Otcenas]

oh man-- you too with the purple cabbage/carrot slaw! I'm an addict. so nutrient dense and so delicious! I whiz mine in the food processor and keep it in the fridge all week long.

I intended to put in some kale from my garden as well, but the pile of carrots was already so big that there was no room left in the bowl!

[Crankin]

Rest day. I took a 2.5 mile walk before breakfast instead of going to my weight training class
B: endive stuffed with low fat cream cheese and lox, very small bowl of whole wheat flakes and blueberries, skim milk, coffee
L: salad with left over salmon, artichoke hearts, red peppers, goat cheese, fig infused vinegar, an apple, nuts and cranberries
S: slice of Ezekial whole wheat (I don't like it as much as the raisin bread) with soy nut butter.
I rode about 4 very slow miles with one of my clients
D: salad with arugula, half a grapefruit, proscuitto, walnuts, olive oil, 2 pieces of sheep's milk cheese

still hungry

[GLC1968]

You know where I live!

Hhmmm, recipe. Well, I kinda made it up based on flavors I like. I grated up some ginger (maybe 3/4 an inch worth off the end of an average size piece of ginger root), crushed a couple cloves of garlic, put in a blob of tahini (maybe a tablespoon), ~4 tablespoons of rice wine vinegar, a splash of balsamic, a tablespoon or so or olive oil, a dash of salt... Tossed it all into my Magic Bullet (love that thing, btw!). I ended up with perhaps 1/2 cup of dressing. This was a enough dressing for a shockingly large pile of carrots (shredded in the food processor) and an entire head of purple cabbage. I'm going to be eating that all week!

Ooh, sounds good! Thanks!

I use my magic bullet every morning for my smoothies! It's great for making those date balls I make in small quantities, too (not that I'm doing that or anything!).

[Catrin]

Today:

B: Kashi Autumn Wheat cereal with skim milk, strawberries, whole eggs, skim milk, coffee
S: almonds and raisins
L: Roasted skinless chicken breast, brown rice, sauteed kale, 1 small apple
S: Luna bar

15 minutes Helix lateral trainer, 60 minute high intensity class, 30 minutes Bosu class & tomorrow is a riding day

Post-workout - Powerbar

D: chicken sweet pesto sausage, 1 slice Ezekial bread, small Romaine salad with balsamic vinegar and oil dressing, small tomato, couple of pieces of goat cheese, 2 squares 85% dark chocolate dipped on some great PB, skim milk.

I am still hungry and am short about 100 calories...hmmmm what is in the fridge? I should have eaten more for lunch - need to balance out my calories better - lunch tends to be too light I think.

[solobiker]

B: Oatmeal with some kashi mixed in

S: Apple

L: Ham with a small slice of wheat bread, some pretzles and veggies ( peppers, onions, zuch, carrots.)

45 min lower body weight workout and 45 min walk

S: Small square of dark chocolate

D: Broiled shrimp and a large salad

S: 1 graham cracker and some fresh strawberries.

[Antaresia]

So my roommate has discovered she's lactose intolerant, so I got her pasta&cheese-in-a-box. Made some for lunch with ham and broccoli added, omfg.

At the end of the work day I was RAVENOUS. Then I remembered something about carbs making you hungry...

so today:
commute to work (4.5 miles)
banana and trail mix
some crackers
pasta of doom
apple
commute home
SO HUNGRY EAT ALL THE THINGS

Never doing pasta for lunch again. It isn't really a part of my diet at all, so maybe it's worse if you're not used to it.

[Crankin]

B: 2 egg plus some egg white omelette with salsa, low fat cheddar, a couple of slices of low salt ham, 1/8 avocado, slice of Ezekial whole wheat bread, coffee. I thought I was going on a 45 mile hilly group ride, but I felt so sick from allergies, I ended up riding later in the day. Didn't need that big of a breakfast
L: salad with proscuitto, orange, walnuts, cup of tomato soup, handful of nuts, cranberries, chocolate bits
22 mile ride
S: piece of Sheep's milk cheese, 3 whole wheat pita rounds
D: 3 lamb meatballs, with mint pesto, stir fried zucchini in olive oil, salad, glass of red wine, 2 pieces of dark chocolate